PAUL & MAGGIE MURDAUGH: South Carolina vs. Alex Murdaugh for Double Homicide of wife & son *GUILTY*

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This case is being kept pretty quiet, no major details released to speak of (other than it does say there were two different guns used), but no info regarding who found them, who called 911, very little else.

Of interest, the grandfather died just a few days after these murders and it sounds as if he was ill from various articles so probably not unexpected. I think of the typical motives, did grandpa have a big estate? How big in the overall family of grandpa's on down? They sound like a pretty well known family and a powerful one in their state, more on that in the article.


www.postandcourier.com

Questions abound in SC Murdaugh killing. Among them: Should prosecutor step aside?

Several days after two members of a prominent Hampton County family were fatally shot, questions about what happened still vastly outnumber answers.
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Tresir said:
If Buster and Alex are communicating in written letters via their attorney then would they be protected ? I think letters from prisoners are monitored/read but maybe not if they go via an attorney perhaps.

ETA just catching up - I see this is what you have been discussing. I'm late to the party.
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I wouldn't think so since it isn't correspondence between them and their attorney and apparently it is against the rules or law for them to transport such letters for a client. That's just my guess.

I wonder how they'd even stop such or confiscate such though or prove it since their conversations and case notes, etc. I'd think are privileged so how would they even be able to search the atty. for letters? All he'd have to do most likely is tuck them in with the case file, etc.

Just total guesses on my part, I have no idea. Maybe they need to sweep Alex and his cell more thoroughly prior to his meeting with his attorney... He has to write them right?

This of course is if any of it is true considering the source. Maybe he and Buster aren't corresponding at all and he wants to make it sound as if they are since reporters and people will wonder if no jail calls, visits by Buster, etc. Of course that too is all guesswork on my part and total speculation.

I don't know.

Don't feel bad about being late to the party, I get to attend only for a minute or so before work or issues call for me. You may be late but at least you likely get to stay awhile lol.
 
abcnews.go.com

Alex Murdaugh 'invented' story about dogs causing housekeeper's fatal fall at house

Alecx Murdaugh "invented" story that his housekeeper fell because of dogs at residence
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ByLuke Barr
May 3, 2023, 6:06 AM

Alex Murdaugh, the former South Carolina lawyer serving a life sentence for killing his wife and son, said he "invented" the story about a dog causing his housekeeper's fatal fall at the family’s hunting property, Moselle, in February of 2018, causing her to die, according to court documents.

The Murdaugh family's housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, died in what was initially described as a “trip and fall” accident. One of Murdaugh’s dogs got under Satterfield and caused her to fall, hitting her head, Murdaugh said at the time.

But that story turned out to be fabricated.
 
Summer_Breeze said:
abcnews.go.com

Alex Murdaugh 'invented' story about dogs causing housekeeper's fatal fall at house

Alecx Murdaugh "invented" story that his housekeeper fell because of dogs at residence
abcnews.go.com abcnews.go.com

ByLuke Barr
May 3, 2023, 6:06 AM

Alex Murdaugh, the former South Carolina lawyer serving a life sentence for killing his wife and son, said he "invented" the story about a dog causing his housekeeper's fatal fall at the family’s hunting property, Moselle, in February of 2018, causing her to die, according to court documents.

The Murdaugh family's housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, died in what was initially described as a “trip and fall” accident. One of Murdaugh’s dogs got under Satterfield and caused her to fall, hitting her head, Murdaugh said at the time.

But that story turned out to be fabricated.
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So we are to believe him now???
 
news.yahoo.com

Convenience store owner sued in fatal boat crash seeks dismissal from Alex Murdaugh case

Attorneys for convenience story owner Greg Parker said 19-year-old Mallory Beach was responsible for consequences of staying in a boat driven by an intoxicated Paul Murdaugh. Beach died in the 2019 boat crash.
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John Monk
Thu, May 4, 2023 at 5:00 AM EDT

A South Carolina judge took no action Wednesday on two key, but separate legal issues involving convicted killer Alex Murdaugh.

The first, a pending possible decision to approve $160,000 in additional legal fees requested by Murdaugh’s attorneys, Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, a state senator.

That money, which would finance appeals from Murdaugh’s double-murder convictions in March, is now being held with other assets by receivers, who are waiting to distribute it and possibly other money at a later date to people claiming losses from Murdaugh’s various crimes and unlawful actions.

The second, whether to dismiss operator Greg Parker and his convenience stores from a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Renee Beach, mother of 19-year-old Mallory Beach, who was killed in a 2019 boat crash purportedly driven by an intoxicated Paul Murdaugh.

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In a nearly-three hour Wednesday hearing at the Lexington County Courthouse, Judge Daniel Hall told a sparse audience of mostly lawyers and reporters that he will rule on Parker’s dismissal request by May 26, and he’ll rule on the fee issue by May 12.

A trial in the widely-watched Beach wrongful death case has been set for August in Hampton County.

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In a dramatic courtroom moment Wednesday, P.K. Shere, a lawyer for Parker, told the judge that Beach was responsible for the consequences arising from the collective decision by her and her four friends to get in a boat at nighttime driven by Paul Murdaugh off the coast of Beaufort.

“They all knew Paul Murdaugh was drunk, and they still got on that boat,” Shere told the judge.
 
abcnews4.com

Alex Murdaugh can't use more 401(k) funds to pay for murder appeal, judge rules

A South Carolina judge on Friday denied Alex Murdaugh's request to dip back into a pool of protected funds he hoped to use to pay legal costs for a pending appe
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by DREW TRIPP | WCIV Staff
Fri, May 12th 2023, 3:26 PM EDT

HAMPTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — A South Carolina judge on Friday denied Alex Murdaugh's request to dip back into a pool of protected funds he hoped to use to pay legal costs for a pending appeal of his murder conviction.

