The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating the death of Stephen Smith, a 19-year-old nursing student whose body was found in the middle of a South Carolina road in 2015, as a homicide, an agency spokesperson told CNN.
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigators will investigate the death of Stephen Smith as a homicide, according to an attorney for Smith's family.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has been investigating Smith’s death since 2021, when it opened a case based on information surrounding the Alex Murdaugh murder probe.
By Dakin Andone, CNN Nearly eight years after his body was found in the middle of a South Carolina road, state authorities confirmed they are investigating the death of 19-year-old Stephen Smith as a homicide, putting his case back in the spotlight.