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Couch where Alex Murdaugh had ‘shortest nap in history of the south’ sells for $30k as family items auctioned

Also up for sale was the family-of-four’s camo hunting clothes, an eerie decorative skull and a framed poem which – based on what happened to the family – has taken on a whole new meaning

The Independent UK

Stephen Smith homicide investigators say witnesses could be ‘more willing to speak freely’ after Murdaugh case

SLED opened a new investigation into Stephen Smith’s death in June 2021 – days after Alex Murdaugh murdered his wife and son

The Independent UK

Mom of teen found dead near Murdaugh home warns killer: ‘I don’t care what your name is, you need to be punished’

Stephen Smith’s mother spoke out after SLED announced that her son’s death was finally being investigated as a homicide

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Stephen Smith died 8 years ago. More people than ever want to know why

State agents say Smith was murdered. Interest in his case has spiked in part because of where he died: about 8 miles from where Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot to death.

WEKU

Death of teen exhumed near Murdaugh murders mansion investigated as homicide

A new investigation into the death of Buster Murdaugh's fellow student, Stephen Smith, who was found dead aged 19 near the Murdaugh mansion, has opened as his body is exhumed

Daily Mirror

Murdaugh trial gives unsolved death investigation a boost

A mother whose son was found dead in the middle of a South Carolina road eight years ago is opening a private investigation into his death after raising almost $90,000 amid the publicity surround the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh

The Independent UK

SLED investigating Stephen Smith’s death as a murder, says teen did not die by hit-and-run

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel confirmed Tuesday night that his agency is now investigating the 2015 death of Hampton County teen Stephen Smith as a murder.

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Stephen Smith’s death declared a homicide days after Buster Murdaugh denied involvement

Family says it is a major development and ‘a chance to right eight years of wrongs’

The Independent UK

Stephen Smith’s mother flagged Buster Murdaugh as a potential suspect in his murder in 2016 letter to the FBI

In the letter, Sandy Smith said an individual had come forward to the family claiming to have witnessed Stephen being beaten to death with a baseball bat

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh’s attorney slams leak of jailhouse phone call

Colleton County Sheriff’s Office said the call was released due to ‘human error’ after a podcast filed a FOIA request for Murdaugh’s jailhouse calls

The Independent UK

Court TV Gets Big Bounce From Alex Murdaugh Verdict

Viewership jumps 600% when guilty decision rendered

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‘This has gone on far too long.’ Buster Murdaugh speaks out on Stephen Smith’s death

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Buster Murdaugh on Monday publicly denied being involved in the death of a teenager hours before Stephen Smith’s mother and her attorneys held a news conference.

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Alex Murdaugh’s son Buster breaks silence about ‘vicious rumours’ around Stephen Smith’s death

Stephen Smith was found dead in the middle of a road in Hampton County in 2015 and his family now plans to exhume his body for an independent autopsy

The Independent UK

Stephen Smith family says he was killed ‘somewhere else’ before body was ‘placed’ in road near Murdaugh home

Family of Stephen Smith plan to exhume his body for an independent autopsy as they insist: ‘This is not Alex Murdaugh 2.0’

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Dead in a road, inconsistent injuries and Murdaugh family murmurs: What happened to Stephen Smith?

Stephen Smith’s mother has always maintained that her son was murdered yet, for almost eight years, his death was dismissed as a hit-and-run. Now, South Carolina investigators have officially announced that she was right all along. So will she finally get answers? Rachel Sharp reports

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The body of a teenager found dead near the Murdaugh estate in 2015 will be exhumed

Stephen Smith's death was ruled a hit-and-run. His body was found 15 miles from the estate of former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who was found guilty this month of killing his wife and son.

The Guardian - US

Body of teenager found dead near Murdaugh property to be exhumed

Death of Stephen Smith, 19, was ruled a hit-and-run but case was reopened after Murdaugh’s conviction of murder of wife and son

The Independent UK

Family calls for independent autopsy of teen killed in hit-and-run near Murdaugh property

A GoFundMe page has now raised more than $56,000 for Stephen Smith’s body to be exhumed and re-examined

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With Alex Murdaugh behind bars for murder, a small South Carolina community comes to terms with his other crimes

The media tents and trucks have packed up and left and the wall-to-wall cable network coverage of the six-week trial of South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh has ended. However, in rural Hampton County, it's a difficult, uneasy time.

The Independent UK

Maggie Murdaugh’s friends break silence for first time after husband Alex was convicted of murder

‘You know, she’s not ‘the wife that was murdered.’ I mean, we don’t want her to be remembered that way,’ her friends say

Daily Mirror

Body of man mysteriously found dead near family killer Alex Murdaugh's home to be exhumed

Stephen Smith, 19, from South Carolina, US, was found dead just a few miles away from Alex Murdaugh's home in July 2015. It was initially determined by police as a hit-and-run case

Daily Mirror

Friends of Alex Murdaugh's murdered wife share tributes to 'witty and fun' woman

Caroline Price and Shellie West, two old friends of Maggie Murdaugh, spoke out on her tragic killing by husband Alex and how they want her to be remembered as the woman that she was

The Independent UK

Maggie Murdaugh’s friends break silence for first time after husband Alex was convicted of murder

‘You know, she’s not ‘the wife that was murdered.’ I mean, we don’t want her to be remembered that way,’ her friends say

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh’s accomplice in financial crimes seeks new trial based on killer’s testimony in murder case

During his murder trial, Alex Murdaugh testified that Russell Laffitte was not involved in his multi-million-dollar fraud schemes

The Independent UK

Buster Murdaugh’s girlfriend files second police report claiming media harassment

Brooklyn White reportedly described the ordeal to law enforcement officers as an ‘ongoing intrusion into her life by reporters’

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