South Carolina Lawyer Alex Murdaugh Charged With Killing Wife and Son

Alex Murdaugh, the fourth-generation lawyer whose family has long held power and influence in a rural swath of South Carolina, was charged on Thursday with killing his wife and one of his sons at the family’s secluded hunting estate in a mysterious murder that remained unsolved for more than a year.

Mr. Murdaugh, 54, was indicted on two counts of murder, with prosecutors saying he fatally shot his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, 52, with a rifle and his son Paul Murdaugh, 22, with a shotgun, on June 7, 2021. Alex Murdaugh had called 911 that night from the family’s estate in Islandton, about 65 miles west of Charleston, saying he had returned home to find his wife and son dead near his dog kennel. ...

The long strange and quite multi-generational story of power, murder, corruption, and politics in South Carolina continues.

Previously: https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/c71d5e2040fa013a6a93002590d8e506

(A few other posts though I apparently hadn't hashtagged those.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/us/alex-murdaugh-indicted.html

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