29-09-2021, 08:51 AM
This one quite a tale. Better to read the full article.
By JEFFREY COLLINS
September 28, 2021 GMT
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For the past century, the Murdaughs have steered much of the legal world in this remote corner of South Carolina — north of Savannah, Georgia, and far from the interstate or just about anything else. Running the prosecutor’s office and a large civil law firm allowed the Murdaughs to do it quietly, until recently.
Murdaugh’s wife, Maggie, and son Paul were killed June 7, shot multiple times at the family’s sprawling estate.
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Six investigations are underway, over the killings, stolen money, death coverups and a Sept. 4 shooting in which a bullet grazed Murdaugh’s head on a lonely highway. Police said he tried to arrange his own death and make sure a US$10 million life insurance policy would pay off for his surviving son.
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Alex Murdaugh’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather were the elected prosecutors for 87 years straight.
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Connor Cook said that in 2019, he knew his friend Paul Murdaugh was intoxicated when he drove a boat that crashed, killing a 19-year-old passenger. But the Murdaughs tried to pin him as the driver, Cook said, according to a wrongful death lawsuit.
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Now, state police are investigating whether the Murdaughs obstructed that investigation. They’re also looking into the 2018 death of family housekeeper Gloria Satterfield.
She died after falling in the Murdaughs’ home, but the death wasn’t reported to the coroner. Documents appear to show Murdaugh’s insurance paid more than $4 million in wrongful-death claims. But a lawyer for Satterfield’s sons said they haven’t seen a dime since agreeing to use an attorney who was Murdaugh’s college buddy to handle the legal work and another banker friend as estate executor.
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https://apnews.com/article/business-life...be3bad9711
By JEFFREY COLLINS
September 28, 2021 GMT
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For the past century, the Murdaughs have steered much of the legal world in this remote corner of South Carolina — north of Savannah, Georgia, and far from the interstate or just about anything else. Running the prosecutor’s office and a large civil law firm allowed the Murdaughs to do it quietly, until recently.
Murdaugh’s wife, Maggie, and son Paul were killed June 7, shot multiple times at the family’s sprawling estate.
......
Six investigations are underway, over the killings, stolen money, death coverups and a Sept. 4 shooting in which a bullet grazed Murdaugh’s head on a lonely highway. Police said he tried to arrange his own death and make sure a US$10 million life insurance policy would pay off for his surviving son.
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Alex Murdaugh’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather were the elected prosecutors for 87 years straight.
......
Connor Cook said that in 2019, he knew his friend Paul Murdaugh was intoxicated when he drove a boat that crashed, killing a 19-year-old passenger. But the Murdaughs tried to pin him as the driver, Cook said, according to a wrongful death lawsuit.
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Now, state police are investigating whether the Murdaughs obstructed that investigation. They’re also looking into the 2018 death of family housekeeper Gloria Satterfield.
She died after falling in the Murdaughs’ home, but the death wasn’t reported to the coroner. Documents appear to show Murdaugh’s insurance paid more than $4 million in wrongful-death claims. But a lawyer for Satterfield’s sons said they haven’t seen a dime since agreeing to use an attorney who was Murdaugh’s college buddy to handle the legal work and another banker friend as estate executor.
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https://apnews.com/article/business-life...be3bad9711