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Post by kittylady on Mar 19, 2023 2:43:02 GMT
^^ The girlfriend had better not put his name as beneficiary on any life insurance policy. Not saying that he would do anything but better to be safe than sorry.
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Post by dksnj on Mar 19, 2023 17:29:51 GMT
So glad they are reopening this investigation. After watching the trial and the documentaries, I wouldn't be surprised if the Murdaugh sons had something to do with this.
What happened to Stephen Smith? Spinoff investigations heat up in wake of Murdaugh family murders
Thursday, March 16, 2023 4:49PM
Stephen Smith's family pushes for new autopsy in wake of Alex Murdaugh guilty verdict
New details as spin-off investigations heat up as disgraced legal scion Alex Mudaugh sits in prison, including the mysterious death of Stephen Smith.
New details as spin-off investigations heat up as disgraced legal scion Alex Mudaugh sits in prison, including the mysterious death of Stephen Smith.
The murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh have sparked new developments in spinoff investigations.
Now, the family of Stephen Smith is pushing for a new autopsy after Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of murdering his wife and son.
"It's not going to bring Stephen back but I will have a piece of mind to know whoever did this is going to pay," Stephen's mother, Sandy Smith, said in a 2021 interview.
During the double murder investigation of Maggie and Paul in 2021, state agents said they found new evidence on another mysterious death, leading police to reopen the case in June 2021 as they look at how the 19-year-old was killed.
Authorities said he was the victim of a hit and run, however, his family always believed something else happened.
"They said he was shot in the head, then it turns out it was a hit and run, and then he was beat up. So, the story just kept changing over and over," Sandy said.
Smith's family is now raising money to exhume his body in hopes of doing an independent autopsy to find out how he died.
State investigators said they have "made progress" in the death investigation, however, adding that the investigation remains active and ongoing. They also have not named any suspects.
Meanwhile, Russell Laffitte, the banker already convicted as an accomplice to Murdaugh's financial crimes, is now asking for a new trial after Alex took the stand in the double murder case and admitted to financial crime after financial crime.
"You keep talking about what I did with Russell Laffitte. But what I want to let you know is that I did this and I'm the one that took people's money that I shouldn't have taken and that Russell was not involved in helping me," Murdaugh said on the stand.
Laffitte's attorneys said Murdaugh's testimony vindicates him.
"I can tell you that Russell Lafitte never conspired with me to do anything. Whatever was done was done by me," Murdaugh added.
"Alex Murdaugh's confession, and essentially saying, listen -- this was something I did, and I did alone -- is essentially new information. New information, new evidence that speaks to motivation that speaks to ability to commit a crime is grounds for a retrial," said Channa Lloyd, managing partner at Cochran Firm.
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Post by lindsaywhit on Mar 20, 2023 11:58:36 GMT
Jesus wept - the tentacles of evil on this family!
Was Buster the one rumored to be gay, or was that Paul?
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Post by Sarzy on Mar 21, 2023 20:20:54 GMT
^ Buster. He was the one rumoured to have had a relationship with Stephen Smith
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Post by kittylady on Mar 23, 2023 23:49:49 GMT
^ Buster. He was the one rumoured to have had a relationship with Stephen Smith Stephen Smith's death has now been reclassified as homicide. Wonder if Buster is sweating yet?
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Post by lindsaywhit on Mar 24, 2023 10:57:17 GMT
^ Buster. He was the one rumoured to have had a relationship with Stephen Smith Stephen Smith's death has now been reclassified as homicide. Wonder if Buster is sweating yet? Unreal! I mean - who would have believed all this if it didn't sort of roll out in front of us? Actually - all the families of their victims probably feel like this monstrous clan is finally being exposed. Years of this evil - it both fascinates and repels.
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Post by no1novice on May 25, 2023 13:36:54 GMT
Alex Murdaugh New 22-Count Indictment ... Allegedly Stole $3.4 Mil from Dead Housekeeper 5/24/2023 7:54 AM PT Murder's just the tip of the iceberg with Alex Murdaugh ... the feds say he plotted with bank CEOs and other attorneys to plunder millions from clients, and the estate of the housekeeper who died mysteriously in his home. The feds just dropped a 22-count indictment on the convicted murderer, and according to the docs ... Murdaugh had quite the operation going behind the scenes of his family's personal injury law firm. Gloria Satterfield Perhaps the most disturbing charge involves Gloria Satterfield, the Murdaughs' longtime housekeeper, who died in 2018 after an alleged slip and fall -- caused by the Murdaughs' dogs -- in the family's home. According to the indictment, Murdaugh recommended Gloria's family hire another attorney ... who was one of Murdaugh's close friends. That lawyer negotiated settlements for Gloria's death from 2 insurance companies -- Lloyds of London and Nautilus Insurance Group -- totaling about $4.3 million. However, the feds say the lion's share of that settlement got funneled into an account Murdaugh set up to look like a legit consulting firm ... but it absolutely was not. Gloria's family members spoke out in the Netflix documentary, "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal," and said they never saw a dime of the insurance payouts. This indictment backs that up, and provides an answer for where the money went ... allegedly. The Satterfields are just one of several of Murdaugh's financial victims, according to the indictment, which details other alleged incidents of pilfering his clients' funds. He's accused of money laundering, wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud. Of course, Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison earlier this year for the 2021 murders of his wife and son. He can't get more time behind bars, but the feds can collect money and assets for his victims ... if he's convicted. Again.
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Post by notoriousmkg on May 25, 2023 15:12:27 GMT
If Fernando Botero had been born in Scotland instead of Colombia, he would have made portraits that looked like this.
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Post by no1novice on May 25, 2023 22:44:16 GMT
Think he's already meet them...
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Post by trixie on May 25, 2023 23:41:56 GMT
Is there any money left? I know he wanted the surviving son to get the money. I hope the courts froze his assets so maybe some of his financial victims can recover some $$.
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Post by no1novice on Jan 24, 2024 21:05:58 GMT
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Post by kittylady on Jan 25, 2024 1:46:50 GMT
I truly hope that some day, somehow, Stephen Smith's family is able to get some solid answers about what happened to their son and who was responsible, as well as Gloria Satterfield's family. There's too many deaths surrounding the Murdaugh's and not enough explanations.
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Post by no1novice on Jan 25, 2024 18:17:53 GMT
There are explanations - the deaths benefitted the Murdaughs in some way.
But I'll just add this here again There was also a tape kit ordered for his body. Time to process that kit eh?
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Post by sputnik on Jan 25, 2024 20:03:43 GMT
this whole story is very backwater trump country Shakespearean. i tried following the netlix series and mustering up any interest in it but i can't. everyone involved is awful, uninteresting and ignorant. and ugly to boot. and where they live sounds like hell.
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