Witnesses said that Murdaugh was intoxicated at the party and had insisted to drive the group back, according to court depositions from his cousin and friend. While they were offered to be driven home instead, the group decided to take the boat, according to testimony. Īdults at the party had reportedly asked that the teens not take the boat back due to foggy and misty weather. The girl's body was found a week later.Ī group of six friends, including Beach and Murdaugh, attended an oyster roast on Paukie Island in February 2019 where the group was drinking, WIS10 reported. The charges are related to the 2019 boating death of Mallory Beach, a 19-year-old woman who drowned after a boat Murdaugh was driving crashed into bridge pilings leading to Parris Island. Paul Murdaugh Faced Criminal Charges Related to 2019 Boat CrashĪt the time of his death, Paul Murdaugh was facing three felony counts of boating under the influence. Meanwhile, a police investigation is still underway and sources familiar with the case told FITSNews that a family member of the victims is a "person of interest" in ongoing inquiries, but they have not deemed any person a suspect in the murders at this time.Ī call for prayer was prompted on the floor of the South Carolina Statehouse, according to the Island Packet. Sources told the Island Packet that one of the victims was shot with what they believe was an assault rifle and the other with a shotgun.įuneral services will be held at noon at Hampton Cemetery on Holly Street, according to both obituaries. Alex told police that he was not home at the time of the murders, which authorities say took place between 9 and 9:30 p.m. īoth bodies were discovered Monday night by Alex Murdaugh, who is Paul's father and husband of Maggie Murdaugh, 52.
There she met her husband, Alex, according to her obituary. Maggie graduated the University of South Carolina in 1991. 15, 1968, and lived her life in various towns including Columbia, Summerville, Edisto, Hampton and recently at the family's hunting lodge in Colleton. Margaret "Maggie" Kennedy Bransetter Murdaugh was born Sept.
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