- The Murdaugh women strived to be ladies of education, culture, and social standing, and for the most part, avoided the public controversy that often haunted their husbands.
- In their hometowns of Hampton and Varnville, South Carolina, life was seemingly perfect for the Murdaughs, and the women, as well as the men, worked to keep it that way.
- Their social connection to the community would prove valuable to the Murdaugh family.
The world has heard a lot about the Murdaugh attorneys of Hampton County, South Carolina, lately.
Three generations of men named Randolph Murdaugh wielded legal and political power in the five-county 14th Judicial Circuit of the South Carolina Lowcountry — serving as both chief prosecutor and running a mammoth personal injury law firm — until a scandalous scion wrecked their reputation and brought about the fall of a century-old dynasty.
Disbarred and disgraced fourth-generation lawyer Richard “Alex” Murdaugh was found guilty Thursday of murdering his wife and son — and he still must answer to roughly 100 other criminal charges related to a decade-long, multi-county financial and drug-related crime spree that further destroyed his family and the law firm it founded.
