March 9, 2023 Murdaugh boat crash victim Mallory Beach's father declined handshake with Alex Murdaugh's brother in court Mallory Beach's father, Phillip Beach, apparently declined to shake hands with John Marvin Murdaugh, Alex Murdaugh's brother, in the Colleton County Courthouse last week.
March 9, 2023 Alex Murdaugh's admissions in murder trial could impact financial crimes case: attorney Alex Murdaugh admitted to some of his financial crimes on the witness stand in February, and attorney Mark Tinsley says his testimony could result in amended pleadings.
March 9, 2023 Alex Murdaugh suicide-for-hire hitman Curtis 'Eddie' Smith could be key player in next trial Curtis "Cousin Eddie" Smith could be a key witness in Alex Murdaugh's financial crimes trial. Murdaugh hired Smith as a hitman in a September 2021 botched suicide scheme.
March 8, 2023 Murdaugh boat crash victim Mallory Beach's family seeks 'accountability' in summer trial Deceased 19-year-old Mallory Beach's family is seeking "accountability" in their upcoming trial in Hampton County, South Carolina. Beach was killed in an accident on the Murdaugh family's boat in 2019.
March 8, 2023 Buster Murdaugh under intense scrutiny after Alex Murdaugh's guilty verdict Maggie Murdaugh's friend, Dana Wilson, told "Dateline" in an interview that Buster Murdaugh's "world will never be the same" after his father was found guilty of murder last week.
March 8, 2023 Alex Murdaugh flashes new mugshot as convicted murderer awaits prison fate Alex Murdaugh took a new mugshot but remains in the Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center in Columbia, South Carolina, where he'll be evaluated for 45 days.
March 7, 2023 One of two American victims who survived Mexico kidnapping talks to mom from hospital, is 'doing ok': report One of the two surviving victims of the Mexico kidnapping last week was reportedly able to speak with her mother from a Texas hospital.
March 7, 2023 Two Americans who survived Mexico kidnapping are back in US, taken to Texas hospital Two surviving American victims of a kidnapping in Mexico were taken to the United States and are receiving treatment at a hospital in Texas, the State Department said.
March 7, 2023 Alex Murdaugh's friend Russell Laffitte denied new trial for financial crimes Russell Laffitte, Alex Murdaugh's friend and the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank, has been denied a new trial in his case related to Murdaugh's embezzlement schemes.
March 7, 2023 Four Americans kidnapped in Mexico: What we know Four Americans were traveling to Mexico for a medical procedure when their van was ambushed by suspected members of a Mexican cartel, with the Americans being kidnapped.