A second autopsy was performed on Stephen Smith's body over the weekend after it was exhumed as part of a probe into his 2015 homicide, his attorneys said on Twitter.
and a pathologist who conducted the autopsy ruled his death a hit-and-run over the objection of investigators.
Stephen Smith poses with his mother, Sandy Smith, at his high school graduation. He was killed July 8, 2015, in what South Carolina authorities initially designated a hit-and-run. A second autopsy was performed over the weekend. There were no tire marks in the road, debris from a collision or abrasions on Smith's body indicating he'd been dragged on the asphalt. His car was three miles away and out of gas, with his wallet and keys still inside.into Smith's death on June 23, 2021 – about two weeks after Alex Murdaugh fatally shot his wife, Maggie, 52, and his son, Paul, 22, based on information obtained during the double murder probe.
Rumors swirled for years that the family may be connected to the young man's death, growing in intensity in the wake ofAlex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison after conviction in double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, March 3, 2023. The highway patrol report references the Murdaugh name dozens of times, and Smith's family repeatedly suggested that he may have been having a secret affair with Alex's only living son,
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