Was Alex pretty murdered in Minnesota
Executive summary
No — the reporting reviewed contains no evidence that “Alex” was murdered in Minnesota; the person central to these reports, former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, was convicted in South Carolina of murdering his wife and son and later sentenced for related financial crimes, and the published investigations, trials and indictments place the murders and subsequent violent incidents in South Carolina, not Minnesota [1] [2] [3].
1. The central facts: convictions, location and victims
Courtroom records and national reporting make plain that Alex Murdaugh was tried and convicted in South Carolina for the June 7, 2021, killings of his wife Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh and son Paul Murdaugh; the jury returned guilty verdicts on the murder charges after a multi‑week trial and short deliberations, and the case was prosecuted and adjudicated in South Carolina courts, not Minnesota [1] [2].
2. How prosecutors built the case — circumstantial evidence, motive and scene
Prosecutors emphasized motive tied to alleged long‑running financial theft, opportunity established by phone and video evidence placing Alex at the scenes, and forensic traces such as gunshot residue and casings rather than eyewitness testimony or a recovered murder weapon; many outlets explicitly note that the prosecution’s case rested largely on circumstantial evidence assembled in South Carolina [4] [5] [6].
3. Defense challenge and the limits of direct proof
Defense attorneys argued the state’s case contained holes — no eyewitnesses to the killings, no blood‑soaked clothing, and no recovered weapon directly tied to Alex — and repeatedly characterized the prosecution’s narrative as a theory built from circumstantial links; those counterarguments are prominent in the coverage and were part of Alex’s courtroom strategy, even as he testified and admitted to other crimes during trial [4] [5] [7].
4. Post‑murder events alleged and prosecuted elsewhere (not Minnesota)
Beyond the double homicide, reporting documents other dramatic episodes tied to Alex: allegations he conspired with a cousin in an insurance‑fraud “suicide‑for‑pay” scheme in which the cousin shot Alex, and separate federal convictions and sentencing for stealing clients’ funds; these events, indictments and trials are all reported as occurring in South Carolina or in federal court, with no source indicating any murder of Alex in Minnesota [8] [3].
5. What the records do not show — absence of any Minnesota homicide link
The sources supplied make repeated, consistent reference to South Carolina locations, courts and investigations (including the crime scene at the family property, local prosecutors and SLED investigators) and to subsequent federal proceedings, and none of the reporting or court documentation reviewed links an Alex homicide to Minnesota; therefore the claim that Alex was “murdered in Minnesota” is not supported by these sources, and the available record instead documents convictions and incidents centered in South Carolina [1] [9] [3].
6. Alternative viewpoints, caveats and avenues for verification
There are contested elements in the record — defense claims about lack of direct evidence, motions for retrial and ongoing appeals, and later revelations and legal fights over related assets and jury conduct —so definitive finality is subject to appellate outcomes and continued reporting; but as of the material reviewed here, the authoritative public record and major news coverage identify Alex as a defendant and convicted murderer in South Carolina rather than as a homicide victim in Minnesota [2] [4] [10].