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Previously on American Greed. This is a
John Grisham work of
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nonfiction. In South Carolina.
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This case has been gripping the state
for months. A well -respected attorney
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from a prominent legal dynasty.
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Alec Murdoch is trusted by injured and
grieving clients to set things right.
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He looked all of us dead in our eyes and
told us that we don't have anything to
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worry about.
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But behind the scenes, this pillar of
the community is allegedly stealing
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millions. Taking things that you did not
earn is stealing.
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Then, in 2019...
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A tragic boat crash involving his son,
Paul.
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There's six of us and one is missing.
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Lands the Murdochs in the spotlight.
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It just quickly became clear that things
weren't what they seemed at first.
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Now, a horrific double murder helps
break the spell of this once powerful
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family. We are learning disturbing new
details on that mysterious double
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homicide in South Carolina.
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And as light is shined upon Alec
Murdoch's family, they're linked to
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involving corruption, money laundering,
and multiple mysterious deaths.
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It is grim and it doesn't seem possible
that one family could be tied to that
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many deaths in a short period of time.
With pressure building, Murdoch embarks
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on a brand new greedy scheme.
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A shocking new twist this morning in the
case of a high -profile family at the
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center of an unsolved murder mystery.
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Now, Murdoch's alleged victims and those
who face him in court take American
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greed inside the story as a powerful
Southern dynasty comes crashing down.
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What say you, Richard L .S. Murdoch? Are
you guilty or not guilty of the felony
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for insanity?
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For years, prominent attorney Alec
Murdoch has been hiding a deep, dark
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An avid hunter and a son of privilege,
from one of his state's most powerful
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legal dynasties, he's allegedly been
stealing millions from his clients.
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Working for a powerful law firm started
by his great -grandfather over 100 years
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earlier, he's been hiding his alleged
scheme with the help of his revered
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name.
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It had been an anchor between me for 100
years, so who wouldn't give the benefit
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of the doubt?
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to the person who's the inheritor of
that name.
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But in 2019, the deadly boat crash
involving Murdoch's underage son,
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Paul, threatens to shine a light on the
powerful family.
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A Beaver County grand jury made it
official today, three charges against 20
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-year -old Paul Murdoch.
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As scrutiny builds, new revelations will
forever alter the Murdoch's grip on
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power in the low country.
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and upend the attorney's alleged scheme.
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If that boat crash never happened,
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Alec Murdoch would probably still be out
here smiling in people's face
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while taking their wallet out of their
back pocket.
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But Murdoch's downfall doesn't come all
at once.
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And as it unfolds, an unimaginable
tragedy will claim the lives of those
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to him.
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By the summer of 2021, Murdoch is in
deep trouble.
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A lawsuit involving his son Paul and the
boat crash that killed Mallory Beach is
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threatening to cost him millions and
reveal the secrets hidden in his
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records.
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On the night of June 7th, Paul, 22, is
home with his 52 -year -old mother
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at Moselle, the family's 1 ,700 -acre
hunting estate.
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Moselle is far from anything.
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It's rainy, it's rural, dark.
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According to news reports, Paul and
Maggie are near the family's dog kennels
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when shots ring out, shattering the
moonlit quiet.
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Paul was killed with two shotgun blasts.
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close range, which is really unusual
because a shotgun
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is so powerful that almost certainly
being shot once, it's just so
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And then Maggie was shot multiple times
with an AR -type rifle.
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That was terrible. I mean, honestly, I'm
told it was terrible.
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Authorities first learn of the crime an
hour after the killings.
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Murdoch's lawyer will later tell a
reporter that he has an ironclad alibi,
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he was visiting his parents at the time
of the murders.
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So who could be responsible?
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From the beginning, investigators have
said almost nothing about this case.
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Alec's lawyers have said that he might
be a person of interest, but they've
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adamant that he had nothing to do with
the homicide.
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A husband being a person of interest is
not unexpected when a wife and son have
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been gunned down. And at first, with his
alleged financial crimes still buried,
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Murdoch is seen largely as a grieving
husband and father.
