On the night of 7 June this year, Murdaugh's wife, Margaret, or Maggie, 52, and son Paul, 22, were found dead of gunshot wounds in front of the kennels at the couple's 1,770-acre estate near the town of Hampton.Oct 24, 2021
Her husband, Alex Murdaugh, 53, has faced months of public scrutiny since his wife, 52, and their son Paul Murdaugh, 22, were found shot multiple times on June 7 at the family's home in rural Islandton, South Carolina, about 65 miles west of Charleston.Dec 29, 2021
She died in February 2018 in what was initially described as an accidental fall. Her sons claim that they received none of the proceeds from a $4.3 million settlement that was orchestrated secretly by Alex Murdaugh, according to a lawsuit filed against their mother's employer and others.Dec 30, 2021
The Murdaugh cases are far from over Alex Murdaugh is currently in jail, on a $7 million bond that he has yet to meet, facing 51 charges for financial crimes, and multiple lawsuits. Families, entire communities are still reeling, years away from healing. A broken system still needs mending.Jan 14, 2022
Alex Murdaugh, the suspended South Carolina attorney accused of financial wrongdoing and setting up a suicidal insurance fraud scheme, was charged with 23 more crimes in four new indictments returned by a grand jury, the state attorney general said Friday.Jan 24, 2022
More than three months after former Gamecock sorority sister Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, 52, and her son, Paul Murdaugh, 22, were shot dead execution-style outside the kennels of their hunting lodge, the case had gone cold. Their family patriarch, Randolph Murdaugh III, had died three days later.Sep 16, 2021
Murdaugh's current assets: A retirement account worth somewhere between $2.1 and $2.2 million. An IRA retirement fund worth somewhere between $350,000 and $400,000.Jan 24, 2022
Murdaugh, who people sometimes call Alec, is the scion of a long legal dynasty in South Carolina's small Hampton County, in the state's southern Lowlands. His father, grandfather, and great-grandather were the county's elected prosecutors for 87 years in a row.Jan 9, 2022
ALEX Murdaugh made headlines after his wife and son were fatally shot in June 2021. Just three months later, he was back in the news after it was confirmed on September 4 that he was shot in the head.
Nearly two months after the crash, Paul Murdaugh was charged with multiple felonies, including boating under the influence resulting in the death of Mallory Beach. The charges were filed on April 18, 2019 - which is what would have been Mallory Beach's 20th birthday.Jan 15, 2022
Beach's mother has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Alex Murdaugh and his surviving son, Richard “Buster” Murdaugh. A 2021 shooting—in which Alex Murdaugh was both victim and orchestrator: Just a day after his resignation from PMPED, Alex Murdaugh called police and reported that he had been shot.Oct 20, 2021
Her body was found by a local boater in Beaufort County and has been taken custody of by the Beaufort County Coroner's Office. The coroner's office later reported that she had died of drowning and secondary blunt force.