Why hasn't Corey Fleming been arrested? Cooperating?
⚖️ MURDAUGH MURDERS & TRIAL THREAD ⚖️
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This just in.....
We've all been bamboozled. In analyzing the charges for which Judge Lee set bond at $7M, the number of charges didn't match up. We thought she was to preside over 51Grand Jury charges with her role as the Grand Jury judge making sense, sort of. We were told that the 2 charges Judge Newman presided over being (the "no bond" ones) outside the scope of Judge Lee, making them untouchable. Well, well, well. In an interesting turn of events, it looks like the state Grand Jury took over the Satterfield charges and made them part of their total number of charges considered by the Grand Jury. Doing that made those 2 charges part of Judge Lee's scope. Ultimately she presided over 53 charges so that's why the charges went from 51 pre hearing to 53 at the hearing, and she never explained why.
Seems like some very slick sleight of hand that went on here. And it disgusts me beyond belief. Unless some very clever person comes up with a way to reverse this sleight of hand, AM could get out of jail. Well, except he's broke. Yeah, right.
Would love to share the analysis, but it's behind a paywall and I will not violate that. Sorry.
eta: "the two Satterfield charges, attached to two arrest warrants out of Beaufort County, were apparently converted to direct indictments and presented to the state grand jury that way."
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If on FITSNEWS, I read it. Astonishing, really.
A well-connected attorney who knows how to work the channels of justice is worth his weight in gold.
True, I suppose, but the channels of "Justice" are not just at all. And I'm guessing this is Harpootlian's doing.
and yes, I tried to summarize the FITSNEWS story. If I got any of it wrong, please correct me since you've read it too.
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MSM continues to mislead. Confessing judgment means nothing if there are no assets from which to pay the judgment. If AM is genuinely contrite, I'd rather see him pay this judgment than post bail.
If the allegations are proven, what a lifestyle pendulum. 5 star accommodations to life behind bars (he may get out before he dies). One lifestyle subsidized by his innocent clients and the other by taxpayers.
"Alex Murdaugh Will Pay Late Housekeeper's Sons $4.3M from Settlement | PEOPLE.com" https://people.com/crime/alex-murdaugh-will-pay-millions-settlement-satterfield-sons/?amp=true
If the allegations are proven, what a lifestyle pendulum. 5 star accommodations to life behind bars (he may get out before he dies). One lifestyle subsidized by his innocent clients and the other by taxpayers.
"Alex Murdaugh Will Pay Late Housekeeper's Sons $4.3M from Settlement | PEOPLE.com" https://people.com/crime/alex-murdaugh-will-pay-millions-settlement-satterfield-sons/?amp=true
Having his wife's estate probated at this point opens up all of those assets, which were previously untouchable. Someone else had to kill at least her because that is completely contrary to his interests.
His interests now are vastly different than at the time of the murder. He was only dealing with the boat case lawsuits. Now he’s got tons of people coming for the money he stole from them. I’m sure he didn’t think all of his misdeeds would come out back then.
I am really enjoying her podcast. Well presented in a mostly matter of fact way. The police dash cam audio with Mallory’s boyfriend from the night of the boat crash is raw.
Could literally be anything. So many big ones on the line, can’t wait to see what is reeled in. Whatever it is hopefully it’s a piece of justice being served.
Special place in hell...
Is anyone surprised? Unfortunately, I doubt it.
nope I said in this thread months ago he either did it or knew who did.
Color me shocked…🙄
it was the only answer the whole time. Complete narcissist with power and entitlement to think he could get away with anything.
Always remember, in these type situations, 90%+ of the time, it’s the spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend/lover.
AM appears to be the nexus of criminal enterprise; his financial kingdom was collapsing; his lifestyle was built on illusion; his marriage was apparently on the rocks; he fathered and raised the spawn of Satan; and he was fired from his family's law practice.
Suicide was the better solution for AM. Removing the root cause of the issue is generally the best solution. He's been removed to prison, so now the taxpayers are stuck footing his bill. I hope his charges stick and prison proves to be worse than he'll.
This assumes the allegations are all true and factual. This is America. AM gets his day I'm court.
I am not that technologically advanced but they basically say there is supposedly some forensic evidence tying him to the murders. Then they rehash the stuff they put in all of the articles that everyone already knows. You have to figure they would not release this if they did not have rock solid sources.
