1 00:00:20,562 --> 00:00:23,106 Hampton County 911, what is your emergency? 2 00:00:23,606 --> 00:00:27,277 Hello, I was just goin' down along Crocketville Road. 3 00:00:27,777 --> 00:00:29,529 I see somebody layin' out. 4 00:00:29,529 --> 00:00:32,449 And is it in the road or on the side of the road? 5 00:00:32,449 --> 00:00:33,658 In the road. 6 00:00:33,658 --> 00:00:36,369 - In the road? - Somebody's gonna hit him. 7 00:00:36,369 --> 00:00:38,663 We'll get an officer headed out that way. 8 00:00:38,663 --> 00:00:40,290 - Okay. - All right. 9 00:01:34,886 --> 00:01:40,475 Trooper Rowell, this incident that occurred on July the 8th of 2015, 10 00:01:40,475 --> 00:01:42,185 just kind of go through it with me. 11 00:01:42,185 --> 00:01:46,064 From what we've gathered so far, a nice, you know, young man 12 00:01:46,064 --> 00:01:48,900 had mechanical problems with his vehicle on the way home. 13 00:01:48,900 --> 00:01:53,238 Run outta fuel or had some kinda problem, and started walkin'. 14 00:01:54,072 --> 00:01:57,408 Um, I came out about 4:30 that mornin'. 15 00:01:57,408 --> 00:02:00,870 When I got up to the scene, I noticed a young, white male 16 00:02:00,870 --> 00:02:04,290 lyin' in the roadway with severe head trauma. 17 00:02:04,290 --> 00:02:09,170 Nothing at the scene appeared that it was a vehicular accident. 18 00:02:09,170 --> 00:02:12,966 No torn clothes. His shoes were still on his feet. 19 00:02:12,966 --> 00:02:15,051 Cell phone still in his pocket. 20 00:02:28,690 --> 00:02:32,193 Injuries that I noticed to this young man was to his head. 21 00:02:49,627 --> 00:02:51,337 Like I said, we don't know for sure. 22 00:02:51,337 --> 00:02:54,340 We haven't had anybody to tell us anything different. 23 00:04:51,874 --> 00:04:55,211 Case number on this will be CL-062. 24 00:04:55,211 --> 00:04:56,963 Kinda wanted to touch base with you. 25 00:04:56,963 --> 00:05:01,884 It's in... Obviously it's in reference to the Stephen Smith murder investigation. 26 00:05:01,884 --> 00:05:05,638 - Do you know what I'm talkin' about? - Oh yes, sir. I do. 27 00:05:05,638 --> 00:05:08,641 Just go ahead and tell me, you know, what you heard. 28 00:05:08,641 --> 00:05:12,186 From what I was originally told was he was struck by a car. 29 00:05:12,186 --> 00:05:13,313 This, that, and the other. 30 00:05:13,313 --> 00:05:15,440 I heard he got hit by a car. 31 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,483 They say it was like a hit-and-run. 32 00:05:17,483 --> 00:05:20,361 I haven't really gotten all, like, one clear story. 33 00:05:20,361 --> 00:05:23,156 I can tell you this. He didn't get hit by no car. 34 00:05:23,156 --> 00:05:26,784 Well, recently I heard that these 35 00:05:26,784 --> 00:05:29,162 two, maybe three young men were in a vehicle. 36 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:33,458 I guess they were attemptin' to mess around with him or somethin' like that. 37 00:05:40,006 --> 00:05:43,384 I need to try to find somebody who's willin', 38 00:05:43,384 --> 00:05:46,054 you know, to give me some solid information. 39 00:05:46,554 --> 00:05:50,099 And I understand... I understand your reservation. 40 00:05:50,099 --> 00:05:54,103 Because I've heard that people associated with his name 41 00:05:54,103 --> 00:05:55,688 have been goin' around, kinda... 42 00:05:56,564 --> 00:05:58,107 Not... Well... 43 00:05:58,107 --> 00:06:01,277 Kinda threatenin' or puttin' the heat on people, sayin', you know, 44 00:06:01,277 --> 00:06:03,488 "Keep your mouth closed if you heard somethin'." 45 00:06:03,488 --> 00:06:07,200 She was like, "You'd never believe who I heard did it." 46 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,328 And then she said his name and I was, like, really shocked. 