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Alex Murdaugh was a prominent lawyer in South Carolina for years before his criminal life surfaced

He was found guilty of murdering his wife and son in 2023, and was also convicted of over 20 financial crimes

The Murdaughs' story has now been fictionalized in Hulu's Murdaugh: Death in the Family , which premiered on Oct. 15

Alex Murdaugh seemingly had it all before his web of lies unraveled.

On June 7, 2021, the former attorney made a distraught 9-1-1 call claiming that he had found his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, shot to death at their South Carolina hunting estate. However, the killings were just the tip of the iceberg.

In the months that followed, details of Alex’s long history of crime and deceit came to light, including his hidden opioid addiction, years

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