Farm in South Carolina, where Alex Murdo is accused of killing his wife and son, is going to be sold

The hunting lodge in South Carolina, where the wife and son of a scandal-torn lawyer were gunned down and the housekeeper died mysteriously, is about to emerge from legal purgatory in a blockbuster lawsuit against Alex Murdo continues.

On Wednesday, Netflix will release the three-part series The Murdo Murders: Southern Scandal, which follows a prominent lawyer accused of stealing millions from his clients and the mysterious deaths occurring around his family. The series is expected to spark renewed interest in the sale of the family’s nearly 1,800-acre hunting farm for $3.9 million, which is expected to close next month.

Alex Murdo is currently under investigation for the murder of his wife. Maggie Murdo52 years old and son Paul MurdoJune 22, 7, 2021. He is also accused of swindling millions of dollars from his clients to help fund drug addiction and hiring a hitman to kill him so that his surviving son, Richard “Buster” Murdocan get a $10 million life insurance policy.

Alex faces over 100 charges, from the murder of his wife and son to tax evasion, and if convicted, he could spend the rest of his life in jail.

The 1,772.2-acre farm spanning two counties about 90 minutes west of Charleston, South Carolina, is expected to close on March 8. John T. Lay. He is one of two court-appointed attorneys tasked with monitoring and liquidating Alex’s assets and then placing them in trust to compensate his victims.

The farm has reportedly entered into a contract since June, but the deal has been frozen in court. The property is also where the housekeeper of the family Gloria SatterfieldA 57-year-old man was found dead in 2018.

It includes a house with four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms, built in 2011. The nearly 5,300-square-foot residence has a games room and also has a 1,140-square-foot guest cottage. The sprawling property includes over 2.5 miles along the Salkehatchie River, a 20-acre pigeon field, and 12 dog kennels.

Alex gave the property to his wife for $5 plus “love and affection” in 2016 in what lawyers say was an attempt to protect his assets from current and future lawsuits.

“The question is whether he transferred the Moselle farm property from his own name to that of his wife so that it would not be used as an asset to pay his creditors,” says a real estate lawyer in South Carolina. Tiffini Wolf, Goggans, Stutzman, Hudson, Wilson and The Miz, which is unrelated. “Mr. Murdo is a lawyer, so he has options that the general public won’t have. He learns more about real estate and forming corporations, so it’s possible that the real estate he owns may or may not be available to lenders.”

Alex’s victims, those he accuses of fraud and those who have lost family members as a result of their ties to Murdo, have fought for compensation from the sale of the property.

Family Mallory Beach filed a lawsuit against the estate last year. She died in 2019 in a boating accident while her son Paul was allegedly drunk driving. The Beach family accused Alex and the Murdo family of facilitating Paul’s underage drinking.

After the sale, Beach is expected to receive more than $600,000, while Murdo’s surviving son, Buster, will receive about $500,000 as an inheritance from his mother’s estate, Lay says. The additional $275,000 is to be divided among the other victims.

In addition, more than $2 million in real estate mortgages from mortgage company Palmetto State Bank will be paid off, Lay said.

According to property records, Alex’s beachfront home in Edisto, South Carolina sold for $955,000 in July 2022. The proceeds are held in trust by the victims. The four-bedroom, three-bath home is up for sale again at $1,184,000.

One of the seven islands off the coast of South Carolina that Alex and Barrett Bulwer, a suspected drug smuggler who died in 2018, was sold in December. The 20-acre site was landed for $285,000. Boulevard was also the previous owner of the Moselle farm, according to the property documents.

Other properties are either under contract or expected to be up for sale again, Lay said. He stressed that these are small objects without any buildings, where new construction is prohibited. Proceeds from the sale will be shared with the Boulware property.

“This is a very complex and confusing legal mess,” says a South Carolina real estate lawyer. Gary PickrenBlair Kato Pickren Casterline, who has nothing to do with the case.

Pickren emphasized how powerful and famous the Murdo family was in the state. “It was very intriguing to watch them fall.”

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