Initially ruled vehicular manslaughter, authorities reopen case following new information that arose while investigating Alex Murdaugh for murders of his wife and son.
, and in light of unspecified information uncovered during the probing of the Murdaugh family, Smith’s mother Sandy Smith hoped to have Stephen’s body exhumed for further investigation and to prove his death wasn’t “highway vehicular manslaughter.”
However, “SLED officials have revealed that they did not need to exhume Stephen Smith’s body to convince them that his death was a homicide. However, they will be present and participate in any exhumation of Stephen’s body to gather more evidence,” Smith family attorney Eric Bland said in a statement.
“We have a chance to right eight years of wrongs, and we intend to do just that,” Bland added. “We are committed to finding out what really happened, and getting the peace and justice the Smith family deserves.”Sandy Smith
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