‘bleeding a lot’
The almost 11 minutes of calls featuring Murdaugh and witnesses to the Sept. 4 incident provide new details of a roiling saga that has made national headlines.
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BREAKTHROUGH
“Today, the Chula Vista Police Department is announcing the arrest of Larry Millete for the murder of his wife May,” the agency said in a news release.
NO DEAL
The disgraced lawyer just lost a key fight in his spiraling criminal saga. And the end is nowhere in sight.
NO PEACE
The shots are safe and effective. But one high-profile case immediately set off a far-right feeding frenzy.
‘JUST LOOKING OUT!’
“Im [sic] a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance [sic],” Michael Riley told an accused Capitol rioter the day after the Jan. 6 siege.
CONFLICTING STORIES
The disgraced lawyer and his alleged accomplice have different versions of what went down over Labor Day weekend. New hospital records shed light on the assisted suicide ploy.
DEVELOPING
Authorities on Thursday said Murdaugh has been arrested and charged with two counts of obtaining property by false pretenses.
SCORCHED EARTH
“It’s more than just inept and bureaucratic shuffling of papers,” Judge Royce C. Lamberth fumed during a hearing about medical delays. “Does no one care? Does no one follow up?”
‘DIDN’T DO IT’
In an interview, the legal scion’s lawyer addressed the investigation and his suicide attempt.
‘UNBELIEVABLE!’
Gov. Ron DeSantis touted the steep fine, insisting he’d continue “fighting for Floridians’ rights.”
