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TexasTowelie

(111,301 posts)
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 06:08 AM Oct 2021

SC judge denies Alex Murdaugh bond in missing $3.4M case, orders psychiatric evaluation

A South Carolina judge Tuesday morning denied Alex Murdaugh bond on charges he embezzled $3.4 million from his deceased housekeeper’s estate.

And Murdaugh, 53, must undergo a psychiatric evaluation before his bond is reconsidered, Judge Clifton Newman ordered.

“There’s no amount of bond the court can set that can provide safety to Mr. Murdaugh and the community,” Newman said after the hearing, which stretched longer than an hour.

Murdaugh is being held on two felony charges in what state Attorney General prosecutor Creighton Waters described as “a chain of events that I’ve never seen before.”

Read more: https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/crime/article255095857.html
(Bluffton Island Packet)

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SC judge denies Alex Murdaugh bond in missing $3.4M case, orders psychiatric evaluation (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP
what a sodid tale that is! rampartc Oct 2021 #1
He is definitely in that downward spiral. TexasTowelie Oct 2021 #2

TexasTowelie

(111,301 posts)
2. He is definitely in that downward spiral.
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 07:14 AM
Oct 2021

All of his work to become a successful attorney is flushed away. The judge was correct in denying him bail.

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