but what we know right now, sled is investigating, hampton county sheriffs are investigating. alex is right now hopefully expected to recover. >> things go dark and i see the light and i'm going to the light. now, for a second, i thought to myself, you know, in my head, it didn't take me long to realize i wasn't dead. then the next thing that occurred is, oh, my god, i'm really going to be messed up. i'm going to be blind, you know, and then i could reach back and feel my head and i knew my head wasn't missing. i was bleeding, but i could tell like it wasn't like a big section of my head blown off. >> my initial thought is, what the [ bleep ] is going on? i was shocked beyond belief and bewildered and concerned because someone is trying to kill me. the family needs to know because they are concerned for their safety. >> can you give me a description of the person that shot you or shot at you? >> yes, ma'am. i mean, it was a white fellow. i'd say a fair amount younger than me. really, really short hair. >> someone's going through great distances to punish this family. they didn

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. >> there is no justice in hampton county. if it come out of hampton, it's not going nowhere. >> people that could just erase it like it never happened. >> this is a southern version of a mafia story. >> enough evil had been done by the family. it's gone too far this time. >> colleton, i have an alex murdaugh on the line calling from 4147 moselle road. >> i've been gone! i -- i just came back. my wife and child have been shot badly! >> and you're sure they're not breathing? >> sure. oh -- nobody. they're not -- neither one of them is moving. please hurry ! >> the low country is a different part of the world, different part of south carolina. hampton, in particular, is a small, sparsely populated town. >> hampton is a small rural community, very few stop lights. country folk. >> have generations and generations of families -- same families. >> not a whole lot going on. you know? not a whole lot of jobs. lot of poverty. >> people like me, we work for our money. we wasn't born with a silver spoon in our mouth. >> nobody ever had a

once again, the spotlight is on hampton county and the murdaugh family, who for so long were a symbolth and influence. the announcement comes less than a month after alex murdaugh was convicted of the double murders of his wife maggie and other son paul, captivating the nation in a dramatic six week long trial. >> guilty verdict. >> although stephen smith died in 2015, it wasn't until two law enforcement reopened smith's case. they discovered new evidence while looking into the double murders. >> at some point in the murdaugh investigation, which was very broad and all-encompassing, something happened in that investigation that made them take a fresh look at stephen about his case. >> his mother sandy smith never lost her belief that something more happened to her son. she posted a gofundme link in the hopes of exhuming her son's body to re-examine his cause of death. she is said to raise more than $90,000. >> a loving, beautiful child, had ambitions, he wanted to be somebody, he was working on that and somebody stole it from him. >> i know sandy smith has been pushing, fighting, tryi

even as it sprawls across the low country, this is a story that engulfs hampton county people and hamptonlies. >> for the most part, it's just your average, everyday, hard-working american. >> you don't just know everyone. you know, like, everyone's grandma and their cousin. >> you do, but it's also good if something happens. it's just you're like one big family. ♪ >> before these murdaugh cases started happening, if you knew where hampton county was at all, you associated us with the watermelon festival. started in 1939. there used to be a seed-spitting contest. the mayor of every town would get together and see who could spit a watermelon seed the farthest. welcome to life in the rural south, right? >> you know, most folks have roots here usually and have family here. and we certainly did. >> alex murdaugh lived a very comfortable life on this sprawling estate called moselle with his wife, maggie, and his two sons, paul and buster. >> when did alex meet maggie? >> when they were in college. >> he really liked her. he really thought she was special. >> they were college sweethearts. you

they were not prominent anyway other than hampton in those two counties. other than that they are not a prominent family in south carolina. just as the south carolinian i get ask you to quit calling them a prominent family. they were a family unit insular part of the world that made a lot of money. we were starting to figure how they made money but they were prominent. >> i say perrault cooley prominent. >> to that point let me ask you this is something that's been raised in the broader point, there were many people on the jury not selected because they knew the family and they had links to the family whatever that may have been. did you have any questions about the jury composition itself in that context. >> to your point yes and colleton hampton county they are prominent, to rule very insular parts of the world. i did have some concern, they said five people on the jury had never heard of the case. i did not know which way that was going to bring but that causes concern, yeah. >> i do think one of the great things about this, this is not justice for magg

