Disgraced US lawyer Alex Murdaugh found guilty of fatally shooting wife and son

Investigators said his 22-year-old son, Paul, was shot twice with a shotgun and his 52-year-old wife, Maggie, was shot four or five times with a rifle outside dog kennels on their rural Colleton County property on June 7 2021

Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murder on Thursday in the shooting deaths of his wife and son. Picture: Joshua Boucher/The State/AP

Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murder on Thursday in the shooting deaths of his wife and son in a case that chronicled the unravelling of a powerful southern family with tales of privilege, greed and addiction.

The jury deliberated for less than three hours before finding Murdaugh guilty of two counts of murder at the end of a six-week trial.