Alex Murdaugh’s only surviving son says calling father psychopath is “fair”
nme.comThe Fall Of The House Of Murdaugh, which is airing on Fox Nation in the US, details Murdaugh shooting dead his wife, Margaret, and their younger son, Paul, at their home in South Carolina in June 2021.
Prosecutors said Murdaugh, a since disbarred lawyer, feared authorities were about to prove he stole millions from his law firm and clients, and killed his wife and son in a desperate attempt to gain sympathy and delay investigation.
He is now serving a life sentence without parole.The double murder attracted particular attention in the US in part because Paul had reportedly been involved in a deadly boat crash in February 2019, and Murdaugh’s trial drew extensive media coverage before he was found guilty in March.Speaking in the documentary, Richard Alexander “Buster” Murdaugh Jr, who wasn’t at home when the murders took place, said it was justifiable to call his father a psychopath.“Certainly, I think there are characteristics where you look at the manipulation and the lies and the carrying out of that such, and I think that is a fair assessment,” he said.However, he said he also believed his father didn’t receive a fair trial. “I think, unfortunately, a lot of the jurors felt that way prior to when they had to deliberate.
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