wasn't by accident that her 19-year-old son stephen was killed, found dead on a rural road in hampton countyuth carolina in 2015. >> in my heart, this was not a hit-and-run. i think he was murdered, and i just need the proof >> reporter: the case reopened by south carolina investigators in june of 2021. saying it was based upon information gathered during the course of the double murder investigation of paul and maggie murdaugh attentioion to the c case pepeaking in m months leading upup to alexex murdauaugh's trialal for the e crime. and a a new nenetflix docucuseries drarawing ties between smith and buster murdaugh, who were high school classmates and rumored by some to be in an intimate relationship. >> that name was, he goes by buster murdaugh >> reporter: but buster murdaugh for the first time publicly challenging any and all implications that he was involved i've tried my best to ignore the vicious rum bers my involvement in stephen smith's tragic death that continue to be published in the media as i grieve over the murders of my brother and brother. i love them so much and miss them t

. >>> tonight, dramatic developments in hampton county, south carolina. that's where former attorney alex murdaugh lived before his murder conviction earlier this month. officials there are reexamining the 2015 death of a teenager named stephen smith, who went to school with murdaugh's surviving son, buster. we get more from nikki battiste. >> reporter: nearly eight years after stephen smith mysteriously died along a rural south carolina road, his family is finally hopeful for answers. >> i hope to find the real reason for stephen's death. >> reporter: the south carolina law enforcement division announced it is now investigating his death, initially ruled an unintentional hit-and-run as a homicide. investigators reopened the case in 2021 after finding new evidence while investigating the murders of maggie and paul murdaugh. the smith family's attorney says his mother is haunted by the lingering concern her son was targeted because he was openly gay. >> we think that he did not die on thatnially said smith was hit and killed by a car after he ran out of ga

tonight, dramatic of elements and hampton county south carolina.ormer attorney alex murdaugh lived before his murder conviction earlier this month. officials there are now re-examining the 2 2015 death oa teenager named stephen smith, who went to school with murdaugh's surviving son, buster. we hear more now from cbs's nikki battiste. >> reporter: nearly eight years after stephen smith mysteriously died along a rural south carolina road, his family is finally hopeful for answers. >> i hope to find the real reason for stephen's death. >> reporter: the south carolina law enforcement division announced it is now investigating his death, initially ruled an unintentional hit-and-run, as a homicide. investigators reopened the case in 2021, after finding new evidence while investigating the murders of maggie and paul murdaugh. smith families attorney says his mother is haunted by the lingering concern her son was targeted because he was openly gay. >> we think he did not die on that road that fateful night. >> reporter: police initially said smith was hit

tonight, dramatic developments in hampton county, south carolina where former attorney alec murdaughrder conviction. officials there now re-examining the 2015 death of a teenager named stephen smith who went to school with murdaugh's surviving son, buster. we get more now from cbs's nikki battiste. >> reporter: nearly eight years after stephen smith mysteriously died along the a rural south carolina road, his family is finalyl hopeful for answers. >> i hope to find the real reason for stephen's death. they announced it is now investigating his death ruled an unintentional hit-and-run as a homicide. investigators reopen the case in 2021 after finding new evidence while investing the murders of maggie and paul murdaugh. the smith family attorney says the mother is haunted by the lingering concern her son was targeted because he was openly gay. >> we think that he did not die on that road that fateful night. >> reporter: police initially said smith was hit and killed by a car while running out of gas an autopsy report said he died of blunt force trauma to the head, possibly a side mirro

