2015 Death of Murdaugh-Linked Teen Now Considered a Homicide

The 2015 death of Murdaugh-linked Stephen Smith is now considered to be a murder, South Carolina authorities revealed — ahead of the planned exhumation of the gay teen’s body.

The state law enforcement division had been waiting to drop the bombshell development until after the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial wrapped up and the ensuing drama quieted down, Bland Richter Law Firm announced Tuesday. . .

The law enforcement agency was holding out on the announcement “out of concern that witnesses would not be as forthcoming under the Murdaugh sphere of influence.”

SLED revisited Smith’s case — originally investigated as a hit-and-run — following the 2021 murders of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh, for which father and husband Alex was convicted on March 3. . .

Smith — an openly gay teen who was romantically linked to Buster Murdaugh — was found dead three miles away from his car on a road near the Murdaugh’s massive estate in July 2015. (Read more from “2015 Death of Murdaugh-Linked Teen Now Considered a Homicide” HERE)

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