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Alex Murdaugh, the once-prominent member of a legal dynasty in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, has been convicted of murdering his wife and son in June 2021.
Murdaugh, 54, was found guilty of all four counts against him on Thursday in connection with the deaths of his 52-year-old wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, near the dog kennels of their South Carolina estate on June 7, 2021. The former personal injury attorney now faces decades in prison.
The Colleton County jury reached a verdict at 6:41 p.m. after almost three hours of deliberation with no questions to Judge Clifton Newman. Murdaugh appeared emotionless as the verdict was read in the packed courtroom. Several rows behind him sat his only surviving son, Buster, who had his hand in his hands and looked downward.
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