july 8th lying lifeless in the middle of a rural road in hampton county. his shoes still on his feet. later investigators challenging the medical examiner's report stating smith had possibly been hit by a motor vehicle mirror. i asked her why she stated that in the report, and her answer was, because he was found in the road. she had no evidence other than that for the statement being put in the report. during the course of the investigation, the name murdaugh and specifically buster murdaugh is referenced several times. >> you're the ninth person that i've talked to in reference to this rumor. >> reporter: earlier this week buster murdaugh denied any involvement in stephen's death. attorney eric bland represents smith's mother. >> she believes that stephen was murdered, and it was important for her for his legacy to prove that. >> reporter: nowhere in the files from 2015 does it indicate that investigators attempted to speak with or spoke with buster murdaugh. murdaugh's attorneys confirm they never did. lester. >> all right, catie, thank you. >>> in 60 s

july 8, 2015 on sandy run road in hampton county. time, a pathologist said it appeared that stephen was the victim of a hit and run, but the south carolina highway patrol incident report noted they didn't find any vehicle debris or injuries consistent with someone being struck by a vehicle. according to the case notes, stephen died from blunt force trauma to the head. he had no broken bones and his loosely tied shoes remained on his feet. >> if you are hit by a vehicle going fast enough that will project you, your shoes will fall off under the best of circumstances. >> reporter: along with exasexashuming stephen's body, they also want to gain access to her son's phone calls and text messages in the months and hours leading up to his death. and investigators are expected to take a fresh look at the forensics and determine if he was struck by a vehicle or something else. sandy told me last year she has never accepted her son was the victim of a hit and run. what do you believe happened to your son? >> i believe that he was beaten to de

was some investigation, there were several law enforcement agencies on the scene there was a hampton countyice, there was flood south carolina highway patrol, no shortage of people who can investigate but it was a hot potato that got passed back and forth amongst the agencies and i think by the time we got the autopsy report that said this is a hit-and-run and it got back to south carolina highway patrol they were trying to catch up they were witness interviews that were conducted they were things like paint chips metallic blue paint checks that were found on clothing i believe they looked at an ipad but beyond that i don't know what was done and i do know some of the leads that they received interim witnesses they did not go forward and interview some of the folks that probably should have at the time. >> there was an autopsy done as you mentioned in that forensic pathologist concluded that it was a hit-and-run, is that or how significant of an obstacle to overcome if there is a subsequent trial for murder. i would think the fact that somebody said it was a hit-and-run would not be great e

dreams of becoming a doctor was found dead about four a.m., july 8th, 2015 on sunday run road in hampton countysaid stephen was the victim of a hidden. run but, the south carolina highway patrol incident report noted they didn't find any vehicle debris or injuries consistent with someone being struck by a vehicle. according to the case, noticed even died from blunt force trauma to the head. he had no broken bones and evidence from the scene show stephen loosely tied shoes remained on his feet. >> if you get hit by vehicle, it's going fast enough, it's going to protect you. your shoes are just going to fall off under the best of circumstances. >> along with exhuming stephen's body, sandy's lawyers also hoped to gain access to her son's phone calls and text messages in the mountain hours, leading up to his death. a crime scene investigators also expected to take a fresh look at the forensics, and determine if he was struck by a vehicle or something else. sandy told me, last, year she has never accepted her son was the victim of a hidden run. >> what do you believe happened to your son? >> i belie

going to go to college, wanted to be a nurse, and he was found in the middle of a country road in hampton countyby a car. but there was no broken glass, no car parts, his clothes were intact, his shoes were on, and he had a, you know, a clear head trauma injury that looked like it was done by something other than a car. and his death went, you know, it was investigated initially, but it was just deemed a car accident. and when in 2021 when they opened the investigation into the death of my client, gloria satterfield, they opened the death and investigation into the death of stephen smith. and that is ongoing, and now buster's father, alex, has been convicted there's a big cry in south carolina to find out what actually happened to stephen smith. buster himself is going to have to come to grips with is my father capable of murdering my brother is and mother, a jury said so, and he's going to have to look at his future in this family. pete: eric, is there any connection between a member of the murdaugh family and stephen smith? where's that connection? >> that connection was made by sandy smith, t

