Officials determined that the 19-year-old Stephen Smith had been struck in a vehicle in 2015, know his autopsy report and relationship with Buster Murdaugh as the case has been reopened
Now, the death of this young on a dark South Carolina road is being investigated as a homicide.
After the former South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh has been convicted of murdering his wife and son, the whole limelight is on the Murdaugh family at large, including people who have died that had ties to the family including Stephen Smith.
Who is Stephen Smith, autopsy report, age, story, Reddit and relationship with Buster Murdaugh
Caption: SHE WAS RIGHT ๐ญ๐ญ
The Stephen Smith case, for me, is by far the most tragic case Iโve ever covered.
Sandy Smith has been gaslit, bullied, maligned and backstabbed more times that I can count since her son was murdered. pic.twitter.com/a9jk7R2sL5— Mandy Matney (@MandyMatney) March 23, 2023
#BlandRichter is proud to announce that after an extraordinary disclosure phone call with SLED Chief Mark Keel, that the death of #StephenSmith is now considered a HOMICIDE, a shocking announcement after 8 years of being proclaimed a highway vehicular manslaughter. pic.twitter.com/hFsQ4L3JSR
— Bland Richter (@BlandRichterSC) March 22, 2023
Stephen Smith death cause
Stephen Smith, a high school class fellow of Alex Murdaughโs surviving son Buster Murdaugh, unfortunately, died in 2015. An autopsy that has been filed by the Medical University of South Carolina suggested that Smith died of โblunt head trauma which is sustained from a motor vehicle crash,โ but left the cause of his death as โundetermined.โ
This accident took place in the area of Sandy Run Road which is situated in Hampton County, on the outskirts of South Carolina, which is just 15 miles away from the Murdaugh familyโs Moselle estate based in Islandton, South Carolina.
What happened to Stephen Smith?
The body of 19-year-old Stephen Smith was found during the early morning hours of 8th July 2015, on a rural road which is in Hampton County, South Carolina, as per the autopsy report.
His body was found about 2 to 3 miles from his vehicle, which ran out of gas, after the reports of the autopsy. Autopsy has posited that Smith was walking home.
The Pathologists at the University of South Carolina determined Smith had been struck by some vehicle and unfortunately he โdied as the result of blunt head trauma,โ according to the autopsy report.
The report also tells that โthere was no evidence of the projectiles or bullet fragments in his body, ruling out the gunfire.โ
Smithโs mother, Sandy Smith, has expressed skepticism over the actual cause of her sonโs death. Sandy Smith responded, โshe can’t believe hit-and-run was a cause and she believes that her son was badly beaten from the way his body was found on the road.โ
Stephen Smithโs connection with Buster Murdaugh
Buster and Stephen both attended Hampton High School and this information was confirmed by an attorney of the Murdaugh family. In the Murdaugh murders documentary, a science teacher named Sam Crews revealed that there was a rumor that Stephen and Buster were friends and Stephen was tutoring Buster.
Morgan Doughty who was Smithโs friend said in the documentary, โthere was a rumor of Buster and Smith being intimate.โ