Personal connections show lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s downfall

By JEFFREY COLLINS
Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The downfall of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh can be traced through people whose lives crossed his. There was his wife, found dead along with their youngest son in June 2021. That led to a half-dozen investigations into his finances. There is the 19-year-old woman killed in a boating crash. Prosecutors say Murdaugh’s slain son was drunk and drove the boat into a bridge pier. A wrongful death lawsuit by the teen’s family threatened to expose Murdaugh’s schemes to steal money from his law firm and clients. There also was the Murdaugh housekeeper, who died in a fall, and the one-time client who prosecutors say ran a drug and money laundering scheme with the disbarred attorney.