Stephen Smith. Photo: GoFundme.com
In his first public statement since his father Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murdering his mother and brother, Buster Murdaugh has hit back at what he has called the “vicious rumors” tying him to the 2015 death of a high school classmate, reports BuzzFeed News.
Buster vehemently denied any involvement in the death of 19-year-old Stephen Smith, whose death investigation was reopened by detectives investigating the 2021 murders of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh, in a statement to media on Monday.
Smith was found dead of blunt force trauma in the middle of a rural road in Hampton County, South Carolina, on July 8, 2015. While authorities initially suspected Smith died in a hit-and-run, there was little evidence of a crash, fueling suspicions his body had been dumped there.
Prior to his death, Smith, an openly gay nursing student, had told his sister that he’d been quietly seeing another young man whose identity would shock many people in the conservative area.
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