Feb. 21, 2026
"THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDAUGH: A LEGAL DYNASTY'S BLOODY END - PART 1"
Reid Carter exposes how South Carolina's most powerful legal dynasty collapsed into murder and fraud. Three generations of Murdaughs controlled criminal prosecutions across five counties for 87 years - locals called it "Murdaugh Country." Then Paul Murdaugh killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach in a drunk boating crash. Alex Murdaugh stole millions from clients, including dead housekeeper Gloria Satterfield's sons. June 7, 2021: Maggie texted a friend her husband sounded "fishy." Hours later, she and Paul were shot dead at the family's dog kennels. A video on Paul's phone caught Alex in a lie that would destroy him.
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Caalaruga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm Reed Carter, Saturday, February
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twenty first, twenty twenty six. For eighty seven years, one
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family controlled criminal justice across five counties in South Carolina's
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Low Country. Three generations named Randolph Murdau served consecutively as
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circuit solicitor, the elected prosecutor for the state's fourteenth judicial
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circuit Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper Counties. Locals called
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it Murdaw Country. The dynasty started in nineteen twenty when
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Randolph Murdaw Senior was elected solicitor. He served until nineteen forty,
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when his car was struck by a freight train and
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he was killed. His son, Randolph Buster Murdaw Junior, took
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over immediately held the position for forty six years, the
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longest tenure of any solicitor in United States history. When
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Buster retired in nineteen eighty six, his son, Randolph Murdaw
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the third, stepped right in served until two thousand and six,
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eighty seven consecutive years. One family, five counties. The Murdaws
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didn't just practice law in the Low Country, they were
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the law. Then came the fourth generation, Richard Alexander Alex
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Murdau born May twenty seventh, nineteen sixty eight, University of
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South Carolina USC Law School, joined the family firm Peters Murdaw, Parker,
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Elsroth and Dietrich known as p mp D. Volunteered part
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time in his father's solicitor office. Married Margaret Kennedy Brandstetter.
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Everyone called her Maggie. Two sons Buster, and Paul Alex
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didn't become the fourth solicitor. Instead, he became a personal
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injury lawyer at the family firm, made millions, built an empire,
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wielded the Murdaw name like a weapon across the low country. Judges, police, politicians.
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Everybody knew the Murdaws, everybody owed the murder, and nobody
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crossed the Murdaws until twenty nineteen when the dominoes started falling.
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And once they started, they never stopped. A drunk boat
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crash that killed a teenager, a housekeeper who died under
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suspicious circumstances, millions stolen from clients, an opioid addiction, a
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fake suicide plot, and on June seventh, twenty twenty one,
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a double murder at the family hunting lodge that shocked
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the nation. Netflix made a series, HBO made a documentary,
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Hulu made their own version. Court TV broadcast every second
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of the trial. Sixty million Americans watched the verdict. I'm reed, Carter,
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this is celebrity trials today. The Fall of the House
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of Murdaw. How a legal dynasty that controlled South Carolina's
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justice system for nearly a century collapsed into murder, fraud,
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and lies, Part one of two. February twenty fourth, twenty nineteen,
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Beaufort County, South Carolina. After midnight, six young people on
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a boat. Alex Murdaw's boat, his nineteen year old son, Paul,
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was driving drunk, way over the legal limit. Paul slammed
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the seventeen foot center console into a bridge piling near
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Paris Island, impacts so violent the boats split apart. Five
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passengers were thrown into the frigid water. One of them,
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nineteen year old Mallory Beach, never surfaced. Her body was
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found a week later. Paul Murdaw was indicted on three
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felony counts, including boating under the influence causing death. But
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this is Murdaw Country. Alex Murdaw's influence was everywhere. Investigators
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later alleged that Alex tried to obstruct the investigation, attempting
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to pin the blame on another passenger, Connor Cook, using
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his connections to shield his son from consequences. That boat
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crash was the first domino because it drew attention, media attention,
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leegal attention. People started looking at the Murdall family for
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the first time, and what they found was horrifying. Let's
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go back to February twenty eighteen. Gloria Sadderfield, fifty seven
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years old, the Murdall family's housekeeper for more than two decades.
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Loyal employee, trusted member of the household. Gloria fell on
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the steps outside the Murdaw home, suffered a subdural hematoma
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bleeding on the brain, was airlifted to a hospital, spent
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three weeks in intensive care, died on February twenty sixth,
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twenty eighteen. Here's where it gets ugly. After Gloria's death,
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Alex Murdaw orchestrated a scheme to steal from her dead
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housekeeper's sons. He recommended Gloria's family hire attorney Corey Fleming,
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his college roommate, to file a wrongful death lawsuit against
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Alex himself. It was a setup, a fake law suit
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designed to trigger insurance payouts. The insurance companies paid out
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over half a million dollars, but Gloria's sons, Tony Sadterfield
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and Brian Harriet never saw a penny. Alex created a
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fake bank account named Forge, mimicking a legitimate settlement company
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called Forge Consulting, and funneled the money to himself. He
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then used that stolen money to pay Curtis Eddie Smith,
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a former client and alleged drug dealer, hundreds of checks
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totaling approximately two point four million dollars over several years.
