“I was in a very bad place,” Murdaugh told investigators in a previously recorded interview.
South Carolina jurors on Thursday heard Alex Murdaugh admit he asked his drug dealer to shoot him in the head so his son could collect a hefty life insurance payout—three months after prosecutors allege the disgraced former lawyer murdered his wife and son.
Murdaugh’s admission came just nine days after he called police to report that a “very nice male” shot him on a South Carolina back road. Murdaugh then repeated the story several times that day, including to agent Ryan Kelly. Kelly testified on Thursday that Murdaugh described the suspect as a white male suspect who was in his “30 or 40s” and had “close-cropped hair and facial hair” and drove a newer model dark blue Chevrolet pickup with “sport tires.
Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to four counts in connection with double homicide. He and Smith are also separately charged with a slew of other crimes, including drug trafficking, money laundering, and the roadside shooting.
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