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*** telephone for help, delight hurry. *** tangled web of lies, attempted coverups and present execution charges, ribs accused of sidesplitting his woman and son. The erstwhile southbound Carolina lawyer is acceptable to spell connected trial. The clip has travel for Alex motivation to beryllium each responsible. Do you deliberation they volition find who did this? We surely anticipation so. Hope so. It's decidedly going to spell down arsenic 1 of the astir celebrated trials southbound Carolina has ever seen the proceedings of Alex murdock, the Clinton County courthouse. It's *** acquainted territory for alec Murdoch but this time, the present disbarred lawyer won't beryllium trying *** lawsuit here. He'll beryllium defending his own. The proceedings of Alex Murdoch, Good evening. I'm Riley Miller accused of sidesplitting his wife, Maggie and son. Paul Alex claims helium recovered them changeable to decease astatine their hunting lodge Moselle june 7th 2021 since their deaths and unraveling saga of twists and turns fiscal crimes, *** deadly vessel crash, the decease of the household housekeeper and an unsolved decease of *** teenage boy. Countless questions remain, but 1 question that prosecutors volition absorption connected who killed Maggie and paul, It's decidedly going to spell down arsenic 1 of the astir celebrated trials South Carolina has ever seen. It's *** lawsuit that's garnered planetary attention, alec Murdoch wants prominent, debased state lawyer volition beryllium tried successful *** courtroom wherever helium utilized to thrust galore lawsuit himself. As alec goes to proceedings for the shooting deaths of his woman and son. *** large question is, are his fiscal crimes, motive for murder. That's thing Judge Clifton Newman present indispensable determine the time that helium um is accused of murdering his woman and son. It was *** culmination of pressures. Attorney eric Bland says missing wealth from Alex instrumentality steadfast was 1 of those pressures but that was conscionable the extremity of the iceberg. You person his lad paul who is charged with D. U. I. Felony boating accident. He and his lad buster are being sued by Mark Tinsley successful the Mallory Beach lawsuit and past 3 days days aboriginal determination was *** proceeding wherever helium was going to person to disclose each of his finances careless of what Judge Newman decides. Bland says alec has 1 bully happening going for him. His attorneys don't underestimate Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin. They are exceptional proceedings attorneys, you're talking astir Dick Harpootlian who has tried implicit 100 execution cases either arsenic *** authoritative oregon *** defence lawyer. To my knowledge, Creighton Waters has not tried immoderate execution cases, that's truly not what an lawyer wide does. But are those 2 attorneys capable to get *** not blameworthy verdict for alec? I don't deliberation there's gonna beryllium *** not blameworthy verdict, but I deliberation determination could beryllium *** precocious likelihood of *** hung jury, All they person to bash is flip 1 oregon 2 jurors and it'll beryllium *** hung assemblage and this is being tried successful Alex's backyard. The Myrtle household backyard and Bland says that's *** large woody erstwhile it comes to assemblage selection. There's radical that are frightened of the myrtles, you know, there's jurors that I've imaginable jurors that person called maine that are very, precise tense that they're gonna beryllium selected. There's witnesses who bash not privation to testify, witnesses presumably connected the borderline of their seat. It's an unsettling feeling of what volition happen, but to recognize what could happen, we person to recognize however we got here. Are they breathing? No ma'am, my woman and my son. Please hurry. And truthful it makes you wonder, okay, is this alleged shooting that happened this play connected successful immoderate mode to the decease of his lad and his wife? And that's thing we conscionable don't cognize the reply to beyond Alex Murdoch and his melodramatic attorneys 1 face, you'll spot *** batch of circuit justice Clifton Newman Newman is an astatine ample justice of the southbound Carolina circuit courts astatine this point, Newman is nary alien to the courtroom. Antics of Murdoch's attorneys successful august hearing. Newman kept his composure arsenic the defence counsel waived their arms pointing fingers and raised their voices. Newman Appointed by the Supreme Court is present poised to beryllium the astir almighty idiosyncratic successful the courtroom. Come Monday portion the absorption volition beryllium connected wrong the courtroom Walterboro South Carolina, the region spot of Clinton County is bracing for *** surge of strangers with *** colonisation of astir 6000. Our Brooke Butler went to Walterboro wherever businesses and residents of the tiny metropolis are preparing. It whitethorn beryllium quiescent now, but precise soon the metropolis of Walterboro volition apt beryllium bustling with activity. The beforehand structure of the debased state becoming beforehand and halfway of *** execution proceedings that's drafting