Murdaugh Mysteries: Stephen Smith's Body Exhumed For Second Autopsy After Rape Kit Shocker!
03.04.2023 - 18:51
/ perezhilton.com
Stephen Smith‘s body has been exhumed for a second autopsy.
It’s been almost a decade since the 19-year-old was found dead in South Carolina, near Alex Murdaugh‘s family property. Stephen was found on July 8, 2015 lying in the middle of a dark country road with gashes on his forehead. Authorities first declared the death a hit-and-run, despite a lack of evidence. But in the midst of the murder investigation of Murdaugh’s wife and son, the case has taken on a new life. The South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division reopened the case in 2021. And last month, police confirmed the death was actually a homicide — and now officials are off to the races to find some real answers.
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On Sunday, Sandy Smith‘s lawyer Eric Bland confirmed her son’s body was exhumed over the weekend, sharing via People:
He also thanked the department for finally answering Sandy’s prayers:
As we’ve been following, Sandy has been very outspoken about fighting for justice for her son. In a letter she once wrote to the FBI to get them to take over the case, she accused Alex’s surviving son Buster Murdaugh of killing her son by beating him to death. She even claimed her family heard from several eyewitnesses who saw Buster commit this violent crime, though he has denied the allegations.
The grieving mother also said she believed the Murdaugh family may have interfered with the initial investigation, but no one from the prominent family has been charged in the case thus far. That said, their name did reportedly come up in the investigation several times. There was even some unidentified evidence discovered during Alex’s double murder investigation that allowed the case to be reopened in
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