SC attorney Alex Murdaugh, who’s wife and son were shot and killed 3 months ago, arranged for a man to kill him in order for his surviving son to get a $10 million dollar insurance policy. Alex Murdaugh was shot in the head, but survived the injury.
Alex Murdaugh, 53, confessed to the authorities on Monday, that he and Curtis Edward Smith, 61, arranged the whole thing. Curtis Edward Smith, was charged with assisted suicide, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).