![]() The 14th Circuit Solicitor covers five counties throughout South Carolina including Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper, and prosecutes nearly 5,000 cases per year, according to the Island Packet. A solicitor is otherwise referred to as a District Attorney in other jurisdictions throughout the country. Three generations of Murdaughs have served as the 14th Circuit Solicitor in the southern part of the state. The Murdaughs Have Been Considered a Local Powerhouse for Generationsįor 85 years, the Murdaugh family has served as a legal powerhouse in the state. It is their most sincere hope that someone will come forward and cooperate with authorities so that the perpetrator of these senseless crimes can be brought to justice," the statement said.Īn attorney general spokesperson said once there is a certifiable death certificate they will officially dismiss the criminal charges against Paul Murdaugh. "They would like the family and the community to know that their thoughts and continued prayers are with the Murdaughs. Having suffered the devastating loss of their own daughter, the family prays that the Murdaughs can find some level of peace from this tragic loss." The Beach family released a statement Tuesday afternoon, a day after the murders, through their attorney which says, "The Beach family extends its deepest and warmest sympathies to the Murdaugh family during this terrible time. ![]() But last year Mallory's mother filed a civil lawsuit against the Murdaugh family and the convenience store chain that allegedly sold minors alcohol the evening of her daughter's death. Murdaugh pleaded not guilty to three felony counts of boating under the influence causing death and bodily injury and was released on a $50,000 recognizance bond, The Augusta Chronicle reported. Five of them were able to make their way back to shore, but Mallory was nowhere to be found, according to testimony. "We went from a two-mile-per-hour idle to the bow of the boat sticking up in the air," Murdaugh's cousin said in his testimony.Īll six of the occupants were ejected from the boat. Murdaugh then allegedly went to the steering wheel and the boat accelerated "full throttle," according to testimony. The group got into an "argument" while aboard Murdaugh's boat about wanting to get home while others wanted to keep drinking, according to a witness testimony, which alleges that Murdaugh had become aggressive and "slapped" his then-girlfriend. Witnesses said that Murdaugh was intoxicated at the party and had insisted to drive the group back, according to court depositions from his cousin and friend. While they were offered to be driven home instead, the group decided to take the boat, according to testimony. Īdults at the party had reportedly asked that the teens not take the boat back due to foggy and misty weather. ![]() The girl's body was found a week later.Ī group of six friends, including Beach and Murdaugh, attended an oyster roast on Paukie Island in February 2019 where the group was drinking, WIS10 reported. The charges are related to the 2019 boating death of Mallory Beach, a 19-year-old woman who drowned after a boat Murdaugh was driving crashed into bridge pilings leading to Parris Island. Paul Murdaugh Faced Criminal Charges Related to 2019 Boat CrashĪt the time of his death, Paul Murdaugh was facing three felony counts of boating under the influence. Meanwhile, a police investigation is still underway and sources familiar with the case told FITSNews that a family member of the victims is a "person of interest" in ongoing inquiries, but they have not deemed any person a suspect in the murders at this time.Ī call for prayer was prompted on the floor of the South Carolina Statehouse, according to the Island Packet. ![]() Sources told the Island Packet that one of the victims was shot with what they believe was an assault rifle and the other with a shotgun.įuneral services will be held at noon at Hampton Cemetery on Holly Street, according to both obituaries. Alex told police that he was not home at the time of the murders, which authorities say took place between 9 and 9:30 p.m. īoth bodies were discovered Monday night by Alex Murdaugh, who is Paul's father and husband of Maggie Murdaugh, 52. There she met her husband, Alex, according to her obituary. Maggie graduated the University of South Carolina in 1991. 15, 1968, and lived her life in various towns including Columbia, Summerville, Edisto, Hampton and recently at the family's hunting lodge in Colleton. Margaret "Maggie" Kennedy Bransetter Murdaugh was born Sept.
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