Listen to the podcast. Mandy apparently says the physical evidence placed AM at Moselle at the time of the murders which seems to contradict what he told authorities.
Sounds like taxpayers albeit specific ones were footing the bill for his lifestyle for quite some time. Some with their lives. Fortunately, the lifestyle he will have moving forward will be much more affordable and not cost any more pain and death.
Spouse ✅
Notified Police ✅
Access to murder weapon ✅
Motive ✅
Alibi = sketchy
The only real question is what took so long
and if there will be any
obstruction of justice charges filed against law enforcement or others.
Notified Police ✅
Access to murder weapon ✅
Motive ✅
Alibi = sketchy
The only real question is what took so long
and if there will be any
obstruction of justice charges filed against law enforcement or others.
Yep. The whole "there is no danger to the community" stuff in the immediate aftermath of a brutal double homicide has always bothered me.
Almost seven months after Paul Murdaugh and Maggie Murdaugh were murdered in Colleton County, South Carolina, sources have disclosed a bombshell development in the ‘Murdaugh Murders‘ true crime saga.
Multiple sources close to the ongoing investigation have told FITSNews that physical, forensic evidence directly ties Alex Murdaugh to the double homicide — one of seven active criminal investigations involving the disgraced 53-year-old attorney.
We’ve been told that this evidence is substantial and serious — directly linking Murdaugh to this gruesome crime.
Murdaugh, his family members and the powerful law firm they founded are mixed up in a maze of alleged criminal conduct, but the still-unsolved June 7, 2021 murders of Maggie and Paul are the crimes which propelled this saga onto the global stage.
And it appears as though the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) – the agency leading multiple Murdaugh-related investigations – is making significant progress and could be getting closer to making an arrest.
We hope to be able to share more about progress in the investigation soon.
In the days following the double homicide, FITSNews was first to report that Alex Murdaugh was the only person of interest identified in connection with the double homicide, according to sources close to the investigation.
Attorneys close to the powerful Murdaugh family have consistently told FITSNews that Alex was not a suspect in the case and was “cooperating fully” with SLED. These sources further claimed that Murdaugh’s initial interviews with SLED investigators in the days after the killings were all about “closing the book on him as any sort of suspect” in the case.
That apparently didn’t happen. In fact, Murdaugh attorney Jim Griffin acknowledged in October that his client was a person of interest in the double homicide investigation.
On Tuesday, FITSNews reached out to SLED officials, who declined to comment on the status of the investigation.
Double Homicide investigation
On June 7, 2021, 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh and 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh, both of Hampton, S.C., were found murdered at the family’s 1,700-acre hunting property near Islandton, S.C.Alex Murdaugh called 911 around 10:07 p.m. to report that he had found the bodies of his wife and son.
“I been up to it now – it’s bad,” Murdaugh told Colleton county dispatcher Angel Fraser, referring to the crime scene.
Click below to listen to the full 911 call.
FITSNews exclusively obtained Paul Murdaugh’s death certificate, which confirmed Paul Murdaugh was killed by two shotgun wounds to the head and chest.
This news outlet has yet to obtain a death certificate for Maggie, who was reportedly shot and killed by a semi-automatic rifle at or around the time her son was killed.
While law enforcement has released little information about its investigation – and has actively sought to plug leaks of information – here is what we know so far about the evidence found on scene.
- At least one of the weapons used in the double homicide belonged to the Murdaugh family, a source told FITSNews.
- Law enforcement impounded a 2021 Chevy Suburban registered to the Murdaugh law firm from the scene.
- Deputies found shell casings at the scene, according to the report.
- SLED agents requested that Colleton Country Sheriff’s deputies search the area near the crime scene for video surveillance systems on the morning after the murders.
- On June 16, SLED agents were seen collecting evidence in a swampy area near the Salkehatchie River, approximately two miles south of Moselle.
- Maggie Murdaugh‘s cell phone was found along a rural South Carolina road just outside of the family’s 1,700-acre hunting lodge the day after the murder, according to sources close to the investigation.
When that deadline expired, a spokesperson who represented the Murdaugh family released the following statement to multiple news stations:
“We are disappointed that no one has stepped forward with any leads to solve the murder and claim the $100,000 reward. At this time the family is evaluating what additional steps can be taken to solve the murders of Maggie and Paul,” the Murdaugh family spokesperson said.
