Alex Murdaugh was a high-profile lawyer and his family seemed happy and wealthy but the picture unravelled after he was caught stealing from the family law firm.
, 54, fatally shot his wife Margaret, 52, four or five times with a rifle outside dog kennels on their rural Colleton County property on 7 June 2021.Prosecutors had said the lawyer, from a well-known and wealthy family, carried out the killings after he was caught stealing from the family law firm to gain sympathy and halt the investigation.
The jury deliberated for less than three hours before finding Murdaugh guilty of two counts of murder at the end of the six-week trial.The story features in a Netflix documentary series - Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal. In it, residents in their hometown of Hampton County question the family's influence, historically, over local law enforcement.
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