Michael Tony Satterfield: Son of former Murdaugh family maid Gloria wants mother's body exhumed
ISLANDTON, SOUTH CAROLINA: The son of Gloria Satterfield, the Murdaugh family's former maid who died in what the Murdaughs claimed was a "trip and fall" accident, is asking for the exhumation of his mother's body. Michael Tony Satterfield recently stated that he doesn't believe his mother was murdered, but he still wants to "see if there's any foul play."
The late housekeeper spent more than 20 years working for the famous family before she tragically died in February 2018, when she was 57 years old. Tony stated he was "shocked" to learn that Alex Murdaugh failed to offer his family millions of dollars worth of insurance money after his mother died, as per News Nation.
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Was it not an accident?
South Carolina Law Enforcement (SLED) is still investigating the death of the Murdaugh family's housekeeper, Gloria, in a strange "slip and fall" in 2018. She reportedly tripped over the family's four dogs on the steps leading to their house, but it has long been suspected that this was no accident, reports New York Post. The first criminal inquiry into Gloria Satterfield's death was launched in 2021, three years after she died, Insider reported earlier.
Maggie and son Paul were the only witnesses
Alex's wife Maggie informed the police about Gloria's accident. Maggie and her son Paul were the only people who saw what happened, according to KIRO 7. The disgraced lawyer, who was sentenced to life in jail earlier this month, murdered both Maggie and Paul Murdaugh in 2021. Gloria's death was not submitted to the coroner, and no autopsy was performed, according to WJCL-22. South Carolina authorities announced on June 7, 2021 that the body would be exhumed.
Attorney Eric Bland's efforts
Columbia, SC, attorney Eric Bland, who represents Satterfield's sons Brian "Little B" Harriott and Michael Anthony "Tony" Satterfield, as well as other Murdaugh financial victims, has recovered more than $7.5 million for the Satterfield family from the various banks and law firms involved in Alex Murdaugh's insurance scandals. This does not include the additional $4.3 million Bland extracted from Murdaugh in a confession of judgment authorized by the court in April 2022. The funds will be distributed to many of Murdaugh's victims, per New York Post. "Gloria died for a purpose," Bland stated. "She was the first and it really brought all the victims together in a sense."
Bland, however, insists that Gloria was not murdered on purpose. He believes it will be difficult to establish whether her death was caused by someone or something other than an accidental fall.