![]() ![]() The reports from the initial accident showed “no vehicle debris, skid marks, or injuries consistent with someone being struck by a vehicle," according to CNN. The incident was initially deemed a hit-and-run, but the case has since been reopened as a homicide investigation, per CNN. In 2015, Stephen Smith, Buster's high school classmate, was found dead on the side of the road about 15 miles from one of the Murdaugh family's properties in South Carolina, TODAY reported. His name has been connected to a classmate's death. Here's everything to know about the eldest Murdaugh son, from his attempt to go to law school, to his net worth. ![]() The three-part Netflix doc, which dropped in February 2023, explores all these incidents and more.Īlex Murdaugh's only living son, Richard Alex “Buster” Murdaugh Jr., 26, has been leading a relatively quiet life amid his family's scandal, so you probably still have questions about him. The family, which has a long history in South Carolina as powerful prosecutors, has been connected to several scandals, including a fatal boating accident where Paul was allegedly driving drunk. Alex Murdaugh, the victims' husband and father, was just found guilty of their murders and sentenced to life in prison. Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh and her 22-year-old son Paul were both killed in June 2021. Richter emphasized last week that the legal team has no evidence connecting the death in any way to Buster Murdaugh, who has recently denied any involvement amid claims that he called baseless.The Netflix true crime docuseries, Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal, follows the events that led up to the murders of a mother and son from an elite, wealthy family in South Carolina, the Murdaughs. Stephen Smith went to the same high school as Alex Murdaugh’s surviving son, Buster – prompting rumors that the Murdaugh family was involved in Smith’s death. The road also contained no skid marks or nearby debris, according to another lawyer for the Smiths, Ronnie Richter. The force of car wrecks often leaves people found without their shoes. The medical examiner who did the initial autopsy theorized his head was struck by the side mirror of a passing truck that did not stop.īland has said Stephen Smith did not make any calls on his cellphone, and his loosely tied shoes remained on his feet. The responding trooper did not think it was a hit-and-run. His car was found not far from the body with the gas cap removed and his wallet still inside. Police said it appeared he was walking for help after running out of gas. The 19-year-old nursing student was found dead with head injuries and a dislocated arm bent behind him in the middle of a two-lane Hampton county road on 8 July 2015. ![]() Bland has said being young and gay in South Carolina’s Lowcountry region could not have been easy for Stephen Smith. Sandy Smith has long held that her son’s death was no accident but the result of a brutal beating. The division’s chief, Mark Keel, has assigned extra regional agents to the homicide investigation in hopes that knowledgable parties might be more willing to speak now, according to a 22 March press release. The announcement directed people to contact South Carolina’s law enforcement division with any tips. “He probably was pounding on his coffin, saying, to anybody who could hear, ‘I was not hit by a car, but I was intentionally killed.’ And now we’ve told him we hear his voice.”īland’s law firm announced on Monday that Sandy Smith was offering a $35,000 reward for information leading to the identification and conviction of anyone responsible in her son’s death. “Stephen for many, many years, I can only imagine, was not so much at peace in his grave,” Bland said in a video. With the second autopsy completed and the investigation unfolding, Bland said Stephen can “really rest at ease”. But speculation following the since-disbarred lawyer’s recent life sentence for those killings helped Sandy Smith raise more than $87,000 to have her son’s body re-examined in an investigation that South Carolina law enforcement division has said was never closed since the agency opened it in June 2021.Īttorney Eric Bland, who is representing the family, said in a Sunday statement that this weekend was a “bittersweet” and “trying time”. ![]()
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