(Trends Wide) — Alex Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and two counts of weapons related to the murders of his wife Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh and their 22-year-old son Paul Murdaugh at their home in Islandton, South Carolina, in June 2021.
Prosecutors accuse Murdaugh of killing his wife and son to divert attention from a series of allegations of financial misconduct. For their part, defense attorneys argue that he is a doting father who has been wrongfully accused after a mishandled investigation.
Who stands out in the prominent South Carolina Murdaugh family?
For 87 years, the Murdaugh name came to represent a legal dynasty on coastal South Carolina, where three successive generations controlled the local prosecutor’s office.
During that time, someone in the Murdaugh family served as a prosecutor for the 14th Circuit, which prosecutes Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties in southern South Carolina.
In 2018 Gloria Satterfield, a housekeeper for the Murdaugh family, died in what is being described as a “trip and fall accident” at the Murdaugh home, according to attorney Eric Bland.
On February 24, 2019, a boat crashes into a bridge near Parris Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, killing 19-year-old Mallory Beach, according to the South Carolina attorney general in documents obtained by Trends Wide. .
Six people were on board the ship at the time of the accident, including Alex Murdaugh’s 19-year-old son Paul. Murdaugh owns the boat. Paul Murdaugh was indicted in April on charges of boating under the influence, causing great bodily harm and causing death in connection with the accident, court records show. Paul Murdaugh pleads not guilty.
On June 7, 2021, he is confronted by the CFO of Alex Murdaugh’s law firm (PMPED) about the disappearance of $792,000.
This undated photo shows, from left to right, Maggie, Paul and Alex Murdaugh.
That same night, Murdaugh calls 911 to report that he has found his wife and son dead. He said that he was visiting his mother that she was ill, and that when he returned home he saw both of them dead.
On January 21, 2022, Alex Murdaugh is charged with an additional 23 counts in four new indictments brought by a grand jury. The new charges include 19 counts of breach of trust with fraudulent intent and four counts of computer crimes.
Murdaugh’s trial begins on January 25 in Walterboro, South Carolina
Murdaugh has been charged with 99 financial crimes related to a far-reaching scheme to defraud his law firm, clients and the government of about $9.3 million, according to the state attorney general.
Amir Vera and Eric Levenson contributed to this report.
(Trends Wide) — Alex Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and two counts of weapons related to the murders of his wife Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh and their 22-year-old son Paul Murdaugh at their home in Islandton, South Carolina, in June 2021.
Prosecutors accuse Murdaugh of killing his wife and son to divert attention from a series of allegations of financial misconduct. For their part, defense attorneys argue that he is a doting father who has been wrongfully accused after a mishandled investigation.
Who stands out in the prominent South Carolina Murdaugh family?
For 87 years, the Murdaugh name came to represent a legal dynasty on coastal South Carolina, where three successive generations controlled the local prosecutor’s office.
During that time, someone in the Murdaugh family served as a prosecutor for the 14th Circuit, which prosecutes Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties in southern South Carolina.
In 2018 Gloria Satterfield, a housekeeper for the Murdaugh family, died in what is being described as a “trip and fall accident” at the Murdaugh home, according to attorney Eric Bland.
On February 24, 2019, a boat crashes into a bridge near Parris Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, killing 19-year-old Mallory Beach, according to the South Carolina attorney general in documents obtained by Trends Wide. .
Six people were on board the ship at the time of the accident, including Alex Murdaugh’s 19-year-old son Paul. Murdaugh owns the boat. Paul Murdaugh was indicted in April on charges of boating under the influence, causing great bodily harm and causing death in connection with the accident, court records show. Paul Murdaugh pleads not guilty.
On June 7, 2021, he is confronted by the CFO of Alex Murdaugh’s law firm (PMPED) about the disappearance of $792,000.
This undated photo shows, from left to right, Maggie, Paul and Alex Murdaugh.
That same night, Murdaugh calls 911 to report that he has found his wife and son dead. He said that he was visiting his mother that she was ill, and that when he returned home he saw both of them dead.
On January 21, 2022, Alex Murdaugh is charged with an additional 23 counts in four new indictments brought by a grand jury. The new charges include 19 counts of breach of trust with fraudulent intent and four counts of computer crimes.
Murdaugh’s trial begins on January 25 in Walterboro, South Carolina
Murdaugh has been charged with 99 financial crimes related to a far-reaching scheme to defraud his law firm, clients and the government of about $9.3 million, according to the state attorney general.
Amir Vera and Eric Levenson contributed to this report.
