The hunting lodge whereAlex Murdaughkilled his wife Maggie and son Paul Murdaugh in 2021 recently sold for $3.9 million.
According to the deed of sale, the 1,700-acre property in Colleton County, S.C., known asMoselle, was sold to James A. Ayer and Jeffrey L. Godley.
The property sold just weeks after 54-year-oldAlex Murdaugh— a once-prominent attorney from the Lowcountry region of South Carolina — was found guilty of killing Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22. Mother and son were discovered near the dog kennels on the property. They had been shot to death with two different firearms.
According to a settlement agreement, proceeds from the sale of the property will go to legal fees, Murdaugh’s surviving son Buster as well as the family of 19-year-old Mallory Beach, who died in a Feb. 23, 2019, boat crash involving Paul Murdaugh, and other boat crash victims, theGreenvilleNewsreported.
Paul was charged with felony boating under the influence and causing significant bodily injury after he allegedly crashed his boat into a bridge pylon while drunk near Parris Island, S.C. with five others on board, including Beach.
Paul pleaded not guilty, but was killed before the case ever went to trial.
Mallory’s family filed a wrongful death suit, which is set for trial in August.
“I guess we moved closer to the end of this whole saga, but [Mallory’s family] is still looking for accountability and I guess we’ll get that in the trial hopefully in August,” Beach family attorney Mark Tinsley tells PEOPLE.
An auction was held last weekfor items from the property including the family’s couch, a popcorn machine, a nativity set, Maggie’s bicycle and tumblers with Alex Murdaugh’s monogrammed initials on them,FOX Newsreported.
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According to FOX News, the family couch sold for $14,000.
Maggie, Paul and Alex Murdaugh.
Alex Murdaugh is also facing trial for a series of financial crimes where he allegedly stole money from his clients, other lawyers and the family of his late housekeeper.
The South Carolina attorney general said that Alex Murdaugh had stolenmore than $6.2 millionfrom his alleged victims.
source: people.com