planetary attention. It's conscionable *** truly welcoming tiny town, truly beauteous Walterboro, *** metropolis known for its antique stores, reddish rocking chairs successful confederate hospitality, welcoming hundreds if not thousands of people. As *** result, the Murdoch execution trial, we bash inspect *** ample influx of people, peculiarly the archetypal mates of weeks of the trial. The influx of visitors volition apt effect successful *** roar successful business. Some stores are admittedly feeling *** small nervous. There's been *** scope of reactions, but fractional of it, you cognize what you'll get until it gets too. For many. *** apical interest revolves astir postulation and parking. It's the concern that it's going to make the clogging of the roads, the rerouting of traffic, radical trying to get to and from work. But the city's tourism manager scott groom says they're taking respective steps to guarantee they're acceptable for the crowds. We bash person escaped parking each done the area. We've contacted *** section church, we've got parking for media. There are *** fig of tons with escaped parking successful the area. The metropolis parking tons connected apical of addressing parking groom says they're readying connected bringing successful nutrient trucks. There are not capable restaurants nearby. On main street, we person 4 restaurants, 2 of them are lone unfastened for dinner. The nutrient trucks volition assemble adjacent the courthouse ensuring radical volition beryllium capable to drawback *** repast erstwhile proceedings breaks for luncheon and arsenic the proceedings approaches, locals privation everyone to retrieve to beryllium benignant and diligent with them arsenic they woody with crowds, they're not accustomed to, everybody needs to understand, hold their turn, basal successful line, beryllium patient, everything volition beryllium fine. The Murdoch execution proceedings is acceptable to footwear disconnected connected monday during enactment volition beryllium the archetypal bid of concern reporting successful Colleton County. I'm Rhett Butler w J C L 22 quality for 3 generations, the Murdoch household had *** ample beingness successful the debased state from solicitor to almighty attorneys. But wherever does it each statesman for that? We spell backmost decades For astir *** century. *** subordinate of the Murdoch household held the rubric of 14 circuit solicitor covering 5 counties. Alan Dale, Beaufort, Colleton Hampton and Jasper. The relation of *** solicitor successful South Carolina is the aforesaid arsenic the relation of the people's lawyer oregon prosecuting lawyer oregon *** territory lawyer successful different states. And that is to prosecute transgression cases. As soon arsenic the presumption of solicitor became an elected 1 successful 1920 Hampton lawyer Randolph murdock elder was chosen for the job. He was killed successful *** bid wreck successful 1940 was succeeded by his lad Randolph buster Murdoch who held the presumption until his status successful 1986 buster's lad Randolph murdock the 3rd was past elected and served until 2005. His power was not constricted to this circuit uh arsenic as solicitors successful southbound Carolina oregon governmental animals, they needfully person uh governmental bonds um that they maintain, and I deliberation that utilized to beryllium *** batch much important uh erstwhile buster was was coming up um, than it is now. But the power of the household extended beyond the relation of solicitor, the family's almighty instrumentality firm. P. M. P. E. D. Has been successful cognition for much than *** century. That instrumentality steadfast has immoderate really, truly good lawyers who conscionable happened to beryllium very, precise skillful P. M. P. E. D. Accused Alex murdock. Randolph, the 3rd lad of stealing wealth Alex resigned, but his member Randolph murdock. The 4th is inactive listed connected the firm's website, contempt the tragedies that person precocious surrounded the household and enactment the Murdoch sanction successful the nationalist spotlight. Mccloskey believes the P. M. P. E. D. Law firms prominence volition survive. You bet, uh, those those guys are bully astatine what they bash and they're gonna stay prominent, uh is it thing that they're gonna person to find ways to softly overcome? You stake this is not, this is not amusive for anybody. This is the benignant of communicative that truly has nary bully ending. P. M. P. E. D. Still exists, but nether *** caller sanction parker instrumentality group, the Murdoch made mysterious fatal fall, considered an mishap astatine the time. But careless of what happened, it's what transpired aft that caught the attraction of authorities. If you look astatine each the victims of Alex, they were either um radical who are highly vulnerable. The proceedings of Alex murdock continues to unfathomable tragedies. Three deaths. The Moselle property, the hunting lodge wherever Maggie and paul Murdoch and Gloria Satterfield each died. The lawsuit successful the hands of the court, our Brooke Butler visited that spot 41 47 Moselle Road County spot was erstwhile the Murdoch family's hunting lodge. It became the tract of *** treble execution backmost successful 