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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2021 15:55:00 GMT
"A prominent South Carolina lawyer who found the bodies of his wife and son three months ago tried to arrange his own death earlier this month so his son would get a $10 million life insurance payment, but the planned fatal shot only grazed his head, state police said Tuesday. The shooter, Curtis Edward Smith, was charged with assisted suicide, insurance fraud and several other counts in the Sept. 4 shooting of Alex Murdaugh on a lonely highway in Hampton County, the State Law Enforcement Division said in a statement. Murdaugh wasn't charged Tuesday night, but agents said more charges were expected..... Still unsolved are the June 7 killings of 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh and her 22-year-old son Paul Murdaugh. Alex Murdaugh discovered the bodies of his wife and son at their Colleton County home. Both had been shot multiple times. Murdaugh announced two days after the shooting he was going into rehab for an opioid addiction. He apologized to his family and said he was leaving his law firm. www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-murdaugh-curtis-edward-smith-charged-shooting-life-insurance-scheme/"But in recent years, the family has been closely connected to bloody tragedy. There was a fatal boating crash in 2019, the killings of two family members in June, the shooting of a family member last week and allegations of misappropriated funds and drug abuse." www.cnn.com/2021/09/13/us/murdaugh-deaths-timeline/index.html |
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Post by maryannscraps on Sept 15, 2021 16:27:14 GMT
DH and I were reading about this story this morning. A high profile rich white southern family. Getting away with crimes for years -- white privilege at its finest.
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Post by Rhondito on Sept 15, 2021 16:59:18 GMT
I'm guessing the insurance company will be cancelling that policy...
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Post by papersilly on Sept 15, 2021 17:37:01 GMT
i knew there was something fishy with this case. i was waiting for something to come out about the murders of the wife and son. the insurance scam was a surprise. but i'm not surprised that the shooter sang like a bird when he got caught. judging from the long list of crimes he is being charged with, i figured he'd cut some kind of deal for snitching on the lawyer.
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Post by janeliz on Sept 15, 2021 17:46:09 GMT
It’s been so crazy to see the constant news alerts coming across my email from our state newspaper. This family is DARK.
I see there’s already a podcast out by a local investigative reporter named Mandy Matney, so I’m interested in checking that out.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Sept 15, 2021 18:12:31 GMT
There are a few podcasts about this but neither of them seemed that engaging to me. Has anyone found one that they like?
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Post by edie3 on Sept 15, 2021 19:42:50 GMT
There must be all kinds of twisted secrets in this family.
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Post by bc2ca on Sept 15, 2021 19:48:48 GMT
This is one messed up story.  And his statement is even more messed up IMHO: The only thing caused by the murder of his wife and son is him realizing there were few choices left for him. Sadly, I think there is a lot more to this story. Either their murders were a message to him or he was involved. He might have arranged an assisted suicide, but I can't help thinking it didn't work because he ducked.  |
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Post by auntkelly on Sept 15, 2021 19:51:26 GMT
Truth really is stranger than fiction.
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Post by librarylady on Sept 15, 2021 19:54:43 GMT
I predict that before it is over, he will be charged with the murder of his wife and children.
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Post by mikewozowski on Sept 15, 2021 19:59:55 GMT
how do you hire someone to kill you and they don't accomplish the task? it is not even certain that he was hit.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Sept 15, 2021 20:38:06 GMT
I would guess that the wife and son were killed as a warning to him or he had it done to get insurance money. Probably drug related? Or to cover up for his other crimes?
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Post by epeanymous on Sept 15, 2021 20:44:47 GMT
As a former South Carolina lawyer.
Man, this story is so South Carolina lawyer.
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Post by bc2ca on Sept 15, 2021 22:13:30 GMT
OMG, now they are taking a closer look at the 2018 death of a long term Murdaugh housekeeper in the family home. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2021 0:57:36 GMT
As a former South Carolina lawyer. Man, this story is so South Carolina lawyer.  |
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Post by maggiereese on Sept 16, 2021 1:58:33 GMT
I can’t get enough of this crazy story. I’ve really liked Mandy Matney’s podcast on it.
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Post by pastlifepea on Sept 16, 2021 4:28:29 GMT
So many layers of straight UP SC wtf-ery here. My neighbor's dad used to play poker with Randy Sr. and she and I have enjoyed some lanai drinking and discussing this since June.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Sept 16, 2021 6:21:56 GMT
Curtis Edward Smith’s mother was a Murdaugh.
And this unraveling story is peak SC politics. Predictions are some larger heads may tumble over this one if some of the truths come out. Others say that will never happen as power protects itself.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Sept 16, 2021 6:25:19 GMT
The housekeeper that fell down the stairs was rumored to have been pushed by Paul.
The hit and run of a gay man was said to have been done by Buster (the other brother) and/or two of his friends to coverup a homosexual relationship.
