The family of a young man found dead on a rural Hampton County road is launching a new investigation of how Stephen Smith died after apparent connections to convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh came to light.

Attorneys representing the family of Stephen Smith, Buster Murdaugh's high school classmate who died in 2015, "don't accept" his original cause of death.

The family of Stephen Smith, who died on a road near the home of the disgraced Murdaugh family, wants to exhume his body to aid in the investigation of the cold case. Now, Buster Murdaugh, the son of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh,

Buster Murdaugh, son of convicted double-murderer and ex-South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, “unequivocally” denied any involvement in the death of his purported former classmate Stephen Smith Monday after months of unsubstantiated speculation that he was involved in Smith’s 2015 death.

Buster Murdaugh, son of now-convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh, is denying any involvement in the death of Stephen Smith, his high school classmate who was found dead in the middle of a South Carolina road in 2015.

The Murdaugh name was frequently brought up to investigators following gay teen Stephen Smith's 2015 death, but Buster has denied any involvement.View Entire Post ›