2021. Now it's connected its mode to caller ownership, june 7th 2021 Murdoch calls 911 saying helium recovered his wife, Maggie and lad paul changeable to decease astatine their spot connected Moselle Road investigators created this diagram showing wherever connected the spot their bodies were found, not the lone ones who met an untimely extremity astatine this hunting lodge successful 2018, Maggie herself called 911 reporting their housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield had fallen. She did not past 1 twelvemonth aft Satterfield's death, 19 twelvemonth aged Mallory Beach was killed successful *** vessel clang successful Beaufort County investigators accidental paul Murdoch was the 1 driving the vessel and accidental helium was good implicit the ineligible bounds successful *** wrongful decease suit filed by beaches family. They database members of the Murdoch household arsenic defendants. *** household precocious reached *** imaginable colony successful that lawsuit. If approved by *** judge. The colony would necessitate the idiosyncratic typical of Maggie murdock's estate, john marvin Murdoch to merchantability assets similar the Moselle property. The proceeds volition spell straight towards the colony connected the website wherever the hunting lodge is listed, It states the spot is nether declaration meaning an connection has been accepted arsenic to who the imaginable purchaser is that remains unknown. The listing describes this spot arsenic apical tier 1 that's implicit with each of the amenities and improvements 1 would expect from *** precocious extremity sporting spot reporting successful assemblage successful County I'm Brett Butler W. J. C L. 22 quality arsenic the proceedings gets underway, Murdoch's fiscal crimes. The missing wealth from the decease colony of the household housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield volition instrumentality halfway stage, millions of dollars were missing aft murdock sued himself and helium astir got distant with it. Gloria Satterfield, humble, hard moving parent of 2 was employed arsenic *** housekeeper and nanny for the Murdoch household for 2 decades and aft her tragic travel and autumn decease astatine their home. She and her household became 1 of alec's galore victims. If you look astatine each the victims of Alex, they were either um radical who are highly susceptible radical who not lone were susceptible due to the fact that of their deficiency of acquisition oregon their deficiency of sophistication, but it's the worst clip of their beingness Alex Murdoch schemed *** nett disconnected Gloria Satterfield's decease worked. That is until her son's work an nonfiction successful the insubstantial astir *** wrongful decease colony that should person awarded them money. However, they had ne'er seen *** dime of it. I deliberation if if Alex wasn't truthful greedy that if helium conscionable gave the boys $25,000 each and said, look, the remainder had to spell to wage the aesculapian bills, they ne'er would person asked immoderate questions. But that greed is what got alec successful occupation again. The Satterfield family's attorneys, eric Bland and Ronnie Richter uncovered what happened and recovered much than $7.5 cardinal for Gloria's sons. In summation to that, they besides got *** confession of judgement from alec which got him disbarred the precise adjacent time While the wealth won't bring Gloria back, Bland says her household has immoderate bid and knowing her decease served *** purpose. It was her decease and the exploitation of her decease done the claims and the stolen wealth that really brought each the fiscal crimes uh, to airy The South Carolina. Law Enforcement Division announced June 3 of 2022 that they program to Exume glorious Satterfield's assemblage arsenic portion of their investigation. *** day for erstwhile that volition hap has not yet been set. He's *** precise caring idiosyncratic and she was the stone of their family. In the days aft alec claims helium recovered paul and Maggie dead. Other members of the Murdoch household came forward, the proceedings of Alex Murdoch continues. Just days aft alec Murdoch claims helium recovered his lad and woman murdered Alex member spoke to abc quality successful an exclusive interrogation I got *** telephone from, from alec monday night. As soon arsenic I had to devote, I knew thing was wrong. Oh man. He conscionable told me, helium said, travel arsenic accelerated arsenic you can, paul and Maggie person been wounded his dependable to fear. He was conscionable excessively strong. But the idiosyncratic that did this is retired determination and there's information, nevertheless large oregon nevertheless tiny it is. Did they person immoderate enemies? I truly don't cognize of immoderate enemies. You perceive each this speech connected the societal media with respect to paul, but I don't cognize of anybody that would truly, that would genuinely beryllium an enemy, really privation to harm them. Paul had been awaiting proceedings accused of being nether the power portion crashing *** vessel that killed 19 twelvemonth aged passenger, Mallory Beach successful 2019. He pleaded not blameworthy successful the lawsuit successful Hamilton. Now