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The homicides were shocking and
horrific, and the funerals were just
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massive outpouring of support and love.
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The mother was killed, her son was
killed.
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their prominent family because they've
been in the news. So there was a lot of
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sympathy.
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But sympathy will soon give way to
scrutiny.
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Every part of Murdoch's life will now be
dissected, starting with the tragic
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incident that first called attention to
the Murdoch's tight grip on power in
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South Carolina's low country.
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Just after the drunken boat incident
involving Paul Murdoch, one of the
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survivors, Anthony Cook, told police
what he thought about the likelihood of
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Murdoch ever being held to account.
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Good luck.
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It seems that Paul's longtime friend may
have been on to something.
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According to lawsuits, Alec and his
father showed up at the hospital shortly
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after the crash.
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And law enforcement officials never
breathalyzed Paul that night or
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who was actually driving at the time of
the deadly collision.
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Joe McCullough is a former prosecutor
who now represents Connor Cook, one of
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crash survivors.
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Based on my experience as a prosecutor,
as a defense lawyer, as a professor at a
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law school here, I'd have to say I'd
give him about a D
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or worse.
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The lead agencies declined to comment.
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But having controlled the local
prosecutor's office for nearly a
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Murdochs have deep ties with law
enforcement.
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This leaves some to wonder if these
alleged missteps can be chalked up to
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than just chaos at the scene.
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Well, I don't think there's a soul alive
that wouldn't say the Murdochs were a
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close -knit group.
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And it is a natural instinct.
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for family to protect family.
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Shortly after the killings at Moselle,
South Carolina newspapers report that a
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state grand jury is probing possible
obstruction of justice involving the
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crash investigation.
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What they may be looking at is suggested
in a lawsuit filed by Connor Cook.
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In it, Cook alleges that Alec Murdoch
and others used their power to attempt
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pin the crime on him.
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Not Paul. They did this through
inadequate investigation, a whisper
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the Hampton County community, and law
enforcement misdirection and possible
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obstruction.
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Whether there was influence brought to
bear for the benefit of anybody, for the
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benefit of the Murdochs or anyone else
in this accident, and the extent to
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it was known that Paul Murdoch was the
driver of this boat, and the extent to
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which that played a role in affecting
this investigation.
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We're still looking at it.
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Cook's suit remains open, and Murdoch
has denied the allegations that he
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improperly used his family's power to
aid his son.
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But the obstruction of justice
investigation is just one of many new
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will cause people to take an even deeper
look at Murdoch. The way he uses his
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family's power, his alleged decade of
thefts.
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and the role of money in his family's
double murder.
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Up next, after the deaths of Paul and
Maggie Murdoch, law enforcement looks at
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another mysterious death and an alleged
cover -up that occurred years earlier.
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Smith's mother has long contended that
the evidence tells a different story,
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that perhaps her son was beaten to death
and the crime covered up.
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Just days after the brutal murders of
Maggie and Paul Murdoch, news breaks of
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obstruction of justice investigation
concerning the handling of Paul's
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involvement in the deadly boat crash two
years earlier.
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It just quickly became clear that things
weren't what they seemed at first, that
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these homicides were potentially of a
piece of something much bigger.
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This new twist rattles the Murdoch
clan's teetering reputation while also
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raising questions about their ability to
make problems disappear.
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In a sworn deposition, Paul Murdoch's
friend Connor Cook puts it this way.
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Anything they get in, they get out of.
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But can the family maintain its grip on
the levers of power?
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South Carolina authorities recently
reopened a 2015 cold case into the death
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19 -year -old Stephen Smith.
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Until recently, that case was an
unsolved hit -and -run case, but Smith's
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has long contended that the evidence
tells a different story, that perhaps
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son was beaten to death and the crime
covered up.
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In the dark early morning hours,
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Six years before the double homicide at
the Murdoch hunting property in Moselle,
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on a stretch of road just a few miles
away, a passerby discovers a body in the
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road.
