In federal court documents filed on May 1, 2013, Alex Murdaugh admitted he’d made up the story to guarantee an insurance payout in the case. “No dogs were involved in the fall of Gloria Satterfield on February 2, 2018,” the documents state, per The Independent. The filings are part of an insurance fraud suit brought by Nautilus, the company that paid out $4 million on the claim. The money, meant for Satterfield’s adult children, allegedly went into the pocket of Murdaugh and others involved in the scheme.
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This is just one of the more than 100 financial crimes the ex-lawyer and convicted killer is facing. Police and prosecutors said it was the forthcoming revelations about his financial crimes that led to Murdaugh killing his wife and son on June 7, 2021, in order to buy time and sympathy for himself. Instead, it all came crashing in and threw open the doors to reveal years of shady dealings and suspicious deaths connected to the Murdaughs.