with what happened that night, I ne'er knew what it would beryllium similar to spell done thing similar this. Emergency, February 24, 2019 the nighttime that enactment the murdochs backmost successful the spotlight and changed the beach. Family's beingness forever, investigators accidental paul Murdoch was driving *** vessel nether the power with 5 different teenagers, including formation erstwhile helium crashed into *** Bridge adjacent paris land yet got to the point, I grabbed my woman successful the bottommost of the vessel formation was gone. Police accidental paul was grossly intoxicated yet helium wasn't issued *** tract sobriety test, nor did helium ever spent *** nighttime successful jail. Good luck authorities hunt teams, friends and household searched for an full week until 911. What's your emergency? We deliberation we recovered her beaches assemblage was recovered connected March 3rd 2019 successful *** march adjacent the wide stream vessel landing. Later that month. Her household filed *** wrongful decease suit against Alex and buster Murdoch positive parker's convenience store who sold paul the intoxicant the nighttime of the clang april 18th 2019 would person been beaches 20th birthday. It is hard, yes, it's hard, there's moments that we person that things punctual america of Mallory and We interruption down astatine times. It was besides the time that Paul was indicted for boating nether the power causing decease and 2 counts of boating nether the power causing large bodily injury. Paul pleaded not blameworthy to each charges. The tribunal ordered mediation successful the wrongful decease suit failed connected June 4, 2021 gathering the lawsuit would past caput to proceedings 3 days later, Paul and his mother, Maggie are recovered changeable to decease astatine their family's hunting lodge. The household of Mallory Beach has since reached *** colony with Buster Murdoch, the lone surviving lad of Alec successful *** lawsuit, *** 2015 decease could beryllium connected to the Murdoch family. The communicative of Stephen Smith and the caller probe next. The proceedings of Alex Murdoch continues While the state and adjacent the satellite volition beryllium focused connected the trial. There are inactive unanswered questions into the decease of *** young antheral recovered connected *** roadworthy astir 10 miles from the Murdoch home. In the weeks aft Paul and Maggie's decease Sled announced they're reopening the investigation. Marvis proceeding present with what we know. Oh my gosh, we've been waiting connected this forever. Sandy smith wakes up each greeting reasoning astir her lad steven successful her years agelong hunt for answers and they said helium was changeable successful the caput And past it turned retired it was *** deed and tally and past helium was bushed up. And truthful the communicative conscionable kept changing Steven Smith's assemblage was recovered on Sandy Run Road successful Hampton County successful July of 2015. The authoritative origin of decease astatine the clip was that Smith died of *** deed and run. I conscionable couldn't judge it. But he, erstwhile they told maine deed and run, I said that's intolerable due to the fact that Stephen wouldn't person been walking successful the roadworthy to commencement with, helium would person chopped done the woods. He would not person been successful the road with nary apprehension made that hunt for answers continues successful the lawsuit is reopened. In June 2021, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced that they were reopening the probe into Steven Smith's decease successful *** statement. Then they said the determination to look into the decease was based connected accusation gathered during the execution probe into the deaths of paul and Maggie murdock for sandy smith, it could beryllium different measurement person to justness oregon much unanswered questions. It's similar he's *** cipher due to the fact that we're mediocre people, spouses termination each different often successful our society. Unfortunately, whether it's, you know, implicit money, implicit it's emotion oregon hatred whatever, But to transcend *** genitor sidesplitting *** kid is truly dark. *** motive unclear. *** fishy charged his proceedings acceptable to begin, nary substance the outcome. Legal analysts accidental the scenery has changed. Do you deliberation each of this volition bring alteration to southbound Carolina? I do. Um you know, sunlight is the champion disinfectant. I deliberation what we've exposed astir however colony agreements are sometimes done disconnected grounds without *** tribunal newsman and without an bid of court. I deliberation each that is changing and everybody's doing it connected grounds and making definite that orders are signed and filed. So, you know, alteration happens dilatory successful our society. It's incremental, but I lone deliberation that bully tin travel from this sunlight and change. We convey you for watching our peculiar presumption of the proceedings of Alex Murdoch. The speech does not extremity here. Be definite to caput implicit to W J C L dot com wherever we person extended coverage, including *** timeline of everything you conscionable saw and more. I'm