Who is Alex Murdaugh and what has he done to find his place into mainstream news?
The Netflix documentary “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal” is currently one of the most watched non-fiction materials on the mainstream at the moment. The gruesome documentary that highlights lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s trial over allegedly murdering his own wife and son has glued plenty of eyeballs to screens, but as it turns out – the real life case has finally reached a conclusion.
The series links five bodies over six years to Murdaugh: Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, Mallory Beach, Gloria Satterfield and Stephen Smith. Though there was no proof of Alex Murdough having a part in any of the murders in the documentary, a new development has happened in the real life case.
What new development has happened in the Alex Murdaugh case?
A South Carolina jury has recently found disbarred attorney Richard “Alex” Murdaugh guilty of murder on Thursday in the 2021 killings of his wife and son.
Murdaugh’s wife Maggie, 52, and son Paul, 22, were found fatally shot near dog kennels at the family’s home on June 7, 2021. However, after an intense and complicated round of investigations, a jury deliberated that Murdaugh, 54, was found guilty of two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
Murdaugh admitted in court that he lied to investigators when he told them he was not at the kennels before finding their bodies. After the verdict was read, Judge Clifton Newman scheduled Murdaugh’s sentencing at 9:30 am on Friday and thanked the jurors for their service. The minimum sentence for murder is 30 years in prison.
The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office is seeking life in prison without the possibility of parole. “We had no doubt that if we had a chance to present our case in a court of law they would see through the one last con that Alex Murdaugh was trying to pull,” lead prosecutor Creighton Waters said. “Justice was done today.”
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