there was the hampton county sheriff's office. there was sled.. there was no shortage of people there who can investigate, but it was like a hot potato that got passed back and forth mopgs these agencies -- amongst these agencies, and i think by the time we got the autopsy report that says this is a hit-and-run, and it got back to south carolina highway patrol, they were trying to catch up. there were witness interviews that were conducted. there were things like paint chips, metallic blue paint chips that were found on clothing. i believe they looked at an ipad, but beyond that, i don't know what was done, and i do know that some of the leads they received and from witnesses, they didn't go forward and interview some of the folks that probably they should have at the time. >> trey: there was an autopsy done, as you mentioned, and that forensic pathologist concluded that it was a hit-and-run. is that -- or how significant of an obstacle is that to overcome as a prosecutor if there's a subsequent trial for murder, i would think the fact that someb

years since the body of 19-year-old steven smith was found in the middle of this country road in hampton countyon in june 250021, nearl six years after he was killed, when the state law enforcement division said it was opening an invest investigation. >> verdict, guilty. >> reporter: alec murdoch was sentenced to life in prison. >> for the rest of your natural life. >> reporter: and investigators have never revealed what information they gleaned from the murdoch investigation that resulted in this being opened. today new private efforts to uncover the evidence. the first goal, exhuming smith's body. >> it kind of has to start with a fresh, new look at the body. >> reporter: initial reports that the nursing student died on july 8th, to 18, from blunt force head trauma originally said to be the result of a hit and run but the accident report cited, quote, no vehicle debris, skid marks or injuries consistent with someone being struck by a vehicle. >> i love my son. since i couldn't protect him, i'm going to fight for him. >> smith's mother said she worried he may have been targeted because he was

july 8th 2015 on sandy ron rhoden hampton county. >> it was -- >> at the time a pathologist setup heread imran. but the south carolina highway patrol incident report noted they didn't find any vehicle debris or injury consistent with someone being struck by of. according to the case, noticed even died from blunt force trauma to the head. he had no broken bones, and evidence from the scene shows stevens loosely tied shoes remained from on his feet. >> if you're hit by a vehicle, that's going fast enough, it's gonna project you. your shoes are just gonna fall off under those circumstances. >> along with exhuming stevens body. sandy's lawyer also hope to gain access to worsens phone calls and text messages in the months and hours leading up to his dad. a crime scene investigators also expected to take a fresh look at the friends attack, and determine if he was struck by a vehicle or something else. sandy tomi last year she's never accepted or some of the victim of a hit and run. >> what do you believe happened to your son? >> i believe he was beaten to death. >> the case files obtained by

. >> john: and what she said to the hampton county guardian last night, i've been waiting on this news'm waiting for the next chapter. not often, mark, you hear a parent say they are elated to find out their son was murdered but she has long suspected there was foul play here. >> yeah, i get it. i'm a father of three and if i learned that they said my kid was involved in an accident and i knew that there was something nefarious like she's alleging her son would not have left his wallet in the vehicle and then walked along a roadway, or that there was no skid marks at all on the asphalt to indicate that somehow this was the accident they are claiming it to be. no vehicle debris, no parts of the vehicle left, no evidence consistent with him being dragged at all. you know, that's hokey, and you don't just as a parent say okay, we are going to let those inconsistencies go. you fight for your kids. >> john: the fact, too, he was found in the middle of the road when he was hit by the mirror on a transport truck didn't seem to add up and the fact he had on loose-fitting sneakers, many times i

on a rural road in hampton county, south carolina. >> as a mother, there's questions that i need to askal findings may have been wrong. and that someone murdered her son and staged it to look like an accident. it's a case that's never been solved. but as authorities looked into the murders of maggie and paul murdaugh, they say information came to light, prompting them to reopen smith's investigation. smith's death has also received renewed attention from a recent netflix docuseries about the murdaugh murders and other cases with potential ties to the once prominent family. in multiple interviews, locals discussed rumors of an alleged relationship between stephen and buster murdaugh. >> there are so many rumors swirling around that buster and stephen were intimate together. being gay in the murdaugh family would have been looked down upon. >> reporter: buster murdaugh has never been charged with any crime in the case, and for the first time this morning, he's denying any involvement. telling nbc news exclusively in a statement, i've tried my best to ignore the vicious rumors about my inv

