Eric Bland, an attorney representing the family of deceased Murdaugh family housekeeper Gloria Satterfield, believes Alex Murdaugh wants a financial crimes trial.
The Satterfields recovered a multimillion-dollar settlement from their mother's death that was rightfully theirs after Murdaugh allegedly stole it. They even got an apology from the disgraced attorney, but they still want to"hold Alex accountable" for his other crimes, Bland said.
An autopsy was never conducted, and Satterfield's death certificate said she died of natural causes, which her family and Hampton County Coroner Angela Topper later disputed as her injuries were inconsistent with that conclusion.Prosecutors say Murdaugh secured $4.3 million in insurance settlements for Satterfield's family after her death, but the former attorney kept most of the money for himself, never alerting the family that he had secured a payout.
The former lawyer allegedly hired hitman Curtis"Cousin Eddie" Smith to shoot him on Labor Day 2021 in what he described as a scheme to get a $10 million insurance buyout for his oldest son, Buster, but the bullet missed Murdaugh's head.
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