Posted on 03/21/2023 9:44:28 PM PDT by bitt
The 2015 death of Murdaugh-linked Stephen Smith is now considered to be a murder, South Carolina authorities revealed — ahead of the planned exhumation of the gay teen’s body.
The state law enforcement division had been waiting to drop the bombshell development until after the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial wrapped up and the ensuing drama quieted down, Bland Richter Law Firm announced Tuesday.
“SLED officials have revealed that they did not need to exhume Stephen Smith’s body to convince them that his death was a homicide,” said Charleston attorneys Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter, who were retained by Smith’s mother.
The law enforcement agency was holding out on the announcement “out of concern that witnesses would not be as forthcoming under the Murdaugh sphere of influence.”
SLED revisited Smith’s case — originally investigated as a hit-and-run — following the 2021 murders of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh, for which father and husband Alex was convicted on March 3.
Officials said “new evidence” connecting the established legal family to Smith’s death was discovered during the double murder investigation, but have not elaborated further.
Smith — an openly gay teen who was romantically linked to Buster Murdaugh — was found dead three miles away from his car on a road near the Murdaugh’s massive estate in July 2015.
He was found with a large wound to the right side of his forehead, a dislocated shoulder and cuts to his left hand.
Police initially stated the death “appeared to be a homicide,” but an autopsy performed the same day he was found dead ruled he had been the victim of a hit-and-run.
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All in the family.
The surviving Murdaugh son is apparently light in the loafers, and the dead guy had carnal knowledge of the fact and might not keep his mouth shut, and not in a “good way.”
Everytime I think this case is finally about to be wrapped up and done with, it expands. I no longer follow it.
It’s like a bottomless black hole of criminality, something beyond measure.
It’s like a Clinton-Kennedy amalgam.
The saga continues.
“Light in the loafers?”
Huh? lol
That poor boy. His life must be Hell.
That’s a nice term for a gay male. It’s used a lot to describe Lindsey Graham.
A term from my grandparents day to describe a homosexual male. Used in polite company.
Another old euphemism is wedding tackle. Used to describe indicate male genitalia. Recently resurrected by Mark Steyn to my everlasting amusement.
Hell, the little fag was linked to half the county.
Maybe dad and Buster can share a cell.
The elder Murdaugh is believed to be the last person who saw her alive.
What a family!
I wonder if the state pulled the plug on a death penalty case for the murder of the wife and son because the state thinks they have a stronger case with the gay teenager or the house keeper?
Those police lights the psychopath had? I’ll bet he also killed for ‘fun’... I’ll bet he was a democrat too.
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