- Prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh surrendered Thursday after authorities said he attempted to stage his own suicide so his son could collect a $10 million life insurance policy.
Murdaugh was charged with insurance fraud, conspiracy to commit insurance fraud and filing a false police report, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
He's been charged with conspiracy, pointing and presenting a firearm, assisting a person in suicide, assault and battery of a high aggravated nature, conspiracy and insurance fraud.
His attorney said Murdaugh was depressed and enlisted a man to kill him, believing his life insurance had a suicide clause
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division also said it opened a criminal investigation into the 2018 death of a longtime housekeeper and nanny for the Murdaugh family
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