Riley Miller, Good night *** telephone for help, delight hurry. *** tangled web of lies, attempted coverups and present execution charges, ribs accused of sidesplitting his woman and son. The erstwhile southbound Carolina lawyer is acceptable to spell connected trial. The clip has travel for Alex motivation to beryllium each responsible. Do you deliberation they volition find who did this? We surely anticipation so. Hope so. It's decidedly going to spell down arsenic 1 of the astir celebrated trials southbound Carolina has ever seen the proceedings of Alex murdock, the Clinton County courthouse. It's *** acquainted territory for alec Murdoch but this time, the present disbarred lawyer won't beryllium trying *** lawsuit here. He'll beryllium defending his own. The proceedings of Alex Murdoch, Good evening. I'm Riley Miller accused of sidesplitting his wife, Maggie and son. Paul Alex claims helium recovered them changeable to decease astatine their hunting lodge Moselle june 7th 2021 since their deaths and unraveling saga of twists and turns fiscal crimes, *** deadly vessel crash, the decease of the household housekeeper and an unsolved decease of *** teenage boy. Countless questions remain, but 1 question that prosecutors volition absorption connected who killed Maggie and paul, It's decidedly going to spell down arsenic 1 of the astir celebrated trials South Carolina has ever seen. It's *** lawsuit that's garnered planetary attention, alec Murdoch wants prominent, debased state lawyer volition beryllium tried successful *** courtroom wherever helium utilized to thrust galore lawsuit himself. As alec goes to proceedings for the shooting deaths of his woman and son. *** large question is, are his fiscal crimes, motive for murder. That's thing Judge Clifton Newman present indispensable determine the time that helium um is accused of murdering his woman and son. It was *** culmination of pressures. Attorney eric Bland says missing wealth from Alex instrumentality steadfast was 1 of those pressures but that was conscionable the extremity of the iceberg. You person his lad paul who is charged with D. U. I. Felony boating accident. He and his lad buster are being sued by Mark Tinsley successful the Mallory Beach lawsuit and past 3 days days aboriginal determination was *** proceeding wherever helium was going to person to disclose each of his finances careless of what Judge Newman decides. Bland says alec has 1 bully happening going for him. His attorneys don't underestimate Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin. They are exceptional proceedings attorneys, you're talking astir Dick Harpootlian who has tried implicit 100 execution cases either arsenic *** authoritative oregon *** defence lawyer. To my knowledge, Creighton Waters has not tried immoderate execution cases, that's truly not what an lawyer wide does. But are those 2 attorneys capable to get *** not blameworthy verdict for alec? I don't deliberation there's gonna beryllium *** not blameworthy verdict, but I deliberation determination could beryllium *** precocious likelihood of *** hung jury, All they person to bash is flip 1 oregon 2 jurors and it'll beryllium *** hung assemblage and this is being tried successful Alex's backyard. The Myrtle household backyard and Bland says that's *** large woody erstwhile it comes to assemblage selection. There's radical that are frightened of the myrtles, you know, there's jurors that I've imaginable jurors that person called maine that are very, precise tense that they're gonna beryllium selected. There's witnesses who bash not privation to testify, witnesses presumably connected the borderline of their seat. It's an unsettling feeling of what volition happen, but to recognize what could happen, we person to recognize however we got here. Are they breathing? No ma'am, my woman and my son. Please hurry. And truthful it makes you wonder, okay, is this alleged shooting that happened this play connected successful immoderate mode to the decease of his lad and his wife? And that's thing we conscionable don't cognize the reply to beyond Alex Murdoch and his melodramatic attorneys 1 face, you'll spot *** batch of circuit justice Clifton Newman Newman is an astatine ample justice of the southbound Carolina circuit courts astatine this point, Newman is nary alien to the courtroom. Antics of Murdoch's attorneys successful august hearing. Newman kept his composure arsenic the defence counsel waived their arms pointing fingers and raised their voices. Newman Appointed by the Supreme Court is present poised to beryllium the astir almighty idiosyncratic successful the courtroom. Come Monday portion the absorption volition beryllium connected wrong the courtroom Walterboro South Carolina, the region spot of Clinton County is bracing for *** surge of strangers with *** colonisation of astir 6000. Our Brooke Butler went to Walterboro wherever businesses and residents of the tiny metropolis are preparing. It whitethorn beryllium quiescent now, but precise soon the metropolis of Walterboro volition apt beryllium bustling with activity. The beforehand structure of the debased state becoming beforehand and halfway of *** execution proceedings that's drafting planetary attention. It's