Alex Murdaugh appears in an Oct. 14, 2021 mugshot obtained from the Orange County, Fla. Department of Corrections.
Alex Murdaugh, a disgraced South Carolina attorney and heir to a legal dynasty in that state's Lowcountry region, has been indicted on two counts of murder and two separate weapons possession charges. The counts are connected to the deaths of his wife Maggie Murdaugh and his son Paul Murdaugh on June 7, 2021, at Murdaugh family property in Colleton County.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel announced the indictments on Thursday morning.
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Read the indictments below.
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