Randy Murdaugh has broken his silence for the first time since his younger brother was in prison for killing his wife and son, saying Alex is not “telling the truth” about their brutal murders.
Randy, 56, has spent the past 20 months trying to understand exactly what happened on the night of June 7, 2021, when Alex Murdaugh’s wife Maggie, 52, and their son Paul, 22, were shot dead.
It’s hard for him to imagine Murdaugh pulling the trigger and killing his wife and child, but he said his younger brother, who claims he didn’t commit the murders, is a serial liar.
“He knows more than what he’s saying,” Randy said The New York Times about the murders. “He’s not telling the truth, in my opinion, about everything there.”
Randy, who did not testify in his brother’s trial, said that after Maggie and Paul were found dead, he thought it was odd that Murdaugh didn’t call people to ask if they knew why the mother and son were being targeted.
Randy, 56, has spent the past 20 months trying to understand exactly what happened on the night of June 7, 2021, when Alex Murdaugh’s wife Maggie, 52, and their son Paul, 22, were shot dead. Pictured: From left to right, Buster, Maggie, Paul and Alex Murdaugh
Randy (pictured at his brother’s trial in February) has trouble imagining Murdaugh pulling the trigger and killing his wife and child, but he said his younger brother, who claims he didn’t commit the murders, is a serial killer. liar
“I spent a lot of time, day in and day out, calling people for weeks,” Randy said, adding that Murdaugh never did.
Despite Murdaugh being sentenced to life in prison for the double murder, Randy says he still doesn’t know if he thinks his little brother committed the murders. He said he still thinks about what happened that night.
“I was hoping that after the trial, because there’s nothing more to present, I’d stop thinking about it,” said Randy, who hasn’t spoken to his brother in a year. “But so far that hasn’t been the case.”
Randy has to wonder if he knows his brother – ever since Maggie and Paul were killed and since he found out he was stealing from their law firm.
In October 2021, Randy filed a lawsuit against his disgraced brother, claiming he owed him tens of thousands of dollars.
The lawsuit revealed that just days before Murdaugh attempted to stage his own murder during a bizarre roadside shooting so that his son Buster would get a life insurance policy, he came to Randy and asked for a $75,000 loan.
Murdaugh asked for funds to be deposited into his checking account. He did not disclose his “poor financial condition,” but promised to repay the money within 30 days.
Within days of that loan being made, Murdaugh attempted to have himself shot so his surviving son, Buster, could claim his $10 million life insurance policy.
The attempt was a fiasco and his story soon imploded when it emerged he was suspected of embezzling millions from Peters Murdaugh Parker Eltzroth & Detrick, the family law firm of which he was a partner.
Murdaugh offered an apology of sorts in which he confessed that he had been addicted to opioids for years and said that he had entered rehab.
During his six-week trial, Murdaugh admitted to stealing millions of dollars from the family business and clients, saying he needed the money to fund his drug use.
Before being charged with murder, Murdaugh was in jail awaiting trial on about 100 other charges ranging from insurance fraud to tax evasion.
After his conviction, Murdaugh returned to the Colleton County Jail to collect his belongings.
The outdoor dog kennels where Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were brutally shot
Murdaugh after being convicted of double murder
He will spend the next several weeks at the R&E facility, where he will undergo rigorous testing before being assigned to a permanent state prison. Because 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 multi-million dollar homes, from the coast to the hunting grounds of the Lowlands, to which he has grown accustomed in his 54 years.
Through more than 75 witnesses and nearly 800 pieces of evidence, jurors learned about betrayed friends and clients and Murdaugh’s failed attempt to fake his own death in an insurance fraud scheme.
Other scandals discussed at trial include a 2019 boating accident involving his late son Paul, which left 19-year-old Mallory Beach dead.
Paul faced criminal charges after being charged with operating the boat while intoxicated before being shot dead. The girl’s family sued Murdaugh for reportedly $30 million at the time of the Paul and Maggie murders.
The death of his housekeeper Gloria Satterfield – who, according to the Murdaugh family, tripped over the dogs and fell down the stairs while working at their hunting lodge – was also raised during the case. Her son Tony called to testify on the stand about the $4 million wrongful death benefit that Murdaugh allegedly stole.
Meanwhile, prosecutors did not have the weapons used to kill Paul and Maggie or other direct evidence such as confessions or blood spatter.
But they had a mountain of circumstantial evidence, including the video that placed Murdaugh at the scene of the murders five minutes before his wife and son stopped using their cell phones forever.