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PAUL & MAGGIE MURDAUGH: South Carolina vs. Alex Murdaugh for Double Homicide of wife & son *GUILTY* (2 Viewers)

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This case is being kept pretty quiet, no major details released to speak of (other than it does say there were two different guns used), but no info regarding who found them, who called 911, very little else.

Of interest, the grandfather died just a few days after these murders and it sounds as if he was ill from various articles so probably not unexpected. I think of the typical motives, did grandpa have a big estate? How big in the overall family of grandpa's on down? They sound like a pretty well known family and a powerful one in their state, more on that in the article.


www.postandcourier.com

Questions abound in SC Murdaugh killing. Among them: Should prosecutor step aside?

Several days after two members of a prominent Hampton County family were fatally shot, questions about what happened still vastly outnumber answers.
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Tresir said:
Video covering it. They have Poot on halfway through. Headline is a bit misleading. She's not in jail but has been charged and bailed.

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Another case that just keeps on giving. I watched a podcaster that had met here when she attended the trials and she really stuck up for her calling her about the nicest woman you could ever meet.
I at first thought it was a lot of politics and I still think such may play in but there is no doubt she made a lot of really dumb decisions. I'm about ready to call her a stupid bimbo honestly.
 
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But she WAS thrown in jail until she bonded out.
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This is what is stated upthread. She didn't even have to put up any money. She voluntarily turned herself in at 7:30 a.m. but was charged and released.


Hill was granted a $10,000 public recognizance bond, meaning she was not required to put up any money as a condition of securing her release. She has been scheduled to make an initial appearance in Colleton County on those charges in two months – on Friday, July 18, 2025

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Below article includes a video of her hearing also.


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www.foxnews.com

Murdaugh court clerk Becky Hill released on bond after arrest on perjury, misconduct charges

South Carolina authorities have released court clerk Becky Hill, who presided over the Alex Murdaugh murder trial, after she posted bond Wednesday following her arrest.
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Alex Murdaugh appeal challenging murder convictions faces state pushback over jury influence claims

The South Carolina Attorney General's Office argues Alex Murdaugh was convicted on overwhelming evidence, not clerk's comments, in response to appeal challenging double murder convictions.
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  • Alex Murdaugh appeal challenging murder convictions faces state pushback over jury influence claims​

    Attorney general's office files 182-page brief arguing jury convicted based on overwhelming evidence​

By Stepheny Price Fox News
Published August 11, 2025 9:16pm EDT

Murdaugh lawyer slams court clerk’s role in murder trial: 'She tainted the jury'Video

Murdaugh lawyer slams court clerk’s role in murder trial: 'She tainted the jury'​

Defense attorney Dick Harpootlian told Fox News Digital that jury tampering by Clerk of Court Becky Hill tainted the trial and directly influenced the verdict, justifying a new trial for Alex Murdaugh.
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The South Carolina Attorney General's Office has officially submitted its response to Alex Murdaugh’s appeal challenging his convictions for the murders of his wife and son.

In a 182-page brief filed before the Aug. 8 deadline, Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office dismantles Murdaugh’s December appeal, which claims that Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill swayed jurors to boost sales of her forthcoming book.

The filing is the State’s first full rebuttal to Murdaugh’s bid for a new trial.

In the filing, obtained by Greenville News, prosecutors argued that the jury found Murdaugh guilty based on the "overwhelming" evidence, not because of Hill’s brief and "foolish" comments about his testimony.

NEW TEXT MESSAGES FUEL ALEX MURDAUGH'S PUSH FOR NEW TRIAL

A man wearing a plaid shirt exits a police vehicle surrounded by officers.

Alex Murdaugh is led into Colleton County courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. (Mark Sims for Fox News Digital )
Prosecutors also said Murdaugh forfeited the right to challenge the financial crimes evidence by not appealing the trial court’s decision to admit it.

Wilson’s team had initially requested more time to reply, citing the complexity and size of the case, including a 6,000-page trial transcript and significant evidence that needed review.

Dick Harpootlian, a Columbia attorney and former state senator who led Murdaugh’s defense, previously told Fox News Digital that Hill’s conduct compromised the trial. According to Harpootlian, Hill's actions potentially cost Murdaugh a fair verdict.

BUSTER MURDAUGH SCORES LEGAL WIN IN DEFAMATION FIGHT OVER DOCUMENTARY’S MURDER IMPLICATIONS: FORMER STATE AG

The Murdaugh family poses in front of a tractor.

From left to right, Buster, Maggie, Paul and Alex Murdaugh in an undated photo. (Facebook)
"If she had left the jury alone, clearly the worst we would have done was a mistrial," Harpootlian said, adding that two jurors would have voted differently if not for Hill’s influence.

The defense also disputed that the jury should not have heard evidence related to Murdaugh’s financial misconduct.