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Alex was feeding an opioid addiction while robbing his dead
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housekeeper's children. But that wasn't all. Alex was stealing from everyone,
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his law firm, his clients, people who trusted him with
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their settlements, their insurance payouts, their life savings. He stole
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millions over years decades, possibly using his family name as
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a shield, using his position to intimidate, using the Low
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Country's deference to the Murdaw dynasty to avoid scrutiny. All
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of it was unraveling. In the spring of twenty twenty one.
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Paul's boat crash trial was a pro coaching. The financial
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house of cards was wobbling. On June seventh, twenty twenty one,
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the chief financial officer at p MP E D confronted
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Alex about seven hundred ninety two thousand dollars in missing funds.
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That same day, Alex called Maggie and asked her to
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come to Mozelle, the family's one thousand, seven hundred acre
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hunting estate in Islington, about an hour north of hilton
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Head Island. Said they needed to visit his father, Randolph
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the Third, who was terminally ill. Maggie texted a friend,
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said her husband sounded fishy, said he was up to something.
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She drove to Mozelle anyway. By that evening, Maggie and
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Paul were dead. Mallory Beach was nineteen years old, should
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be twenty six today, should have finished college, should be
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building a career. Instead, she trusted a drunk teenager behind
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the wheel of his father's boat, and that father used
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his power to try to make the whole thing go away.
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Gloria Saderfield was fifty seven years old, worked for the
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murdaf family for more than twenty years. Her sons deserved
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the insurance money instead. The man she'd served loyally stole
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every cent. The call was coming from inside the house.
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June seventh, twenty twenty one, Mozelle Hunting Estate, Islington, South Carolina.
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Dinner was over around eight forty pm. Paul Murda called
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his friend Rogan Gibson. Paul had been keeping Gibson's chocolate
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labrador puppy, Cash in the dog kennels at Mozelle. The
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dog had an injured tail. Paul was concerned. Gibson asked
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Paul to send a video of the dog's tail. Cell
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signal was weak, a FaceTime call wouldn't connect, so Paul
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walked to the kennels to film a video for his friend.
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At eight forty four pm, Paul recorded a fifty second
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video on his phone. The camera was focused on Cash,
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the dog wagging his tail, but in the background you
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can hear voices three distinct voices, Paul, Maggie, and Alex.
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The Murdaw family dog Bubba had grabbed a chicken or
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a guinea, as Maggie speculated, and was racing around the
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kennels with it in his mouth. Hey, he's got a
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bird in his mouth, Maggie called out. Normal family moment,
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laughing about the dog, all three of them together at
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the kennel's. That video was never sent to Gibson because
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within minutes of it being recorded. Prosecutors say Paul was
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shot twice with a shotgun and Maggie was shot multiple
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times with a rifle two different weapons, Both dead, both
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at the kennel's. At nine o six pm, twenty two
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minutes after Paul's video, cell phone data shows Alex's phone
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leaving Mozelle. He drove to his mother's house in Almeda,
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approximately twenty minutes away. His mother had dementia. At ten
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o six pm, Alex called nine one one, said he'd
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return to Moselle and found the bodies of his wife
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and son near the dog kennel's. He was distraught on
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the call, crying. Told the first officer on scene, Sergeant
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Daniel Greene of the Colleton County Sheriff's Office, that Paul
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had been getting threats related to the boat crash. This
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is a long story. He's been getting threats. I know.
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That's what it is. Here's what Alex told investigators repeatedly
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in the hours and days that followed. He had dinner
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with Maggie and Paul, took a nap on the couch,
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watched television, fiddled on his phone, never went to the
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kennels that evening. When he woke up, Maggie and Paul
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were gone. He drove to his mother's house, came back
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found them dead. He lied the video on Paul's phone
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proved it. Alex was at the kennel's at eight forty
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four pm. His voice is on that recording. Multiple witnesses,
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Paul's friends, who knew the family intimately, would later testify
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they were one hundred percent certain that was Alex's voice.
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Rogan Gibson told the court he recognized all three voices.