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When law enforcement arrives, they
discover the person in the road isn't
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injured, but dead, and identify him as
Stephen Smith, a 19 -year -old who
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grew up in Hampton, South Carolina, and
went to school with Alec Murdoch's
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oldest son, Buster.
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Mike Himlap is an attorney who now works
for Smith's mother, Sandy.
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Stephen was very outgoing, very bright.
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He had...
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Good friends. He was an outgoing, upbeat
young man with a very bright future in
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front of him.
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From the beginning, State Highway Patrol
investigators make clear in their
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recorded case notes what they think
didn't happen to this well -liked young
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There's no car parts, no any type of
parts to a car or
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truck or any other vehicle.
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Does not appear to be, in my opinion,
struck by a vehicle,
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possibly something else.
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Despite the initial findings of these
investigators, and much to their dismay,
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pathologist makes her own finding.
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The pathologist determined it was a hit
and run because the body was found in
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the road.
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To date, as far as I know, that is the
only evidence.
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It was a vehicular collision.
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To me, at first blush, I don't believe
it was a car accident.
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I believe he was killed somewhere else,
and his body was planted there.
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The pathologist did not respond to
American Greed's request for comment.
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A former prosecutor, Hemlep, is not
alone in doubting the hit -and -run
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Case files reviewed by American Greed
show...
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that in 2015, one Highway Patrol
investigator chased down a rumor he
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repeatedly about who might be
responsible for Smith's death.
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Nothing in the case file indicates the
rumor was ever substantiated.
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To date, no one from the powerful
Murdoch clan has been named as a suspect
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Smith's death.
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And neither Buster Murdoch's attorney
nor the family spokesperson responded to
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American Greed's request for comment.
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What is clear, however, is that for six
years, the Smith investigation goes
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nowhere.
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Stephen's case had just kind of withered
on the vine.
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But then all changes after the events of
June 7th, 2021.
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I think after the murders of Paul and
Maggie, there had to be a
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microscope on Alec. And so you start
thinking about where did the Murdoch
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come up?
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One place it comes up repeatedly is the
Smith case file.
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where one investigator talks to a
witness about the family's wealth and
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The Murdoch's is big and powerful and
whatever everybody thinks they are, you
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know, rich, whatever.
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They're still on living their lives like
nothing.
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So they can play that part of what we
think about everybody else. No, they
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don't. You know, they care about
protecting themselves.
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And in June 2021, the South Carolina Law
Enforcement Division says they're
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opening a new investigation based on
information collected during the probe
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the Murdoch family double homicide. They
have not revealed what that information
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is. But still, for Smith's family, this
new development provides a glimmer of
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hope that whoever is responsible may
finally be held to account.
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The whole Smith family does believe that
there is justice for Stephen somewhere.
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And we know that people know. We know
that people have information. And if
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want to come forward, they can.
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Coming up, Alec Murdoch concocts a
greedy new scheme involving a gun and
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$10 million.
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It went dark and I couldn't see.
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For years...
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The Murdoch family has dominated a
portion of South Carolina through their
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control of both a local prosecutor's
office and a private law firm known for
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winning big.
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Following the recent murders of Alec
Murdoch's wife and son, authorities have
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launched new investigations into
potential obstruction of justice and
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mysterious debt near Moselle, the
Murdoch family hunting estate.
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But Murdoch's troubles are just getting
started.
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Back when the murders happened, right,
everybody,
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what the heck is going on?
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And then you have the roadside shooting
debacle.
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That debacle begins on September 2nd,
2021.
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Though they did not respond to American
Greed's request for comment.
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A lawsuit filed by Alec Murdoch's
revered law firm says that on that day,
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employees of the firm find evidence that
the lawyer has been stealing from his
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clients and his partners.
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Having made this discovery about the
attorney whose family started the firm,
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they say they confront him, he admits to
the thefts, and he agrees to resign.
