Paul Murdaugh found ‘shot dead with his mom’ – days after hearing into a drunken boat crash that killed a friend
A TWENTY-two-year-old and his mother were fatally shot at their family home last week only days after he faced a hearing over a drunken boat crash in which a friend died.
Paul Murdaugh, 22, and his 52-year-old mother Maggie were found lying yards apart near the dog kennels at their hunting lodge in just before 10pm last Monday night.
Days before his death, a lengthy, court-ordered mediation session failed to resolve a civil suit stemming from the crash, the reports.
“My problem with all of this is that, regardless of how anyone feels about Paul's past, a family lost a son, a grandson, a brother, nephew and cousin! And Maggie paid the ultimate price, as well.”
Ohmer added in an interview with on Monday that she believes "justice will be served."
It has not been indicated if cops believe the murders to be linked to Beach's death.
Her family has called on anyone with information on the murder to come forward.
“The Beach family extends its deepest and warmest sympathies to the Murdaughsduring this terrible time," they said in a statement.
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"Having suffered the devastating loss of their own daughter, the family prays that the Murdaughs can find some level of peace from this tragic loss.
"It is their most sincere hope that someone will come forward and cooperate with authorities so that the perpetrator of these senseless crimes can be brought to justice.”