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Neither Paul nor Maggie sounded stressed or scared, no indication
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of an intruder, just a normal family moment. Twenty two
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minutes later, Alex's phone left the property. Something happened in
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those twenty two minutes, something that turned a family standing
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around dog kennels, laughing about a bird and a dog's
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mouth into a double homicide. Investigators noted something else earlier
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that evening. A snapchat video showed Alex wearing a shirt
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and long pants with shoes. When police arrived after the
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nine one one call, he was wearing shorts and a
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white T shirt. He'd changed clothes when confronted, Alex told
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investigators that Maggie and Paul had gone down to the
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kennels while he stayed at the house. Three days after
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the murders. Sitting in a car with sled investigators, Alex
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was emotional, said of Paul, it was so bad. Then
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what sounded like I did him so bad. Prosecution said,
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he said I did him so bad. Defense said he
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said they did him so bad. One pronoun, one letter,
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two completely different meanings sled. The South Carolina Law Enforcement
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Division regarded Alex as a person of interest from the start,
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but it took investigators months to crack Paul's phone and
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recover that kennel video. The passcode turned out to be
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Paul's birthday zero four one four nine nine, simple, but
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the forensic process was painstaking. When they finally accessed it
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and heard Alex's voice, the case broke wide open. Alex
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Murdaw was arrested in July twenty twenty two, indicted by
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a Colleton County grand jury two counts of murder, two
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counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of
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a violent crime. The indictment stated he shot Maggie with
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a rifle and Paul with a shotgun. Maggie Murdaw was
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fifty two years old. Mother, wife, socialite, texted her friend
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that her husband sounded fishy, drove to Mozelle Anyway, shot
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to death near the dog kennels on her own property.
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Paul Murdaw was twenty two years old, facing felony charges
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for the boat crash that killed Mallory Beach. But he
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didn't deserve to die. He was recording a video of
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his friend's dog when his father allegedly picked up a
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shotgun and killed him. Someone has to say their names.
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We'll be right back with the trial that captivated sixty
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million Americans. Alex Murdaw takes the stand, admits he lied
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about being at the kennel's, and the jury's verdict in
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under three hours. January twenty fifth, twenty twenty three, Calaton
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County Courthouse, Walterboro, South Carolina, the trial of Alex Murdaw
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for the murders of his wife and son. Judge Clifton
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Newman presiding, Lead prosecutor Creighton Waters. Defense attorneys Dick Harputlian
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and Jim Griffin Harputlian, a state senator and one of
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South Carolina's most powerful attorneys. This was the defense money
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could buy. Before testimony even began, Judge Newman ordered a
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portrait of Randolph Murdaw Junior removed from the courtroom wall.
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Buster Murdaw's portrait had hung there for decades, a reminder
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of the family's dominance. Not anymore. The prosecution's theory was straightforward.
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Alex Murdaw's financial crimes were about to be exposed. The
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boat crash civil litigation was accelerating. Discovery would reveal the
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stolen millions. His law firm had already confronted him about
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missing funds. On the day of the murders. He was cornered,
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so he killed Maggie and Paul to Jai, generate sympathy
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by time and distract from the financial implosion. Prosecutor Crichton
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Waters told the Supreme Court years later, you can't understand
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the boiling point if you don't understand the slow burn
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leading up to that. The defense's theory, Alex wasn't at
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the kennel's. His voice on the video was misidentified. There
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was no physical evidence, no blood, no gunshot residue on
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his clothes. The crime scene was mishandled, rain contaminated evidence.
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Family and friends walked through the scene. Two different weapons
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suggested two shooters, and the Murdauf family had enemies because
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of Paul's boat crash. The trial lasted six weeks, over
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sixty witnesses, mountains of evidence, cell phone forensics, car GPS data,
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financial records, testimony from former colleagues, friends, family members, and
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law enforcement. The Kennel video was the prosecution centerpiece, played
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multiple times for the jury. Alex appeared to cry in
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the courtroom when it was played, hearing his son's voice
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his wife's voice captured minutes before they died. Then came
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the financial witnesses. Judge Newman ruled the financial crimes were
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admissible as motive evidence. The defense had opened the door
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by asking a witness to speculate about possible motives. Tony Saderfield,
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glorious son, took the stand and testified that Alex had
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stolen the insurance money meant for his family. The jury
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saw the full scope of Alex's fraud millions stolen clients, robbed,
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his own dead, housekeeper's children, cheated. On February twenty third,
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Alex Murdau took the stand. His attorneys put him up
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there a calculated risk. He denied killing Maggie and Paul,
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but then came the admission that changed everything. For months,
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Alex had told investigators he was never at the kennel's
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that night. Now, confronted with Paul's video, he admitted it.
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I did lie to them, he told the jury. He
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confirmed that was his voice on the video. He was
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at the kennel's at eight forty four p m. Six
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minutes before prosecutors believed the murders occurred. He'd been lying
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about it for nearly two years. When asked why he lied,
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Alex blamed his opioid addiction. Said it caused paranoid thinking,
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said anyone who had ever been addicted to opioids would understand.
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Creighton Waters cross examination was devastating, Methodical, relentless walked Alex
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through lie after lie after lie about the kennels, about
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