alex murdaugh has been indicted in the murders of his wife and son according to the indictment, murtau murdaugh used a rifle to shoot his wife we have more on the bizarre case >> reporter: family made 54-year-old alex murdaugh prominent in south carolina. he's indicted for murdering his wife and their son at the family estate near charleston in june 2021 he called 911 saying he came home to find them dead outside >> my wife and my son. >> are they in a vehicle >> no, ma'am, they're on the ground out at my kennels >> reporter: one of a series of bizarre events that have the center of the prominent family behind bars. within months of the killing, the family law firm accused murdaugh of stealing millions of dollars. they say he asked a former client to kill him but murdaugh was only wounded. murdaugh is accused of financial crimes, including keeping millions mil millions of dollars that were supposed to go to the family of the housekeeper. now they are re-examining her 2018 death >> he's an extremely dark individual, evil >> reporter: murdaugh denies all the accusations, saying he did not have an