Hulu's Murdaugh: Loss of life within the Household went out of its option to not simply heart the present round convicted assassin Alex Murdaugh and his household — but in addition ongoing questions concerning the scandal, together with Stephen Smith‘s 2015 dying.
“It's actually the most important unanswered query on this total saga. It's the case that retains me up at evening,” govt producer Mandy Matney, whose podcast impressed the sequence, completely instructed Us Weekly. “It's the case that I wish to resolve.”
Matney made a promise to Smith's mom that she intends to maintain.
“I simply at all times mentioned, ‘I'm going to do my greatest. I don't know if it's going to result in fixing your son's case however I'm going to strive,'” she recalled. “Ever since then, I've been making an attempt other ways to get Stephen's story within the media and get individuals speaking about what occurred to Stephen.”
She continued: “I do know sufficient concerning the case to know and imagine that individuals are on the market that know precisely what occurred to Stephen. So something to tip them over the sting, to go to the police, do the best factor and to remind them that we are going to by no means surrender on this — it's all nearer to getting justice for the Smith household. That's my largest hope with this present. I do know it's a protracted shot however you by no means know.”
Smith was a 19-year-old nursing pupil from South Carolina when he was discovered lifeless in 2015. His physique was found in the course of a street three miles away from the place his automotive had run out of gasoline. Smith had accidents on his brow, which made the authorities initially imagine he was the sufferer of a hit-and-run.
The case went chilly in 2016 and 5 years glided by earlier than the South Carolina Regulation Enforcement Division introduced that they have been opening an investigation into his dying “based mostly upon data gathered through the course of the double homicide investigation of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh.”
Matney began serving to with the Smith case after she started trying into the Murdaugh household and their crimes. Paul Murdaugh was the primary member of the household she reported on after he was below felony indictment for Mallory Seaside's wrongful dying. Alex Murdaugh subsequently killed son Paul and spouse Maggie Murdaugh in 2021. Alex was discovered responsible in 2023 on all 4 counts associated to their murders.
Smith's dying, in the meantime, was formally dominated a murder that very same yr. The reward for data resulting in the arrest and conviction of these answerable for Smith's dying was elevated to $50,000 earlier this yr.
“One [of the details we wanted to make sure to include in the show] is Stephen Smith's story as a result of sadly, the true case continues to be open ended,” creator Michael D. Fuller instructed Us. “Stephen's story is prime to that. At this level — and never being within the midst of all of this unfolding — is that his mother, Sandy, has a completely new perspective on the case and has a completely new perspective on the suspicion of who's answerable for what occurred to Stephen.”
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Off display, Alex and Maggie's eldest son, Buster Murdaugh, grew to become related to Smith's homicide after witnesses and investigators claimed they have been in a secret relationship. Buster denied figuring out Smith and has continued to disclaim “false” accusations he had any involvement in Smith's dying.
Buster, who married Brooklynn White in 2025, sued Netflix, Warner Bros. and extra in 2024 for defamation on the grounds that he was falsely accused of homicide. Murdaugh: Loss of life within the Household is aiming to get new data out concerning the case.
“It is necessary simply to indicate that even when it's simply that hypothesis, right here's one thing else that occurred on this small city. Right here's one other tragedy that we don't know the reality to however now we perceive how that rumor mill works,” Fuller shared. “It was actually essential for us to incorporate Stephen's story. The solutions are nonetheless on the market.”
New episodes of Murdaugh: Loss of life within the Household air Wednesdays on Hulu.
