A South Carolina jury found Richard “Alex” Murdaugh guilty of killing his wife and son on Thursday, convicting the once-influential attorney in a grisly and complex case that has gripped the nation’s attention for nearly two years.
The 12-person jury declared Murdaugh, 54, guilty on two counts of murdering his wife Maggie, 52, and youngest son, Paul, 22, who were executed at close range near the dog kennels on their family estate on the evening of June 7, 2021.
Murdaugh, the scion of an influential legal family in an area west of Charleston, had pleaded not guilty, though he admitting lying about his alibi and to an array of financial crimes in confessions that dented his credibility with the jury….