To our knowledge, the Murdaugh family has not made any other public statements calling for justice on behalf of Maggie and Paul.
Alex Murdaugh’s unraveling
Alex Murdaugh, whose father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all served as solicitor over a five-county region for nearly 100 years, has unraveled before the public eye ever since the alleged Labor Day Weekend “shooting.”Days after the alleged shooting, a family spokesperson released a statement that said Alex was going to rehab for his drug addiction and he resigned from the firm. That same week, his law license was suspended.
Partners at PMPED, the law firm started by his great-grandfather that has recently been renamed, have accused Murdaugh of stealing millions from the firm. PMPED recently filed a lawsuit against Murdaugh.
Murdaugh, who was arrested October 14, faces a total of 51 charges in crimes that include fraud, theft, money laundering, forgery and lying to police in a Labor Day shooting incident.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is currently investigating several cases potentially connected to Murdaugh, including:
- the double homicide
- allegations of obstructing justice in the boat crash investigation
- financial irregularities reported by his now-former law firm
- the 2018 suspicious death of the Murdaugh’s domestic employee, Gloria Satterfield
- the 2015 suspicious death of Stephen Smith, a 19-year-old Hampton man and former classmate of Murdaugh’s older son, Buster
- allegations of scheming to steal and launder settlement money from an unknown number of clients
-Liz Farrell and Will Folks contributed to this report.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR..
Mandy Matney is the news director at FITSNews. She’s an investigative journalist from Kansas who has worked for newspapers in Missouri, Illinois, and South Carolina before making the switch to FITS. She currently lives on Hilton Head Island where she enjoys beach life. Mandy also hosts the Murdaugh Murders podcast. Want to contact Mandy? Send your story ideas, comments, suggestions and tips to mandy@fitsnews.com.
I think SLED wanted an ironclad case before proceeding...and maybe now they have it. Thank you
No. It's a lot of fluff and words that say almost nothing new.
When the wife is killed and the police show up, the police think they know who committed the murder. Unless the husband is a 1 in a million quality actor, he will tend to confirm his guilt with essentially every word he says. The phone call will be telling. The face to face interview will be confirming. After that a patient search for the motive will find one. A thorough search for the beyond a shadow of doubt evidence will turn it up.
Always bet heavily on the husband to be the killer.
My bet is there is a video or camera footage AM was at the scene at or before the time of death.
This is what I think. His alibi changed multiple times including that he did go home and take a nap at one point.
What is interesting to me is the term "physical, forensic evidence" that confirms he was at the scene at the time of the murders. You would think something that essentially time stamps him there would be "electronic" but maybe I am parsing words here. You'd think that would be video surveillance, phone records, location services, etc. etc. Those records could have taken a while to get via subpoena. DNA can also take a while to process, but its probably not DNA as he has a plausible explanation for his DNA being anywhere and on anything at Moselle.
Which is why it would be interesting to know how long SLED has been in possession of this evidence. Probably a long time. I continue to suspect they have likely been slowly and methodically building this case for months. They would like to get a confession, but won't go for an arrest without one until they believe its a locked up case.
Which is why it would be interesting to know how long SLED has been in possession of this evidence. Probably a long time. I continue to suspect they have likely been slowly and methodically building this case for months. They would like to get a confession, but won't go for an arrest without one until they believe its a locked up case.
Still waiting for Chris to tell us why he was told by SLED to keep an eye on this thread 
Alex Murdaugh embezzled from deaf quadriplegic, patrolman injured in line of duty: lawyer
Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh – already accused of defrauding the family of his longtime housekeeper Gloria Satterfield out of millions – is about to be slapped with eight more lawsuits from ex-clients alleging their lawyer took advantage of grave personal injuries to rob them.
Disgusting if Moselle/Edisto properties, tickets to USCjr, vacations, entire lifestyle was a fraud perpetrated on the backs of people who really needed the money. Hell is too good for this behavior, if true.Alex Murdaugh embezzled from deaf quadriplegic, patrolman injured in line of duty: lawyer
Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh – already accused of defrauding the family of his longtime housekeeper Gloria Satterfield out of millions – is about to be slapped with eight more lawsuits from ex-clients alleging their lawyer took advantage of grave personal injuries to rob them.www.foxnews.com