47 00:06:10,328 --> 00:06:13,247 Y'all have heard I did hear names, and I'm... Um... 48 00:06:13,247 --> 00:06:14,665 Or heard a name. 49 00:06:14,665 --> 00:06:17,585 And that name was... He goes by Buster Murdaugh. 50 00:06:18,795 --> 00:06:20,213 {\an8}-Buster Murdaugh. - Buster Murdaugh. 51 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:23,383 {\an8}Everybody keeps comin' up to me and sayin' it was Murdaugh boys. 52 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:28,930 {\an8}And when I originally heard this, 53 00:06:28,930 --> 00:06:31,349 {\an8}I was thinking of the younger Murdaugh boy, 54 00:06:31,349 --> 00:06:32,600 Buster's little brother, Paul, 55 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:37,397 because Paul's more the "my last name is Murdaugh and I can do whatever." 56 00:06:37,397 --> 00:06:38,773 - Know what I mean? - Yeah. 57 00:06:38,773 --> 00:06:40,149 Everybody's kinda 58 00:06:41,567 --> 00:06:44,278 shy to say that out, you know what I mean? 59 00:06:44,278 --> 00:06:45,238 Because of... 60 00:06:46,114 --> 00:06:48,741 of the... I don't wanna say power, but of the... 61 00:06:48,741 --> 00:06:51,494 The name, you know, it brings a certain standard 62 00:06:51,494 --> 00:06:53,454 when you say "Murdaugh" in Hampton County. 63 00:07:01,129 --> 00:07:03,965 So the only rumor you heard is possibly Buster havin' 64 00:07:03,965 --> 00:07:06,008 some type of relationship with Stephen? 65 00:07:06,509 --> 00:07:07,510 Yes, sir. 66 00:07:55,808 --> 00:07:58,186 I've known the Murdaugh family, like I said, 67 00:07:58,186 --> 00:07:59,270 pretty much my whole life. 68 00:07:59,270 --> 00:08:01,481 Hampton's not a... Not a very big town. 69 00:08:01,481 --> 00:08:04,775 I feel like they wouldn't want anything happening to their reputation, 70 00:08:04,775 --> 00:08:07,236 or name, or anything like that. 71 00:08:28,841 --> 00:08:32,970 Can you tell me what you heard about the Stephen Smith incident? 72 00:08:32,970 --> 00:08:36,015 I don't know. It's strictly hearsay from all I know. 73 00:08:36,015 --> 00:08:38,392 Well, I mean, at this point it's kinda, you know, 74 00:08:38,392 --> 00:08:40,102 we'll take whatever we can get. 75 00:09:00,998 --> 00:09:03,501 I just know that he said it was 76 00:09:03,501 --> 00:09:05,878 Buster and maybe one or two other people. 77 00:09:05,878 --> 00:09:08,422 They were ridin' down 601. 78 00:09:08,422 --> 00:09:10,174 Saw the car on the side of the road. 79 00:09:10,716 --> 00:09:12,343 I guess saw the boy walkin'. 80 00:09:22,728 --> 00:09:24,230 They were attemptin' to, 81 00:09:24,730 --> 00:09:26,774 I don't wanna say, you know, mess around with him, 82 00:09:26,774 --> 00:09:28,025 or somethin' like that. 83 00:09:49,964 --> 00:09:52,842 Someone told me that it was Buster, and I was like, 84 00:09:53,342 --> 00:09:57,179 nothing was gonna be done about it because of who he was. 85 00:09:57,972 --> 00:10:00,349 {\an8}The day that Stephen passed away 86 00:10:00,349 --> 00:10:04,186 {\an8}Randy Murdaugh was the second person to call my dad, after the coroner. 87 00:10:04,186 --> 00:10:06,731 {\an8}And he said he wanted to take the case 88 00:10:07,231 --> 00:10:09,525 {\an8}and it would be free of charge and everything. 89 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:11,652 {\an8}It's kinda weird. 90 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:18,200 The Murdaughs know that. They know that he's... 91 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,493 That he's on our radar. 