“Cousin Eddie” is again behind bars in South Carolina — however nobody’s saying why.
Curtis “Eddie” Smith, who was accused of attempting to shoot the now-infamous former legal professional Alex Murdaugh on a rural highway in Hampton County final September in a convoluted insurance coverage fraud/suicide-for-hire rip-off, was arrested late Friday by the State Legislation Enforcement Division (SLED).
A Colleton County Sheriff’s deputy on the County Detention Middle in Walterboro, the place Smith is being held, stated there was no info accessible on new expenses in opposition to Smith.
“He’s being held for SLED, that’s all it says,” the officer advised The Publish Saturday.
Smith, 61, was beforehand charged with assisted suicide, assault and battery of a excessive aggravated nature, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance coverage fraud, and conspiracy to commit insurance coverage fraud in reference to the taking pictures of Murdaugh on Labor Day weekend.
Smith advised The Publish in September that he didn't shoot Murdaugh and denied there was a suicide-for-hire scheme. He stated he was arrange by Murdaugh to make it look as if he had been attempting to shoot him.
Legal professionals for Murdaugh accused Smith of being Murdaugh’s drug seller, which he has denied.
In December, Smith was named in a lawsuit involving Murdaugh and the Financial institution of America over an alleged cash laundering scheme. The go well with claimed that Murdaugh issued 17 cashier’s checks to Smith totaling $164,748.76, and individually issued 254 private checks to Smith totaling simply over $1.8 million between 2015 and June 2021.
Alex Murdaugh has himself been jailed since October on greater than eight expenses of economic fraud, primarily associated to allegedly swindling shoppers at his former legislation agency.
He had been at one level thought-about a “particular person of curiosity” within the slayings of his spouse and son on June 7, 2021. Maggie Murdaugh, 52, was shot to demise together with their troubled 22-year-old son, Paul, on the household searching lodge in Islandton, South Carolina.
Alex discovered the our bodies on the lodge, referred to as “Moselle,” round 10 p.m. The coroner discovered that the victims had been shot a number of instances, reportedly with a semi-automatic assault rifle and a shotgun. He dominated the deaths a double murder.
Neither SLED nor Smith’s newest legal professional, Thomas Bouchette, responded to calls and emails from The Publish about Smith’s newest arrest.
SLED detectives say Murdaugh advised Smith to shoot him within the head so his surviving son might gather his life insurance coverage.
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