From Wealth and Power to a Life Behind Bars: Inside the Murdaugh Family Tragedy

In a dramatic conclusion to a case that has captivated the nation for over 20 months, prominent South Carolina lawyer, Alex Murdaugh, has been convicted of the shocking double murder of his wife and son, sealing the downfall of a man who had wielded substantial wealth and power. The trial, which lasted nearly six weeks, revealed a complex web of lies, theft, and abuse of trust by Murdaugh, a member of a legal dynasty that had controlled a prosecutor's office in the region for over eight decades. As the case unfolded, the prosecutors presented compelling evidence that Murdaugh killed his family members to cover up his massive embezzlement of millions of dollars. The verdict brings a sense of closure to a case that had rocked the tight-knit community of South Carolina and led to investigations into two other suspicious deaths linked to the Murdaugh family.

The verdict came more than 20 months after the June 2021 fatal shootings. On the stand, the prominent South Carolina lawyer admitted to lying and stealing but tearfully denied the murders.

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh, the fourth-generation lawyer whose family long exerted influence in small-town courtrooms across parts of South Carolina, was convicted on Thursday of murdering his wife and son, sealing the dramatic downfall of a man who had substantial wealth and powerful connections but who lived a secret life in which he stole millions of dollars from clients and colleagues and lied to many of those closest to him.

The guilty verdict followed a nearly six-week-long trial, more than 20 months after the June 2021 fatal shootings of Mr. Murdaugh’s wife, Maggie, 52, and their younger son, Paul, 22, on the family’s rural estate. The grisly crime had reverberated across the state, in part because of the storied history of the Murdaugh family, which controlled a regional prosecutor’s office in South Carolina’s Lowcountry region for more than 80 years and ran an influential law firm for even longer.

Here’s what cellphone and other data showed about the night of the murders.

As they built their case against Alex Murdaugh, law enforcement officials used a wealth of data to detail the key moments on the night his younger son, Paul Murdaugh, and his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, were murdered.

Here is a look at the roughly 25-minute period on June 7, 2021, that became the focus of the case.

The jury made an unusual visit to the vast estate where the killings took place.

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