Paul Murdaugh Found Dead with Mom in South Carolina
Paul Murdaugh is the 22-year-old son of a prominent South Carolina attorney who was found murdered on his family’s property, and police say he may have been the intended target of the shooting, which also killed his mother.
Investigators are investigating the possibility that Murdaugh, who is on trial for the death of a young girl, was the person flagged in the attack, The Island Packet reports. University of South Carolina student and mother, 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh, was found shot to death on Monday, June 7, on their large estate in downtown. The family is affiliated with one of South Carolina’s most prestigious law firms.
Paul Murdaugh Age
He is 22 years old.
Paul Murdaugh Charge
Paul faced three felony charges for boating under the influence in connection with a 2019 boating accident that killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach. Investigators theorized that the killer or killers shot for him and that his mother was killed by chance, according to Island Packet.
It remains unclear whether the shootings were related to the 2019 tragedy, the report said. No arrest was made. Sources told the newspaper that Paul was shot at least twice with a shotgun, while Maggie was killed with what appeared to be an assault rifle.
Family
The victims’ husband and father, Alex Murdaugh, work at Detrick, founded by Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth, and Randolph Murdaugh in 1910. Randolph Murdaugh III, 81, died from family tragedy, just three days after the law. said the company.
The late lawyer, his father and grandfather were longtime elected prosecutors in the Beaufort community. The Beach family, which is reportedly entangled in a civil lawsuit against the Murdaugh family following the criminal case that resulted in Paul’s death, issued a statement of solidarity.
“The family who has tragically lost their daughter is praying that the Murdaughs can find some peace from this tragic loss. They want family and society to know that their thoughts and continued prayers are with the Murdaughs,” the family told WTO 11 in a statement.
