Murdaugh Hospital Records Deepen Mystery of Botched Shooting of South Carolina Lawyer

[Jilly_in_VA]

Already under a microscope after the brutal June murder of his wife and son, South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh made national headlines over Labor Day weekend after making an emergency call to authorities to claim an unknown truck driver shot him in the head while he was fixing his car on a remote backcountry road.

For days after the incident that sent Murdaugh to the hospital—and swiftly thereafter to an out-of-state rehab facility—the Lowcountry scion’s legal team repeated the narrative he was the victim of a random shooting and was only saved by a Good Samaritan who happened to drive by. But just nine days later, Murdaugh confessed to authorities he orchestrated the incident in an attempt to secure a $10 million payout for his only surviving son, Buster.

According to Murdaugh, his alleged drug dealer, Curtis Edward Smith, shot him in the head at his behest. But ever since the pair was charged with a slew of crimes, including assisted suicide and insurance fraud, Smith has repeatedly rejected the once-powerful attorney’s version of the events—and claims that he was “set up” to take the fall.

Now, new hospital records obtained by The Daily Beast provide more details about what happened on Sept. 4—and call into question both Murdaugh’s and Curtis’ stories.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/alex-murdaugh-hospital-records-deepen-mystery-of-botched-shooting-of-south-carolina-lawyer?ref=home
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The plot, as they say, thickens...........

[Ohio Joe]

1. I can't wait for the Coen brothers film about this story...

It just gets weirder and weirder with each new report.

[ZZenith]

3. No one else will be able to do the story justice.

It’s Fargo on steroids.

[yonder]

7. Agree. Jerry Lundegaard is nothing compared to Murdaugh.

Fargo for real.

[hlthe2b]

5. If they go into ALL the twists and turns, the moviegoers will need a cheatsheet to keep up.

[ZZenith]

2. He was trying to frame Mr. Smith for the murder of his wife and child, I imagine.

The “assisted suicide for insurance” angle only came about after the first fairy tale fell apart.


“I understand he's in fight or flight mode and he wanted me to be the heavy weight in the water so he could fly.” Curtis Smith

Methinks Mr. Smith knows a few family secrets he doesn’t care to divulge.

[Grins]

4. Better than any tv melodrama in years!!!

[Jilly_in_VA]

6. Yeah

this has been the most interesting story of its type in a good little while. It's what my mom would have called "grimly fascinating". You don't want to watch but you just can't look away.