years since the body of 19-year-old stephen smith was found the middle of this country road in hampton countytion in june, 2021, nearly six years after he was killed when the state law enforcement division announced it was opening an investigation into his death based upon information gathered during the course of the double murder investigation of paul and maggie murdaugh. >> verdict guilty. >> reporter: alex murdaugh was innocenced to life in prison for the murders of his wife and son. investigators never revealed what information they gleaned from the murdaugh murders investigation that resulted in his case being opened. today, new private efforts launched to uncover the circumstances, spearheaded by smith's mother, sandy, and two attorneys, the first goal, exhuming smith's body. >> we think we have good cause to show why a fresh set of eyes on this would be beneficial. it kind of has to start with a fresh new look at the body. >> reporter: initial reports said the nursing student died on july 8th, 2015, from blunt force head trauma, originally said to be the result of a hit and run. but t

july 8th, 2015, on sandy run road in hampton county. >> in the road, a boy.reporter: at the time it a peerpd stephen was the victim of a hit and run but the south carolina highway patrol's incident report noted they didn't find any debris or injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle. according to the case notes stephen died from blunt force trauma to the head and stephen's loosely tied shoes remained on his feet. >> if he was hit by a vehicle that's going fast enough, it's going to project you. your shoes are just going to fall off. >> reporter: along with exhuming stephen's body, she hopes to gain access to his phone calls and text messages in the months and hours leading up to his death. a crime scene investigator is expected to take a fresh look at the forensics and determine if he was struck by a vehicle or something else. sandy told me last year she has never accepted her son was the victim of a hit and run. what do you believe happened be to your son? >> i believe he was beaten to death. >> reporter: the case file obtained by cnn shows even the

found dead in 2015 in what state investigators originally called a hit and run on a rural road in hampton countyrolina. >> as a mother, there's questions that i need to ask and there's questions i need answers to. >> reporter: smith believes the initial findings may have been wrong and that someone murdered her son and staged it to look like an accident. it's a case that's nevada been -- never been solved, but as authorities looked into the murders of maggie and paul murdauaugh they s say informama came t to light p prompting t t reopen smith's investigation. smith's death has received renewed attention from a recent netflixx docusereries about the murdaughgh murders a and other s with potential ties to the once prominent family. in multiple interviewsws, local didiscussed rumumors of an alle rerelationshipip between s stepd buster murdaugh. >> there were so many rumors swirling around that buster and stephen were intimate together. being gay in the murdaugh family would have been looked down upon. >> reporter: but buster murdaugh has never been charged with any crime in the case. for the first

. >> spinny 19 years since the -- middle of this country road and hampton county, south carolina.tate lawn forsman -- opened investigation into his death based on information gathered during the course of the double murder investigation of paul and maggie murdaugh. >> frederick, guilty. >> alex murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of his wife and son earlier this month. >> for the rest of your natural life -- >> investigators have never revealed when information they gleaned from the murdaugh murders investigation that resulted in his case being opened. today, new private efforts lash to uncover the circumstances, spearheaded by smith's mother, sandy, and two attorneys. the first goal -- exhuming his body. >> we think we have good cause to show why a fresh side of eyes on this would be beneficial. it has to start with a fresh new look at the body. >> initial reports that the nursing student died on july 8th, 2015, from blunt force head trauma, originally said to be the result of a hit and run. but the accident investigation team reports cited, quote, no vehicle

