Alex Murdaugh taken into custody!

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3. Murdaugh to face charges in missing $4.3M insurance money from dead SC housekeeper

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article254995682.html
Murdaugh to face charges in missing $4.3M insurance money from dead SC housekeeper
By John Monk
Updated October 14, 2021 11:38 AM

Much of the evidence in the Satterfield case was recently brought to light in a civil suit filed in September by Satterfield’s two sons, who accused Murdaugh, another lawyer and a banker of participating in a scheme to divert the $4.3 million in insurance proceeds from the estate of Satterfield.

Satterfield died of injuries received in a 2018 fall at the Murdaugh’s house. The $4.3 million payable to her estate came from insurance policies Murdaugh had on his house.

Thursday’s taking into custody of Murdaugh is the latest development in the ever-expanding saga surrounding suspended South Carolina lawyer Murdaugh, which started in June with the still-unsolved murders of Murdaugh’s wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, at their Colleton County country home.

The murders have evolved into a series of other alleged crimes, including insurance fraud and embezzlement, and they’ve cast a spotlight on South Carolina’s legal community and how lawyers handle large sums of money that come their way.