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Tomconroy

(7,611 posts) Sun Sep 5, 2021, 09:52 AM Sep 2021

Wealthy scion of SC political dynasty shot in head [View all]

Has anyone else been following this story?
Alex Murdaugh, the wealthy head of a legal and political dynasty that has ruled over a poor rural South Carolina county for over a century, the other day was shot in the head on a lonely country road while changing a tire. His wife and son were both murdered in June inside their hunting lodge. The son had been involved in a boating accident that resulted in the death of a young girl some time before.
Murdaugh will survive. No arrests but a county full of suspects.
All straight out of Grisham or Faulkner or something.

https://nypost.com/2021/09/04/alex-murdaugh-reportedly-shot-in-south-carolina/

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Wealthy scion of SC political dynasty shot in head [View all] Tomconroy Sep 2021 OP

I have Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 #1

Don't leave us hanging! What are the theories? Tomconroy Sep 2021 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2021 #10

yes, they took care of things Gotti style Kittycatkat Sep 2021 #13

Do tell! Dream Girl Sep 2021 #12

Well Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 #14

If only Truman Capote were still alive. He could turn this into a book. NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 #22

You have to think there are going to be a lot of books!.I just Tomconroy Sep 2021 #24

I'm just curious about the prior murders. Did Murdaugh's kid get a lenient sentence Firestorm49 Sep 2021 #2

He was awaiting trial. Tomconroy Sep 2021 #5

Stranger than fiction................ secondwind Sep 2021 #3

Me nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #4

Sounds like Ken McElroy redux dalton99a Sep 2021 #6

Democratic family XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #7

This is from a Murdoch rag. pwb Sep 2021 #9

You can't be near the City and not sometimes look at The Post! Tomconroy Sep 2021 #11

It's in the Daily Beast too Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 #15

Be sure to click on the link about the girl's death in the Tomconroy Sep 2021 #18

And the New York Times PatSeg Sep 2021 #21

Did you mean Murdoch "rag"? whathehell Sep 2021 #20

He was filled with rag when he wrote the word 'rage'. Tomconroy Sep 2021 #26

Lol whathehell Sep 2021 #27

Hey, Your a funny guy. pwb Sep 2021 #32

You are too. (And it's 'you're'). Tomconroy Sep 2021 #33

We are lucky to have your. pwb Sep 2021 #34

No, I have not been following this curious story. Here is the local take on the affair. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 #16

OMG. Read the link about police missteps. Tomconroy Sep 2021 #31

I saw the headline DFW Sep 2021 #17

What a bizarre story PatSeg Sep 2021 #19

I looked up Hampton County on the map.. It's a bit west of Charleston Tomconroy Sep 2021 #23

"They are the law around here" dalton99a Sep 2021 #25

The Murdoch family are DEMOCRATS!!!! In South Carolina!!! BComplex Sep 2021 #28

I doubt this has a damn thing to do with politics. Treefrog Sep 2021 #30

Yeah, this is pure southern gothic. Treefrog Sep 2021 #29