COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – Tuesday marked one year since Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were found executed at their Moselle hunting lodge. Their slayings set off a chain of subsequent investigations into crimes connected to the prominent Lowcountry family.
To date, no one has been charged for killing Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, who were shot to death multiple times near dog kennels on the 1,700-acre property. However, Alex Murdaugh, who made the 911 call reporting his wife and son’s homicides, is considered a person of interest in the investigation.
FOX Carolina reached out to the State Law Enforcement Division multiple times this week for a statement or update on the unsolved double homicide, but didn’t receive a response.
Attorney Eric Bland, who spoke with FOX Carolina’s Cody Alcorn on Tuesday night, said he believes answers will come soon in the investigation.
“I think we’re coming towards the end on the Paul and Maggie situation,” Bland said. “You can feel the intensity increasing.”
Bland says investigators are rightfully taking their time as they piece together what happened on June 7 last year.
“He is confined, he can’t cause any damage,” Bland said of Alex Murdaugh, who remains in jail without bond on unrelated indictments. “It may not be proceeding as fast as the public would like, but if you look back it’s really only been seven or eight months since September and in that time period we’ve uncovered almost all of the fraud that has…