ALEX MURDAUGH TRIAL: EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON POSSIBILITY OF AN OVERTURNED MURDER CONVICTION

Alex Murdaugh cries while testifying

Alex Murdaugh cries while taking the stand at double murder trial. (POOL)
The disgraced attorney was convicted in March 2023 of the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, who were fatally shot on June 7, 2021, at the family’s hunting property in Colleton County. He was also found guilty of two weapons charges related to the killings.

Murdaugh’s team has 30 days to answer the attorney general’s brief. Once both sides finish, the state Supreme Court will set oral arguments, likely later this fall, with a decision expected next spring.

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Murdaugh, 56, who continues to maintain his innocence, is serving two consecutive life terms in state prison.
 
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As most know, Scott always has several cases on a show so to make it easy Murdaugh is up at about the 6:40 minute time mark and it is just a few minutes with updates on the cohorts of Alex and a deal, etc. re fed time and state time for I think it was Lafitte.

Scott also said he thinks Alex has a good chance at a new trial due to the 404b evidence not so much being allowed in but how much was and how long it went on at the trial (two days) if I understood him correctly. He thinks he will be found guilty at a 2nd trial but does think he may get a new one.

 
Tresir said:
A new trial !!!!! The link i posted above states next Spring for the decision about a possible new trial. Something to look forward to.
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Well its not a given, let's hope they are wrong. The first trial was enough for me lol. I think Scott said the decision would come in the next few months probably if I recall.

The judge would be different and so on.
 
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A judge sentenced Russell Lucius Laffitte, the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank, to 13 years after pleading guilty to eight felony charges, including breach of trust, computer crime, and criminal conspiracy, stemming from three South Carolina State Grand Jury indictments.

Laffitte's crimes are tied to his role as a fiduciary and conservator, involved the misappropriation of funds entrusted to him for personal gain and to benefit disgraced attorney Richard Alexander "Alex" Murdaugh.


"In essence, Laffitte was responsible for loaning so much money to Murdaugh that Murdaugh became too big to fail," said Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Creighton Waters, who prosecuted this case as well as the Murdaugh and Fleming cases. "Alex was so much in hock to Russell that Russell was in hock to Alex."

As a bank official, Laffitte admitted to misappropriating funds in multiple cases where he served as a conservator or fiduciary, betraying his duty to protect clients' interests.

He was appointed as a conservator or personal representative in several cases, allowing him to collect nearly half a million dollars in fees while misusing client funds for unauthorized "loans."

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Former banker sentenced to 13 years for misusing trust funds in South Carolina

Ex-bank CEO Russell Laffitte ordered to pay $3.5M restitution for felony charges
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Bawhaha! His excuse of having himself murdered so his son could get the $10 million life insurance policy has been quashed! There was no policy! Lots of other info included.

 
Guess Who said:
Bawhaha! His excuse of having himself murdered so his son could get the $10 million life insurance policy has been quashed! There was no policy! Lots of other info included.

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Well this is the report of it at the time. I wonder if the life insurance was connected with his employment at the law firm, which had ended the day before the Curtis Smith shooting incident?
When you hear about all the incidents it is just mind boggling. The boat crash, the fake attempt on Alex's life, the Satterfield incident, Maggie and Paul's murder, the financial crimes - it is just so much to take in on top of the additional Lafitte banking fraud and the Corey Fleming fraud.

www.bbc.co.uk

Alex Murdaugh: Hot shot lawyer in failed 'hit man suicide' plot indicted

Alex Murdaugh is accused of ordering a hit on himself so his son could collect life insurance money.
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Article date 14th December 2021

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Alex Murdaugh (right) allegedly paid Curtis Edward Smith (left) to shoot him in the head
Prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh has agreed to pay a $4.3 million (£3.25m) settlement with the family of a former housekeeper that claimed he stole settlement funds following her death in 2018.
The settlement is the latest twist for Mr Murdaugh, who also faces charges that he organised a failed attempt on his own life so that his son could collect $10m in life insurance.
Mr Murdaugh and the alleged would-be assassin, Curtis Edward Smith, have been accused of conspiracy and insurance fraud among a slew of other charges.
The September shooting came just three months after Mr Murdaugh's wife and other son were found shot dead, the latest crime twist in a series of tragedies and scandals that have plagued the family.
Here's what we know about the case.

Who are the Murdaughs?​

Alex Murdaugh, 53, is the scion of a well-connected legal family in South Carolina. Over the course of three generations, his great-grandfather, grandfather and father all served as the top prosecutor for a five-county region in the state.
In June, Mr Murdaugh's wife Margaret, 52, and son Paul, 22, were found murdered near their home.
At the time of his death, Paul was also facing criminal charges stemming from a 2019 incident in which authorities say he drunkenly caused a boating accident that left a woman dead.
Mr Murdaugh was shot in early September, which came a day after he resigned from his law firm.
The law firm later claimed he misappropriated funds, which his lawyer says he primarily used to fund an opioid addiction. Mr Murdaugh entered rehab several days after the shooting.
the Murdaugh family
Image source,Facebook/Maggie Murdaugh
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Margaret, Paul and Alex Murdaugh

