MURDER HE WROTE: Alex Murdaugh allegedly shot wife Maggie and son Paul in front of dog kennels on SC estate
Disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh, 53, is facing murder charges in relation to his wife and son's deaths. He is already in prison for charges relating to embezzlement and fraud. Pictures of the outdoor dog kennels where Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were shot dead last summer have been revealed. Homemaker Maggie, 52, and her youngest son Paul, 22, were found dead in their Moselle, South Carolina family home last June in a horrific double murder.
An eight-page indictment says that Murdaugh shot Maggie with a rifle, and Paul with a shotgun. He was indicted Thursday, July 14, by a Colleton County grand jury on two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. The Daily Mail has now obtained photos of the dog kennel where the two of them were murdered. The kennels now stand alone and empty. The publication also learned from probate records that the property was recently sold for $3.9 million. It was in Maggie's name at the time of her death.
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Murder is a capital offense in the state of South Carolina. If found guilty, Murdaugh could face the death penalty. He had told police three months ago that he "found" the bodies upon returning to the family's 1,700-acre hunting estate of Moselle. "I need the police and an ambulance immediately. My wife and child were just shot badly," he told a 911 operator. Rumors circulated locally and online claimed that Murdaugh was having an affair with a fellow attorney.
Paul was shot with a shotgun twice, once in the head and once in the chest. Maggie, on the other hand, was shot multiple times with an assault rifle. Reports said that their gunshot wounds were consistent with "execution-style" killings. Sources said that Paul's body was found partially inside one of the kennels, but Maggie's was found several feet away. This indicated that she may have been running from her killer while being attacked. Murdaugh had told investigators after the murders that he was visiting his dying father and his mother about 11 miles away at their home in Varnville when the crime took place.
However, it has now been revealed that audio and video obtained from Paul's cellphone, which was found near his body, indicate that Murdaugh was speaking with Maggie at the time of her death. Not only that but "high-velocity impact spatter" of blood found on his clothing that night places him at the crime scene when at least one of the victims died, according to FITSNews. Patterns in bloodstains and other bodily fluids can help investigators understand what happened at the time of violent death as it relates to the positioning of the victim and the suspect.
Meanwhile, in September last year, the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) opened an investigation into the 2018 death of the Murdaugh family's former housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield. This came just one day after investigators said that Alex Maurdaugh had hired a hitman to kill him in a botched assisted suicide scheme after his wife and son were murdered. Gloria Satterfield was a longtime housekeeper of the Murdaughs. On February 26, 2018, the 57-year-old woman died “as a result of injuries sustained in a trip and fall accident” in a Hampton County home belonging to the family.
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Alex Murdaugh was traveling to Charleston through a longer route when his car broke down on September 4. An unidentified person shot him in the head while he was out trying to change a tire. He was soon released from the hospital and investigators say that it was a well-thought event with Murdaugh being at the helm of it. Reportedly, Murdaugh staged the shooting hoping that if he died, his sole surviving son, Buster, would receive a $10 million insurance payout.