Maggie Murdaugh's friends want to keep her memory alive

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CASE UPDATE: On May 13, 2026, the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Alex Murdaugh's treble execution convictions and granted him a caller trial. The tribunal held that Murdaugh was denied the close to a just trial, including an impartial jury, owed to the actions of County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill.

Maggie Murdaugh made headlines successful death. But the nonaccomplishment of the pistillate called "Magnolia" by her sister was rapidly overshadowed by the high-profile tribulations of her husband, Alex — charged with murdering Maggie and their son, Paul, accused of astir 100 fiscal crimes involving millions of dollars, fired from the instrumentality steadfast his great-grandfather founded, disbarred and embroiled successful several scandals simultaneously. A jury convicted him on March 2 of some murders.

A cardinal portion of grounds successful the weekslong South Carolina proceedings — during which 76 witnesses, including Alex Murdaugh himself and the couple's surviving son, Buster, took the stand — was a video of Paul's. Prosecutor Creighton Waters described that video arsenic Paul's grounds from beyond the grave.

But Caroline Price and Shellie West privation to marque definite they retrieve their longtime person for the bully times — "the mode she was, and not what happened," arsenic West enactment it.

Price and West told CBS News' Nikki Battiste their person doted connected her sons and was a dutiful woman to her husband, whom Price said was "larger than life" portion Maggie Murdaugh "wasn't flashy astatine all."

"She was a person, she was a mother, she was a sister, she was a friend, she was a daughter," said West. "You know, she's not 'the woman that was murdered.' I mean, we don't privation her to beryllium remembered that way."

The 3 had been friends since they were astatine the University of South Carolina together. Price was Murdaugh's "big sister" successful the Kappa Delta sorority; Murdaugh and West lived unneurotic aft graduation. Both women were successful the Murdaughs' wedding.

They privation radical to cognize "that she was fun. She had a personality, that she was witty," said West. "She loved things. She loved her family."

They privation to support her representation alive.

"Do you consciousness that Maggie has been mislaid successful each of this?" asked Battiste.

"Absolutely," Price said.

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