Alex Murdaugh’s internet of lies led to conviction in murders of spouse and son

The rise and fall of disgraced South Carolina authorized scion Alex Murdaugh continues to captivate the nation years after his double homicide conviction, in a case that uncovered many years of deceit, greed and energy.

The story of the Murdaugh household’s downfall is being retold in Hulu’s new restricted sequence, “Murdaugh: Loss of life within the Household,” an eight-part dramatization of one of the notorious true-crime tales in current historical past. 

On June 7, 2021, Murdaugh referred to as 911 to report that he had discovered his spouse, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul, shot to demise in an obvious murder on the household’s sprawling Lowcountry property. 

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The telephone name ignited a stunning chain of occasions that finally uncovered Murdaugh’s lengthy historical past of lies and deceit, culminating in him murdering his spouse and son. 

“I believe it’s oftentimes laborious for individuals to compartmentalize what we predict and the individual we predict we knew,” Mark Tinsley, an legal professional who testified within the legal case in opposition to Murdaugh, instructed Fox Information Digital. “I believe there’s most likely a gaggle of individuals that also discover it laborious to consider that the facade that they noticed wasn’t actual.” 

Murdaugh hailed from one of the prolific authorized households in South Carolina, making him a robust determine in native politics leveraged by name-recognition. 

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Alex Murdaugh, proper, is proven right here along with his household.  (The Murdaugh Household)

Nevertheless, his household was not with out controversy. 

In 2018, the household’s longtime housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, mysteriously fell to her demise on the Murdaughs’ residence. 

Three years later, Paul, who was 19 on the time, boarded his household’s boat with a gaggle of mates for an evening of ingesting on the water. Hours later, the vessel careened into a close-by bridge, ejecting 19-year-old Mallory Seaside into the darkish water. 

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Alex Murdaugh’s mugshot. (South Carolina Division of Corrections)

Seaside’s physique was discovered days later, with the household finally submitting a wrongful demise lawsuit in opposition to the Murdaughs. Following intense public strain, Paul was hit with state expenses in reference to Seaside’s demise. 

Two years later, on the night time of Maggie and Paul’s murders, investigators responded to Murdaugh’s 911 name from the household’s residence in Colleton County. The our bodies of each mom and son had been discovered close to the canine kennels within the yard of the property, the place they had been pronounced useless on the scene. 

Whereas Murdaugh initially instructed authorities he was not current on the kennels that night time, a Snapchat video recorded by Paul confirmed his father was on the scene of the crime inside the time-frame when investigators believed the pair had been killed. 

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Disbarred legal professional Alex Murdaugh arrives in courtroom in Beaufort, S.C. Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. (AP Photograph/James Pollard)

In September 2021, Murdaugh tried to stage his personal capturing in an effort to award Buster, his surviving son, a $10 million life insurance coverage fee. The plot failed when Curtis Edward Smith grazed Murdaugh’s head with a bullet. 

Nevertheless, it was Satterfield’s demise that finally led investigators to find Murdaugh’s internet of lies, after it grew to become identified that he had stolen $4.3 million in insurance coverage settlement funds meant to be awarded to her grieving household.

“I knew that he had achieved some issues that weren’t essentially above board in the best way [the Satterfield case] was dealt with,” Tinsley stated. “Nevertheless it turned out it was rather a lot worse than what I had thought it was. By the point of the roadside capturing, I knew the complete scope of what had occurred, and there was rather a lot there.” 

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One month later, Murdaugh was arrested on expenses stemming from defrauding the Satterfield household whereas at a drug rehab facility in Orlando, Florida, in line with The Related Press. Shortly after, prosecutors introduced 27 new expenses in opposition to Murdaugh, alleging that he stole practically $5 million from a number of victims.

Within the months main as much as Murdaugh’s indictment for the killings of his spouse and son, prosecutors amassed dozens of expenses alleging the disgraced legal professional stole tens of millions of {dollars} from shoppers and victims’ households to take care of his painkiller capsule dependancy. 

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He was charged with the deaths of Maggie and Paul on July 14, 2022, sparking a months-long trial that ended with a responsible verdict. 

Murdaugh was sentenced in 2023 to two consecutive life sentences for murdering his spouse and son. He’s additionally serving an extra 40 years in jail for his monetary crimes and stays in custody at a most safety jail in South Carolina – marking the top of a authorized dynasty that dominated over the Lowcountry for many years. 

Murdaugh’s legal professional, the prosecution and Hulu didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark. 

“I believe that total, most individuals get it,” Tinsley instructed Fox Information Digital. “Most individuals perceive, and most of the people see by means of his internet of lies and deception.” 

The Related Press contributed to this report.