Buster Murdaugh looks tense as he breaks his cover to walk his dogs with his long-time girlfriend

A withdrawn Buster Murdaugh walked his dogs with his girlfriend in the Hilton Head neighborhood on Saturday, the morning after his father, Alex Murdaugh, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his mother and brother.

The 26-year-old had a tense look on his face and kept his mouth down in a frown as he and his girlfriend Brooklynn White walked in the South Carolina sunshine.

The surviving son of Alex and Maggie Murdaugh refused to return to the Moselle hunting estate in Islandton, where his mother and brother Paul were executed on June 7, 2021.

He now lives with his girlfriend in a modest $180,000 one-bedroom condo in Hilton Head, which is an hour away from where the brutal murders occurred.

Buster had planned to follow in his father’s footsteps as a lawyer, the fifth generation in the family business. But instead, he watched as the last remaining member of his immediate family was led away in handcuffs.

For six weeks, Buster sat in courtroom listening to harrowing testimony about how his brother Paul had his brains blown out and his mother Maggie shot dead as she tried to flee the riot that unfolded on the family property in Moselle. in June 2021. .

Buster, who has refused to return to the hunting estate, now lives with his girlfriend in a modest $180,000 one-bedroom condo on Hilton Head.

He graduated from Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and had been studying law at the University of South Carolina.

While Buster at one point worked at his father’s law firm, it’s unclear if the college grad does anything now for work.

Last month, it was revealed that his mother’s estate was liquidated and with the sale of the Moselle property, Buster’s share will be $530,000. It is unknown if the university graduate is currently working or receiving any type of income.

Last month, it was revealed that after nearly two years of legal wrangling, Buster’s mother’s estate has finally been resolved in a complex settlement that will see the sale of Moselle and millions divided between victims and creditors, as well as the son Survivor Buster.

Buster will receive $530,000, an amount increased by his uncle John Marvin’s decision to forfeit the percentage he could have claimed as a representative, while Marvin will be reimbursed $12,305.28 for personal funds advanced on behalf of the Estate.

Meanwhile, Buster remains at the Hilton Head condo, which is an hour away from the Moselle property. The condo is located in a complex with a community pool, tennis court and gym.

His girlfriend White, who is originally from Rocky Hill, South Carolina, bought the condo in July 2021, records show, after landing her first job out of law school at Olivetti McCray and Withrow, where she specializes in probate and estate planning.

It’s unclear how long the couple have been dating, but they both attended the University of South Carolina School of Law.

White has been with Buster throughout the six weeks of his father’s murder trial and was recently seen comforting him as he visited the graves of his mother and brother at the Hampton Cemetery in South Carolina.

On Friday, Murdaugh was sentenced to two consecutive life terms for the murders of his wife Maggie, 52, and their son Paul, 22, in Moselle on June 7, 2021.

He will spend the next few weeks at the R&E facility, where he will face rigorous testing before being assigned to permanent state prison. Since he is a double murderer, he will be housed with the most brutal and violent inmates in the state.

The life he faces is a far cry from the privileged world of multimillion-dollar homes from the coast to the Lowcountry hunting grounds he’s grown accustomed to in his 54 years.

Through more than 75 witnesses and nearly 800 pieces of evidence, jurors heard about betrayed friends and clients, Murdaugh’s failed attempt to fake his own death in an insurance fraud scheme, a fatal boating accident in the one involving his son, the housekeeper who died in a fall at the Murdaugh house and the grisly scene of the murders.

Prosecutors did not have the weapons used to kill the Murdaughs or other direct evidence such as confessions or blood spatter.

But they had a mountain of circumstantial evidence, including video showing Murdaugh at the scene of the murders five minutes before his wife and son were to stop using their cell phones for good.

The now-disbarred lawyer admitted to stealing millions of dollars from the family business and from clients, saying he needed the money to finance his drug addiction.

Before being charged with murder, Murdaugh was in jail awaiting trial on 100 other charges ranging from insurance fraud to tax evasion.

Defense attorneys said they will appeal, relying largely on the fact that the judge allowed evidence of crimes for which Murdaugh has not been convicted, which they say tarnished his reputation.