Alex Murdaugh's Death Essay

Kelsey Kenley

English 1020-920

April 15, 2023

Rough Draft

In this essay you will see why Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son to distract the media from his finical problems and drug addiction. This will be followed by all the other things like the deaths of Mallory Beech, Stephen Smith, and Gloria Satterfield that brought down the family name. I will be talking about why Alex did it and what the state thinks his reasoning is. Alex Murdaugh has been convicted of the murders of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh and sentenced to life in prison. He has also been convicted of various finical fraud of millions of dollars. I will be using the Netflix series “Murdaugh Murders: A Sothern Scandal” to help prove why I think Alex killed his family

With the Murdaugh name being in the spotlight due to the boat crash that killed 19-year-old Mallory Beech because of Paul Murdaugh's decision to drive under the influence; Alex Murdaugh tried every way possible to keep their name out of the papers. Murdaugh's had been running that small South Carolina town for decades, which meant they had high power and knew they could get out of everything. Alex and his father had been bailing his kids out of trouble for a few years now, in the Netflix series it talked about how Paul was drinking and driving one night and totaled his car. Instead of calling the cops Paul called his grandfather, when they got there, they unloaded all the guns that he was carrying and then towed the car away telling everyone not to speak of this incident ever again. The time of the crime is also what makes him look guilty.” In fact, on the day of the murder, prosecutors say Murdaugh’s law office confronted him about misusing funds from the firm.” After this, the Murdaugh name was practically drug through the mud. People now hear the Murdaugh name and think of such a disgraceful family. Shortly after Alex’s family was murdered, he

I think that Alex harmed his kids by letting them get away with so much and that is why there is so much bad that followed them. The Murdaugh’s were not scared of the law which is why they always worked their way out of the trouble they got into. Paul would drive highly intoxicated all the time whether it was by car or boat. The power that the other families said the Murdaugh's held above everyone made it harder for them. They just wanted to protect their kids and find Mallory, but Alex was worried about Paul tearing down their family name because of the accident. Connor and his family feared for their own safety because they knew Alex was trying to pin the accident on Connor. Gloria’s family also feared what was going to happen to them because Alex promised them all this money, but they never got it. Stephen’s family just wanted closure on what happened to their son but since Buster's name was involved, the whole thing got covered up. These families all suffered the rath of the Murdaugh’s because their mother and children got involved with the family. Knowing this information helps spread awareness about the dangers of narcissism and how far people will go to keep their status in money and