by WILL FOLKS
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It’s been a little more than a week since we exclusively exposed some shocking new developments in the ‘Murdaugh Murders’ crime and corruption saga – revelations which could completely reshape the retrial of accused killer Alex Murdaugh this coming spring.
In the aftermath of our reporting on the alleged conspiracy to cover-up the Palmetto State’s ‘Crime of the Century’ – including the rumored stashing of the missing murder weapons by Lowcountry law enforcement officers – Murdaugh’s attorneys are pushing S.C. circuit court judge Debra McCaslin to hold investigators and prosecutors accountable for their handling of what is clearly an ongoing investigation.
Specifically, they want to know what a secretly convened grand jury has uncovered about this crime – and the alleged coverup – that’s been hidden from defense lawyers and from the court.
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Judge McCaslin has scheduled a hearing in this case on October 16, 2026 in response to these developments – and in response to allegations that prosecutors are refusing to respond to requests from Murdaugh’s lawyers.
In this week’s episode, research director Jenn Wood and I assess the fallout from last week’s big reveal – and start putting together some of the new puzzle pieces that have been placed on the table.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR…
Will Folks is the founding editor of the news outlet you are currently reading. Prior to founding FITSNews, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and eight children.
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1 comment
Quick VIC:
What did Judge Debra McCaslin order just this morning?
Why aren’t you all asking for the clerk to scan the filings in Murdaugh’s criminal case to the public index as they do, or are supposed to do, in all civil circuit court cases?
The primitive technology it there. All they have to do is scan the papers in the same scanning machine they use for civil cases. And, of course in both civil and criminal cases, the judges retains the sound discretion to order a document sealed.
For ones clamoring for the release of the Ravanel-Dennis files (on which I have no opinion other than that my true church allows neither divorce nor extra-marital carnal knowledge), you are strangely silent on the PUBLIC Murdaugh filings not being immediately visible to the public.