The case of Alex Murdaugh continues to progress. For those who do not know about this case, A well-known attorney from South Carolina, Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son and is currently on trial. This is a timeline of the events that took place before, during, and after he killed his son and wife.
July 8, 2015: A body was found that belonged to Stephen Smith, this death was ruled to be a hit and run, and there was a lot of unanswered questions about what exactly had happened to him, as this case progresses more evidence point to it being a Murdaugh seem to come up.
February 26, 2018: A housekeeper and nanny for the Murdaugh family, Gloria Satterfield, died 2 weeks after she had fallen in the home. The kicker with this is, her family was supposed to receive a large settlement from the Murdaughs from this, but Alex just pocketed it.
February 24, 2019: Paul Murdaugh, Alex’s youngest son, crashed his family’s boat into a bridge, causing passenger Mallory Beach to die. The Beach family sued the Murdaughs, this was when Paul started to reveal evidence of his family’s financial situation.
April 18, 2019: Paul was charged with three felonies due to this boat crash, but all of these he pleaded not guilty to all. After this, nothing was discussed about the case, just a lot of unanswered questions.
June 7, 2021: Alex Murdaugh calls 911 saying that he found his wife Maggie, and his son Paul at the kennels on their property and that they had been shot. He, fortunately, forgot to mention the detail that he did it.
June 22, 2021: As more evidence comes out while investigating the deaths of Maggie and Paul Muradugh, the police decide to reopen the case of Stephen Smith, after 6 years with no justice or answers.
September 3, 2021: Alex Murdaugh is forced to resign from his family’s law firm. I want it to be known, this was not your typical family law firm, through rural South Carolina, they had become a legal dynasty for generations.
September 4, 2021: Alex Murdaugh calls 911 to report that he had been shot in the head and that the shooter pulled up beside him while he was trying to change a flat tire, a very weird and out-of-nowhere situation.
September 14, 2021: In another situation that came out of nowhere, Alex, through his lawyer, releases a statement that he will be going into rehab for an alleged opioid addiction that he had for years.
October 14, 2021: This is the second arrest for Murdaugh for stealing the money from the Satterfield family, the first was when he was arrested for conspiracy in his suicide scheme committed.
July 14, 2022: Alex was indicted on two counts of murder, the 2 being the murders of his wife and his son. Though, he had remained locked up during those 9 months in between for several other issues.
January 23, 2023: The process of jury selection began for his murder trial.
Comments
Post a Comment