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Once-prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh to face charges in June 2021 shooting deaths of wife and son

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh is expected to be indicted later this week for murder in the grisly June 2021 shooting deaths of his wife and son, according to two sources with knowledge of the pending indictments.

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Who killed Maggie and Paul Murdaugh? 1 year later, South Carolina police say case ‘very much active’

The first call notifying 911 that Maggie and Paul Murdaugh had been shot to death came one year ago June 7 from a frantic Alex Murdaugh, who told operators he found his wife and youngest son bleeding out and not breathing on the family’s Moselle estate.

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Judge sets $1 million bond for former CEO Russell Laffitte, accused of fraud in Murdaugh saga

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A judge set a $1 million bond Friday for fired Hampton County banker Russell Laffitte, who is accused of scheming with suspended attorneys Alex Murdaugh and Cory Fleming to defraud legal clients of settlement money.

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Ex-banker charged with conspiring in Murdaugh money scheme

A grand jury has indicted the former CEO of a South Carolina bank on charges of conspiring with once-prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh to defraud victims of $1.8 million

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Federal grand jury eyeing Alex Murdaugh's $4 million settlement with deceased housekeeper's family

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal grand jury has been convened to look into Alex Mudaugh's financial affairs, including Murdaugh's most sensational alleged theft — the looting of his deceased housekeeper's $4 million estate.

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Financial victims of former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh indicate lawsuit coming against former Hampton bank CEO

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The family of one of Alex Murdaugh’s alleged financial victims has indicated in a new court filing that a lawsuit is coming against Russell Laffitte, the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank, regarding the family’s more than $800,000 in missing settlement money.

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For 10 years, Alex Murdaugh’s law firm missed millions in thefts. What went wrong?

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Everyone trusted Alex Murdaugh.

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