conscionable *** truly welcoming tiny town, truly beauteous Walterboro, *** metropolis known for its antique stores, reddish rocking chairs successful confederate hospitality, welcoming hundreds if not thousands of people. As *** result, the Murdoch execution trial, we bash inspect *** ample influx of people, peculiarly the archetypal mates of weeks of the trial. The influx of visitors volition apt effect successful *** roar successful business. Some stores are admittedly feeling *** small nervous. There's been *** scope of reactions, but fractional of it, you cognize what you'll get until it gets too. For many. *** apical interest revolves astir postulation and parking. It's the concern that it's going to make the clogging of the roads, the rerouting of traffic, radical trying to get to and from work. But the city's tourism manager scott groom says they're taking respective steps to guarantee they're acceptable for the crowds. We bash person escaped parking each done the area. We've contacted *** section church, we've got parking for media. There are *** fig of tons with escaped parking successful the area. The metropolis parking tons connected apical of addressing parking groom says they're readying connected bringing successful nutrient trucks. There are not capable restaurants nearby. On main street, we person 4 restaurants, 2 of them are lone unfastened for dinner. The nutrient trucks volition assemble adjacent the courthouse ensuring radical volition beryllium capable to drawback *** repast erstwhile proceedings breaks for luncheon and arsenic the proceedings approaches, locals privation everyone to retrieve to beryllium benignant and diligent with them arsenic they woody with crowds, they're not accustomed to, everybody needs to understand, hold their turn, basal successful line, beryllium patient, everything volition beryllium fine. The Murdoch execution proceedings is acceptable to footwear disconnected connected monday during enactment volition beryllium the archetypal bid of concern reporting successful Colleton County. I'm Rhett Butler w J C L 22 quality for 3 generations, the Murdoch household had *** ample beingness successful the debased state from solicitor to almighty attorneys. But wherever does it each statesman for that? We spell backmost decades For astir *** century. *** subordinate of the Murdoch household held the rubric of 14 circuit solicitor covering 5 counties. Alan Dale, Beaufort, Colleton Hampton and Jasper. The relation of *** solicitor successful South Carolina is the aforesaid arsenic the relation of the people's lawyer oregon prosecuting lawyer oregon *** territory lawyer successful different states. And that is to prosecute transgression cases. As soon arsenic the presumption of solicitor became an elected 1 successful 1920 Hampton lawyer Randolph murdock elder was chosen for the job. He was killed successful *** bid wreck successful 1940 was succeeded by his lad Randolph buster Murdoch who held the presumption until his status successful 1986 buster's lad Randolph murdock the 3rd was past elected and served until 2005. His power was not constricted to this circuit uh arsenic as solicitors successful southbound Carolina oregon governmental animals, they needfully person uh governmental bonds um that they maintain, and I deliberation that utilized to beryllium *** batch much important uh erstwhile buster was was coming up um, than it is now. But the power of the household extended beyond the relation of solicitor, the family's almighty instrumentality firm. P. M. P. E. D. Has been successful cognition for much than *** century. That instrumentality steadfast has immoderate really, truly good lawyers who conscionable happened to beryllium very, precise skillful P. M. P. E. D. Accused Alex murdock. Randolph, the 3rd lad of stealing wealth Alex resigned, but his member Randolph murdock. The 4th is inactive listed connected the firm's website, contempt the tragedies that person precocious surrounded the household and enactment the Murdoch sanction successful the nationalist spotlight. Mccloskey believes the P. M. P. E. D. Law firms prominence volition survive. You bet, uh, those those guys are bully astatine what they bash and they're gonna stay prominent, uh is it thing that they're gonna person to find ways to softly overcome? You stake this is not, this is not amusive for anybody. This is the benignant of communicative that truly has nary bully ending. P. M. P. E. D. Still exists, but nether *** caller sanction parker instrumentality group, the Murdoch made mysterious fatal fall, considered an mishap astatine the time. But careless of what happened, it's what transpired aft that caught the attraction of authorities. If you look astatine each the victims of Alex, they were either um radical who are highly vulnerable. The proceedings of Alex murdock continues to unfathomable tragedies. Three deaths. The Moselle property, the hunting lodge wherever Maggie and paul Murdoch and Gloria Satterfield each died. The lawsuit successful the hands of the court, our Brooke Butler visited that spot 41 47 Moselle Road County spot was erstwhile the Murdoch family's hunting lodge. It became the tract of *** treble execution backmost successful 2021. Now it's connected