he wanted to take the next step, no matter what south hampton made it possible with a 15000000 a year, a deal saudi excelled in the premier league, firing home 21 goals in 2 seasons. that included scoring a hat trick in 2 minutes and 56 seconds the quickest in li, history. many assario girls came against big teams like liverpool, urine clot already have his eyes on saddle adornment. now he wanted him in england . i do remember when i got called from him to you and him in liverpool, i was lucky to be like if the visa is clear and the quote you buy him in 2016, a 36000000 euro transfer. so clot land, his star, we all know how the story goes from here. my 2018 sonia helped livable reach the champions league final, where they were bested by rail madrid. just a year later, he lifted europe's biggest trophy off. the liverpool defeated furs that same season saudi, i was the premier league top scorer, even if manchester city won the title by a point problem. saudi. i fired liverpool to their 1st late title in 30 years the next season. anyway. saudi manet has won just about every title imagina

them educated, that wouldn't chester boarding skill a private school near to where he was born in south hampton, in the south coast of england. the man was born and a privilege. and the man represents privilege, as no average emigrant story. average emigrants suffer from discrimination, suffer from low income suffer from hosing. this is a man who has never known any of those problems and f, any of the years wish to can so venue from 2007. they will see that your fresh, bushy tailed, richie sherlock bell, every one in b, b. c documentary that he had many friends that were upper class and out of stock chrissy and he says, and some working class and laughs and says, well, not working class. but then goes on to tell everyone that he goes to state schools to lecture people about the 2 could go to oxford and cambridge just lake hadn't even though he went there from a private boarding school costing almost $50000.00 pounds a year. the mine is privilege, personify this is nor a story of an average american yuki watching his way to the fault. this is amman, born into privilege, and no represent stop pri

to know their star player ivan, tony, getting on the score sheet in this one more misery for a south hampton. however, they are bottom of the leak for ice. charles clare well start this week. saudi arabian grand prix with a grid penalty laclare has been slapped with at least a 10 point grid punishment after he retired. early from the season, opening grumpily in bahrain for our esteem. principal said laclare had 2 problems with his engine during the bar and race a 25 year old could drop even further than that grade for sunday's race in jetta. other engine parts are changed. keyboard are the 1st thing to book their place in the semi finals of the world baseball classic. they beat australia for 3 in front of a crowd of more than 35000 people in tokyo, abbey losing their 1st 2 games. cuba one their 3rd straight. this is the 1st semi final they've reached since 2006 when they lost the baseball classic final to japan . it open and they will do they do a google get them all of cuba is very excited right now because we provide them with some long awaited victories. our nation loves baseball. everybo

after they threw away a to go lead to draw with south hampton in the premier league. spurs were 31 up with 16 minutes to go. i gave away a penalty in stoppage time, which 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

south hampton, at old trafford. that weekend, and that's a massive game that got to go and beat south hampton beat them well, to sure the funds are back. but the one thing that jen, hi guess father, he was right, but performance yesterday from much as united is unacceptable. okay, now you yourself have scored goals at an field, but i want to ask you, what was your peg of the goals last night? and i'll tell you when a lake was caught, he got caused 2nd. okay. and the fog golden, the game, i think it was, it was the way it was constructed. it was, it was liverpool at the very, very best you know, a jordan henderson and suddenly they've got look at sheila, it just leaves shaw and then your 2nd. what was was gap co who's are going to get is you're going to get some, he embarrassed is one of the best defenders in the premier league here. let's see here. and suddenly gap coke object. i met some magnificent british so that gall rear said to me, but slept at the very, very best in transition take. he was absolutely unbeliev

james would prow schooled it to snatch a thrill draw for south 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

