“The Murdaughs”, the Netflix series about the case that shocks the United States

At the same time as the trial of attorney Alex Murdaugh, Netflix premiered a documentary mini-series for those interested in the case and want to get closer to everything that happened. It is entitled The Murdaughs: Death and Scandal in South Carolina And it only has three episodes.

True crime lovers have nothing to complain about because the case has it all and involves one of the most powerful families in the United States.

The surname Murdaugh began to stain with blood in 2019, when he was a teenager Mallory Beach died after Paul MurdaughAlex’s youngest son, crashed into the boat he was allegedly driving while intoxicated.

Almost two years later, on July 7, 2021, Paul and his mother Maggie were found dead. in the kennel of his home in South Carolina. Immediately Alex is accused of murder and this leads to the discovery of an infinite number of crimes that until then had remained hidden.

The miniseries closely follows everything that happened through the testimonies of people who were present the night Paul and Maggie died, as well as listing family secrets and crimes that have come to light after the tragedy.

The case

The 54-year-old man still adamantly denies any responsibility for the murders of the 52-year-old woman and the 22-year-old young man. It is worth noting that he was the one who called the police when he found them dead in their home.

Indeed, in his Feb. 23 testimony, Murdaugh denied shooting his wife and child at the family hunting lodge: “I have never shot my wife or my son”.

Murdaugh is also under investigation on charges of insurance fraud, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, computer crime, and for allegedly hiring a person to kill him three months after Maggie and her youngest son were found dead.

The lawyer would ask a man named Curtis Edward Smith shoot him in the head. He would have, but Alex would have survived the attack.

The tycoon faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted. in the trial that began January 25 in Walterboro, South Carolina.

For 87 years, the Murdaughs represented a legal dynasty on coastal South Carolina, where three successive generations controlled the local attorney’s office.