the body of stephen smith was found on a remote road in hampton county in 2015, investigators now sayhere is no indication it was a hit and run as the initial police report said smith's former classmate, buster murdoch , released a statement on monday denying any involvement. he is the son of alec murdoch, who was convicted this month of murdering his wife, maggie, and some poor when it's paltrow is fighting an injury lawsuits stemming from a 2016 skiing accident in the u. s. state of utah man claims the actress knocked him down after losing control on his skis and that he suffered a brain injury, broken ribs and more poultry says the man actually hit her as he was skiing downhill. the man is seeking more than $300,000 in damages, down from three million originally. oh, is countess. doing for just a dollar plus attorney's fees. tennis superstar novak djokovic says he has no regrets after giving up the rank of the world's number one men's tennis player he ceded the title after choosing to miss two big tournaments in the us this month. djokovic is not allowed to travel to the us current

now you may recall his body was found in the middle of a rural hampton county road in july. 2015 sled 19 year old nursing student died from blunt force trauma to the head. investigators say there's no indication that smith's death was caused by a hit and run as it was originally reported by a medical examiner. his family has raised concerns he may have been targeted because he was gay. back in june. 2021 sled reinvestigated the case for two weeks or i should say, two weeks after the murders of maggie and paul murdoch, based on information gathered during that investigation. they never revealed exactly what that information was. but it's important to note just this week , an attorney for smith's mom said, quote. this is not an alec murdoch two point oh, or any murdoch two point oh, this is the stephen smith two point. oh it's all about stephen just before air time. i spoke with stephen smith's mom, sandy, and that attorney eric bland. sandy, i appreciate you joining us. you have been fighting for nearly eight years now, too. to get justice for your son. how do you feel now that the inv

the body of stephen smith was found on a remote road in hampton county in 2015, investigators now sayhere's no indication this was a hit and run as the initial police reports said. smith's former classmate, buster murdoch, released a statement on monday denying any involvement. he is the son of alex murdoch, who was convicted this month of murdering his wife, maggie, and youngest son paul. we're getting new details about the investigation into the murders of four college students in the state of idaho. brian co. burger is charged in the grizzly stabbing deaths of the four university of idaho students in a house near campus last november. he has not yet entered a plea in the case, but recently unsealed court documents offering some new information about the items seized from his parents' house in pennsylvania when he was arrested. and the documents are revealing even more clues about the investigation of the murders leading up to co burgers. arrest jean cazares reports. november 13th 2022 law enforcement arrived at the home in moscow, idaho, and what they find is horrifying. four stude

smith's body was found in the middle of this rural hampton county south carolina road in july. 2015 highway investigators at the time said there was no evidence he had been hit by a car, but a pathologist who performed the autopsy said smith was the victim of a hit and run the nursing student with dreams of becoming a doctor died from blunt force head trauma. sandy smith has said she feared her son was targeted because he was gay. he was an openly gay young man. in an area of the state where it's not popular to be an openly gay man. and it probably had to do with one of his relationships, friendships or something. that, um he was involved with tuesday brought the first real update in smith's homicide investigations since june 2021 when state law enforcement were sled investigators announced they were opening a case into his killing based on information gathered during their investigation of the murders of paul and maggie murdock. sled has never revealed what that information wants. verdict guilty, but the trial of alex murdoch was discussed on that tuesday phone call with the sled chief. he

he was his body was found in the middle of a roadway inn, hampton county, south carolina, and they had that this was a hit and run well now for the first time sled the south carolina law enforcement division is saying they don't consider and run anymore. they are considering this a homicide and investigating this as a homicide now back when this first happened, the lead investigator despite it being ruled a hit and run accident, the lead investigator was heard during some tapes from the case file some audio interviews, saying that he didn't think that this was a hit and run. listen to that. typically you don't see the highway patrol working a murder. and that's what this is. there's no doubt we're not classifying this as anything other than a murderer. yeah and this is really important. john, of course for sandy smith, stephen smith's mom, she has said, been saying for years now, now, almost eight years since her son died that she has always believed that there was foul play here that somebody killed her son and laid his body in that roadway to make it look like a hit and run. and so t

