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Unsolved Murdaugh murders expose years of mysteries

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Richard Fausset
New York Times·
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Alex Murdaugh, the powerful lawyer who asked a handyman to kill him, had a spectacular fall from grace. Five people in his family's orbit have died in recent years, and investigators are looking for connections.

Curtis Edward Smith, a handyman and former logger, had done his share of odd jobs over the years for Alex Murdaugh, a lawyer and scion of one of the most powerful legal families in the South Carolina Lowcountry.

But Smith said he was reluctant to

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