DISGRACED attorney Alex Murdaugh has been indicted for the June 2021 murders of his wife and youngest son.
A South Carolina grand jury charged Murdaugh on Thursday with two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon.
Alex Murdaugh is already jailed and is facing dozens of criminal charges in the months since his wife and son were found dead[/caption]
The Murdaugh family, from left to right, Buster, Maggie, Paul and Alex[/caption]
On June 7, 2021, Murdaugh called 911 after he found his wife, Maggie, and his 22-year-old son, Paul, shot multiple times on their hunting lodge property in rural Colleton County.
State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel said agents and city officials had worked tirelessly to build a case against the person “responsible for the murders of Maggie and Paul”.
Keel said Thursday’s indictment is “one more step in a long process for justice for Maggie and Paul.”
The state’s attorney general’s office has not released any details on how police linked Murdaugh to the deaths after 13 months of investigation.
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More details may be released in a bond hearing, which has not been scheduled.
Murdaugh and his attorneys have repeatedly denied any role in the deaths, saying he was visiting his mother and ailing father and discovered his son and wife fatally shot when he returned to their estate.
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