is now being investigated as a homicide. 19 year old steven smith was found dead on a road in hampton countyin 2015, so his death was initially ruled a hit and run. state investigators opened a probe into his death after maggie and paul murdoch were murdered. cnn's erin gallagher is following this story for us, so this is the first time that the state has acknowledged diane that they don't think this was a hit and run. but i think for a lot of people, what's confusing here is what is any of this have to do with the murdochs. how is it tied? so exactly what you just said there law enforcement in 2021 june of 2021 state, law enforcement officials said that they were opening a state investigation into the death of stephen smith because of information they gathered during the investigation into the murders of paul and maggie murdock now of state investigators have not said what that information is. and in 2015 win, stephen smith was found dead in the middle of a road in collecting county. it was originally said to be the result of a hit and run. but look, we have gone through those investigative

smith's body was found in the middle of this rural hampton county south carolina road in july. 2015 highway patrol investigators at the time said there was no evidence he had been hit by a car, but a pathologist who performed the autopsy said smith was the victim of a hit and run the nursing student with dreams of becoming a doctor died from blunt force head trauma. sandy smith has said she feared her son was targeted because he was gay. he was openly gay young man. in an area that state where it's not popular to be an openly gay man. and it probably had to do with one of his relationships , friendships or something that , um he was involved with tuesday brought the first real update in smith's homicide investigation since june 2021 when state law enforcement were sled investigators announced they were opening a case into his killing based on information gathered during their investigation of the murders of paul and maggie murdock sled has never revealed what that information was. verdict guilty. pile of alex murdoch was discussed on that tuesday phone call with the sled chief. he said that

the body of stephen smith was found on a remote road in hampton county back in 2015, and some had linked his death to buster murdoch, the son of alex murdoch , who was convicted this month of murdering his wife and youngest son, buster murdoch released a statement on monday denying any involvement. cnn's randi kaye has the new developments. for the first time sled the south carolina law enforcement division is saying they don't consider this hit and run anymore. they are considering this a homicide and investigating this as a homicide . now back when this first happened, the lead investigator despite it being ruled a hit and run accident, the lead investigator was heard during some tapes from the case files from audio interviews, saying that he didn't think that this was a hit and run. listen to that. typically you don't see the highway patrol working a murder. and that's what this is. there's no doubt we're not classifying. this is anything other than a murder. it's important to note that there were no visible injuries to him. he had a very significant wound to his head. but other than

hampton county, what's your emergency? indistinct. 147 moselle road.e police assistance immediately. my wife and child have been shot badly. lurid enough, but behind the double murder comes layer upon layer of alleged criminal activity — from murdoch's vast embezzlement at his law firm, to the widerfamily�*s alleged cover—up in several other unexplained deaths. before he was murdered, paul murdaugh was facing trial for a drunken boating accident, which had led to the death of 19—year—old mallory beach — all part of a new netflix series. alex wasn't worried about finding mallory. he wanted to make sure that...lips were sealed. they were more worried about a cover—up. - for over a century, the murdaughs were law and order. the family was under and increasing amount of stress. an increasing amount of stress. the homicide of maggie and paul really changed everything. this may very well be related i to the death of mallory beach. what was the motivation other than revenge? - there are facts that don't add up and bodies tied to this family. the case points t

i was honored to serve as a teacher assistant at central elementary in north hampton county. mr. davis: ms. calhoun, also known by her students as ms. c, she helped her students with math, spelling, and assisting classrooms when needed. we must applaud not only ms. c but all teacher assistants. mr. speaker, education is a lifeline for the future, and we must provide the resources for our students to succeed because, after all, our young minds will be the ones who will transform not only eastern north carolina but america forever. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i'd like to acknowledge the importance that all children be fed in a nutrition and a -- nutritious and affordable manner. every year schools are forced to raise their school lunch prices to comply with the paid lunch equitable program s

