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Attorney Allegedly Killed Wife And Son To Divert Attention From His Other Crimes

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Alex Murdaugh, 54, murdered his wife and son — Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22 — on June 7, 2021, to divert attention from his other crimes, according to a document filed by prosecutors in Colleton County Court. The document explained that Murdaugh had tried to mislead law enforcement by saying that the two murders were linked to the 2019 boat accident that killed Mallory Beach, 19, Paul’s friend. At the time of his death, Paul …

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Man Arrested For Double-Murder

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Deputies in Jamestown, South Carolina, responded to a double-homicide and arrested a man. On Saturday night, the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene on Riverdale Drive at 7:55 p.m. There were two victims who police identified as Dianna Stevens and Jacob Derue. A suspect has been arrested and is being held at the Guilford County Detention Center under no bond for Dianna Stevens and a $500,000 secured bond for Jacob Derue’s murder. The …

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Man Allegedly Murdered Wife And Son To Avoid Being Caught For Financial Fraud

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South Carolina prosecutors say Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son to cause a distraction from his multi-million dollar financial fraud schemes. They say Murdaugh hoped to use the sympathy gained from the deaths to buy himself time to cover up the evidence. The SCAG’s office said in a new filing Thursday that Alex Murdaugh’s defense attorneys’ request for a bill of particulars regarding motive is improper in modern legal procedure, but prosecutors nevertheless laid …

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Five Men Carried Out Organized Assaults On Homeless People. Including A Suspected Murder.

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Assault, Attempted Murder, and Battery Are Just Some Of The charges Five South Carolina Men Face Multiple South Carolina men suspected of murder are now believed to have filmed themselves brutally attacking the homeless. Three men were charged in connection with the early July shooting of 31-year-old Joshua Matthew Garrett. Now two more are implicated in a range of crimes as well as the original three suspects. A group of men attacked homeless encampments in …

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