“The murders of my wife and son have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life,” Alex Murdaugh said in a statement, referencing the June murders of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh. “I have made a lot of decisions that I truly regret.”
The prosecutor, who would normally be responsible for handling any legal cases resulting from the deaths of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh, quietly stepped aside in August.
Miley Altman said in a 2019 interview that she believed — but wasn't entirely sure — that Paul Murdaugh was at the helm of his family's boat during the alcohol-fueled crash that left Mallory Beach dead.
Connor Cook, who was injured in the 2019 boating accident for which Paul Murdaugh was facing trial at the time he was killed, says he lied to detectives because he feared retribution from the powerful Murdaugh family.
"I’ve been gone. I just came back,” a distraught Alex Murdaugh told a 911 dispatcher after finding his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, shot to death near dog kennels on their property.
Paul Murdaugh had a blood alcohol content of .286% on the night Mallory Beach was killed in a 2019 boating crash, according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
The day after Margaret and Paul Murdaugh were found shot dead, the local sheriff’s office ordered a tow truck to their family property where it hauled away Chevrolet Suburban.
John Marvin Murdaugh and Randolph “Randy” Murdaugh IV told "Good Morning America" on Thursday that they did not have much cause for concern about the threats aimed at their nephew.
On June 7, police say Alex Murdaugh called 911, saying he had found the bodies of his son and wife, Paul Murdaugh and Maggie Murdaugh, on the family's property.
Paul Murdaugh, 22, was under indictment for an allegedly drunken boat crash that killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach in 2019. Murdaugh and his mother, 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh, were found shot to death at the family's hunting lodge.
