Alex Murdaugh guilty!

[unicorn]

I'm glad to hear that scumbag won't see the outside of a prison for the rest of his life. He should get extra punishment for having such ugly sons! What an appropriate last name.

[TotallyOz]

What a horrible thing to say about someone that was murdered.

[unicorn]

I guess you're right, though the son who was killed was actually also a killer and a man of ill repute himself...

[reader]

For those who haven't been following this saga, the jury may have returned a guilty verdict in the trial of the father but the investigation into the death of a gay teenager connected with Murdaugh's surviving son is shifting into high gear.

 

 

[fedssocr]

I really don't understand the media's obsession with this case

[KYTOP]

This proves that there are still some people in this world that are just Pure EVIL

[reader]

I believe the interest both in the media and the public stems from the entitlement that was accorded to a powerful family that had succeeded in making it immune from responsibility for a series of incidents until it finally become too much to stomach. It reminds be in a way of the Red Bull cop-killer evaded justice in Thailand.

Well before the elder Murdaugh murdered his wife and youngest son, authorities had looked the other way in three deaths: a teenage girl who died in a boat accident; the family's long-time housekeeper who died under suspicious circumstances; and again in the death of Stephen Smith described above. The crimes extended to Murdaugh's brothers who ran the law firm and at least one other attorney now accused of defrauding clients of over eight million dollars.

In the death of Smith, state police were convinced that it was a homicide but the coroner ruled that he was struck by the side mirror of a passing car despite any evidence that a vehicle was involved.

There's a generalized sense of public outrage that grows as more is revealed about the family's crimes over an extended period.

[unicorn]

On 3/6/2023 at 3:38 PM, fedssocr said:

I really don't understand the media's obsession with this case

It goes way beyond the father murdering his own son and wife--as horrible as that sounds, it gets even worse than that. The murdered son was in legal hot water for killing someone else, and the father used that fact to state that others had a motive to kill the son which he killed. Also, their housekeeper died under mysterious circumstances with family around. The family of the housekeeper was awarded a settlement from the insurance company, and the father actually stole that settlement!!! The killer son was never brought to justice from a criminal standpoint, but his testimony in a civil case which was pending could have damaged the father. I didn't even realize the surviving son may have killed someone himself. Many people were outraged that the whole family seemed to consider itself above the law--and the whole family appeared to be quite depraved. 

[Suckrates]

6 hours ago, unicorn said:

It goes way beyond the father murdering his own son and wife--as horrible as that sounds, it gets even worse than that. The murdered son was in legal hot water for killing someone else, and the father used that fact to state that others had a motive to kill the son which he killed. Also, their housekeeper died under mysterious circumstances with family around. The family of the housekeeper was awarded a settlement from the insurance company, and the father actually stole that settlement!!! The killer son was never brought to justice from a criminal standpoint, but his testimony in a civil case which was pending could have damaged the father. I didn't even realize the surviving son may have killed someone himself. Many people were outraged that the whole family seemed to consider itself above the law--and the whole family appeared to be quite depraved. 

 

They sound like the Redneck version of the Trumps.