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But he isn't leaving without a bang.
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Yes,
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ma 'am. I mean...
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Following Murdoch's claim that he's been
the victim of a drive -by, he's
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airlifted to a hospital where he's
treated for a superficial head wound.
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While he recovers, he seems to see that
his story of being shot by a random
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killer isn't hitting the target.
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Oh, he faked that.
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We live in the country.
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People don't myth.
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Okay, yeah, no, something's not right.
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Murdoch later tells police that after
being unmasked by his law partners, he
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decided to end his own life and make
some money while he was at it.
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His attorney, Dick Harpootlian, tells
the Today Show it's all part of an
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scheme by a broken man to collect a $10
million life insurance payout for his
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lone surviving son, Buster.
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He was in a dark, dark, dark place and
wanted to help his son in any way he
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could, the remaining son, Buster, in any
way he could. And he thought this was
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the only way he could leave him with
anything.
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Harpootlian says that Alec thought he
couldn't collect on the insurance policy
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if he killed himself.
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So Harpootlian says he asked someone
else to pull the trigger.
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He called this guy who met him on the
side of the road, agreed to shoot him in
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the head.
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30 minutes later, this guy shooting him
in the head. Didn't try to persuade him
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not to do it. Didn't hesitate at all.
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But the shooting fails.
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And a few months later, Murdoch will
tell a relative about the moments after
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was shot.
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No, this wasn't like, okay, things go
dark, and I see the light, and I'm going
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to the light.
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It went dark, and I couldn't see.
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And then it started lightening up, and I
could see things around me.
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Once he begins to see things clearly,
Murdoch makes a decision.
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According to an arrest warrant
affidavit, nine days after the incident,
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authorities he set up his own shooting
as part of a greedy scheme.
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NBC News has now learned that Alec
Murdoch will turn himself into police
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This comes after he admitted paying
another man to shoot him in an elaborate
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million insurance scam.
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Coming up.
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Caught dead to rights in a botched
murder for higher insurance plot worth
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millions.
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Accusations arise about the depths of
Alec Murdoch's greed.
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Gloria Satterfield isn't one of those
people who is going to get pushed down
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stairs. But we just don't know.
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and Maggie Murdoch aren't the first
people to die due to a tragedy at the
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family's 1 ,700 -acre hunting estate,
Moselle.
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Prosecutors say that in the months that
followed the death of the Murdoch's
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longtime employee, Gloria Satterfield...
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Murdoch worked with his buddy, Corley
Fleming, to steal a half -million
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settlement from her sons, Tony
Satterfield and Brian Harriet.
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For years, no one knows about the
millions of dollars Murdoch has
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stealing from them and other clients.
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But that's about to change.
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Following the Murdoch's recent string of
tragedies, a reporter uncovers a court
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filing. revealing the settlement paid by
Murdoch's insurers to the Satterfields.
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It's news to them.
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We saw where it came out, that there was
a settlement, and we saw that it was a
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legal document, and it's like, what do
they mean, a settlement? We never heard
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anything. Alex didn't say anything to
the boys or none of us. They hadn't
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nothing at that time.
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Some money's been given somewhere. It
just went somewhere. We need to find
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So that's when my brother Eric called
Eric Bland.
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law firm. And that's when the ball
started rolling. For a decade,
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prosecutors say Murdoch has been aided
in his alleged financial crimes through
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the Good Old Boy Network.
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But Eric Bland is a Philly -born
outsider and a tough -as -nails lawyer
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made a career in South Carolina going
after other attorneys when they go
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I'm a lawyer that sues lawyers, which is
a rare thing to do.
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And when I heard the story, I did not
believe it.
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Still, Bland and his partner take the
case.
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At first, Bland says they think a single
insurance company paid out a half
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million dollars meant for the
Satterfield boys.
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But he soon learns there's a second
payout from a second insurer that brings
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total settlement amount to much, much
higher.
