POWER, MONEY & MURDER!

Carolina society queen & pampered son perish in horrific homicide

THE grisly double homicide of a high society mother and son in South Carolina has left detectives scrambling for clues and put a national spotlight on a politically powerful family’s checkered past!

Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and her troubled son Paul, 22, were gunned down outside the family hunting lodge in Islandton on June 7. Both were shot multiple times — with a semi-automatic rifle AND a shotgun.

Lawmen believe the homicides could be revenge for pampered Paul’s involvement in a teenaged beauty’s boating death — or an outlaw settling a score with his prosecutor dad, Alex Murdaugh!

Legal eagle Alex — Maggie’s husband — found the bodies around 10 p.m. and called 911 to report the crime, according to a police report.

Deputies from South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) immediately swooped onto the scene after the call.

“Agents continue to interview possible witnesses, collect and process potential evidence, and investigate every lead,” says SLED Chief Mark Keel. Cops initially said Alex was a potential suspect, but discovered he was at a local hospital when the crime occurred.

Alex’s family has ruled the local area like kings, heading the prosecutor’s offices in five counties going back almost 90 years — and insiders say that’s left SLED with a long list of potential enemies.

According to one theory, Paul was the target and his mother was an innocent bystander.