South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh plans to turn himself in to authorities Thursday for allegedly attempting to commit insurance fraud, his lawyer said Wednesday.
An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday and a bail hearing for Murdaugh is scheduled for Thursday at 4 p.m. in Hampton County Magistrate’s Court, his attorney, Jim Griffin, told The Post.
Murdaugh was checked into substance abuse rehab earlier this month, two days after he allegedly orchestrated his own street shooting to try to leave his son a $ 10 million insurance payment.
Curtis Edward Smitt, the man Murdaugh allegedly hired to shoot him in the failed plot was arrested Tuesday.
Smitt, a former Murdaugh client and alleged drug dealer, was charged with assisted suicide, assault and aggravated battery life, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud, and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. , according to authorities.
Murdaugh, whose wife and 22-year-old son were shot dead in June, is part of at least two other state investigations.
Shortly after the resignations of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth and Detrick on Sept. 6, the South Carolina state police division announced it was investigating allegations that Murdaugh stole money from his law firm. .
Earlier Wednesday, the same agency opened an investigation into the death of Gloria Satterfield, a Murdaugh homeowner.
Satterfield, 57, died in February 2018 after a “travel and fall accident” at the family home, according to a new lawsuit filed by the housewife’s children.
More than 3 1/2 years later, “the exact details of the fall remain unclear,” even to the children and heirs of the cleanup, said a Hampton County lawsuit claiming unspecified damages.