But no matter the outcome of his trial, which began in January, the unraveling of one of South Carolina’s most prominent dynasties gripped the South and beyond from the beginning, the 2021 deaths of his wife Maggie, 52, and son Paul Murdaugh, 22, the tragic coup de grâce of a downfall years in the making. Prosecutors have alleged Alex, 54, was desperate to escape accountability for financial crimes he committed and shot his loved ones to buy himself time and sympathy as a grieving husband and father.
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