earlier, tottenham were denied victory at south hampton spurs with 3 to up. in stoppage time a gave away a penalty, which allowed james ward browse to snatch a drawer for south hampton. sought them a 4th to points ahead of newcastle. but they have played 2 games more. in the f, a cap, manchester city, or up against burnley, aside managed by cities, former captain vance on company as you'd expect. there was a warm reception for company, one for premier league titles and to a fake ups in his 11 years with city. he's bernie team went behind off the 32 minutes early holland who else making had one knows the city with his 40th goal in all competitions the season. and he didn't have to wait long for his 41st as the strike a matter to know 3 minutes later, the pretty side in control of the scores of final i islands rugby union team are closing in on the 6 nations title and the grand slam. they lead england 2416 in the final stages of their match in dublin. earlier france kept their hopes of winning the competition alive. they are classed whales, 4128 in paris. the f

results and have a big result for full say, britain, be town based on the premier league, struggling south hampton, away from home to reach before one of the i think up for the 1st time in 80 for you to want to great result for the lowest rank team left in the tournament. and milwaukee bucks, winning run, continues in the m b a. they've now made at 16 winds in a row with their latest coming against the lander magic. once again, the commode top school with 31 points, 7 rebounds and 6, a safe buck, stay top of the eastern conference and and now just for wind short the franchise record winning streak set back in the 97071 season, boston celtics are right, behind the low in 2nd place, boston beat, the cables have liaison wednesday with jason tatum producing some eye. catching these to 441 points fellow who saw the michel actually out scold him with 44 points to cleveland. it was take him in the celtics, who had a rule by full 117-2113 kevin during school 23 points on his day be for the phoenix suns. is a beat the charlotte hornets. he's been out injured since january 8, during which time he was traded

and particularly the south hampton game at old trafford, next weekend on massive games. i think when both those games, then he probably can push the bed, but there will be players to he has seen yesterday. he will pretend he's made to think, well, that can happen again. if it does, he may have to move them. i was shocked by some of them. i just shoot a back, a captain. perfect. you'll fernandez. i've never seen my jet united captain behave like that and i bought my chest made a new tv, and i've never seen a captain behavior. he said so. and so there's a lot of problems for him, but he's got games the solve them. i think not just like, well, i want to talk about liverpool because they have been below par this season. where do you see them going from now? i think taught ford is within the grasp. without a doubt, i've seen them progress slowly as they've got players fit. they've got better. the one, some games, that's the best 15 to play the season by 1000000 miles. so if they can take that on and this is the f, we know they can do it in the back game. they did it yesterday

following a 3 will draw with south hampton in the last much, he is what he said. we are not the team. we are a live in blair's. that the going to the beach and law a she set display years we can thought for what we disputed with these attitude with these go meet them and put what for the 7th. 8th, please then place. i'm not user that these positions are really upset and that everybody has to take the responsibility. natalie, the club natalie, did they? did they? did they manage out of this stuff while union now grossman who was sacked by by and mean at last week has emerged as an early favorite to replace county, although supposed be making an appointment before the end of the season with counties assistant christian saline acting as head coach in the meantime from a spurs both murray maria tip, which tina has also been linked with. a returned to the club. we spoke to sean butler from top m fan channels, spurs talk show. who told us that although patina would be a popular appointment with most supporters, he's not his 1st choice. i would rather go with na guzman b

the puncture it comes off to criticize the club, and its players following the 3 old rule with south hampton in their last match, he is what he said. we are not the team. we are a live and players that the going to the beach and ha, i, she said display years. we came up for what we disputed the with his attitude with his commitment. but what for the 7th hate place them place. i'm not used to these positions are really upset, and everybody has to take their responsibility. natalie, the club, natalie. they did, they did, they, they did the manager of the stuff julia models, man who was sacked by by munich last week, has emerged as an early favor to replace con, say, although spurs won't be making an appointment before the end of the season with concise assistance christian stay lini, acting as head coach in the mean time. former spurs boss mauricio patina has also been linked with a return to the club. we spoke to sean butler from talking fan channel spoons. talk show, who told us that although patina would be a popular appointment with most supporters, he is not. he's 1st choice. i would rath

