Buster Murdaugh is the only surviving son of Alex Murdaugh, who is currently serving two life sentences for the deaths of his ...

Three days later, Murdaugh's father, 81-year-old Randolph Murdaugh III, died. Then, three months after the murders, on Sept. 4, 2021, news broke that Alex Murdaugh, 54, had been shot in Hampton ...

In the months before Murdaugh Sr.’s death, he was often too ill to come to court, and his son, Randolph Murdaugh Jr., filled in for him, newspaper reports show. But on the evening of July 18 ...

The first Murdaugh solicitor was Randolph Murdaugh, Sr., who held office from 1920 to 1940. 9. Until 1986, Randolph “Buster” Murdaugh Jr. ran the Lowcountry as his own personal fiefdom.

A painting of Alex Murdaugh’s grandfather, Randolph “Buster” Murdaugh, Jr., will be removed during the murder trial, Judge Clifton Newman said.

In the months following the 2021 shooting deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, and the death of his father, former 14th Circuit Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh III, South Carolina attorney Richard ...

After Murdaugh's great-grandfather, Randolph Murdaugh Sr., was elected to that post in 1920, the family controlled it for 86 years. In addition, the Murdaughs also ran a profitable private practice.

Before Randolph Murdaugh III retired in 2005, the family had for 87 years controlled the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office, which oversees five counties in South Carolina's Lowcountry.

Alex Murdaugh is serving two life sentences after being convicted of two counts of murder. Libby Murdaugh was married to former Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh III for 60 years.

The grisly Murdaugh murders hang over the town of Hampton, South Carolina. The town is trying to turn the page on the tragedies and corruption that made it the specter of the nation.

Randolph Murdaugh, III is the former 14th Circuit Solicitor, a role he held from 1986 to 2006. READ MORE: Randolph Murdaugh III, fmr. 14th Circuit Solicitor, dies days after family members slain.