Family of dead teenager seeks justice after a 2019 boating accident involving a prominent South Carolina family
ABC News
What began as a normal Saturday night for six teenagers, ended with the death of 19-year-old Mallory Beach.
Last summer, South Carolina was rocked when two members of a prominent legal family, 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh and her 22-year-old son Paul Murdaugh, were shot and killed on their rural property.
The news made national headlines, but people in the Palmetto state had been hearing about the Murdaughs for years, after Paul Murdaugh had found himself in legal trouble after one night in February 2019.
What began as a normal Saturday night for six teenagers, ended with the death of 19-year-old Mallory Beach and marked the beginning of an unraveling of a powerful legal family dynasty.
“When she left that night, when I spoke to her before they went out, I knew she was happy,” said Mallory Beach’s father Philip Beach.
