First, Murdaugh's wife and son were shot and killed in June, prompting an investigation that remains unsolved. He turned himself in and was arrested Thursday and charged with insurance fraud, conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, and filing a false police report. Before his fall from grace, Murdaugh's "wife and son were brutally murdered," Harpootlian said as Murdaugh appeared to wipe tears from beneath his glasses. Murdaugh had decided to end his own life but believed his life insurance policy had a suicide exclusion, Harpootlian told NBC. Smith, 61, has been charged with assisted suicide, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud, and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, SLED said.

Source: CNN September 17, 2021 06:56 UTC