Now what's happened?​

On 4 November, the South Carolina Attorney General's Office released indictments against Mr Murdaugh and Mr Smith, 61.
In a statement, the Attorney General's office said that both men have been indicted for conspiracy and felony insurance fraud.
The conspiracy charge carries a possible penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine of not more than $5,000, while the fraud charge carries a longer possible prison sentence of up to 10 years.
Additionally, Mr Murdaugh was indicted for filing a false police report, while Mr Smith was also indicted for "pointing and presenting" a firearm, assisted suicide, aggravated assault and battery. Mr Smith has admitted his involvement.
On 4 September, Mr Murdaugh was found with "superficial" wounds to his head after being shot on a roadside.
Originally, Mr Murdaugh's attorneys had claimed that he was changing a tyre when an unidentified assailant shot him. He was released from hospital two days later.
In mid-September, police alleged - and Mr Murdaugh's lawyers admitted - that he arranged for a man to shoot him so that his surviving son would be able to collect the insurance money.
Mr Murdaugh's attorney said in September that he devised the plan in the mistaken belief that his son would not be able to collect insurance money if he took his own life.
"He called this guy [Mr Smith] who met him on the side of the road and agreed to shoot him in the head," attorney Dick Harpootlian told NBC. "It was an attempt, on his part, to do something to protect his child."
Mr Harpootlian added that Mr Murdaugh is cooperating with authorities and didn't want a "fake crime" to distract them as they investigate the killing of his wife and son.

What other charges was Murdaugh facing?​

Mr Murdaugh was also facing separate charges that he stole settlement funds from the estate of a housekeeper who died in 2018.
Gloria Satterfield was a 57-year-old housekeeper and nanny for the Murdaugh family. The family said she tripped over a dog and fell down steps at their South Carolina home in February 2018. She died several weeks later in hospital, without regaining consciousness during that time.
Ms Satterfield's family said earlier this year that had yet to receive any part of a multi-million-dollar settlement.
Mr Murdaugh was charged with two counts of obtaining property by false pretences, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (Sled) said in a statement.
On 16 October, Mr Murdaugh was booked into a South Carolina jail in relation to the latest charges.
Court affidavits released by the Sled the same day allege that he "coordinated with [Gloria] Satterfield's family to sue himself in order to seek an insurance settlement with the stated intent to give the proceeds to the Satterfield family to pay for funeral expenses and monetary compensation for Satterfield's children".
The affidavits allege, however, that Mr Murdaugh deposited $3m from the settlement into one of his own accounts.
An attorney representing the Satterfield family disputed the allegations.
"We are committed to following the facts wherever they may lead us and we will not stop until justice is served," said Sled chief Mark Keel.
For approximately six weeks up until the new charges, Mr Murdaugh was reportedly in a Florida drug rehabilitation facility following the shooting incident in September.
On 14 December, Mr Murdaugh's attorney announced he had agreed to settlement with the Satterfield family.
In court, attorney Alex Bland read an apology from Mr Murdaugh, which said he is "sorry for his financial transgressions committed in connection with the wrongful death settlement funds recovered in connection with the death of Gloria Satterfield and the pain it has caused".
The judgement, however, is subject to approval from a court-appointed receiver who currently controls Mr Murdaugh's assets.

Are the shootings connected?​

Police have not charged anyone in the killing of Paul and Margaret Murdaugh in June and have not suggested that Mr Murdaugh is involved.
Speaking to NBC's Morning programme in September, Mr Harpootlian denied that Mr Murdaugh had anything to do with their deaths.
"He is totally distraught," Mr Harpootlian said. "He did not murder them."
The Murdaugh case also prompted police to open an investigation into the 2015 death of Stephen Smith, a 19-year-old found dead in the same county, less than 10 miles away.
His death was first deemed to be a shooting, but was then ruled to be a probable hit-and-run. Police have not said what information was recovered during the Murdaugh investigation that led them to look into the Smith case.
Authorities have also launched a probe into the 2018 death of the families' long-time housekeeper, 57-year-old Gloria Satterfield, after her sons alleged Mr Murdaugh has yet to pay them any damages over the death.
Mr Murdaugh said at the time that the nanny had tripped over his dogs and fallen down the stairs, but the county coroner has said Satterfield's autopsy was inconsistent with "slip and fall injuries".

Who killed Paul and Margaret Murdaugh?​

Police have no comment about possible suspects in the June deaths of Paul and Margaret.
Following the murders, Mr Murdaugh's brothers, Randy and John, said they were unaware if the family had enemies, although they claimed Paul had received threats.
Attorney Mr Harpootlian has said that Mr Murdaugh doesn't know who killed his family.
However, Mr Harpootlian added that he is investigating "an individual, or individuals, we believe have some culpability or have done it".
"We think we'll know this week whether the one suspect we're looking at bears further scrutiny," he said. "We'll make that information available to law enforcement".
Although he declined to give further details, Mr Harpootlian said that the "motive would be personal".
 
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