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Within a week and a half after getting
subpoena responses and starting to hear
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from other people in the legal
profession, I quickly learned that it
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than $505 ,000, and it turned out to be
$4 .3 million.
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As he digs through records, Bland sees
that of this $4 .3 million, Murdoch
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allegedly moved nearly $3 .4 million
meant for Tony and Brian.
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through the account he set up in the
name of a legitimate company called
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Consulting. They say they are totally
unaware of Murdoch's use of their name.
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I just couldn't believe it. You're
talking about $3 .4 million. This is not
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insignificant amount of money.
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Following these discoveries, Bland's
firm files suit not just against
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but against many other entities, he
says.
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should have known what the lawyer was up
to and should have stopped him.
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Everybody seemed to have dropped the
ball because the person standing before
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comes with this reputation of honor and
appearance of honor, wearing a suit and
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a tie. This guy would never do that. So
it doesn't say Forge Consulting. It only
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says Forge. It's okay. It's Alex
Murdoch.
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The Satterfield family's suit is filed
at the same time as Murdoch's arrest on
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charges related to his failed murder
-for -hire plot.
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And soon, the South Carolina Law
Enforcement Division announces they are
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investigating more than just theft from
Satterfield. They want to know what
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caused her death.
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Was it the dogs that Alec Murdoch said
it was?
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You know, if I'm standing at the top of
the stairs, I can assure you there's a
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line at least 500 yards long for people
who are ready to push me down the
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stairs. Gloria Satterfield isn't one of
those people who is going to get pushed
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down the stairs.
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But we just don't know.
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To get more insight, South Carolina Law
Enforcement Division investigators
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announced in 2022 that they plan to take
an extraordinary step.
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Tonight, the housekeeper who died after
falling on stairs outside the home of
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once -prominent South Carolina attorney
Alec Murdoch is set to be exhumed.
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Not only we have to go through the pain
of missing Gloria, but now we have to go
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through the other pain with having to
disturb her and have her exhumed,
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and then have to go through all that
again, like we have to rebury her.
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Up next, just when you think you've
heard it all, the Murdoch story takes
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wildest turn yet. Is Alex Murdoch a drug
lord?
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A substantial portion of all those
millions of dollars did go to facilitate
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oxytocin distribution network.
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Want more greed?
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Facebook, and listen to the American
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podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
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We'll be right back.
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On October 14th, 2021, Alec Murdoch is
arrested in Florida on
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new charges related to his alleged
thefts from the sons of Gloria
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For the second time in just a month,
Murdoch is in police custody this
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facing two new felony charges.
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Days after he's booked into jail,
Murdoch attends a bond hearing.
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There, one of the Satterfield's
attorneys, Eric Bland, asks the judge to
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high bond amount as a message to white
-collar criminals.
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We need to make sure that when somebody
steals with a pen, it's the same as if
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they're stealing with a gun.
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Today is the day that Alex Murdoch needs
to get comfortable getting
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uncomfortable.
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The judge goes one step further, denying
Bond altogether.
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And Murdoch is sent to jail while he
awaits trial.
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As he lingers there, he tells his still
-grieving son Buster just how
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uncomfortable life has become far away
from his 1 ,700 -acre estate.
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Meanwhile,
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more clients who turn to the once
-respected lawyer for help.
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will learn that, like the Satterfields,
they've allegedly been victimized too.
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Among those who hear this unwelcome news
is the family of Hakeem Pinkney, a
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deaf quadriplegic young man.
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Yeah, it was a shock to me.
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Because he never looked like the type of
person that would do something of this
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nature. And that's why I just don't see
it in him.
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Prosecutors allege Murdoch and others
colluded to steal approximately $1
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from Pinckney's family.
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According to their lawyer, Justin
Bamberg, in 2022, as compensation, they
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received settlements of an undisclosed
amount from Murdoch's former law firm
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the local bank, whose former CEO,
Russell Lafitte, is accused of helping
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steal and launder their money.
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Neither the firm nor the bank nor
Lafitte responded to American Greed's
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for comment.