92 00:10:19,493 --> 00:10:22,830 I'm gonna talk to Buster here soon and say, "Look, man, you know, 93 00:10:22,830 --> 00:10:24,373 you need to come clean about this." 94 00:10:24,373 --> 00:10:27,168 "If it was an accident, you just need to come clean about it." 95 00:10:27,668 --> 00:10:31,547 You know? "Let's get this process out and let's get this family some closure." 96 00:12:03,681 --> 00:12:05,725 Tell me about Morgan. 97 00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:07,810 Because she was hearing that rumor 98 00:12:07,810 --> 00:12:10,104 and she just had started dating Paul. 99 00:13:31,393 --> 00:13:33,062 911, where's your emergency? 100 00:13:33,062 --> 00:13:36,357 My housekeeper has fallen and her head is bleeding. 101 00:13:36,357 --> 00:13:39,109 - I cannot get her up. - Where'd she fall from? 102 00:13:40,611 --> 00:13:43,948 The... She fell going up the steps. The brick steps. 103 00:13:44,949 --> 00:13:46,867 Okay, so is she outside or inside? 104 00:13:46,867 --> 00:13:47,785 Outside. 105 00:13:47,785 --> 00:13:50,037 Okay, is she able to talk to you guys at all 106 00:13:50,037 --> 00:13:51,914 or is she unconscious now? 107 00:13:51,914 --> 00:13:54,291 She's not unconscious. She's just mumblin'. 108 00:13:54,291 --> 00:13:56,961 The other lady said she had tried to stand up 109 00:13:56,961 --> 00:13:58,379 and fell down again? 110 00:13:59,004 --> 00:14:01,131 No, I was holdin' her up. 111 00:14:02,216 --> 00:14:04,760 She told me to turn her loose and was trying to use her arm, 112 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:06,136 but then she fell back over. 113 00:14:06,136 --> 00:14:08,472 Okay, do you guys know who she is? 114 00:14:08,472 --> 00:14:09,765 She works for us. 115 00:14:09,765 --> 00:14:11,016 How old is she? 116 00:14:11,851 --> 00:14:13,769 I'm not sure. Like, 58 maybe. 117 00:14:13,769 --> 00:14:15,896 Do you know what her name is? 118 00:14:15,896 --> 00:14:17,356 Gloria Satterfield. 119 00:14:17,356 --> 00:14:20,734 {\an8}Do you know if she's ever had a stroke or anything before? 120 00:14:20,734 --> 00:14:22,528 {\an8}Ma'am, can you stop asking-- 121 00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:25,447 {\an8}I already have them on the way. 122 00:16:57,599 --> 00:16:59,476 {\an8}You think Gloria knew too much 123 00:16:59,476 --> 00:17:01,186 {\an8}and that's why Gloria is not here? 124 00:18:45,916 --> 00:18:48,293 Been gettin' to work at that time at 7:30, 125 00:18:48,293 --> 00:18:51,213 so Gloria probably come through at about 8:30. 126 00:18:54,591 --> 00:18:56,385 Walkin' up to the house, 127 00:18:57,177 --> 00:19:00,389 she got a McDonald's cup in one hand, her purse on her shoulder, 128 00:19:00,389 --> 00:19:01,974 like she does every morning. 129 00:19:02,516 --> 00:19:05,144 And then Maggie calls me within 15 minutes later. 130 00:19:05,894 --> 00:19:09,273 I asked her what the hell happened, and she was hysterical. 131 00:19:09,273 --> 00:19:11,942 "You gotta get here. Gloria fell. There's blood everywhere." 132 00:19:13,527 --> 00:19:15,487 Her feet were above her head. 133 00:19:16,363 --> 00:19:19,074 We needed to at least get her body horizontal. 134 00:19:19,074 --> 00:19:21,285 So Paul, you know, grabs her legs. 135 00:19:21,285 --> 00:19:24,538 I grab both of her shoulders to get her horizontal. 136 00:19:26,290 --> 00:19:30,169 So then EMS arrives. And it's you, Paul, and Maggie. 137 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:36,216 Investigative reports say Alex talked to Gloria, 138 00:19:36,216 --> 00:19:38,468 and she said that the dog tripped her. 139 00:19:41,054 --> 00:19:42,931 That's not true. He wasn't there. 140 00:19:43,432 --> 00:19:47,853 So then, you're saying that Alex is still not there when EMS leaves? 