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September 18, 2021

Murdaugh housekeeper’s heirs are owed at least $3M more, lawyer claims

Insurance settlements totaling at least $3 million may have been shifted from the estate of the late housekeeper of South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, an attorney representing the state says, according to a report.

September 18, 2021

Alex Murdaugh alleged shooter Curtis Smith says he was set up by disgraced lawyer

Curtis Smith, who was hired as a hitman by Alex Murdaugh to kill himself so his son could rake in $10 million dollars from life insurance, says he was set up by Murdaugh.

September 18, 2021

Sons of Alex Murdaugh's dead housekeeper 'scared,' 'shell-shocked,' after SC lawyer's release to drug rehab

The two sons of a 57-year-old housekeeper who died weeks after a mysterious fall at the home of prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh four years ago are absolutely “shell shocked,” their attorney tells Fox News, after Murdaugh was let out of a jail on a $20,000 personal recognizance bond and allowed to travel back to an out of state rehabilitation facility without GPS monitoring.

September 16, 2021

Alex Murdaugh bond set in alleged insurance fraud scheme, as deaths of wife and son remain unsolved

Prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, who is facing several charges for allegedly plotting his own death so his surviving son could cash out on a $10 million insurance settlement, surrendered his passport Thursday, as a judge set his bond at $20,000.

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.