It is not uncommon for this to be an incentive and lead people to murder the insured to get access to the money faster. It can be a plot made by a loved one, the beneficiaries, or even the insureds themselves can hire someone to murder them.
Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin, lawyers for Alex Murdaugh, said their client is innocent. “Alex wants his family, friends and everyone to know that he did not have anything to do with the murders of Maggie and Paul,” the attorneys said in a statement. “He loved them more than anything in the world.”
21, 2022. A grand jury indicts Murdaugh on 23 new charges, including breach of trust with fraudulent intent and computer crimes. Collectively, he faces 71 charges involving the theft of about $8.5 million over the course of 11 years.
Alex Murdaugh, once a prominent lawyer, pleaded not guilty after being charged with murdering his wife and son. He is also accused of stealing millions of dollars from his former clients. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.
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Murdaugh is in jail and set likely to stand trial in January on murder charges for the June 2021 shooting deaths of his wife Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul. They were killed with different guns outside one of the family's homes in Colleton County, investigators said.
For Buster Murdaugh, 26, the fallout has been devastating. According to two different friends, Buster has never gone back to live at the hunting lodge where his mother and brother were killed. He cleared out his belongings the month after her death, before his father's arrest.
"Altogether, through 18 indictments containing 90 charges against Murdaugh, the State Grand Jury has indicted Murdaugh for schemes to defraud victims of $8,789,447.77," the state attorney general said.
“Murdaugh Family Mysteries” — A multi-part documentary series about the case is in the works for HBO Max.
There were a total of 549 murders in South Carolina in 2020, or 10.5 for every 100,000 people -- the fifth highest murder rate among states. For comparison, the national homicide rate stands at 6.5 per 100,000.
In the months since, executions have been tied up in court, and South Carolina has not put an inmate to death since 2011.
Sept. Alex Murdaugh made another call to 911, saying he's been shot in the head while changing a tire on the side of the road. But state investigators say he orchestrated the incident, even providing a gun to Curtis Edward Smith, 61, to help him carry out an assisted suicide and insurance fraud.
John Marvin is Alex Murdaugh's younger brother. Maggie was his sister-in-law and Paul his nephew.
It was 2018 when Gloria Satterfield, who served as the housekeeper and nanny for the prominent Murdaugh family for more than two decades, died following a fall at their home. But her death was never reported to the coroner. And no autopsy was performed.
For Buster Murdaugh, 26, the fallout has been devastating. According to two different friends, Buster has never gone back to live at the hunting lodge where his mother and brother were killed. He cleared out his belongings the month after her death, before his father's arrest.
Alex married Margaret Kennedy Branstetter (called Maggie) and had two sons, Richard Alexander Jr. (called Buster) and Paul Terry, who was born in 1999.