Mystery with double murder: They were sent threatening messages and finally killed

A young man from a prominent legal family South Carolina fell dead next to his mother from bullets, having received a series of threatening messages before the double murder.

This was revealed by his uncle in a TV interview on Thursday.

The 22-year-old victim, Paul Murdaugh, was facing criminal charges for the death of a 19-year-old girl. Someone shot furiously, “many times”, as the police note, killing his 52-year-old mother, Margaret Murdaugh, late last night.

“I did not believe the threats were genuine, if they were, I would have tried to do something or alert someone,” John Marvin Murdaugh told Good Morning America on Thursday. his head from grief.

Despite the threats and the imminent trial of Paul Murdaugh, relatives claim that mother and son had no enemies. This is stated by the brothers of father Randolph Murdaugh, who maintain a well-known law firm in the state.

His uncles of the dead They deny that they used their legal connections to save Paul from his legal adventures. The 22-year-old was driving his boat drunk in 2019, when the accident that took his life in 19-year-old Mallory Beach happened.

“They call us ‘dynasties’ and use words like ‘power’, but we are ordinary people,” said Randy Murdaugh.

Police are currently keeping their papers closed for the double murder. The Murdaughs are South Carolina’s best-known legal family, with three generations of lawyers in their ranks.

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