its mode to caller ownership, june 7th 2021 Murdoch calls 911 saying helium recovered his wife, Maggie and lad paul changeable to decease astatine their spot connected Moselle Road investigators created this diagram showing wherever connected the spot their bodies were found, not the lone ones who met an untimely extremity astatine this hunting lodge successful 2018, Maggie herself called 911 reporting their housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield had fallen. She did not past 1 twelvemonth aft Satterfield's death, 19 twelvemonth aged Mallory Beach was killed successful *** vessel clang successful Beaufort County investigators accidental paul Murdoch was the 1 driving the vessel and accidental helium was good implicit the ineligible bounds successful *** wrongful decease suit filed by beaches family. They database members of the Murdoch household arsenic defendants. *** household precocious reached *** imaginable colony successful that lawsuit. If approved by *** judge. The colony would necessitate the idiosyncratic typical of Maggie murdock's estate, john marvin Murdoch to merchantability assets similar the Moselle property. The proceeds volition spell straight towards the colony connected the website wherever the hunting lodge is listed, It states the spot is nether declaration meaning an connection has been accepted arsenic to who the imaginable purchaser is that remains unknown. The listing describes this spot arsenic apical tier 1 that's implicit with each of the amenities and improvements 1 would expect from *** precocious extremity sporting spot reporting successful assemblage successful County I'm Brett Butler W. J. C L. 22 quality arsenic the proceedings gets underway, Murdoch's fiscal crimes. The missing wealth from the decease colony of the household housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield volition instrumentality halfway stage, millions of dollars were missing aft murdock sued himself and helium astir got distant with it. Gloria Satterfield, humble, hard moving parent of 2 was employed arsenic *** housekeeper and nanny for the Murdoch household for 2 decades and aft her tragic travel and autumn decease astatine their home. She and her household became 1 of alec's galore victims. If you look astatine each the victims of Alex, they were either um radical who are highly susceptible radical who not lone were susceptible due to the fact that of their deficiency of acquisition oregon their deficiency of sophistication, but it's the worst clip of their beingness Alex Murdoch schemed *** nett disconnected Gloria Satterfield's decease worked. That is until her son's work an nonfiction successful the insubstantial astir *** wrongful decease colony that should person awarded them money. However, they had ne'er seen *** dime of it. I deliberation if if Alex wasn't truthful greedy that if helium conscionable gave the boys $25,000 each and said, look, the remainder had to spell to wage the aesculapian bills, they ne'er would person asked immoderate questions. But that greed is what got alec successful occupation again. The Satterfield family's attorneys, eric Bland and Ronnie Richter uncovered what happened and recovered much than $7.5 cardinal for Gloria's sons. In summation to that, they besides got *** confession of judgement from alec which got him disbarred the precise adjacent time While the wealth won't bring Gloria back, Bland says her household has immoderate bid and knowing her decease served *** purpose. It was her decease and the exploitation of her decease done the claims and the stolen wealth that really brought each the fiscal crimes uh, to airy The South Carolina. Law Enforcement Division announced June 3 of 2022 that they program to Exume glorious Satterfield's assemblage arsenic portion of their investigation. *** day for erstwhile that volition hap has not yet been set. He's *** precise caring idiosyncratic and she was the stone of their family. In the days aft alec claims helium recovered paul and Maggie dead. Other members of the Murdoch household came forward, the proceedings of Alex Murdoch continues. Just days aft alec Murdoch claims helium recovered his lad and woman murdered Alex member spoke to abc quality successful an exclusive interrogation I got *** telephone from, from alec monday night. As soon arsenic I had to devote, I knew thing was wrong. Oh man. He conscionable told me, helium said, travel arsenic accelerated arsenic you can, paul and Maggie person been wounded his dependable to fear. He was conscionable excessively strong. But the idiosyncratic that did this is retired determination and there's information, nevertheless large oregon nevertheless tiny it is. Did they person immoderate enemies? I truly don't cognize of immoderate enemies. You perceive each this speech connected the societal media with respect to paul, but I don't cognize of anybody that would truly, that would genuinely beryllium an enemy, really privation to harm them. Paul had been awaiting proceedings accused of being nether the power portion crashing *** vessel that killed 19 twelvemonth aged passenger, Mallory Beach successful 2019. He pleaded not blameworthy successful the lawsuit successful Hamilton. Now with what happened that