The Mysterious Death of Stephen Smith
48 Hours
CBS News
3.9 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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New evidence discovered after Murdaugh murders reignites a cold case. "48 Hours" obtains findings of independent forensic experts. Nikki Battiste reports.
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| 0:00.0 | Wundry Plus subscribers can listen to this podcast ad free right now. |
| 0:04.3 | Join Wundry Plus in the Wundry app today. This has been a Hampton County story. |
| 0:15.0 | It's been a Hampton County scandal. |
| 0:20.0 | A jury found the disgrace South Carolina attorney guilty of murdering his wife and his youngest son. |
| 0:26.0 | This has been the downfall of a family dynasty. |
| 0:29.0 | Today is not in the end. It's the next step in a long road to justice for every person who has been victimized by |
| 0:36.4 | Alex Murdoch. |
| 0:37.4 | Justice for Stephen Smith, Alex. |
| 0:40.9 | Stephen Smith was another body in this orbit of the Murdoch family. |
| 0:45.0 | Stephen was a gay young man in the low country of South Carolina. |
| 0:50.0 | That is courageous in and of itself. |
| 0:52.0 | I can't imagine. That is courageous in and of itself. |
| 0:53.0 | I can't imagine the terror he was in that night. |
| 0:57.0 | In the early morning hours at July 8, 2015, |
| 1:02.0 | 19-year-old Stephen Smith was found dead in the middle of a rural road. |
| 1:07.0 | There was an autopsy that basically said, |
| 1:10.0 | it's a hit and run. |
| 1:11.0 | There was no vehicle debris, no broken headlight, |
| 1:15.3 | paint scrapes or anything. |
| 1:18.0 | You never believed it? |
| 1:19.2 | No, not at all. |
| 1:21.7 | They never would have been walking in that road, not voluntarily. |
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