After Renewed Interest From Alex Murdaugh Trial, Body of South Carolina Teen Stephen Smith Exhumed
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Attorney Eric Bland confirmed the teenager's body was exhumed, re-examined and put "to his final resting place this past weekend."
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By Dianne Gallagher and Melissa Alonso, CNN The body of Stephen Smith, whose 2015 death was thrust back into the spotlight during the investigation of the 2021 killings of Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh and her son Paul Murdaugh, was exhumed over the weekend for an independent autopsy, attorneys for Smi…
A second autopsy was performed on Stephen Smith's body over the weekend after it was exhumed as part of a probe into his 2015 homicide, his attorneys said on Twitter.
The body of Stephen Smith, whose 2015 death was thrust back into the spotlight during the investigation of the 2021 killings of Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh and her son Paul Murdaugh, was exhumed over the weekend for an independent autopsy.
Smith, 19, was found in 2015 on a rural road about 15 miles from the Murdaugh property known as Moselle and his death was initially ruled to be the result of a hit-and-run.
The body of Stephen Smith, who was killed near the South Carolina estate where Alex Murdaugh murdered his wife and eldest son, was exhumed after his family
Investigators had announced that, due to information collected from the Alex Murdaugh case, they were reopening the investigation into Stephen Smith's death.
Kenneth Kinsey of the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Department said pathologists were upbeat about their findings despite the eight years since Smith's death.
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