Investigation into Stephen Smith's death continues with exhumation effort and fundraising for independent autopsy.

Attorneys for the family of Stephen Smith are seeking to exhume his body for a private autopsy to determine the cause of his death, which was initially deemed a hit-and-run in 2015. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division reopened the investigation into his death in June 2021 based on information learned while investigating the Murdaugh family murders. Smith's family has raised over $60,000 to fund the re-examination of his death, and attorneys promise full transparency as they hire a team of experts to reinvestigate the case. The attorneys say their effort is to provide Smith's mother with answers and has nothing to do with the Murdaugh family.