Murdaugh

Getty Images – STOCK (Charleston, S.C.) — Alex Murdaugh, who is already serving two life sentences for the murder of his wife and child, was sentenced Monday to 40 more years in prison for financial crimes, according to Charleston, South Carolina, ABC affiliate WCIV. Murdaugh, 55, pleaded guilty in September to the 22 federal charges […]

Joshua Boucher/The State/Pool/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (BEAUFORT, S.C.) — Disgraced South Carolina attorney and convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in state prison on financial crimes. Murdaugh, 55, pleaded guilty to 22 counts earlier this month for charges including fraud and money laundering after being accused of scheming to […]

Joshua Boucher/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (COLUMBIA, S.C) — A grand jury has indicted convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina attorney, on federal fraud charges, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Murdaugh, 54, is currently serving life in prison after being convicted of murdering his wife and their youngest son. The federal grand jury returned […]

Hampton County Detention Center (COLLETON COUNTY, S.C.) — A string of bloody killings and mysteries involving a prominent South Carolina family has sent investigators on a wild chase full of twists and turns. At the center of it is Alex Murdaugh, a 53-year-old South Carolina lawyer who comes from a legacy of prominent attorneys in […]

Tribune News Service via Getty Images, FILE (CHARLESTON, S.C.) — A grand jury has indicted convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina attorney, on federal fraud charges, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Murdaugh, 54, is currently serving life in prison after being convicted of murdering his wife and their youngest son. The federal grand jury returned […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — 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 […]

Joshua Boucher/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WALTERBORO, S.C.) — A juror who voted to convict Alex Murdaugh on Thursday told ABC News in an exclusive interview that the piece of evidence that convinced him of the disgraced lawyer’s guilt was the cellphone video placing Murdaugh at the scene minutes before the murders of […]

ABC News (WALTERBORO, S.C.) — Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was sentenced Friday to life in prison after being convicted of murdering his wife and their youngest son. Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, 52, and Paul Murdaugh, 22, were found dead from multiple gunshot wounds near the dog kennels at the family’s estate in June 2021, […]

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (WALTERBORO, S.C.) — Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh is scheduled to be sentenced Friday morning after being convicted of murdering his wife and their youngest son. The bodies of Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, 52, and Paul Murdaugh, 22, were found dead from multiple gunshot wounds near the dog kennels at the family’s […]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WALTERBORO, S.C.) — A jury has found disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh guilty of brutally murdering his wife and younger son at the family’s property in 2021. The jury reached the verdict after deliberating for nearly three hours Thursday after hearing five weeks of testimony from more than 70 witnesses — including […]