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By early 2022,
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Murdoch faces indictments of taking
approximately $8 .5 million from his law
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partners and more than a dozen clients,
including the Pinckney family and the
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Satterfields. But many ask, what was
Murdoch doing with all this money?
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The answer, prosecutors say, lies at
least in part with the man he allegedly
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hired to shoot him by the side of the
road, Curtis Edward Smith, a .k .a.
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Cousin Eddie.
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Smith is Murdoch's former client and a
relative who has sometimes done odd jobs
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for his distant cousin.
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But attorney Eric Bland and others will
see that they have a strange financial
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relationship.
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According to a state grand jury
indictment, between 2013 and 2021,
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wrote checks to Smith and his close
associates worth more than $2 .4
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So what happened to all that money?
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Eddie Smith isn't a wealthy man, doesn't
live a wealthy lifestyle, doesn't live
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in a mansion, doesn't drive a Mercedes.
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Murdoch's attorneys offer an
explanation.
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It was uncovered that he had perhaps,
well not perhaps, he had converted some
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client and law firm money to his own use
and again spent most of that on
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opioids.
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They say their client has been addicted
to oxycodone for 20 years.
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And that Smith is his dealer.
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But not everyone buys it.
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Well, if you believe Dick Harpooley and
he was consuming more opioids than 10
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elephants could consume over a 10 -year
period of time. I don't believe that.
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Smith has pled not guilty to charges
that he aided Murdoch in the murder -for
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-hire plot.
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Though he would not be interviewed for
this program, he has denied helping
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Murdoch shoot himself and providing him
with drugs.
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But in June 2022, the story that has
more twists than a low -country estuary
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takes another one.
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That month, a state grand jury charges
Smith and Murdoch with laundering
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Murdoch's money through all those
hundreds of checks to Smith.
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They allege that a large chunk of it has
been used not just to consume, but to
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acquire and distribute oxycodone.
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Your Honor, these checks total almost $2
.5 billion.
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Your Honor, we allege and the state
alleges and the investigation has
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that a large portion or a substantial
portion of all those millions of dollars
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did go to facilitate this oxycodone
distribution network.
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Mr. Smith was a big partner.
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In the wake of the boat crash and the
Murdoch double murder, the once
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lawyer has now been accused of
attempting to arrange his own killing
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insurance money, stealing millions from
clients and his own firm, and taking
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part in a years -long money laundering
and drug trafficking conspiracy.
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The murders of his wife and son have
also led to a new investigation of
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obstruction of justice, in that boat
crash case, as well as probes of the
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mysterious death of Stephen Smith and
Gloria Satterfield.
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All this adds up to theories about what
Murdoch might be capable of.
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Up next, how will it all end for Alec
Murdoch?
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What say you, Richard L. S. Murdoch? Are
you guilty or not guilty of the
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felonies wherein you stand indicted?
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Not guilty.
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By the summer of 2022, a year has passed
since the gruesome murders of Maggie
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and Paul Murdock.
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which remain unsolved.
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The South Carolina Law Enforcement
Division has suggested their deaths were
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homicides, but have made no arrests
related to their killing.
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Since Alec Murdoch first called police
to report their deaths... Okay, did you
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hear anything, or did you come home and
find them?
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I've been gone. I just came back.
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He's been accused of a wide swath of
crimes.
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For generations, the Murdochs have ruled
the area surrounding Hampton County.
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Now, their name has been stripped from
the law firm Murdoch's great
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started in the early 1900s.
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Most folks around here, like me, we grew
up in working class or poor families.
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How do you think people feel about a
family with 100 years or a generation of
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wealth? Not only getting wealthier off
of doing these cases, like Hakeem
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Pinckney, where you make millions in
fees, but then you're also stealing
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millions, too. Like, people are pissed.
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As the months drag on, lawyer Eric Bland
and his law partner help the
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Satterfields collect $7 .5 million in
settlements from various parties who
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says... could have stopped Murdoch's
theft but failed to do so.
