The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating the death of Stephen Smith, a 19-year-old nursing student whose body was found in the middle of a South Carolina road in
anything other than a murder. yet, steven s case went cold, until, june 2021. that s when the south carolina law enforcement division, known a sled, opened up an investigation into steven s death based on information gathered while investigating the murders of paul and maggie murdaugh. sled has not said what was found. did your son know the murdaugh family? he went to school with buster. and they played little league ball together. during interviews in the case file, released by highway patrol to cnn, the murdaugh name is mentioned dozens of times by both the witnesses and investigators. including the name of alex murdaugh surviving son, buster. during one audio interview, then south carolina state trooper, todd proctor, says this. he was on our raider. the murdochs know that. why exactly buster was on the radar is still unclear. neither here nor anybody else has been charged in this case. and, now, for the first time,
the case files obtained by cnn shows that even the lead investigator of the time didn t believe this was a hidden run. typically, you don t see the high repertoire working a murder. and that s what this says. there s no doubt. we re not classifying this is anything other than a murder. yet, steven s case went cold. until june 2021, that s when the south carolina law enforcement division known as slide, opened an investigation into stevens death. based on information gathered while investigating the murders of paul and maggie murdaugh. slide has not said what was found. do you know the murdaugh family? he went to school with nestor. yeah. and they played little league ball together. during interviews in the case file released by highway patrol to cnn. the murdaugh name is mentioned dozens of times by both witnesses and investigators. including alex murdaugh surrounding sun buster. during one audio interview them south carolina state trooper todd proctor says this buster
mentioned by both witnesses and investigators, including the name of alec murdoch s surviving son, buster. during one audio interview, todd proctor says this. buster was was on our radar. the murdochs know that. reporter: why exactly buster was on their radar is still unclear. neither he nor anyone else has been charged in the case and for the first time buster murdoch is commenting publicly about this case. he released this statement, these base lgs rumors of my involvement with stephen and his death are false. my heart goes out to the smith family. reporter: pam, years ago, sandy smith told investigators that her son stephen had been acting very secretive in the months before he died. she plans to find out why. they hope to look at who he was in contact with before he died, also where he was. they can look at the steps that
As Alex Murdaugh went to prison earlier this month for the murder of his wife and son, another South Carolina mother was still hoping that justice will come…