20/20 Exclusive: Murdaugh family murders
Tonight, right here on ABC Columbia news at 9PM we bring you an exclusive inside look at the Murdaugh family.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Months after accusing disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh of killing his wife and son, South Carolina investigators and prosecutors have released few details about the evidence that they believe connect him to the shootings. That’s led Murdaugh’s lawyers to file a flurry of court documents requesting information from the prosecution, seeking to publicly weaken the case before…
Tonight, right here on ABC Columbia news at 9PM we bring you an exclusive inside look at the Murdaugh family.
According to People Magazine, the investigation into Alex Murdaugh reveals that the prominent South Carolina lawyer’s wife saw a divorce lawyer weeks before she and her son were killed.
Timeline of events in the Murdaugh family mystery
A prominent South Carolina lawyer who found the bodies of his wife and son three months ago tried to arrange his own death earlier this month so his son would get a $10 million life insurance payment, but the planned fatal shot only grazed his head, state police said Tuesday. The shooter, Curtis Edward Smith, was charged with assisted suicide, insurance fraud and several other counts in the Sept. 4 shooting of Alex Murdaugh
Prominent Lowcountry lawyer Alex Murdaugh says he was shot in the head on the side of the road just three months after his wife and son were murdered. A family spokesperson denies a report that says that gunshot wound was self-inflicted and is asking investigators to change their report.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says it opened an investigation into allegations that Alex Murdaugh misappropriated funds in connection with his position with his law firm
The South Carolina Supreme Court indefinitely suspended the law license of prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday, two days after his law firm said he took money from the business. Murdaugh found the bodies of his wife and son, shot multiple times, at the family’s Colleton County home on June 7. On Saturday, he told police someone shot at him as he changed a tire on the side of a rural road. A family attorney has suggested someone cut the tire before Murdaugh left. State police haven’t commented on the shooting.
ABC NEWS– Alex Murdaugh, the prominent South Carolina Attorney who was injured in a shooting over the weekend, released a statement. Alex Murdaugh: “The murders of my wife and son have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life. I have made a lot of decisions that I truly regret. I’m resigning from my law firm and entering rehab after…
South Carolina authorities have dropped criminal charges stemming from a fatal 2019 boat crash against a member of a prominent legal family after he and his mother were found shot dead earlier this year.