A prestigious lawyer orchestrated his own murder for his son to take out $ 10 million in insurance, but something went wrong.

A complex and unfortunate plot that involves the death of three direct relatives -two of them for an unsolved murder-, $ 10 million in insurance and another million missing from a law firm, plus the failed attempt to hire a drug dealer to kill him put Alex Murdaugh in the spotlight of the U.S. police news Units.

This prominent South Carolina lawyer found the bodies of his wife and one of his children three months ago and in early September tried to orchestrate his own death so that his other son could receive payment of insurance. life of USD 10 million. But something went wrong: the planned deadly shot only rubbed his head, Reported this Tuesday the state police.

The shooter, Curtis Edward Smith, was accused of assisted suicide, insurance fraud and various other charges in the shooting. That happened on Sept. 4 on a lonely road in Hampton County, the State Law Enforcement Division said in a statement.

seconds the version of Murdaugh’s lawyers, Smith sold drugs to him and took advantage of his mental illness and his deep depression by the homicide of his wife, Maggie, and his son Paul, as well as of the death of his father by cancer the same week. They said that Murdaugh told them everything that happened this Monday and that they called the state police to share their confession about the attempted assisted suicide..

“I didn’t want the security forces to spend more time on this fake crime instead of focusing on solving the murders of Maggie and Paul,” lawyer Dick Harpootlian told the program. Today.

Murdaugh was not charged Tuesday night, but officers called him a co-defendant and said more charges were expected. Harpootlian said he expects his client to be charged in his own shooting, but does not believe he knows who killed his wife and son. “It is clear that he is distressed by his deaths. He did not kill themHarpootlian said.

Murdaugh gave Smith the gun to kill him and he followed Murdaugh to Old Salkehatchie Road by firing a shot at the lawyer when he was standing on the road., Said a state agent in an affidavit.

But this bullet only rubbed Murdaugh’s head and he was able to call 911 for help., According to authorities. Murdaugh’s lawyer said last week that his skull was fractured by the bullet and Harpootlian said the shot temporarily blinded Murdaugh.

Murdaugh wanted Smith killed so his surviving son could receive his $ 10 million life insurance policy, state agents said. Smith left after the shooting and got rid of the weapon, according to authorities.

Smith sold drugs to Murdaugh, and the lawyer found his former client on Saturday and “30 minutes later this guy shoots him in the head.” He didn’t try to persuade him not to, ”Harpootlian said.

Murdaugh said last week through a family spokesman that he stopped after the low-pressure light on the tires of his Mercedes SUV was turned on. A man passing by in a van asked him if he had any problems with the car and then shot him.

Agents said that Smith, 61, confessed Tuesday and was charged with assisted suicide, assault and assault of a highly aggravated nature, aiming and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud, conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, distribution of methamphetamine and marijuana possession. It was not immediately known if he had a lawyer to speak on his behalf.

The June 7 murders of Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and her son Paul Murdaugh, 22, remain unsolved.. Alex Murdaugh discovered the bodies of his wife and son at his home in Colleton County. They had both received multiple traits.

Murdaugh announced two days after the shooting that he was going to go into rehab for one opiate addiction. He apologized to his family and said he was leaving his law firm. His lawyer’s license was temporarily suspended. “The murders of my wife and son have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life. I have made many decisions that I truly regret,” Murdaugh said without going into detail.

A few hours later, the law firm PMPED announced that Murdaugh had taken money from the business and he had been fired from the firm. The amount of money has not been announced, but Murdaugh’s law firm and lawyers have suggested that it could exceed a million dollars.

Murdaugh’s lawyers are doing their own investigation into the deaths and they have a possible suspect, Said Harpootlian, declining to give more details apart from saying that “the reason would be personal.”

Along with the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh and the shooting of Alex Murdaugh, the State Law Enforcement Division is also investigating the missing money, if anyone tried to obstruct an investigation into a boat accident of 2019 that Paul Murdaugh was finally charged and one death by running over in July 2015 in Hampton County.

Murdaugh’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather held the position of solicitor in the area for more than 80 years and other family members were prominent civil lawyers in the region.

(With AP information)

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