2015 death of Murdaugh-linked teen Stephen Smith ruled as homicide
is now considered a murder, South Carolina authorities revealed — ahead of the planned exhumation of the gay teen’s body.
“SLED officials have revealed that they did not need to exhume Stephen Smith’s body to convince them that his death was a homicide,” said Charleston attorneysThe law enforcement agency was holding off on the announcement “out of concern that witnesses would not be as forthcoming under the Murdaugh sphere of influence.”
— was found dead three miles away from his car on a road near the Murdaughs’ massive estate in July 2015. Police initially said the death “appeared to be a homicide,” but an autopsy performed the same day he was found dead ruled that he had been the victim of a hit-and-run.about the death ruling.
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