The Murdaugh family is an American legal family in the Low Country region of South Carolina. From 1920 to 2006, three members of the family consecutively served as solicitor (i.e., district attorney), in charge of prosecuting all criminal cases in the state's 14th circuit district, leading locals to call the five-county district, "Murdaugh Country." The family also founded a nationally recognized civil litigation law firm in Hampton, South Carolina that specializes in personal injury litigation.
Since 2014, Richard "Alex" Murdaugh and other members of the Murdaugh family have been involved in investigations involving several murders, corruption, and other alleged crimes, including insurance fraud, defrauding clients, theft of insurance payouts, and drug-related charges. In 2019, amid allegations of special treatment, Alex's son, Paul Murdaugh, and other members of the Murdaugh family were implicated in a fatal boating accident. In June 2021, Alex Murdaugh's wife and son Paul were murdered. Alex has been charged with their murders. Alex was also accused of embezzlement from his law firm, from which he resigned in September 2021. He has been incarcerated since October 2021 pending trials and has been disbarred by the state of South Carolina. The murder trial of Alex Murdaugh began in January 2023.
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