Judge Daniel Hall in a ruling Friday afternoon ordered Murdaugh cannot access an additional $160,000 from his liquidated 401(k) assets to pay expenses and fees for his lawyers Jim Griffin, Dick Harpootlian and their associates.

"After careful consideration, defendant Richard Alexander Murdaugh's motion for payment of attorneys' fees and costs from untainted funds is denied," the court order reads.
 
Summer_Breeze said:
abcnews4.com

Alex Murdaugh can't use more 401(k) funds to pay for murder appeal, judge rules

A South Carolina judge on Friday denied Alex Murdaugh's request to dip back into a pool of protected funds he hoped to use to pay legal costs for a pending appe
abcnews4.com abcnews4.com

by DREW TRIPP | WCIV Staff
Fri, May 12th 2023, 3:26 PM EDT

HAMPTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — A South Carolina judge on Friday denied Alex Murdaugh's request to dip back into a pool of protected funds he hoped to use to pay legal costs for a pending appeal of his murder conviction.

Judge Daniel Hall in a ruling Friday afternoon ordered Murdaugh cannot access an additional $160,000 from his liquidated 401(k) assets to pay expenses and fees for his lawyers Jim Griffin, Dick Harpootlian and their associates.

"After careful consideration, defendant Richard Alexander Murdaugh's motion for payment of attorneys' fees and costs from untainted funds is denied," the court order reads.
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Thank goodness. There was nothing right about this at all imo. A right to a defense sure, but money guarded and used for HIM when he has taken from others that will NEVER be fully reimbursed? No. He was allowed counsel AND to pay them through is trial. That SHOULD be it.

Right decision imo.
 
Murdaugh claims he is innocent of the murders and is seeking to get a judgement on the Sattersfield case changed.


www.dailymail.co.uk

Murdaugh Writing Letters From Prison Claiming He Is Innocent Of Murder

Notorious murderer Alex Murdaugh has been writing to friends from prison denying that he murdered his wife and son.
www.dailymail.co.uk

Alex Murdaugh wants confession of judgment in housekeeper case tossed | Fox News

Murdaugh is serving life in prison for the murders of his wife, Maggie, and his son, Paul
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Tresir said:
Murdaugh claims he is innocent of the murders and is seeking to get a judgement on the Sattersfield case changed.


www.dailymail.co.uk

Murdaugh Writing Letters From Prison Claiming He Is Innocent Of Murder

Notorious murderer Alex Murdaugh has been writing to friends from prison denying that he murdered his wife and son.
www.dailymail.co.uk

Alex Murdaugh wants confession of judgment in housekeeper case tossed | Fox News

Murdaugh is serving life in prison for the murders of his wife, Maggie, and his son, Paul
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com
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So now we're supposed to believe him??? I think that ship has sailed, dude.
 
GrandmaBear said:
I wouldn't think so since it isn't correspondence between them and their attorney and apparently it is against the rules or law for them to transport such letters for a client. That's just my guess.

I wonder how they'd even stop such or confiscate such though or prove it since their conversations and case notes, etc. I'd think are privileged so how would they even be able to search the atty. for letters? All he'd have to do most likely is tuck them in with the case file, etc.

Just total guesses on my part, I have no idea. Maybe they need to sweep Alex and his cell more thoroughly prior to his meeting with his attorney... He has to write them right?

This of course is if any of it is true considering the source. Maybe he and Buster aren't corresponding at all and he wants to make it sound as if they are since reporters and people will wonder if no jail calls, visits by Buster, etc. Of course that too is all guesswork on my part and total speculation.

I don't know.

Don't feel bad about being late to the party, I get to attend only for a minute or so before work or issues call for me. You may be late but at least you likely get to stay awhile lol.
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Ok was just reviewing the replies to this letter communication thing and one of your posts you copied this, which appears to state the reason for the letters rather than phone calls. It is to avoid public records requests.

As for Murdaugh’s only surviving son, Buster Murdaugh, Griffin said his life has been “turned upside down” and that he wants to move forward. Buster and his father have avoided contact via phone, Griffin said, because those calls would be subject to public records requests. Instead, the two communicate through letters.
 
Tresir said:
Murdaugh claims he is innocent of the murders and is seeking to get a judgement on the Sattersfield case changed.


www.dailymail.co.uk

Murdaugh Writing Letters From Prison Claiming He Is Innocent Of Murder

Notorious murderer Alex Murdaugh has been writing to friends from prison denying that he murdered his wife and son.
www.dailymail.co.uk

Alex Murdaugh wants confession of judgment in housekeeper case tossed | Fox News

Murdaugh is serving life in prison for the murders of his wife, Maggie, and his son, Paul
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com
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Just when you thought you couldn't think any lower about this guy he finds a way.
 
Tresir said:
Ok was just reviewing the replies to this letter communication thing and one of your posts you copied this, which appears to state the reason for the letters rather than phone calls. It is to avoid public records requests.

As for Murdaugh’s only surviving son, Buster Murdaugh, Griffin said his life has been “turned upside down” and that he wants to move forward. Buster and his father have avoided contact via phone, Griffin said, because those calls would be subject to public records requests. Instead, the two communicate through letters.
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RIght. I think I said something like that. Prison officals can still read it but the letter goes out and is received by sender and recipient. Phone calls are recorded and can be obtained.
 
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