STAR TRIAL WITNESS IN ALEX MURDAUGH DOUBLE MURDER CASE NOW PROBING BIZARRE DEATH OF BUSTER MURDAUGH'S FORMER CLASSMATE STEPHEN SMITH
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 21 March 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Kenny Kinsey, a forensic investigator who testified for the prosecution in the 2023 Murdaugh murder trial, is now independently investigating death of Stephen Smith.
He says he believes key opportunities were missed early in the 2015 case. Discovery of Stephen's body reported to 911. He suffered a 7½-inch skull fracture.
Smith's death was initially investigated as a hit-and-run but investigators say the evidence did not support that as a cause of death.
The body of Stephen Smith has now been exhumed, autopsied and reinterred.
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Eric Bland- Attorney for Sandy Smith & Gloria Satterfield’s Sons- Founder/Partner- Bland Richer, LLP Attorneys at Law, and Co-host of ‘Cup of Justice’ Podcast; X: @TheEricBland
- Dr. Carla Manly- Clinical Psychologist and Author: “Date Smart: Transform Your Relationships & Love Fearlessly"
- Dr. Kenny Kinsey - Kenny Kinsey & Associates LLC (forensic expert in Murdaugh murder trial), Orangeburg County Chief Deputy, Crime Scene Reconstruction Expert, and Former SLED Special Agent; X: @DrKennethKinsey
- Dr. Michelle DuPre- Forensic Consultant, Former Forensic Pathologist, Medical Examiner, and Detective: Lexington County Sheriff's Department; Author: "Homicide Investigation Field Guide" & "Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide"
- Jennifer Wood - Director of Research at FITSNews.com; X: @IndyJenn_
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.2 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.5 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:12.6 | A star witness in the Alex Murdoch double murder trial now probing the mysterious death of Buster Murdoch's former classmate. |
| 0:26.5 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. That's right. |
| 0:33.3 | A star witness in the Alex Murdoch double murder trial is now all on their own |
| 0:39.5 | investigating the death of a young man found in the road deceased, Stephen Smith, |
| 0:49.0 | insisting, quote, someone has a good idea who did this crime. |
| 0:54.8 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:56.0 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 0:57.2 | I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 1:00.4 | It's Kenny Kinsey, an incredible witness on the stand, a forensic investigator. |
| 1:06.9 | Kenzie testified for the prosecution in the double murder trial of Alex Murdog. |
| 1:12.2 | He said on Ann Emerson's criminally obsessed podcast that after reviewing the evidence, |
| 1:18.2 | he believes many, many chances to solve Stephen Smith's case were missed early on. |
| 1:24.8 | Now, as you recall, Stephen Smith as a teen nursing student, former classmate |
| 1:30.3 | of Buster Murdoch, he was found dead in the middle of a rural highway there in Hampton County, |
| 1:37.1 | South Carolina, very near the Murdoch's hunting lodge, known as Moselle. |
| 1:46.9 | What do we know about Smith's death? |
| 1:51.5 | Was it murder? |
| 1:54.0 | Segment two. |
| 1:55.2 | Buster Murdoch is in no way implicated in Stephen Smith's death. |
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