Exclusive: Richard “Buster” Murdaugh Jr. — Only surviving son of Disgrace south carolina Lawyer and murder suspect Alex Murdau is living a quiet life with his longtime girlfriend in a resort town ahead of his long-awaited trial for his father’s murder.
“They are such a lovely couple,” said a neighbor who was unaware of Buster’s identity or tragic family situation. “They always greet you with a smile.”
Buster and Brooklyn White, 26, live with their beloved golden retriever, Miller, in a modest one-bedroom condo on Hilton Head Island. Islandton, South Carolina.
Alex, 54, deadly shooting Buster’s only siblings, Paul Murdow, 22, and his mother, Maggie Murdau, 52, near the estate’s kennel on June 7, 2021.
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A photo combination of Richard “Buster” Murdau Jr. and his girlfriend, Brooklyn White, walking outside their apartment in Hilton Head, Georgia, with their golden retriever Miller.
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Fallen patriarch is set to stand trial on January 23 on shocking charges double murder. Buster continues to support his banned and imprisoned father.
On Tuesday morning, Buster slumped into the gray GMC Yukon and went overboard. Georgia apartmentand carried the laundry basket inside before leaving.
With blue marlin decor on the front porch, the house is a complex with a communal pool, tennis courts and gym.
Brooklyn White and Buster Murdau’s home on Hilton Head Island on the Georgia coast.
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It’s unclear when Buster and White began dating, but a source said she attended Paul and Maggie’s joint funeral.
She was seen comforting a crying mistress at a service, and she interacted affectionately with her father, the source added.
More than 17 months after the murder, the grave of the murdered mother and son in Hampton Cemetery is still devoid of headstones and marked by small plastic plaques.
Buster Murdau’s girlfriend, Brooklyn White, works at Olivetti McRae & Withlow Law Firm on Hilton Head Island, Georgia.
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A native of Rock Hill, South Carolina, White purchased a Hilton Head condo for $180,000 in July 2021 after landing his first job. law school She works for Olivetti McCray & Withrow, which specializes in probate and estate planning, according to the company’s website.
She declined to answer questions about her boyfriend’s condition or the lawsuit against his father on Wednesday morning, politely answering several requests for comment with a simple “No, ma’am.”
Located in the holiday destination of Hilton Head, known for its pristine beaches and golf courses, the apartment is about 70 miles (70 miles) from Buster’s childhood home.
From left, 26-year-old Buster Murdoh, his mother Maggie Murdau, his brother Paul Murdoh, and his father Alex Murdoh. Alex is accused of shooting and killing Maggie, 52, and his son Paul, 22, on June 7, 2021.
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According to The Wall Street Journal, White attended law school at the University of South Carolina, where he was with Buster, who was allegedly expelled for plagiarism in his second semester.
According to FitsNews, Alex paid a lawyer $60,000 to try and get Buster readmitted.
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The news site also reported that Buster attended the South Carolina Bar Association’s annual convention in Hilton Head in August with his attorney uncle, Randolph “Randy” Murdow IV.
The only surviving son of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdau, Buster Murdau lives with his girlfriend Brooklyn White (pictured) in an apartment on Hilton Head Island.
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Buster has kept a low profile since igniting a firestorm in October 2021 at The Venetian in Las Vegas when he was photographed in public with his uncle John Marvin Murdau gambling and drinking. I’m here.
The latest Buster sightings are federal court The trial of banker Russell Lafitte has begun — the first criminal case stemming from the spectacular fall of the Murdo dynasty to go before a jury.
The former is Lafitte CEO of Palmetto State Bankhas been charged with bank fraud, wire fraud, and other crimes for allegedly helping Murdo deprive a personal injury client of a settlement.
In November 2022, the grave of Maggie and Paul Murdau in Hampton Cemetery was marked with a temporary plastic plaque in November 2022. He is 17 months after the body was buried.
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Despite being a central figure in that federal lawsuit, Alex has not been indicted.But he’s been charged with over 80 counts financial crime Filed in state court for allegedly stealing $8.5 million from customer settlement.
Prosecutors said Tuesday Trial of Lafitte Alex first faced financial injustice at the family’s once glorious personal injury law firm on the same day his wife and son were murdered.
The company, formerly known as Peters, Murdoh, Parker, Elturos & Derrick, Pennsylvania, accused Alex of embezzling funds and kicked him out.
A temporary plastic plaque marking Maggie Murdau’s grave at Hampton Cemetery in South Carolina stands 17 months after her husband, Alex Murdau, shot and killed her and her 22-year-old son, Paul.
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Days after he loses his job, Alex is shot in the head in a failed assisted suicide plan allegedly designed to leave Buster with a $10 million life insurance policy.
Celebrities, Murdo family Democratic family, has wielded enormous judicial and political power for more than a century. He served four generations of local prosecutors, known as attorneys overseeing his five counties in the southern tip of the state.
But in 2019, after Paul was accused of crashing his father’s boat into a Beaufort bridge stake, killing 19-year-old Mallory Beach and injuring four others, sparking a string of lawsuits. Their dominance began to wane. Suspicion of Alex’s fraudulent financial transactions.
Clockwise from left: Anthony Cook, Connor, Cook, Miley Altman, Mallory Beach. Friends said they were on a boat with an intoxicated Paul Murdau when the boat crashed into a bridge, killing 19-year-old Beach and injuring three of his others.
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Buster was also named as a defendant in a beach lawsuit for letting Paul, who was a minor, use his ID to buy alcohol for a fateful boat trip. It is
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Since the double murder, the South Carolina Department of Law Enforcement (SLED) has reopened an investigation into the mysterious death of Buster’s classmate Stephen Smith in 2015.
Authorities have also launched a new investigation into the death of Murdo’s longtime housekeeper in 2018.
A reserved photo of Alex Murdau, 54, has been embedded in images at the Colleton County Courthouse, where he will face trial for the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, early next year.
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HBO’s new documentary series Low Country: the Murdaugh Dynasty, which aired earlier this month, features a series of prison calls between Alex and his son, recorded at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.
In one recording, Alex asks Buster if “Brooklyn” got his letter. In some calls that the series did not air, Alex speaks directly to White, who addresses him as “Sir” and speaks warmly.
On another call, Alex encourages Buster to return to the Murdoh estate where his brother and mother were shot dead.
From left to right: Buster Murdoh, 26, mother Maggie, 52, brother Paul, 22, and father Alex Murdoh, 54. Carolina real estate.
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“I think the Mauser dam feeders over there were full,” says Alex. “If you want to go back there, nothing must be happening. There must be deer all over the place.”
Sounding agitated by the suggestion, Buster replied, “I’m not going to go hunting there.”
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Dick Harputorian, one of Alex’s attorneys, and Amanda Loveday, a spokeswoman for the family, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report.