south hampton, at old trafford, the weekend and that's the massive game. the got to go and beat so fast and beat them well to sure the funds are bike. but the one thing that jen, hi guess, father, he was right, that performance yesterday from my jesse native is unacceptable. okay, now you yourself have scored goals at an field, but i want to ask you what with your peg of the goals last night. and i'll tell you when i like cody golf course. second. okay. i'm the fuck goal in the game. i think it was, it was the way it was constructed. that was, it was liverpool at the very, very best you know, a jordan henderson. and suddenly they've got, look at sheila, it just leaves shore. and then you think about where's, where's gap? co, who's are going to get, is you going to get some, he embarrassed is one of the best defenders in the premier league here. lexia and suddenly gap coke of that and that's a magnificent venue. so that go there. said to me that's liverpool at a very, very best in transition take. he was absolutely unbelievable to me. this is when the best

charge the italian blast of these players and the club after throwing away or to no lead against south hampton last week. they are 4th in the premier league, but have been eliminated from all cup competitions. in what was more than just a football match. ukraine have been defeated to know by england in their 1st euro 2024 qualifier. before kickoff at wembley, the teams posed for pictures and promoted messages of peace. this was ukraine's 1st competitive matching 6 months, as russia's war on their country continues. hurricane scored england's opener before because sacker doubled the school. a few days ago, italy, we're beason by england at the start of qualifying. well, the italians have bounced back with a to know whenever malta matter, etc. and mateo pasadena, knitting for the reigning european champions to time wimbledon champion. patrick of it, of her has won her 3rd round match at the miami open against dawn of acreage. also through is 2019 us open champion, bianca andrea school, the canadian. so k of 20 for the stadium open. when sophia canon, i had states obviously winning to the last 6

place. manchester united brazilian star cast mero, god, sent off as they drew neil nel against south hampton is, was united firstly game, since they're humiliating 7. know laws against liverpool, the i know you said that everyone who no show from the board football was acting on both football. they know what is bad and what is, what is, what isn't that? what is fair? and i tell you the customer was really for a player tough, but fair. carlos alcaraz is on track to return to the top of the world tennis rankings. the spanish teenager was aiming to win the indian whilst huddle for the 1st time in his career. the 19 year old beat, australia's fantasy cock anakin, to move into around 3 if he went to california tournament alcaraz. walker place no batch archival in the number one spot doc, which is unable to play in the united states because he is in fact, unaided against overnighting. the most important part of my game, her to sterilize and go for it. i'm not sure thing about you know, the mistakes there are the boys day. you know the wrongs just sir. ah, let's say lived the mormon earth play the

and he is a big result for forced here grims b town, they stand privilege, struggling south hampton, away from home to reach the quarter farms of the africa for the 1st time in 84 years to one to the lowest rank team left in the, to the milwaukee bucks. that winning run continues in the n b a. they've now made it 16 victories in a row with a latest coming against the orlando magic. once again yana santi to compo, tops scored with 31.7. rebounds and 6 assists the back. stay top of the eastern conference and on out just for winds short of a franchise record winning streak sit back in the line, 17071 season. the boston celtics, all right behind them though in 2nd place, boston beat the cleveland cavaliers with jason, jason producing some eye. catching liddy's discourse. $41.00 points, fellow all star donovan mitchell at re out schooling with $44.00 points to cleveland. that was tatum and the celtic 2 edged over 117113 cabin duran school 23 points on his day before the phoenix suns. as they beat the charlotte hornets. he's been out injured since january 8th feeling which time was traded

following a 3 old rule with south hampton, in their last match, his what he said, we are not a team. we are a lemon players. let the going to the beach and her i, she said dish players, we can fight for what with this beat it with his attitude with his commitment. but what for the 7th hate to place them place. i'm not use the disposition of are really upset and that everybody has to take their responsibility. natalie, the club, natalie. they did, they did their, their, their, the manager of the stuff you leonor guzman, who were sacked by by and munich last week has emerged as an early favor to replace con, say, although spurs won't be making an appointment before the end of the season. with con phase assistant christians, felony acting as head coach in the meantime, former spurs boss mauricio poacher. tino has also been linked with a returned to the club. we spoke to sean butler from taught m fan channel at spurs talk. so we told the settle though patina would be a popular appointment with most supporters. he is not, he's 1st choice. i would rather go with na guzman because he prior,

