Alex Murdaugh Sentenced In South Carolina To Life In Prison For Murdering His Son And Wife In 2021

A jury found Alex Murdaugh guilty of the double homicide of his wife and son at the family’s estate in South Carolina, and on March 3 he was sentenced to life in prison for the crimes.

“Today is not the end. It's the next step in a long road to justice for every person who has been victimized by Alex Murdaugh," South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel said.

He added, “I’m here to provide a voice for Maggie and Paul. I’m here to recognize the heart-wrenching journey that that family and friends of Maggie and Paul have endured.”

Alex Murdaugh reportedly still faces another another 99 financial-related crimes in connection with theft from his law clients.

On March 2, the judge told jurors who found the disgraced lawyer guilty: “Circumstantial evidence, direct evidence, all of the evidence pointed to only one conclusion, and that’s the conclusion that you all reached. So I applaud you all for, as a group, and as a unit and individually, evaluating the evidence and coming to a proper conclusion as you saw the law, as you saw the facts."

As Front Page Detectives previously reported, Alex, 54, was accused of shooting his 22-year-old son Paul with a shotgun and then killing his wife, Maggie, with a rifle in Colleton County on June 8, 2021.

During the trial, SLED agent Jeff Croft said the defendant was presented with graphic photos of the crime and cried, “It was so bad. I did him so bad.”