Gloria Satterfield.Photo: Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home
Investigators will exhume the body of Gloria Satterfield, thefamily housekeeperof disgraced South Carolina attorneyAlex Murdaugh.
Satterfield, who worked for the Murdaugh family for more than 20 years, died at the Murdaugh home in February 2018. At the time, her death was classified as anaccidental slip and fall, but authorities have reopened the investigation.
Since October, Murdaugh has been held behind bars in connection with the allegedmisappropriation of nearly $4.3 million in settlement fundsthat were supposed to go to Satterfield’s sons.
Murdaugh, 54, made national news in June 2021, when he came home and found his wife,Maggie, 52, and their son, Paul, 22,gunned downon their 1,770-acre estate in the small town of Islandton, S.C. The mother and son had been shot with two different guns and were found outside the home, near the dog kennels.
From left, Buster Murdaugh, Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, Paul Murdaugh, Alex Murdaugh.Maggie Murdaugh/Facebook
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After the murders, Murdaugh made news again when he allegedly tried to stage his own death so that his other son, Buster Murdaugh, 26, could benefit from a $10 million life insurance settlement. He was criminally charged in connection with the botched suicide-for-hire plot and is awaiting trial in that case.
Suspended from practicing law, Murdaugh now faces a total of 74 criminal charges. Of those charges, 71 are financial crimes from the grand jury indictments, and three are additional Colleton County charges stemming from the murder-for-hire suicide attempt.
He has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial. He is being held on $7 million bond.
Mysterious Deaths
Satterfield is one of a number of mysterious or accidental deaths swirling around the Murdaugh family.
The link between the Murdaugh family and Stephen Smith has not been publicly disclosed.
It’s unclear if more charges will stem from Satterfield’s death, and SLED has not released details of what they are looking for. An attorney for Murdaugh did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
