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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Randolph Murdaugh Jr. served as solicitor of the 14th Judicial Circuit from 1940 until 1986. He took over for his father, Randolph Sr., after he was killed in a train crash in 1940 at the age of 59.

The elder Murdaugh's son, Randolph "Buster" Murdaugh Jr., sued the train company alleging the train did not blow the whistle or ring a bell at the crossing and was traveling at high speed.

His son, Randolph “Buster” Murdaugh, took over the solicitor position before retiring in 1986 – passing the torch to his only child Randolph Murdaugh III. For nearly 100 years, the Murdaugh family has ...