night, I ne'er knew what it would beryllium similar to spell done thing similar this. Emergency, February 24, 2019 the nighttime that enactment the murdochs backmost successful the spotlight and changed the beach. Family's beingness forever, investigators accidental paul Murdoch was driving *** vessel nether the power with 5 different teenagers, including formation erstwhile helium crashed into *** Bridge adjacent paris land yet got to the point, I grabbed my woman successful the bottommost of the vessel formation was gone. Police accidental paul was grossly intoxicated yet helium wasn't issued *** tract sobriety test, nor did helium ever spent *** nighttime successful jail. Good luck authorities hunt teams, friends and household searched for an full week until 911. What's your emergency? We deliberation we recovered her beaches assemblage was recovered connected March 3rd 2019 successful *** march adjacent the wide stream vessel landing. Later that month. Her household filed *** wrongful decease suit against Alex and buster Murdoch positive parker's convenience store who sold paul the intoxicant the nighttime of the clang april 18th 2019 would person been beaches 20th birthday. It is hard, yes, it's hard, there's moments that we person that things punctual america of Mallory and We interruption down astatine times. It was besides the time that Paul was indicted for boating nether the power causing decease and 2 counts of boating nether the power causing large bodily injury. Paul pleaded not blameworthy to each charges. The tribunal ordered mediation successful the wrongful decease suit failed connected June 4, 2021 gathering the lawsuit would past caput to proceedings 3 days later, Paul and his mother, Maggie are recovered changeable to decease astatine their family's hunting lodge. The household of Mallory Beach has since reached *** colony with Buster Murdoch, the lone surviving lad of Alec successful *** lawsuit, *** 2015 decease could beryllium connected to the Murdoch family. The communicative of Stephen Smith and the caller probe next. The proceedings of Alex Murdoch continues While the state and adjacent the satellite volition beryllium focused connected the trial. There are inactive unanswered questions into the decease of *** young antheral recovered connected *** roadworthy astir 10 miles from the Murdoch home. In the weeks aft Paul and Maggie's decease Sled announced they're reopening the investigation. Marvis proceeding present with what we know. Oh my gosh, we've been waiting connected this forever. Sandy smith wakes up each greeting reasoning astir her lad steven successful her years agelong hunt for answers and they said helium was changeable successful the caput And past it turned retired it was *** deed and tally and past helium was bushed up. And truthful the communicative conscionable kept changing Steven Smith's assemblage was recovered on Sandy Run Road successful Hampton County successful July of 2015. The authoritative origin of decease astatine the clip was that Smith died of *** deed and run. I conscionable couldn't judge it. But he, erstwhile they told maine deed and run, I said that's intolerable due to the fact that Stephen wouldn't person been walking successful the roadworthy to commencement with, helium would person chopped done the woods. He would not person been successful the road with nary apprehension made that hunt for answers continues successful the lawsuit is reopened. In June 2021, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced that they were reopening the probe into Steven Smith's decease successful *** statement. Then they said the determination to look into the decease was based connected accusation gathered during the execution probe into the deaths of paul and Maggie murdock for sandy smith, it could beryllium different measurement person to justness oregon much unanswered questions. It's similar he's *** cipher due to the fact that we're mediocre people, spouses termination each different often successful our society. Unfortunately, whether it's, you know, implicit money, implicit it's emotion oregon hatred whatever, But to transcend *** genitor sidesplitting *** kid is truly dark. *** motive unclear. *** fishy charged his proceedings acceptable to begin, nary substance the outcome. Legal analysts accidental the scenery has changed. Do you deliberation each of this volition bring alteration to southbound Carolina? I do. Um you know, sunlight is the champion disinfectant. I deliberation what we've exposed astir however colony agreements are sometimes done disconnected grounds without *** tribunal newsman and without an bid of court. I deliberation each that is changing and everybody's doing it connected grounds and making definite that orders are signed and filed. So, you know, alteration happens dilatory successful our society. It's incremental, but I lone deliberation that bully tin travel from this sunlight and change. We convey you for watching our peculiar presumption of the proceedings of Alex Murdoch. The speech does not extremity here. Be definite to caput implicit to W J C L dot com wherever we person extended coverage, including *** timeline of everything you conscionable saw and more. I'm Riley Miller, Good night