I need the police immedately my wife man they did check them this is official that there dead is that the last time you talked to him yes you know I tried to turn him over and uh I don't know I figured it out there was blood there was brain skull hair and there's nothing on him in the heart of the picturesque low country of South Carolina a story has captivated the nation bringing with it an air of mystery Intrigue and Scandal the Murda family a respected legal Dynasty suddenly found themselves thrust into the harsh glare of the spotlight but what's even more shocking is the accusation that one of their own Alex Murda stands accused of a heinous crime that forever changed the course of their lives the murder of his wife and son millionaire Alex Murda comes from a long line of prominent lawyers whose names were synonymous with the law in their marshy area of the Deep South for almost a century but his illustrious reputation was shattered One Night in June 2021 when he called police to report that he had returned home to discover his wife and younger Son dead of gunshot wounds outside the kennels of the family's 1,700 acre hunting estate there looked to be two attackers his wife Maddie 52 was slain by four shots from an assault rifle and his son Paul 22 was shot through the skull with a shotgun at Point Blank Range it was a shocking turn of events for the San of one of South Carolina's most prominent families a dynasty that saw murda's great-grandfather grandfather and father all serve as lead prosecutor in the state's low country area from 1920 to 2006 Alex was not only powerful but also very wealthy as the owner of a private legal company whose Relentless pursuit of personal injury claims had made him a fortune but the family tragedy was about to become a lot darker placing the bear like redhead in the dock in a double murder trial that has suddenly riveted America Not only was he accused of murdering two members of his own family but his purported reason was so cold-blooded that it defied belief prosecutors have suggested that the 54-year-old killed his wife and kid in an effort to gain sympathy and rescue himself from being exposed as a major for rster in a courtroom where a photograph of his grandpa used to hang until a judge ordered it removed for the length of the trial the intricate case which includes two additional killings and countless complicated Financial charges has True Crime fans and filmmakers alike waiting each day to get inside the courthouse in Walterboro South Carolina it seemed to have everything for them vicious attorneys allegations of political corruption multi-million dollar fraud a deadly boat mishap involving a beautiful young lady and even an alleged murder attempt on murd himself at its heart is a guy whose propensity to burst into tears during testimony might be nothing more than a blaten roost by someone accused of the most cunning and horrible Behavior he was crying again yesterday this time from the witness stand when he defied his attorney's advice and testified I never shot either my wife or my kid never he cried he did however reveal to authorities that he lied about not being in the neighborhood of the kennels on the night of the killings citing his drug induced paranoia he told the court quoting Sir Walter Scott oh what a tangled web we weave I had to keep lying after I uttered the lie and informed my family Murda whose name is pronounced Murdoch rather than murder has denied murdering his wife and son in a trial that is now in its fifth week the defense has presented him as a loving father and husband who would never consider slaughtering his family the prosecution claims that Murda who stands 6' 4 in tall committed the murders to escape personal legal and financial Devastation by diverting attention away from proof that he defrauded customers and his own business of millions of dollars he also faces more than a 100 accusations mostly of insurance fraud and theft to which has yet to enter a plea however all sides agree that the tale of the killings began 2 years earlier on the night of another sad tragedy Alex's son Paul Murda then 19 took out the family's 17 foot long fishing boat with five Pals One Night in February 2019 for a brief booze Leen ride around the South Carolina coast in the early hours of the morning when returning home in heavy fog The Vessel collided with the pilings of a Bridge before collapsing onto a bank with a broken hole only two of the three people pushed into the frigid water survived the corpse of theii mallerie beach 19 was discovered a week later in a nearby Wetland Hall Murda a troubled adolescent described as a Teenage Caligula was an angry alcoholic who was supposedly piloting the boat when it capsized despite his powerful family's reported efforts to persuade survivors of the accident that Paul was not at the helm he was charged with three counts of boating Under the Influence resulting in death although the case was never heard in court an example some say of the murda's influence mallerie Beach's family filed a civil complaint against Murda saying he was accountable for her death because he leased his son the boat and ignored his underage drinking a hearing for this civil matter had been set only days before murda's wife and kid were slain crucially it would have compelled Murda to furnish a complete Financial picture which may have shown that he was defrauding his clients the civil suits lawyer had explicitly asked his wife Maddie and some Paul to testify about the allegedly drinking Lifestyle on the Murda hunting estate known as Moselle where young kids were allegedly permitted to wander about inebriated prosecutors suspect Alex killed them not just to prolong the civil action which the deaths did but also to divert attention away from himself by implying that the mdos were targeted by persons seeking to Revenge the loss of mallerie beach in the boat tragedy indeed during his trial last week video footage from the body cameras of police officers who responded to the killings was displayed it shows an obviously upset Alex Murda providing his opinion on the likely motivation it's a lengthy tale my kid was involved in a boat disaster months ago go he's received threats he claims most of it has been harmless we didn't take it seriously because you know he's been being hit I know that's what it is to bolster the notion that the killings were carried out by persons seeking Vengeance for mallerie Beach Murda allegedly staged an assassination attempt on himself 3 months after the double murder he contacted police to report that he had been ambushed while changing a tire by the side of the road and that the attacker had shot him in the head according to Medical assessments Alex was grazed by a gunshot but as we shall find the individual responsible was far from a violent stranger unfortunately for Murda a passer by saw the alleged shooting and informed authorities it was so implausible that they suspected it was a setup this all coincided with murda's issues intensifying when his family law business pmed claimed it had Rec recently fired him for allegedly stealing its cash following the firm's admission murda's lawyer went on National Television to explain that yes his client had stolen money but only to pay for a 20-year-old opiate addiction for which he was now in recovery the lawyer also called The Mysterious guy who allegedly fired at Murda on the roadside a liar claiming he was a distant relative Eddie Smith who performed odd tasks for him Murda had requested Smith to shoot him dead and cover it up so that his surviving son Buster could receive an 8.4 million pound $10 million life insurance policy only Smith he claimed had gotten it wrong and only managed to injure him the problem was that Smith later told investigators that he had never agreed to murder him and that the pistol accidentally discharged as he fought to pry it from Murda in any event Skeptics say Murda never intended to die and was just trying to support the argument that he and his family were targets but what about the financial crimes that according to prosecutors Murda was so anxious to keep hidden that he was willing to kill his wife and son if you found this video intriguing make sure to subscribe like and hit that notification Bell to stay updated on the latest in True Crime and Mysteries