{"id":562738,"date":"2021-06-13T16:51:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T20:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=562738"},"modified":"2021-06-13T16:51:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T20:51:42","slug":"investigation-underway-in-s-c-double-homicide-of-mother-son-of-prominent-family-amid-sons-trial-in-death-of-19-year-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/investigation-underway-in-s-c-double-homicide-of-mother-son-of-prominent-family-amid-sons-trial-in-death-of-19-year-old-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation underway in S.C. double homicide of mother, son of prominent family amid son\u2019s trial in death of 19-year-old girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finvestigation-underway-in-s-c-double-homicide-of-mother-son-of-prominent-family-amid-sons-trial-in-death-of-19-year-old-girl%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=562738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2422912\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2422912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Margaret and Paul Murdaugh were found dead at this ranch (AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:50 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, June 13, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Authorities have been investigating a double murder of a mother and son of one of South Carolina\u2019s most prominent families. Funeral services were held on Friday for the 52-year-old mother, Maggie Murdaugh, and her 22-year-old son, Paul.<\/p>\n<p>The two were found fatally shot at the family\u2019s home Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>This comes amidst Paul Murdaugh facing trial in connection with the death of Mallory Beach, 19, who was killed in a boat crash. Paul was allegedly the driver of the boat. The wreck reportedly led to questions of whether his family\u2019s ties to the legal system in the area affected the investigation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">News Release: <br \/>SLED investigating double homicide in Colleton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thomasdgruel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@thomasdgruel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCBD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WCBD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCNews4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ABCNews4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RussBradley1964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RussBradley1964<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fitsnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fitsnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/islandpacket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@islandpacket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewTripp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrewTripp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/chsnws?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#chsnws<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZBKeDoVOPK\">pic.twitter.com\/ZBKeDoVOPK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colleton County Sheriff&#8217;s Office (@ccsocares) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ccsocares\/status\/1402296848803667978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Colleton County Sheriff\u2019s Office has said it is exploring the deaths as a double homicide and has turned the case over to the state\u2019s Law Enforcement Division. Meanwhile, few details of the investigation have been made public and no arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/israeli-parliament-approves-new-government-removes-netanyahu-as-prime-minister\/\">Israeli Parliament Approves New Government, Removes Netanyahu As Prime Minister<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margaret and Paul Murdaugh were found dead at this ranch (AP) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 1:50 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, June 13, 2021 Authorities have been investigating a double murder of a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2280162,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-562738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}