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Murdoch himself has admitted he's liable
for $4 .3 million taken from the sons
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of his former housekeeper.
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Locked up at a jail in Columbia, South
Carolina, he still faces at least a
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lawsuits involving former clients,
Mallory Beach and the boat crash
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his firm, his insurer, and those who say
he owes them money.
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But some of his alleged victims, people
who turn to him at the lowest point in
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their lives, say no lawsuit will ever
set things straight.
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No, I'll never be made whole.
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Two of Murdoch's alleged financial co
-conspirators, attorney Corey Fleming
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banker Russell Lafitte, who prosecutors
say helped Murdoch steal and launder
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money, are also charged in the case and
have both pled not guilty.
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Both Fleming and Lafitte have said they
are victims of Murdoch's fraud and
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misconduct.
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For his part, Murdoch is facing 84
charges from 16 indictments that could
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him more than 500 years in prison.
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Still, in a phone call from jail with
his surviving son Buster, The once
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00:39:07,700 --> 00:39:12,899
prominent lawyer seems to find humor
about the many horrific crimes he's been
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charged with.
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In the coming months, the tally of
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illegal stuff that Murdoch has allegedly
done will only increase.
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On July 12, 2021, the South Carolina
Supreme Court disbars Alec Murdoch.
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saying he's admitted to taking money
from his law firm, stealing $4 .3
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from the Satterfields, and orchestrating
his own shooting for insurance money.
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Just days later, the final shoe drops on
the once respected attorney.
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Now to a dramatic twist in a high
-profile South Carolina murder case.
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Murdoch is now charged with the murder
of his wife and son.
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On July 14th, a grand jury indicts
Murdoch on charges of killing his wife
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rifle and his son with a shotgun.
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Following
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Murdoch's
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00:40:23,580 --> 00:40:28,680
indictment, prosecutors say there's
evidence showing him with his wife and
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About an hour and 20 minutes before
calling 911.
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Two sources close to the case tell NBC
News authorities have cell phone video
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that they believe puts him at the scene
of the murders shortly before they took
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place. Evidence that would appear to
contradict his previous timeline of
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00:40:47,410 --> 00:40:50,310
I've been gone. I just came back.
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At the bond hearing, Prosecutor
Creighton Waters gives the first
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of how the South Carolina Law
Enforcement Division, or SLED, made the
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many thought might never be cracked.
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The evidence of the case is substantial,
and it all points back to Alec Murdoch.
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00:41:09,830 --> 00:41:13,949
There's forensic evidence, as well as
other evidence of his guilt of these
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00:41:13,950 --> 00:41:18,489
murders, and so the state is ready.
While not giving much away, Waters also
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00:41:18,490 --> 00:41:19,710
hints at a motive.
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00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:23,520
that the murders were all about the
money.
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Much of the information that's been
gathered in the state -wide grand jury
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on the 81 allegations of white -collar
fraud and other crimes, drugs and the
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00:41:35,660 --> 00:41:39,039
like, that's been gathered against Mr.
Murdoch over the course of that long
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00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:44,739
investigation, a lot of that provides
the background and the motive for what
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00:41:44,740 --> 00:41:46,180
happened on June 7, 2021.
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Murdoch's attorneys have said he had no
reason to kill his wife and son, that he
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00:41:54,140 --> 00:41:58,819
loved both of them, and that he was
unfairly singled out by law enforcement
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00:41:58,820 --> 00:41:59,870
day one.
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Now,
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Murdoch's fate will be decided before a
jury of his peers at a courthouse.
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where generations of Murdochs have
wielded their legal power.
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00:42:23,970 --> 00:42:29,669
Whatever the outcome of Alec Murdoch's
many cases, it's clear that the lawyer's
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00:42:29,670 --> 00:42:33,870
actions have taken a toll on his
family's once revered name.
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The Murdoch name has been burned up. He
has single -handedly destroyed whatever
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goodwill and good deeds that family has
ever done.
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