Effort to exhume Stephen Smith's body is a search for answers, attorneys say, not 'Murdaugh 2.0'

Effort to exhume Stephen Smith's body is a search for answers, attorneys say, not 'Murdaugh 2.0'

By Dakin Andone, CNN Attorneys for the family of Stephen Smith say their effort to exhume the 19-year-old’s body is an attempt to provide his mother answers about what led to his death — and has nothing to do with the family of Alex Murdaugh. “This is not an Alex Murdaugh 2.0, or any Murdaugh 2.0,” Eric Bland, an attorney for Smith’s mother, told reporters in a virtual news conference Monday. “This is the Stephen Smith 2.0. It’s all about Stephe…

Effort to exhume Stephen Smith's body is a search for answers, attorneys say, not 'Murdaugh 2.0'

(CNN) -- Attorneys for the family of Stephen Smith say their effort to exhume the 19-year-old's body is an attempt to provide his mother answers about what led to his death -- and has nothing to do with the family of Alex Murdaugh."This is not an Alex Murdaugh 2.0, or any Murdaugh 2.0," Eric Bland, an attorney for Smith's mother, told reporters in a virtual news conference Monday. "This is the Stephen Smith 2.0. It's all about Stephen."Smith's m…

Effort to exhume Stephen Smith's body is a search for answers, attorneys say, not 'Murdaugh 2.0'

The body of a 19-year-old found dead in the middle of a South Carolina road in 2015 will be exhumed, his family announced.

Effort to exhume Stephen Smith's body is a search for answers, attorneys say, not 'Murdaugh 2.0'

The body of a 19-year-old found dead in the middle of a South Carolina road in 2015 will be exhumed, his family announced.

Effort to exhume Stephen Smith's body is a search for answers, attorneys say, not 'Murdaugh 2.0'

The body of a 19-year-old found dead in the middle of a South Carolina road in 2015 will be exhumed, his family announced.

Effort to exhume Stephen Smith's body is a search for answers, attorneys say, not 'Murdaugh 2.0'

The body of a 19-year-old found dead in the middle of a South Carolina road in 2015 will be exhumed, his family announced.