Former South Carolina Attorney Alex Murdaugh Surrenders

More details surrounding the Murdaugh investigation have surfaced. According to his lawyer, Alex Murdaugh is expected to voluntarily surrender to police on charges related to a subsequent insurance fraud scheme today. Court documents filed earlier this week say Murdaugh arranged for a former client identified as Curtis Smith to kill him so that his surviving son could collect a life insurance payout of $10 million. One of Murdaugh’s lawyers, Jim Griffin said that they had been informed that an arrest warrant had been issued for Murdaugh on charges of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud and Murdaugh plans to surrender at the Hampton County jail by 2 p.m. today.

Also tied to the case, SLED announced yesterday that they were opening a criminal investigation into the death of house keeper Gloria Satterfield and the handling of her estate. Satterfield was Murdaugh’s housekeeper for over two decades before her death in February of 2018 after what was described as a ‘trip and fall accident’ at Murdaugh’s home. SLED said they were investigating upon a request from the Hampton County Coroner that highlights inconsistencies in the ruling of the manner of her death as well as other information gathered during ongoing investigations.