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Randolph Murdaugh died when his car was hit by a train as he headed home from a poker game in 1940. Alex Murdaugh’s great-grandfather, Randolph, founded the family law firm and in 1920 became the elected prosecutor for the five-county region that includes Hampton County. Others don’t appear to have followed state rules for settlements.ĭespite long staying out of headlines, the Murdaughs aren’t strangers to their own legal troubles. The documents have signatures purported to be from judges, but some were never entered into publicly searchable court records. But a lawyer for Satterfield’s sons said they haven’t seen a dime since agreeing to use an attorney who was Murdaugh’s college buddy to handle the legal work and another banker friend as estate executor. Documents appear to show Murdaugh’s insurance paid more than $4 million in wrongful-death claims. She died after falling in the Murdaughs’ home, but the death wasn’t reported to the coroner. They’re also looking into the 2018 death of family housekeeper Gloria Satterfield. Now, state police are investigating whether the Murdaughs obstructed that investigation. Paul Murdaugh was awaiting trial when he died. Many around town wondered whether the family was wielding their sizeable influence. It took months to charge Paul Murdaugh with boating under the influence causing death, the local newspaper noted. The crash bought the kind of attention the Murdaughs always tried - and for decades, succeeded - to avoid. Murdaugh scrutinized a board where staff kept track of patients and tried to talk to everyone who’d been on the boat, nurses told investigators. The night of the crash, Alex Murdaugh and his father visited the hospital. In a deposition, Cook said he feared the family: “Just anything they get in, they get out of. But the Murdaughs tried to pin him as the driver, Cook said, according to a wrongful death lawsuit. Alex Murdaugh’s father was grand marshal of the parade of the town’s marquee Watermelon Festival several years ago.īut plenty of people tell hushed stories of what happened if the Murdaughs were crossed.Ĭonnor Cook said that in 2019, he knew his friend Paul Murdaugh was intoxicated when he drove a boat that crashed, killing a 19-year-old passenger. The family has given millions to all sorts of projects. There’s no sign out front everyone knows it’s the Murdaughs’ firm.Īnd if you had a charity or other cause, the Murdaughs donated. It now employs several dozen lawyers, and its brick headquarters takes up a whole city block. The family founded a law firm a century ago. If you got hurt on the job, the Murdaughs took you on as a client. Alex Murdaugh’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather were the elected prosecutors for 87 years straight. If you stole something or had something stolen from you, the Murdaughs ran your case for the state. Like many people in town, Smith got entangled with the Murdaughs in a courtroom in Hampton County, population 20,000, where the family is used to being in power, not being questioned. He wouldn’t say anymore, insisting he was done discussing Murdaugh and the case - for now. “With a friend like that, who needs enemies,” Smith said as he limped around his property in Walterboro, checking on his shop and rescue dogs. Smith said they became friends, and he was stunned to find himself dismissed as a callous drug dealer by Murdaugh’s lawyers. The man charged with shooting Murdaugh is Curtis “Eddie” Smith, a former client from a workplace accident case. Police said he tried to arrange his own death and make sure a $10 million life insurance policy would pay off for his surviving son. 4 shooting in which a bullet grazed Murdaugh’s head on a lonely highway. Six investigations are underway, over the killings, stolen money, death coverups and a Sept. No one’s been arrested in their deaths, which brought scrutiny into every nook of Murdaugh’s life. Murdaugh’s wife, Maggie, and son Paul were killed June 7, shot multiple times at the family’s sprawling estate.