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Post by edie3 on Sept 16, 2021 13:30:43 GMT
Now the authorities are investigating the death of the housekeeper.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2021 13:39:17 GMT
If there is shit to come out, let it all come out. The days of rich white "masters of the universe" running roughshod (figuratively and literally) over everyone else need to end NOW. With video, e-mail, texts, receipts, it's much harder to be an undercover privileged dangerous asshole anymore.
So sad.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Sept 16, 2021 13:51:27 GMT
The housekeeper that fell down the stairs was rumored to have been pushed by Paul. The hit and run of a gay man was said to have been done by Buster (the other brother) and/or two of his friends to coverup a homosexual relationship. I just read about this family in People Magazine. one of the boys was also involved with the murder of a girlfriends, or a friend's girlfriend? I think he was driving a boat drunk and she fell off the boat and was found later, 8 mi away. It sounds like the son wasn't charged? I don't know if it was the son who died or the one still alive. This whole Southern Good Ol' Boy "my family came from a plantation and money" bullshit just makes me sick. |
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Post by epeanymous on Sept 16, 2021 14:18:32 GMT
As a former South Carolina lawyer. Man, this story is so South Carolina lawyer. I had this student for two different classes. We had a very friendly relationship! (You can google news articles for more . . . colorful versions of his various escapades). Unfortunately some of the stories, I can't share, because I have confidential information about them (the bar in SC is tiny!), but my favorite non-confidential one probably involves a midnight when police were searching in my bushes for a very prominent lawyer who was my neighbor, because he had run from the scene of a suspected DUI accident and they were pretty sure he was hiding out in my yard (if he was, he managed to hide pretty well, and they didn't locate him for a few days--he didn't end up with charges). |
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Post by sean&marysmommy on Sept 16, 2021 14:21:58 GMT
The housekeeper that fell down the stairs was rumored to have been pushed by Paul. The hit and run of a gay man was said to have been done by Buster (the other brother) and/or two of his friends to coverup a homosexual relationship. I just read about this family in People Magazine. one of the boys was also involved with the murder of a girlfriends, or a friend's girlfriend? I think he was driving a boat drunk and she fell off the boat and was found later, 8 mi away. It sounds like the son wasn't charged? I don't know if it was the son who died or the one still alive. This whole Southern Good Ol' Boy "my family came from a plantation and money" bullshit just makes me sick. Oh, he was charged. His court case was about to begin, but he was murdered 3 days before it was to start. There was a boat crash, she suffered blunt force trauma and was knocked off of the boat, and drowned. Very sad story! I've been riveted by all of this since the June murders of the wife and son. ETA- he was charged with boating under the influence. He was 3.5 times over the legal limit. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2021 14:23:48 GMT
What a charming young man. So genteel! |
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Post by pastlifepea on Sept 16, 2021 14:45:05 GMT
Curtis Edward Smith’s mother was a Murdaugh. And this unraveling story is peak SC politics. Predictions are some larger heads may tumble over this one if some of the truths come out. Others say that will never happen as power protects itself. Thank you, now. I was wondering how he was got involved with the Murdaughs. I had read that he was a former client of Alex's but I figured the relationship had to go deeper than that. The reddit sub about this case is like a Costco sized package of tea... ETA: You just KNOW Dateline is already got something in the works. Please, please, please let it be my favorite oh-so-dramatic voiced Keith Morrison narrating this one. |
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Post by used2scrap on Sept 16, 2021 15:05:29 GMT
The housekeeper that fell down the stairs was rumored to have been pushed by Paul. The hit and run of a gay man was said to have been done by Buster (the other brother) and/or two of his friends to coverup a homosexual relationship. I just read about this family in People Magazine. one of the boys was also involved with the murder of a girlfriends, or a friend's girlfriend? I think he was driving a boat drunk and she fell off the boat and was found later, 8 mi away. It sounds like the son wasn't charged? I don't know if it was the son who died or the one still alive. This whole Southern Good Ol' Boy "my family came from a plantation and money" bullshit just makes me sick. The son who died was awaiting trial for the girl’s death on the boat when he was found shot. |
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Post by naby64 on Sept 16, 2021 16:47:13 GMT
I just got a News Break on my phone that said Murdaugh was escorted, in handcuffs, into the Hampton County jail. He turned himself in.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Sept 16, 2021 20:35:45 GMT
I just got a News Break on my phone that said Murdaugh was escorted, in handcuffs, into the Hampton County jail. He turned himself in. His attorney is Dick Harpootlian who comes with plenty of baggage of his own. But he’s defended some definitely guilty people and gotten them off. Reputedly his main defense technique is just lots of circular talking to keep the jury totally confused. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2021 20:47:25 GMT
As a former South Carolina lawyer. Man, this story is so South Carolina lawyer. My mother was a paralegal for many years for a prominent attorney in Charleston...so...yes, I am in complete agreement with you. |
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