Lawyers Confirm Teen's Death Near Murdaugh Estate Was a Homicide.
Lawyers for the family of Stephen Smith, a South Carolina teen found dead near the Murdaugh estate in 2015, claim that state police now consider it an "intentional killing." Smith's mother and her legal team have announced a "new investigation" into Stephen's death, which will include an exhumation and an independent autopsy. The call between the lawyers and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division comes one day after the only surviving son of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh, Buster, released a statement denying any involvement in his high school classmate's death.