2015 death of Murdaugh-linked teen Stephen Smith now considered a homicide

is now considered a murder, South Carolina authorities revealed — ahead of the planned exhumation of the gay teen’s body.

“SLED officials have revealed that they did not need to exhume Stephen Smith’s body to convince them that his death was a homicide,” said Charleston attorneysThe law enforcement agency was holding off on the announcement “out of concern that witnesses would not be as forthcoming under the Murdaugh sphere of influence.”

— was found dead three miles away from his car on a road near the Murdaughs’ massive estate in July 2015. Police initially said the death “appeared to be a homicide,” but an autopsy performed the same day he was found dead ruled that he had been the victim of a hit-and-run.about the death ruling.

He will soon be reunited with his father

I’m sure it was ruled a homicide when it happened… That was just overruled by the “family”… They lost that power now.

Run Buster run.

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2015 death of Murdaugh-linked teen Stephen Smith ruled as homicide“We have a chance to right eight years of wrongs, and we intend to do just that,” Smith family lawyer Eric Bland said Tuesday. You know he did it Has SLED released a new statement using the words *new evidence*rather than the word *information* as they used in the original statement saying SLED was reopening the case?Or is this just Bland’s word spin? It isn’t like Bland is objective when it comes to Murdaughs🧐
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