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so they threw away to go lead against south hampton versus 3 went up with 60 minutes ago, but i woke up put one back to the home team, and then told them, conceded a stoppage time penalty was james bull crowns scolded to snatch a thrill drawer for southampton missed the chance to go 3rd and the table county wasn't happy or another diamond showed that the we are not the team. we are a live and blair's that the going to the beach and law. i. she said dish players . i see players there. so don't want all to help each other. don't put dirt. i'm not usually the disposition of are really upset and that everybody has to take their responsibility. natalie, the club, natalie. they 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 situation. if doctor and i want to change, if they want to continue this way, they got their kick. ginger manager in the afaik help man to city came up against their former captain vincent company, who, managers, burnley, burnley are on the verge of being promoted to the premier lee

>> 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 any reason to leave that part of south carolina, and nobody ever had any reason to come to that part of south caroline. >> small towns generate big fish in small pools. >> hampton is pretty historically dominated by one family -- the murdaughs. >> murdaugh -- that name means power. >> they're a great american family -- who has a successful law firm. had deep roots in their community. >> money, position, power. the murdaughs have had control of hampton county for close to a century. >> they have held the position of prosecutor, the solicitor we call it, through four generations. >> everyone knows that they ar

. >> jordan james, ginger heriot, and sandy smith grew up in the rural county of hampton south carolina. >> one thing about hampton also, i mean genuine people live there. >> all your friend's children come to your home and they call you mom. >> what was alex murdaugh like as a young boy? >> kind of rough but typical friend. i mean we were both interested in hunting and fishing and stuff like that. >> we were kids. i mean we went off to school together so i thought he was a zealot. he was loud and he was a zealot. >> alex, he just seemed arrogant and conseated and like i'm better than you. >> you stayed friendly or in touch with him over the years in. >> absolutely. i got wedding gifts from him. i gave him gifts. i went out of town and stuff he liked, i knew it, i brought it back. i mean we were friends. i trusted him. >> alex murdaugh wasn't just a resident of hampton. alex's great grandfather, grandfather, and father had been district attorneys or what they called solicitors. >> being a solicitors it's one of the most powerful positions in our legal system. >> mandy, john monk, and li

reginald mitchell died before the plane entered production in south hampton.ots more, as always, on our website. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @kasiamadera. it would be lovely to hear from you. goodbye. hello there. it's been a very wintry day across the north of the uk. large parts of northern and eastern scotland in particular have seen accumulating snow and some frequent and heavy showers. and we hold onto these showers of snow and ice into tuesday as well. the northern half of scotland, northeast england, northern ireland, once again, likely to cause some travel disruption. now we've got arctic air firmly in place now across the northern half of the country. it's not as cold further south, but this cold air is sinking its way southward through tonight and into tuesday. so it's going to be an icy night across the northern half of the country, particularly where showers have been falling, further snow showers are likely around coastal areas again of northeast england, northern scotland, northern ireland, and

could that get that into context with up dr chelvan, visiting professor at the university of south hamptonpointed his new cabinet, after being formally sworn in as scotland's first minister. six of his top team of ten are women, but he said he's sorry that his former opponent kate forbes won't be one of them, after she declined his offer of a different role. hundreds of thousands of protesters in france stage more rallies against the government's pension reforms — with some demonstrators clashing with riot police. people are angry after legislation to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 was forced through by the government. israel's prime minister has reacted angrily to a suggestion from president biden that he should abandon controversial plans for an overhaul of the judiciary. mr netanyahu stressed that, as a sovereign country, israel would make its decisions "by the will of its people and not based on pressures from abroad". the reforms — which include limiting the powers of israel's supreme court have resulted in weeks of mass protests across the country. well, this is what presiden

year-old stephen smith, whose body was found nearly eight years ago on a dark country road in hampton county southa. for years the considered a hit-and-run but now authorities confirming there is an active homicide investigation into his death. >> he was an amazing kid and he didn't deserve to die this way and i know somebody did it and whoever did it to come forward and bring peace to this family. >> in this small south carolina town where everyone knows everyone, smith was a classmate of alex b19's only surviving son buster. once again, the spotlight is on hampton county and the murdaugh family, who for so long were a symbol of wealth 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 a

