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Alex Murdaugh is part of the Murdaugh family, which was previously known in South Carolina for their legal careers

The Murdaugh family can be traced back to Randolph Murdaugh Sr., who was born in the 1880s

Today, Alex is serving time for the murders of his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and son, Paul Murdaugh

Alex Murdaugh became a household name during his 2023 murder trial , for which he was convicted of killing his wife and son. His trial garnered widespread media attention, but even before that, the Murdaughs were a prominent and well-known family in South Carolina.

For nearly a century, the Murdaugh family was a powerful legal dynasty in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. In fact, the region was known by locals as “Murdaugh Country” due to the family’s longtime legal connection

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