
Murdaugh double murders: South Carolina AG drops boat crash charges against man killed before trial
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South Carolina’s attorney general has formally dropped charges against the boat operator in a deadly 2019 crash after both he and his mother were murdered in late June.
The local prosecutor had recused himself from the BUI case because of close ties to the Murdaugh family – which has century-old ties to the office and remains a prominent legal family in the area. Murdaugh, 20 at the time, was accused of being drunk and driving his father’s 17-foot boat with 5 other young adults aboard when it crashed near Parris Island in February 2019. Mallory Beach was thrown overboard, and the survivors were rushed to the hospital. Her body turned up a week later.More Related News