'As a mother there's questions that I need to ask,' his mother, Sandy Smith, said March 20 on TODAY. In 2019, a teenage girl, Mallory Beach, died in an accident with the family's boat, which Paul was allegedly driving while drunk.A lot happened between the morning in 2015 that 19-year-old Stephen Smith was found lying in the middle of the road and the day-almost eight years later-that authorities confirmed they were investigating his death as a homicide.

In 2018, the family's longtime housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, died on their property after allegedly falling down stairs. The deaths of Maggie, Paul and Smith are not the only incidents that have tarnished the family's reputation. We're not law enforcement, this is not a criminal case,' the lawyer said, adding that they're just trying to help Smith's grieving mother find answers about her son's death.Īlex Murdaugh was a prominent lawyer in South Carolina and comes from a long line of lawyers and district attorneys – known as solicitors in that state. 'Our job is not to find out who did it, that's not what we do. The renewed investigation is 'not an Alex Murdaugh 2.0 or any Murdaugh 2.0,' he said. He said pre- and post-death communications between 'different people could yield some information.' He added that they will request to have the body exhumed if they find evidence that Smith did not die from a hit-and-run in the middle of the road, but somewhere else. That's where the investigation will go,' Bland said. 'We're going to hire experts who are going to come into this case with a fresh set of eyes, with an open mind, without any preconceived conclusions, being objective and wherever the facts go. The fundraiser has pulled in more than $65,000 – far surpassing its goal of $15,000.ĭuring a news conference Monday, attorneys Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter announced they are representing the Smith family. There was no debris in the road, and his injuries were not consistent with a hit-and-run,' Sandy Smith wrote on the GoFundMe page. 'We need a new, unbiased look at his body and an accurate determination of his cause of death based on facts. They did not name the Murdaughs in the description of their fundraiser. They started a GoFundMe earlier this month to raise money for the process, which can cost up to $7,000, according to Smith's mother, Sandy Smith, who started the fundraiser. Smith's family is able to request a permit to exhume his body in order to get an independent autopsy. While state police originally said that Smith got hit by a car while walking to get help after having car trouble, his family believes he was murdered. The investigation into Smith's death was reopened in 2021 while police were investigating the deaths of Maggie and Paul. I unequivocally deny any involvement in his death, and my heart goes out to the Smith family.' 'These baseless rumors of my involvement with Stephen and his death are false. 'This has gone on far too long,' he said. Buster Murdaugh said in his statement that before, during and after his father's trial, he has 'been targeted and harassed by the media and followers of this story.'

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