141 00:19:47,853 --> 00:19:49,021 Correct. 142 00:19:50,731 --> 00:19:53,192 I'm meeting with Alexander Murdaugh. 143 00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:55,611 Mr. Murdaugh, you understand I'm recording this statement? 144 00:19:55,611 --> 00:19:57,321 - Yes. - With your permission? 145 00:19:57,321 --> 00:19:58,906 - Yes. - Your full name? 146 00:19:58,906 --> 00:20:00,741 Richard Alexander Murdaugh. 147 00:20:01,241 --> 00:20:02,534 And, um... 148 00:20:03,368 --> 00:20:04,703 Do you go by Alexander? 149 00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:05,704 I go by Alex. 150 00:20:05,704 --> 00:20:06,622 Okay. 151 00:20:06,622 --> 00:20:09,374 How long would you estimate that Gloria had been doin' work 152 00:20:09,374 --> 00:20:11,168 for you and/or your family? 153 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:15,130 She's been workin' for our family for, 154 00:20:15,964 --> 00:20:16,965 hoo, 155 00:20:17,549 --> 00:20:21,220 close to 20 years, I would estimate. 156 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:25,098 And no, she babysat my children when they were... 157 00:20:25,098 --> 00:20:27,559 When my youngest was an infant. So... 158 00:20:28,518 --> 00:20:30,604 And were you able to speak with Gloria 159 00:20:30,604 --> 00:20:33,106 before she was taken away in the ambulance? 160 00:20:33,106 --> 00:20:34,691 - I was. - Okay. 161 00:20:34,691 --> 00:20:36,652 Did you ask her what happened? 162 00:20:36,652 --> 00:20:39,738 She indicated that the dogs had caused her to fall. 163 00:20:39,738 --> 00:20:43,408 Okay. So there was no witness to the chain of events. 164 00:20:43,408 --> 00:20:45,077 - The fall itself? - Right. 165 00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:46,828 No, sir. Not that I'm aware of. 166 00:20:46,828 --> 00:20:47,871 Okay. 167 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,065 Hampton County 911. What is your emergency? 168 00:24:45,233 --> 00:24:48,987 I stopped. I got a flat tire, and I stopped, 169 00:24:48,987 --> 00:24:50,780 and somebody stopped to help me. 170 00:24:51,865 --> 00:24:53,783 And they tried to shoot me. 171 00:24:53,783 --> 00:24:55,035 Were you shot? 172 00:24:55,035 --> 00:24:55,952 Yes. 173 00:24:57,329 --> 00:24:58,997 But, I mean, I'm okay. 174 00:24:58,997 --> 00:25:00,165 I can't drive. 175 00:25:00,957 --> 00:25:01,958 Okay. 176 00:25:01,958 --> 00:25:03,627 And I'm bleedin' a lot. 177 00:25:03,627 --> 00:25:05,837 Where? What part of your body? 178 00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:08,798 I'm not sure. Somewhere on my head. 179 00:25:08,798 --> 00:25:10,342 What's your name? 180 00:25:10,342 --> 00:25:11,510 Alex Murdaugh. 181 00:25:14,554 --> 00:25:15,889 Alex Murdaugh? 182 00:25:15,889 --> 00:25:16,890 Yes, ma'am. 183 00:25:18,433 --> 00:25:19,601 Oh, okay. 184 00:25:52,092 --> 00:25:53,969 Yes, we're on 185 00:25:55,262 --> 00:25:56,721 Salkehatchie Road. 186 00:25:57,389 --> 00:26:00,225 There is a man on the side of the road with blood all over him. 187 00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:01,518 And he's wavin' his hands. 188 00:26:01,518 --> 00:26:04,145 He's just layin' there wavin' his hands around? 189 00:26:04,145 --> 00:26:06,523 He looks fine, but it kind of looks like a setup. 190 00:26:06,523 --> 00:26:07,691 So we didn't stop. 191 00:26:08,358 --> 00:26:09,651 I don't blame you. 192 00:29:03,491 --> 00:29:06,077 And to make then Eddie the suspect in the murder? 193 00:35:40,263 --> 00:35:43,099 I am going for a denial of bond at this time. 194 00:36:54,170 --> 00:36:55,755 Did you get to gamble any? 195 00:36:56,756 --> 00:36:59,342 Yeah. Yeah, so I did go gambling, and then, 196 00:36:59,342 --> 00:37:03,846 the next day, there was an article created about how I'm misusing funds. 