Alex Murdaugh admits to botched suicide plot in police interview
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Alex Murdaugh admits in a recorded police interview that he hired a friend to kill him so his son, Buster Murdaugh, could collect $10 million in life insurance.
He came clean to South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) agent Ryan Kelly, admitting he'd asked his former client and his alleged drug dealer, Curtis "Cousin Eddie" Smith, to shoot him in the head nine days earlier. Rebecca Rosenberg is a veteran journalist and book author with a focus on crime and criminal justice. Email tips to rebecca.rosenberg@fox.com and @ReRosenberg.
The suicide was meant to look like a murder so his living son, Buster Murdaugh, could collect a $10 million life insurance payout, Murdaugh told Kelly in the recording played for jurors Thursday.
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