COLUMBIA, S.C. - Lawyer Alex Murdaugh surrendered Thursday to face insurance fraud and other charges after state police said he arranged to have himself shot in the head so that his son would get a $10 million life insurance payout.
The shooter only grazed him.Alex Murdaugh booking photo. (Photo: Hampton County Detention Center) Murdaugh’s lawyer blamed his decision to try to die on a lonely highway on Sept.
4 amid deep depression and a drug addiction worsened by his discovery of the bodies of his wife and son, who were shot multiple times at the family’s home on June 7.
Those killings remain unsolved.South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh arrived at the Hampton County Law Enforcement Center on Thursday, Sept.