Proof That Real Life Is Way Creepier Than Fiction: The Murdaugh Family Murders

The Murdaugh household of South Carolina is having a nasty 12 months. The highly effective “outdated cash” household suffered a tragic loss in June when Maggie Murdaugh (52) and her son Paul Murdaugh (22) have been discovered by Alex Muraugh (53) lifeless on the grounds of the household’s 1700 acre trip house with a number of gunshot wounds every. These murders stay unsolved with no suspects. The months earlier than and after the double murder have been bookended by different Murdaugh household drama and tragedy that will be unbelievable if introduced as fiction.

On September 3, 2021, household patriarch Richard “Alex” Alexander Murdaugh (53) was confronted by his employer about 1,000,000 {dollars} they imagine Murdaugh “misappropriated”. His employer was a regulation agency known as Peters Murdaugh Parker Eltzroth & Detrick that was really established by his grandfather, Randolph Murdaugh Sr. The regulation agency has now notified native police and the South Carolina Bar Affiliation. Alex Murdaugh gave his resignation.

Early within the afternoon of September 4, Alex Murdaugh known as 911 and reported that an unknown assailant had shot him within the head whereas he was pulled over on the facet of a highway altering a tire. Alex’s wound was superficial and he survived. On September 6, Alex Murdaugh transitioned from the hospital to a rehab facility to work on his substance abuse which he said had worsened with the recent passing of his wife and son.

Three shootings in a single summer season, two of them deadly, is insane for any household. However the Murdaugh’s aren’t simply any household, and the deaths don’t cease there. Again in 2019, the now deceased Paul Murdaugh was charged with the demise of Mallory Seaside and two different felonies after he drunkenly drove a Murdaugh household boat right into a bridge pile. You may see footage of the six individuals who have been on the Murdaugh boat and a few particulars of the grisly crash right here:

Paul’s first name after the boat crash was to his grandfather, Randolph Murdaugh III, an area politician and lawyer. This grandfather was additionally a companion at Peters Murdaugh Parker Eltzroth & Detrick, the regulation agency Alex Murdaugh is accused of stealing cash from. Randolph Murdaugh died of pure causes in June, three days after his grandson (Paul Murdaugh) and daughter-in-law (Maggie Murdaugh) have been murdered. In 2018, Randolph Murdaugh was awarded the very best honor the South Carolina authorities can bestow on a civilian, the Order of the Palmetto, given to residents of the state who’ve devoted their lives to “extraordinary service”. Within the Murdaugh household Randolph Sr., Randolph Jr., and Randolph III served a mixed whole of 86 years as Solicitor of the 14th Judicial Circuit. There’s presently a Randolph Murdaugh 4 and 5.

The dashcam footage of first responders catches Mallory Seaside’s boyfriend, Anthony Prepare dinner, screaming at police that Paul was driving the boat, saying “That motherf—– must rot in f—ing jail…He ain’t gonna get in no f—ing bother.”

After which, to Paul Murdaugh: “You f—ing smiling prefer it’s f—ing humorous? My f—ing girlfriend’s gone!”

Anthony might have been referencing the demise of Stephen Smith, a South Carolina teen who was discovered lifeless in 2015 after his automobile ran out of fuel, presumably because of successful and run. Police say that whereas investigating Maggie and Paul’s homicide, they found information that may connect the deaths to Stephen Smith’s. Sadly they didn’t give any particulars, however there are studies that since 2015 rumors existed that the Murdaugh household was concerned in Smith’s demise, however highly effective sufficient to not be charged. Stephen Smith’s household believes the overtly homosexual nursing pupil might have been the sufferer of a hate crime.

Appears like two instances are starting to converge .. #BusterMurdaugh #StephenSmith #ColdCase https://t.co/EUaBFUWKv2

— TrueCrimeSushi (@CrimeSushi) June 27, 2021

An area lawyer who spoke to People and requested to stay nameless described the household as “above the regulation”, saying “They’ve quite a lot of affect and energy, and so they’ll use it towards their enemies.” Connor Prepare dinner, who was injured within the boat crash alleges that local police “conspired to shift the main target of the investigation away from Paul Murdaugh” by saying that Connor, not Paul, was driving the boat. Prepare dinner additionally says some proof associated to the boat crash, like Paul’s telephone, has disappeared in police custody. Three officers concerned within the investigation admitted they had some preexisting link to the Murdaugh household. One of many officers, Michael Brock, had frolicked at one of many Murdaugh trip house a number of occasions and his spouse was employed by the Murdaugh’s regulation agency. That officer was advised by Anthony Prepare dinner that Paul Murdaugh was driving the boat however as a substitute wrote in his report that Anthony “flipped out” with no point out of his assertion that Paul was driving. The tape of Anthony’s assertion was “misplaced”.

Different boaters testified that Paul Murdaugh appeared visibly intoxicated and was bodily and verbally abusing his girlfriend throughout the boat trip, spitting in her face and slapping her.

A political analyst who works for CNN and is a buddy of the Murdaugh household, Bakari Sellers, defends Paul Murdaugh by saying the 22-year-old was a “child”.

Bizarrely, there is just one remaining member of Alex Murdaugh’s speedy household who has not been gunned down this 12 months. Alex and Maggie’s son Richard “Buster” Murdaugh (26) is the one member of the family who has not been shot. Investigations into all of those crimes are ongoing.

Replace 9/8/21: Maggie Murdaugh requested for forensic accounting of family finances earlier than she was murdered.

Replace 9/8/21: Alex Murdaugh’s regulation license has been revoked.