. >> it is impossible to burn that kind of money in hampton, south carolina. >> where is this money?the million-dollar question. i have no idea where the money is. he claims to have had an opioid problem that he spend a lot of it on. >> i do not know how you can spend that much if it was strictly for the addiction. >> then the question becomes what did he need the money for? was it drugs or a lifestyle or was he traveling places we don't know about? >> he did not live a flashy lifestyle. certainly they had nice things, but it is not the lifestyle of multimillionaires. the vices that i can think of are gambling or it may be someone was blackmailing him and he had to pay a lot of money out. >> was he just living higher than he should have been? did he have other people he was taking care of? like the possibility of the mistresses? >> he is the only person that knows where the money went and what he did with it and does it still exist?>> comes from a line of people who he probably felt no matter what trouble he went into he would find a way out of it. we do not even know if we know ever

wasn't by accident that her 19-year-old son stephen was killed, found dead on a rural road in hampton county, southolina 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 terribly

well, may we say the shock southampton have been very good, south hampton, of good, but south hamptonell, 64 not doing terribly well, but 64 places them , grimsby town places behind them, grimsby town and an amazing result. so they beat southampton two one first time they've made it to the quarter finals of the fa cup since 1939. surprisingly only eamonn will probably remember them playing in that, but also them playing in that, but also the other good thing is it was good to see the inflatable fish out. and i don't know if you saw that, but grimsby town, it's one thing that they love to bring along. the fans love the inflatable fish and the inflatable fish and the inflatable were banned inflatable fish were banned from when you that. i all when you said that. i all i could see was me the inflatable fish all they said they were fish so all they said they were banned from taking them in. i don't know why i don't know whether there's any danger in the fish. the thing is, if the fish. but the thing is, if they're contraband guess they're contraband fish, i guess you in and then maybe you

. >>> 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

since the body of 19-year-old steven smith was found in the middle of this country road in hampton county, southune 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 gay. ac

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 county, south 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 the acci

dead in 2015 in what state investigators originally called a hit and run on a rural road in hampton county, south >> 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 time th

. >> 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

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

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

investigation, there were several law enforcement agencies on the scene there was a hampton county sheriff's office, there was flood southway 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 evidence for murder prosecutor. >> rememb

there was the hampton county sheriff's office. there was sled. there was southhortage 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 somebody said it was

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 maggie, this is not justice for the s son. none of these can bring anyb

hampton county. we >> at the time, a pathologist, said stephen was the victim of a hidden. run but, the southport 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 believe he was beaten to death. >> the case file, obtained by cnn, shows even the lead investigator

south carolina highway patrol, mait oc. case number on this will be cl-062-15. it's a reference to a collision in hamptonon sandy run road. >> there was not a whole lot done in that investigation until mait became involved. we are an investigative unit, specifically in the area of car accidents. >> as far as evidence here, there's only evidence of where the body was found. there's no parts to a car or truck or any other vehicle. i also took pictures of the body at the mortuary. there is some scrapes and scratches on his left and right arm, on his knuckles, some across his face. but his injuries pertain to his head area, does not appear to be, in my opinion, struck by a vehicle. >> there were several red flags from the start in this investigation. things that were not there should have been there. for example, there's no glass. with that type of force, it would be glass on the ground or possibly in the body. there's no tire marks. there was no paint from the vehicle, no oil transfer. the phone didn't even fall out of his pocket. the phone didn't shatter. the way the body's laying in the roadway, there's n

hampton county. at the time, a pathologist said it appeared that stephen was the victim of a hit and run, but the southna 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 death. >> reporter: the case file obtained by cnn shows even the lead investigator at the time didn't beli

hampton county. >> it was -- >> at the time a pathologist setup here steven was the victim of a head imran. but the southent 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 cnn shows that even the lead investigator of the tim