so they were very, very big fish in this small town, small pond of hampton county. he was kind of the end of the line. i mean, he was the one who, after all of that, had become addicted to opioids. he wasn't that great a lawyer. he made a lot of money, but he -- nobody accused him of being the brightest light, certainly, at the end of this line. his -- you know, the son he killed had been involved, had been responsible for a tragic boating accident in which a young woman was killed. alex murdaugh had essentially tried to cover that up, tried to blame somebody else for it. there's a history of this family, and i think there is a sense, a southern gothic sense, of him sort of knowing he was the end of the line of this dynasty. >> yeah. >> going out in a blaze of annihilation. i mean, that's kind of what it feels like to me. >> my goodness. >> you know, sam stein has been obsessed with this trial from the very beginning. >> yeah. >> he's been taking notes. he's been sitting in front of the tv set. it's not even fair asking him about it. we're going to move on to the ne

hampton. a missed a chance to go 3rd and the table and county wasn't happy. for another time, i'm sure that the we are not the team. we are a live in blair's that the going to the beach and law i, she said display years. i see players that so don't want to be shudder. don't put dad. i'm not use it that these positions are really upset and everybody has to take the responsibility. natalie, the club natalie, did they did they, they did the manager of the stuff they play that will be involved in the situation because it's time to change the solution. if doctor and i want to change, if they want to continue these way, they got their kid changed manager. well, in the f i, a bunch of that he came up against their former captain vincent company, who manages burnley suddenly on the verge of being made to the premier league. they were, well, you can hear holland court, he's 6 patrick of the season. and 2nd, in 5 days, he ran away with it 5. no, it would you those and counting for holland victory for to be semi final over in germany, holland form a team adult mon half

that stretch between petaluma to lakeville highway and hampton road in novato will be close from 9:00 p.m. tonight to 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. pgm marin county crews will be working on a landslide in the area. at least 26 were killed and dozens more injured as a tornado and powerful thunderstorms made their way of us mississippi and -- made their way across mississippi and alabama. the storms made destruction for over 100 miles. president biden has pledged the federal government will be there to help with recovery as long as needed. reporter: western mississippi hit with massive and violent tornado strikes. the towns of silver city emily fort stated. -- devastated. >> this ain't good. we are in the tornado right now. >> wesley jackson to this video as he was in the tornado and captured some of the devastation. storm chaser emeryville was in rolling fork. >> we saw complete and utter devastation. houses gone, gas stations destroyed. trees, power lines blocking entrances everywhere. stray animals, people wandering the streets clearly in shock. this was one of the words we have seen. reporter: first responders looking for any survivors that may

allowed james ward proust to snatch a 3 old rule for south hampton taught me, missed a chance to go 3rd and the table. and understandably, county was not happy. for another time, i was sure that we had not the team we are a live and players that the going to the beach and her i she says display. yes. i see players that so don't want to to help each other. don't put dirt. i'm not use the disposition of are really upset and that everybody has to take the responsibility. not only the club, natalie, they did, they did their, their, their, their manager of the stuff they play has to be involved in the situation because it's time to change the situation. if the doctor and i want to change, if they want to continue these way. the cake aren't there, came change manager, concise form aside. chelsea were also denied victory after conceding late against everton. i went ahead to show our felix but everson equalized. chelsea took the lead once more, but ellison scored his 1st goal for everton to make it to all on 89 minutes. and this is how it finished at stamford bridge. early, harland scored his 2nd hattrick in 5 days. as manchester city

county of their choosing. if they relitigating again some company, looking for a settlement, they could basically jury shock and hamptonsed became the kind of litigation mecca because this family basically controlled the jury pool. and that is what they built their fortune on. the provision was rescinded in 2006 but by, that the family had a lock on both the sort of prosecutorial side of things. you had three generations of cheap prosecutors from this family and on the sort of private litigation side of things, they were enormously powerful because of it. and they have very strong -- >> no please, continue. very strong? >> yes, that very strong connection to law enforcement which of course we have seen how that played out in this trial. >> yes,, we certainly have. there are also three other desks that were connected to this family specifically, talking about mallory beach, stephen smith classmates of both buster and paul murdaugh. and then the long housekeeper who died under somewhat mysterious circumstances. she allegedly tripped on the front steps of the murdaugh's home and you write this, in october of 2019, a local

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