Murdaugh Set to Face Trial Over Murder of Wife and Son

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It was the spring of 2021, and Mr. Murdaugh, a South Carolina lawyer whose prominence was rooted in the legal dynasty that his family had built over generations, was about to see that legacy come crashing down.

His law firm was asking him about missing money, and he was being pressured in court to disclose his finances, potentially unraveling what prosecutors say were yearslong schemes to steal millions of dollars from clients and colleagues. Then, on June 7, 2021, Mr. Murdaugh’s wife, Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and the younger of his two sons, Paul Murdaugh, 22, were shot to death on the family’s expansive hunting property in a rural corner of South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/us/alex-murdaugh-trial.html

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