Murdaugh likely to be charged after botched suicide plan. The Murdaugh Family Murders III, The State headline
Alex Murdaugh resigning from family law firm, entering rehab. ibid. newspaper headline
Murdaugh Housekeeper Gloria Satterfield Dead Following Fatal Household Accident. ibid.
‘Alex Murdaugh stole $10 million.’ ibid. lawyer
‘Alex Murdaugh charged with two murders.’ ibid.
It’s a story straight out of a classic John Grisham murder mystery. The son of a wealthy powerful family of attorneys in a small town in South Carolina was facing jail time in the suspicious boating death of a beautiful 19-year-old girl. But he never made it to court. Just three days before his trial he and his mother were murdered at the family’s hunting compound. Then two months after finding their bodies his father was shot. True Crime Recaps: Murdaugh Family Murders, Youtube 20.06, 2021
Millions of dollars were missing from his family’s law firm and he was forced out. ibid.
The Murdaugh name has been linked to two other deaths: a 19-year-old teenage boy mysteriously killed on the side of a highway, then there was the Murdaugh’s housekeeper. ibid.
Mysterious murders … drug addiction … scandalous love affairs … financial dirty dealings … Alex Murdaugh stands out as a key player in a very real mystery. True Crime Recaps: Murdaugh Family History, Youtube 14.49, 2021
In a world where the wealthy are often seen to be above consequences, it’s strange to see one deemed a danger to themselves and others. However, this was precisely what happened when Alex Murdaugh was refused bond. So how dangerous is this guy? And what’s going on with the other deaths and lawsuits orbiting the Murdochs? True Crime Recaps: Shocking Twist in Murdaugh Family Mystery, Youtube 7.33, 2022
Just before dawn on a humid July night in 2015 a a motorist came across the body of a teenager in the middle of a country highway: 19-year-old Stephen Smith mysteriously dead just 10 miles away from Moselle, the massive hunting lodge in Islands in South Carolina owned by the area’s most powerful family, the Murdaughs. True Crime Recaps: The Murdaugh Saga Continues: The Mysterious Death of Stephen Smith, Youtube 7.22, 2023
February 2019: They should have made it home. They should have made it home safe. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal s1e1: Where is Mallory? victim’s family, Netflix 2023
Paul would snap back, This is my fucking boat and I know this river. ibid. victim
D’ya all know Alex Murdaugh. That’s his son. ibid. dude
This was a family you didn’t want to mess with. ibid.
Five bodies in six years leading back to this family. ibid.
You drink like that to escape something. ibid. friend’s family
The current was probably carrying her [Mallory] further out at this point. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal s1e2: Murders at Moselle, rozzer
They were more worried about a cover-up than they were about trying to find Mallory. ibid. boat crash victim
He was drunk. There was no question about it. ibid. dude
The family was under increased stress on multiple levels. ibid. woman
My wife and child [Maggie & Paul] have been shot badly. ibid. Alex’s 911 call
My housekeeper has fallen on her head and is bleeding. ibid. lady Murdaugh
A young white female with severe head trauma. ibid. response team
2015 Stephen Smith death … ‘A young white male laying in the roadway with severe head trauma.’ Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal s1e3: No Secrets Are Safe, response
Buster Murdaugh was in the report. ibid. reporter
There are multiple cases unravelling in the public eye. ibid.
Officials telling Fox News 53-year-old attorney Alex Murdaugh was shot and wounded today in Hampton County, South Carolina. No word on his condition. ibid. TV news
Alex went to rehab for a secret opioid addiction. ibid.
Alex Murdoch has misappropriated millions and millions of dollars. ibid. legal dude
Alex is at the scene of the murders. ibid.
On January 23 2003 Alex Murdaugh arrived at Colleton County Courthouse in South Carolina to stand trial for the murder of his wife and son. He has pleaded not guilty on both counts. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal s2e1: A Normal Day
The day before the auction I was able to go in and they allowed me to scale out the merchandise. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal s2e2: Alex’s Alibi
Maggie and Paul are dead … There’s probably going to be a lot of people coming by the house. ibid. call to housekeeper
He said, I need you to shoot and kill me. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal s2e3: A Tangled Web We Weave, Alex to friend
This crucial time when their phones stopped … We know they were there. ibid. woman
Guilty verdict. ibid. Clerk of the court
MURDOCH, BRADLEY: Evil Up Close TV - Killer Trials TV - Crimes that Shook Australia TV - Murder in the Outback: The Falconio & Lees Mystery TV -
Bradley Murdoch styled himself as the king of the outback. One who demanded total obedience. Evil Up Close s2e4: Killer in the Outback, CI 2012
In the darkness of the desert Bradley Murdoch cold-bloodedly kills one and then targets the other. ibid.
Those around him described him as permanently ready for a fight. ibid.
From 1990 to 1998 Bradley Murdoch successfully ferried drugs throughout those towns and cities of Australia which ringed the outback without once being arrested. ibid.
Two British tourists are attacked by a stranger in the Australian outback. The incident triggers one of the biggest investigations in Australian criminal history. But there’s no trace of the attacker, no murder weapon, and no body. Killer Trials s1e25, ID 2013
She never sees Peter Falconio again. ibid.
The DNA of an unknown man has been detected in a spot of blood on the T-shirt Joanna was wearing. ibid.
Murdoch has already been found not guilty in the unrelated rape and abduction in south Australia. ibid.
The most intimate details of her private life. ibid.
The prosecution rests its case. ibid.
Murdoch continues to protest his innocence. And Peter Falconio’s body has never been found. ibid.
It was here in 2001 that two English backpackers travelling in their VW Kombi van met their fate and sparked the biggest manhunt in Northern Territory history. Crimes that Shook Australia s2e1: Peter Falconio, CI 2014
When they pulled over to the side of the road, Peter got out to talk to the man. That moment would be the last time anyone ever saw Peter Falconio alive again. ibid.
In 2001 Joanne Lees was abducted at gunpoint in a remote stretch of highway in southern Australia. She was kidnapped by an unknown assailant and her boyfriend Peter was missing. Joanne managed to escape into the bushland. ibid.
The DNA evidence was pivotal … 43-year-old Bradley Murdoch. ibid.