Alex Murdaugh 'pocketed' $4M payout from grieving sons of housekeeper

"S.C.'He didn't want law enforcement spending time on this fake crime instead of focusing on solving the murders of Maggie and Paul.'"

"Curtis Edward Smith, 61, was arrested on Tuesday charges of assisted suicide, assault and battery, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud."

"'But what he doesn't want - and we don't want - is an effort to deal with these issues [which] distract from law enforcement resources that could be used to solve the murders of Maggie and Paul.'"
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"The lawyer says that he left a paper trail that law enforcement officials are now looking at."

"and we'll make that information available to law enforcement,' Harpootlian says."

": Paul and Maggie are murdered"

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"S.C.'He didn't want law enforcement spending time on this fake crime instead of focusing on solving the murders of Maggie and Paul.'"

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"Satterfield is also the third mystery death coected to the Murdaugh family, which has come under closer scrutiny following the double murder of Paul and Maggie."

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"SLED has also reopened the investigation into Smith's death in the wake of Paul and Maggie's murders."

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"'But what he doesn't want - and we don't want - is an effort to deal with these issues [which] distract from law enforcement resources that could be used to solve the murders of Maggie and Paul.'"

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"Harpootlian also claims that he and Griffin are pursuing leads and have gathered information that may implicate a suspect in the June killings of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh."

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"Investigators are weighing all three suspicious deaths -- those of Satterfield, Beach and Smith -- as potential motives in the murder of Paul and Maggie."

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"Moselle Hunting Lodge where Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were gued down June 7."

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"Paul and Maggie were shot dead at the family hunting lodge June 7"

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"Alex's father Randolph Murdaugh III died 'peacefully' at home three days after Maggie and Paul were found shot deadJune 10 2021:"

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"Alex Murdaugh's father, Randolph Murdaugh III, died of cancer the same week that Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were found dead, according to Harpootlian"

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"When asked what motive this individual may have had in killing Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, Harpootlian says: 'Well, that would reveal who that person is, but it's personal.'"

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"Alex's son Paul, 22, (left) and wife Maggie, 52, (right) were found dead from multiple gunshot wounds on June 7 at the family hunting lodge"

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"On June 7, Alex Murdaugh (right) discovered his son Paul and wife Maggie (center) dead at the dog keels on the family property"

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"Harpootlian says that the motive for the June 7 murder of Murdaugh's wife, Maggie, 52, and son, Paul, 22, was 'personal' and that the identity of the suspect could be revealed sometime this week."

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"The investigation into the housekeeper's death marks the latest twist in the Murdaugh family saga, which gained national attention when Murdaugh's wife Maggie and son Paul were shot dead at the family's hunting lodge on June 7."

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"Buster, Margaret 'Maggie', Paul and Richard Alex 'Alec' Murdaugh (left to right)."

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"Alex Murdaugh and wife Maggie."

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"Murdaugh is seen right with his late wife, Maggienn"

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