returns to court next week for his own bond hearing. alex murdaugh has been in jail since last fall on a very long list of charges. he s now indicted on two counts of murder. the victims his own wife and son. cnn s dianne gallagher is in charleston this weekend. reporter: the murder indictments handed down by the south carolina grand jury on thursday allege that it was alex murdaugh who pulled the triggers and yes, i said triggers as in plural. the indictments have very few details in them, but what they do say is that alex murdaugh shot and killed his 52-year-old wife maggie with a rifle and that he shot and killed his 22-year-old son paul with a shotgun. now, murdaugh was once a power and feel prominent attorney here in the lowcountry area from a very prominent legal family, but he was dispabarred earlier this week by the state supreme court. murdaugh s attorneys released a statement soon after those
once a legal dynasty, now the murdaugh family is in ruins. this week prominent attorney alex murdaugh was indicted by a grand jury in south carolina for the 2021 murders of his wife and son. the motive? millions of dollars in life insurance, they believe. cnn s diane gallagher has more on this bizarre tragedy. the murder indictments handed down by the south carolina grand jury on thursday allege it was alex murdaugh who pulled the trigger. and yes, i said triggers as in plural. the indictments have very few details in them, but what they do say is that alex murdaugh shot and killed his 52-year-old wife maggie with a rifle and that he shot and killed his
sandra: a south carolina grand jury adds to the stack of criminal charges against disgraced attorney alex murdaugh. charging him with the murder of his wife and son. murdaugh is also facing a slough of fraud charges. jonathan serrie is live tw the latest on the twists and turns in this story. well, alec murdaugh is scheduled to appear for a bond hearing next week. it will be on wednesday. yesterday a grand jury indicted him of two counts of murder during the commission of a violent crime. they say he shot and killed his wife maggie and their 22-year-old son paul on the family s hunting property in june of 2021. in a rare statement on the investigation the chief of the state law enforcement division said over the last 13 months, agents and partners have worked to build a case against the