So they can play that card like they care about everyone else. You become invincible in a way and you get a little liquor and you think you’re untouchable.”Īnother time, Proctor had added: “The Murdaughs, as big and powerful and rich as everyone thinks they are … they’re going to go on living their lives like nothing (happened).
SCHP detective Todd Proctor said in 2015, “I think it’s a situation when you grow up and your family is kinda high-profile and you get away with some things because of your family name. The probe documents also stated that Buster was reportedly intimately involved with Stephen. However, no one has ever been named a suspect. SCHP documents revealed that Paul and his brother Buster Murdaugh were treated as possible persons of interest in the case along with others. But despite all these, the name of the Murdaugh family kept emerging throughout the course of the investigation. Investigators then came up with a theory that the man’s head was hit by the mirror of a semi-truck. He doesn’t deserve people to think that.” He would not let a car, let alone a truck, get close enough to hit him. There is no way that would happen to him. A friend of Stephen told FITSNews: “Stephen was not stupid. However, when investigators from the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the Hampton County sheriff’s office, and the South Carolina SLED searched the area near the crime scene, they reportedly did not find anything - no bullets, no gunshot residue, no tire marks, and no pieces left from a vehicle.Īnd, soon after that Stephen’s death was called a hit-and-run accident by a pathologist, Dr Erin Presnell, of The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), which left investigators as well as the victim’s friends and family confused. Initially, they thought it was a hit-and-run case, but then the coroner declared the death as a shooting homicide. Stephen’s car was found three miles away on the side of Bamberg Highway by investigators, who failed to find the cause of his death. There were marks of cuts and bruises on his right hand. His head was disfigured while his right shoulder was partially dislocated. His face was covered in blood because of a 7.25-inch gaping hole on the right side of his forehead. What a slap in the face,” Sandy stated.Īccording to reports, in July 2015, Stephen’s body was found in a very horrific condition. “They called me back and said they were looking into Stephen’s case because they have to see if my family is involved in the shooting of Paul and Maggie (Murdaugh). She hoped that they had reopened her son’s case, but what the official told her was devastating. Recently, Stephen’s mother - Sandy Smith - said she got a call from an official with the SC State Law Enforcement Division (SLED). He had pleaded not guilty to three felony charges, which included one count of boating under the influence causing death and two counts of boating under the influence causing great bodily injury. The South Carolina scion was allegedly driving the boat in a drunken state.
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Paul was about to stand trial in the death of the 19-year-old, who allegedly died in a boat crash. Earlier, it was said that the deaths may have some links to the 2019 death of Mallory Beach. However, a recent report said that the cops investigating the double murder are now trying to find if Paul and Maggie’s killings had any connection to mysterious deaths linked to the family. Days have passed since the tragedy, but cops haven't found anything concrete to pursue the case further. The 22-year-old man and his 52-year-old mother, Margaret aka Maggie, were shot dead while they were at their hunting lodge in Islandton. The pair belonged to a prominent Hampton family. ISLANDTON, SOUTH CAROLINA: The double murder of Paul Murdaugh and his mother on June 7 has not only rocked South Carolina, but also the entire US.
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