In 2018, a death occurred on Murdaugh property, at their home in Moselle, but it gained significantly less publicity than the later fatalities associated with the family, or at least that was the case initially. At the time, the Murdaughs’ story was that Gloria Satterfield, the housekeeper who had worked for the family for 24 years, accidentally fell down some steps, leading to a fatal injury she did not recover from.
The official account of Gloria’s fate remained unquestioned for a year until her sons figured out that Alex Murdaugh had secured a wrongful-death settlement worth around $500,000 but kept it all for himself, according to The New Yorker. After this grim realization, the Satterfield brothers’ attorney, Eric Bland, made an even worse discovery: Murdaugh had also robbed them of the $3.8 million payout from a liability insurance policy. Once the company, Nautilus Insurance, was informed of the malevolent activity, they filed a lawsuit against Alex and stated, “The scope of Murdaugh’s depravity is without precedent in Western jurisprudence.” But that was only the beginning, for the floodgates had been opened to an extensive history of criminal actions committed by the prominent lawyer.
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In 2022, after the many dark revelations about the Murdaughs came to light, Gloria’s body was exhumed to determine if there was any foul play involved in her death. As of this writing, the authorities have not released their findings.
