He was reportedly very emotional during his father's testimony in court last week, per Law & Crime He went to Wofford College.īuster graduated from Wofford in 2018, according to his Instagram. 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕒𝕟 𝔽𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤 March 3, 2023īuster has been present throughout the entirety of his father's trial, per BBC News. Morgan Frances, an anchor for Windy City News, obtained a video of Buster leaving the courthouse after his father's sentencing, looking stoic, which she posted on Twitter.īuster Murdaugh leaves the courthouse after his dad gets sentenced to life in prison. After the jury distributed their guilty verdict, Alex Murdaugh reportedly mouthed "it's okay" to his 26-year-old son, per The Independent. Buster was present for his father's sentencing.īuster was present in the courtroom when Alex Murdaugh was given double life sentences for the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh.īuster's reaction in court was minimal for both his father's guilty verdict and sentencing. A deputy in the area reportedly pulled the vehicle over for speeding and "improper lane change" and issued a warning, according to the report via WYFF 4. Later, Buster Murdaugh's girlfriend, Brooklynn White, also called into the sheriff's office to report that the couple was being followed by "the media" in a grey Chevy SUV. Buster's report included a description of a "suspicious grey Dodge challenger outside the residence," which he saw in footage from his doorbell camera. This led to Buster making a police report with local authorities, according to WYFF 4. On March 4, 2023, The New York Post included a photo of Buster inside his home in Hilton Head, South Carolina, in one of its stories. In the week following Alex Murdaugh's conviction, Buster Murdaugh filed a police report.
I unequivocally deny any involvement in his death, and my heart goes out to the Smith family." Buster filed a police report against the media. The statement continued: "These baseless rumors of my involvement with Stephen and his death are false. "I love them so much and miss them terribly." "I have tried my best to ignore the vicious rumors about my involvement in Stephen Smith's tragic death that continue to be published in the media as I grieve over the brutal murders of my mother and brother," Buster said. Story continues Buster just released a statement denying involvement in Smith's death. They even started a GoFundMe that has raised of $88,000 to provide "a new, unbiased look at his body and an accurate determination of his cause of death based on facts." Smith's family is in favor of the new investigation, and is petitioning to have his body exhumed. The South Carolina Highway Patrol investigation's case file on Smith’s death, also obtained by CNN, mentions the Murdaugh name "dozens of times by both witnesses and investigators, including the name of Alex Murdaugh’s surviving son, Buster." No charges were ever brought forward in the case, and the authorities never named any suspects, CBS reported.
The reports from the initial accident showed “no vehicle debris, skid marks, or injuries consistent with someone being struck by a vehicle," according to CNN.
The incident was initially deemed a hit-and-run, but the case has since been reopened as a homicide investigation, per CNN. In 2015, Stephen Smith, Buster's high school classmate, was found dead on the side of the road about 15 miles from one of the Murdaugh family's properties in South Carolina, TODAY reported.
His name has been connected to a classmate's death. Here's everything to know about the eldest Murdaugh son, from his attempt to go to law school, to his net worth. The three-part Netflix doc, which dropped in February 2023, explores all these incidents and more.Īlex Murdaugh's only living son, Richard Alex “Buster” Murdaugh Jr., 26, has been leading a relatively quiet life amid his family's scandal, so you probably still have questions about him. The family, which has a long history in South Carolina as powerful prosecutors, has been connected to several scandals, including a fatal boating accident where Paul was allegedly driving drunk. Alex Murdaugh, the victims' husband and father, was just found guilty of their murders and sentenced to life in prison. Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh and her 22-year-old son Paul were both killed in June 2021. The Netflix true crime docuseries, Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal, follows the events that led up to the murders of a mother and son from an elite, wealthy family in South Carolina, the Murdaughs.
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