UPDATE: Murdaugh admits hiring hitman to kill him so son would get insurance

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🗓️ 15 September 2021

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Summary

In a breaking development on Wednesday in the Murdaugh family double-murder case, Alex Murdaugh has admitted to allegedly hiring a would-be hitman to kill him in a botched suicide plot. Alex Murdaugh reportedly told his attorneys he hired a man to shoot him in the head so Murdaugh's surviving son would receive a $10 million insurance payout.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has announced the arrest of Curtis Edward Smith, accused of being Murdaugh's accomplice. Smith is reportedly a former client of Murdaugh's. Alex Murdaugh is likely to face charges, his attorneys have said.

Charlotte, North Carolina-based attorney Robert K. Corbett III joins Ana Garcia to discuss the case.

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0:00.0	Award of warning, this podcast explores graphic and disturbing stories and includes some
0:05.3	strong language.
0:06.7	It therefore may not be suitable for our young listeners or other folks who may find it
0:11.7	disturbing.
0:12.7	Hey everyone, we've got a huge update today on a huge case that we have been following
0:22.6	out of South Carolina.
0:24.0	I'm Anna Garcia.
0:25.8	This is a special edition of True Crime Daily, the podcast we've got with us producer
0:29.9	Owen Michael and we've got criminal defense attorney Robert Corvitt, who is up in North
0:35.7	Carolina, but very close to what's happening here.
0:38.2	Okay, this is the Murdo case, everyone.
0:40.5	This is that double homicide that happened over the summer.
0:44.2	We had the mother and the son who were killed on their property and then over the Labor
0:51.3	Day weekend, the father, right, Alex Murdo, who has been implicated in an embezzlement scheme
1:00.6	at his law firm.
1:01.9	He went berserk basically over the Labor Day weekend, if you all remember.
1:06.3	So remember, he claimed that he was changing attire on the side of the road and that someone
1:10.8	shot at him and he got shot in the head and had to be airlifted and then he checked
1:15.4	himself into rehab because of an addiction to opioids, okay, you're not going to believe
1:21.9	this now.
1:22.9	Apparently, Alex Murdo, the attorney, has admitted Owen, right, that he hired someone
1:30.6	to shoot him as part of a crazy plot to get insurance money.
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