Published 3 years ago

Alex Murdaugh shooting: South Carolina police say attack on lawyer was botched hit in life insurance plot

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South Carolina police have arrested a man who allegedly conspired with Alex Murdaugh, a high-profile attorney whose wife and son were murdered in a double shooting in June, to shoot and kill him in a plot to garner millions in life insurance payouts to his son.

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Yahoo News

Alex Murdaugh accused of arranging own shooting in $10M life insurance scheme

A 61-year-old South Carolina man has been charged with assisted suicide and fraud in the Sept. 4 shooting of lawyer Alex Murdaugh, which Murdaugh survived.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Independent

Alex Murdaugh: South Carolina lawyer planned his own murder for insurance payout

Alex Murdaugh was in the grips of an opioid addiction and doesn’t know who shot his wife and son, his attorney says

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

South Carolina lawyer plotted own shooting in $10 mln insurance scheme

- A prominent South Carolina attorney whose wife and son were murdered in June conspired with a man to shoot him to death so that a surviving son could collect a $10 million insurance payout, a state police agency said. Alex Murdaugh, a 53-year-old attorney who survived the Sept. 4 shooting, has admitted to plotting with Curtis Edward Smith, 61, to cause his own death, according to a

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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USA Today

South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh had man shoot him in $10M life insurance scheme, police say

Alex Murdaugh allegedly had a man shoot him in an attempted life insurance payout scheme worth $10 million, authorities say.

3 years ago·United States

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KIFI

Man charged in the shooting of prominent lawyer Alex Murdaugh in what officials allege was a conspiracy to commit insurance fraud - Local News 8

By Madeline Holcombe, CNNAuthorities have charged a man in the shooting of a prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh in what they allege was a conspiracy to commit insurance fraud.Curtis Edward Smith, 61, of Colleton County has been charged with assisted suicide; conspiracy to commit insurance fraud; pointing and presenting a firearm; and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, according to a South Carolina Law Enforcement Div…

3 years ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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New York Post

Arrest made in connection to shooting of embattled attorney Alex Murdaugh

Law enforcement authorities in South Carolina have reportedly made an arrest in connection to the shooting of embattled South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh.

3 years ago·New York, United States

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