{"id":59375,"date":"2023-03-17T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/maggie-murdaughs-friends-break-silence-she-was-a-dutiful-wife-59375"},"modified":"2023-03-17T11:54:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:54:01","slug":"maggie-murdaughs-friends-break-silence-she-was-a-dutiful-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/maggie-murdaughs-friends-break-silence-she-was-a-dutiful-wife-59375","title":{"rendered":"Maggie Murdaugh\u2019s friends break silence: &#8216;She was a dutiful wife&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Two of Maggie Murdaugh&#8217;s college friends want her remembered as a wife, a mother and a daughter, rather than as &#8220;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/homicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wife that was murdered<\/a>&#8221; by Alex Murdaugh.<\/p>\n<p>A Colleton County jury found the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/south-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disgraced South Carolina lawyer<\/a> guilty of fatally shooting Maggie, who was 54 at the time, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, on his Islandton, South Carolina, hunting estate called Moselle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She wasn&#8217;t the type of person that would stand out in a crowd, but she was always there to back everybody up,&#8221; Maggie&#8217;s University of South Carolina friend, Shellie West, told &#8220;48 Hours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maggie&#8217;s other college friend, Caroline Price, said the 54-year-old &#8220;wasn&#8217;t flashy at all&#8221; and could even be &#8220;shy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/alex-murdaugh-timeline-once-powerful-south-carolina-lawyers-spectacular-downfall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>ALEX MURDAUGH: TIMELINE OF ONCE-POWERFUL SOUTH CAROLINA LAWYER&#8217;S SPECTACULAR DOWNFALL<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They also described Maggie as a devoted mother and &#8220;dutiful&#8221; wife.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/alex-murdaugh-fallout-death-of-buster-murdaughs-high-school-classmate-back-in-spotlight-after-verdict\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>ALEX MURDAUGH FALLOUT: DEATH OF BUSTER MURDAUGH&#8217;S HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE BACK IN SPOTLIGHT AFTER VERDICT<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She loved her family \u2014 I mean, her boys. She also was very close to her parents and her sister,&#8221; Price told the outlet. &#8220;She was a dutiful wife, supporting Alex. So she just supported him, was quiet. She was a good mom. She doted on those boys, almost too much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Price added that Maggie &#8220;was happy and proud and very loving&#8221; of her sons. Price described her as &#8220;fun&#8221; and &#8220;witty&#8221; and full of love.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/murdaugh-first-responder-reveals-new-crime-scene-details-guilty-verdict\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>MURDAUGH FIRST RESPONDER REVEALS NEW CRIME SCENE DETAILS AFTER GUILTY VERDICT<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>West wants to remember Maggie for the person she was rather than as a victim of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex&#8217;s crimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She was a person. She was a mother. She was a sister. She was a friend. She was a daughter. She&#8217;s not the wife that was murdered. I mean, we don&#8217;t want her to be remembered that way,&#8221; Price said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/prosecutors-will-tie-alex-murder-up-pretzel-during-financial-crimes-trial-victims-attorney-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>PROSECUTORS WILL TIE ALEX MURDAUGH \u2018UP LIKE A PRETZEL\u2019 DURING FINANCIAL CRIMES TRIAL, VICTIMS&#8217; ATTORNEY SAYS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alex was sentenced to life in prison for the June 7, 2021 murders of his wife and son. He is now facing trial for his alleged financial crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Alex is accused of embezzling money from his family&#8217;s law firm and its clients. He is facing 99 financial crimes stemming from 19 separate indictments and totaling nearly $9 million.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors argued during his murder trial that Alex&#8217;s financial crimes were the motive behind his killings, saying he wanted to divert attention away from his alleged embezzlement schemes at the time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/maggie-murdaughs-friends-break-silence-she-dutiful-wife\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/maggie-murdaughs-friends-break-silence-she-dutiful-wife <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of Maggie Murdaugh&#8217;s college friends want her remembered as a wife, a mother and a daughter, rather than as &#8220;the wife that was murdered&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-59375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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