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September 16, 2021

SC lawyer Alex Murdaugh surrenders before bond hearing after botched suicide plot

Prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh on Thursday arrived at the Hampton County Law Enforcement Center, where he turned himself to authorities and was arrested after allegedly organizing a plot to arrange his own death so his surviving son could collect a $10 million life insurance policy.

September 15, 2021

Alex Murdaugh to surrender to authorities after warrant issued, lawyer says

Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina lawyer who allegedly arranged for someone to kill him in an effort to collect millions in insurance payouts for his son, will turn himself in to authorities Thursday, his lawyer Jim Griffin told Fox News on Wednesday evening. 

September 15, 2021

Alex Murdaugh: South Carolina police launch probe into death of longtime housekeeper

South Carolina authorities will launch a probe into the death of the former housekeeper for Alex Murdaugh who died in a mysterious 2018 slip and fall accident.

September 15, 2021

Alex Murdaugh’s attorney speaks out on shooting incident: ‘He clearly knew what he had done was wrong’

The attorney representing Alex Murdaugh, a high-profile South Carolina lawyer whom police believe arranged a botched plot to be shot and killed in order to garner millions in life insurance payouts to his son, revealed Wednesday that he expects his client will soon be charged himself and that he “clearly knew what he had done was wrong.”

September 14, 2021

Alex Murdaugh shooting: South Carolina police say attack on lawyer was botched hit in life insurance plot

South Carolina police have arrested a man who allegedly conspired with Alex Murdaugh, a high-profile attorney whose wife and son were murdered in a double shooting in June, to shoot and kill him in a plot to garner millions in life insurance payouts to his son.

September 14, 2021

9/11 monument builder describes outpouring of support after vandal defaces memorial to Twin Towers

The Greenville, South Carolina community was outraged over the weekend to find a vandal had spray-painted the word "Taliban" on a stone replica of the World Trade Center erected to commemorate 9/11.

September 13, 2021

South Carolina police investigating whether Alex Murdaugh misappropriated funds from former law firm

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division opened a new investigation Monday into allegations that Alex Murdaugh, who was shot in the head earlier this month and whose wife and son were shot to death in June, misappropriated funds from his former law firm.

September 10, 2021

Alex Murdaugh’s gunshot wounds not self-inflicted, lawyer says

An attorney for Alex Murdaugh said Thursday that the gunshot wound suffered by the South Carolina legal scion was not self-inflicted.

September 9, 2021

South Carolina 4-sentence incident report on Alex Murdaugh shooting: 'Further investigation required'

South Carolina authorities have released a four-sentence incident report on the alleged Saturday shooting of attorney Alex Murdaugh, whose wife and son were gunned down in an unsolved double murder in June.

September 9, 2021

Brother of South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh ‘shocked’ about drug addiction, stolen money

South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, who found his wife and younger son murdered in June, resigned from the family law firm earlier this week following accusations of misappropriating funds and getting shot in the head.