197 00:37:06,432 --> 00:37:07,391 By gamblin'? 198 00:37:08,517 --> 00:37:11,604 Yeah. Someone took a picture of me and John Marvin in the casino. 199 00:37:12,104 --> 00:37:13,397 You're kiddin' me. 200 00:37:13,397 --> 00:37:14,482 Uh-uh. 201 00:37:15,942 --> 00:37:18,945 What a fuckin'... Are you kiddin' me? 202 00:37:19,695 --> 00:37:20,613 No. 203 00:37:21,113 --> 00:37:22,490 How'd they recognize you? 204 00:37:22,990 --> 00:37:25,576 Apparently, I'm a national figure, I think. 205 00:37:46,222 --> 00:37:49,141 Hey, I hit nine out of 11 games on... 206 00:37:49,934 --> 00:37:52,561 Sunday. Nine out of 11, that's pretty damn hard. 207 00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:54,313 Yeah. 208 00:37:54,855 --> 00:37:57,692 I won, like, six soups, 209 00:37:57,692 --> 00:37:59,193 four beef sticks... 210 00:37:59,193 --> 00:38:00,361 Well, that's good. 211 00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:05,741 Your party has answered. 212 00:38:05,741 --> 00:38:08,577 - With a prepaid collect call from... - Alex. 213 00:38:08,577 --> 00:38:12,164 All phone calls are subject to monitoring and recording. 214 00:38:13,082 --> 00:38:14,667 - Hello? - Hey, bud. 215 00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:20,256 Jim and them told me they, the grand jury, indicted a bunch more things 216 00:38:20,256 --> 00:38:21,632 on the last Friday. 217 00:38:21,632 --> 00:38:23,634 But you know that's just overkill, right? 218 00:38:24,677 --> 00:38:25,928 Yeah, I mean... 219 00:38:25,928 --> 00:38:29,015 I mean, they're just trying to pile it on me now, you know that. 220 00:38:29,515 --> 00:38:31,475 Yeah, I'm aware. 221 00:38:31,475 --> 00:38:32,810 But I can take it. 222 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:37,231 Stephen Smith and Gloria and all that bullshit. 223 00:38:37,732 --> 00:38:41,027 Are they still tryin' to say out there, there are some mysteries 224 00:38:41,027 --> 00:38:42,778 surrounding Gloria's death? 225 00:38:42,778 --> 00:38:44,280 About how she died? 226 00:38:44,780 --> 00:38:46,157 Sayin' what now? 227 00:38:46,157 --> 00:38:49,952 About how she died. Are they still tryin' to make some innuendo there? 228 00:38:51,245 --> 00:38:52,747 I don't know. I, um... 229 00:38:54,373 --> 00:38:56,500 They still sayin' anything about Stephen Smith? 230 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:59,003 - I don't think-- - They still connecting to us? 231 00:38:59,003 --> 00:39:00,963 Yeah, I don't think anybody 232 00:39:01,714 --> 00:39:02,923 took to heart any of that. 233 00:39:02,923 --> 00:39:04,592 SLED say there's no connection? 234 00:39:04,592 --> 00:39:07,511 No. SLED has not released anything. 235 00:39:07,511 --> 00:39:10,723 They wouldn't even... They didn't even release a statement about... 236 00:39:12,433 --> 00:39:14,894 What was this most recent thing? Um... 237 00:39:15,436 --> 00:39:18,439 Something came out not long ago, talkin' about how there's been, like, 238 00:39:18,939 --> 00:39:20,983 a breakthrough in evidence... 239 00:39:24,278 --> 00:39:25,363 to do with, like, 240 00:39:26,572 --> 00:39:27,782 the homicides. 241 00:46:58,857 --> 00:47:00,359 Your party has answered. 242 00:47:00,359 --> 00:47:03,946 All phone calls are subject to monitoring and recording. 243 00:47:06,573 --> 00:47:08,450 - Hey. - Hey. 244 00:47:08,450 --> 00:47:09,660 What you doin'? 245 00:47:10,410 --> 00:47:11,787 Nothin'. What's up? 246 00:47:12,871 --> 00:47:14,873 Hey, Bus, I meant to ask you, 247 00:47:16,083 --> 00:47:18,752 did Netflix put somethin' out about all this?