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Former South Carolina Law Enforcement<\/a> Division (SLED) investigator Ryan Kelly was fired from his position as chief inspector for the Charleston County Sheriff\u2019s Office on June 8, the agency confirmed to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Kelly oversaw the sheriff\u2019s office\u2019s Office of Professional Standards, which handles internal affairs matters. His termination followed allegations of harassment and improper conduct.<\/p>\n

Kelly was previously a key SLED agent during the high-profile investigations<\/a> involving Alex Murdaugh.<\/p>\n

His firing comes ahead of Murdaugh\u2019s anticipated retrial and could raise questions<\/a> about past evidence and investigative work tied to cases in which Kelly played a role.<\/p>\n

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Asked whether Kelly\u2019s termination could affect the upcoming retrial, Murdaugh\u2019s lead defense attorney, Dick Harpootlian<\/a>, declined to comment.<\/p>\n

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“Not at this time,” Harpootlian told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

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During Murdaugh\u2019s initial 2023 trial, Kelly testified about the September 2021 roadside shooting in which Murdaugh initially claimed he had been shot by an unknown assailant while changing a tire.<\/p>\n

Kelly, then a SLED senior special agent, was the lead investigator on that incident. Prosecutors used the episode to show jurors what they described as Murdaugh\u2019s pattern of deception after the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul.<\/p>\n

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Jurors heard evidence that Murdaugh later admitted he had arranged for Curtis “Eddie” Smith to shoot him so his surviving son, Buster, could collect a life insurance payout.<\/p>\n

The roadside shooting was separate from the June 2021 murders, but it became a key part of prosecutors\u2019 broader case against Murdaugh.<\/p>\n

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Murdaugh, 58, was convicted in March 2023 of murdering his wife, Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, at the family\u2019s sprawling hunting<\/a> estate in Colleton County in June 2021.<\/p>\n

He was sentenced to life in prison, but his lawyers later pushed for a new trial<\/u><\/a>, arguing that the jury had been improperly influenced by former Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill.<\/p>\n

The South Carolina Supreme Court reversed the denial of Murdaugh\u2019s new-trial motion on May 13 and sent the case back to<\/u><\/a> the circuit court.<\/p>\n

Murdaugh<\/a> has denied killing Maggie and Paul. The pair were found shot to death near the dog kennels at the family\u2019s Moselle estate, a sprawling property in South Carolina\u2019s Lowcountry.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors argued Murdaugh killed his wife and son to distract from his crumbling legal and financial world as years of thefts and lies were closing in on him.<\/p>\n

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His defense team insisted he was a loving husband and father who had been wrongfully accused after investigators zeroed in on him too quickly.<\/p>\n

Although Murdaugh\u2019s murder convictions were overturned<\/a>, he remains behind bars on separate financial-crime convictions after admitting he stole from clients and his former law firm. Prosecutors have said they intend to retry him on the murder<\/u><\/a> charges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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