The witness allegedly told Chris that Smith was killed because he was gay. This information was given to investigators but nothing has come of it.” “The young man that Buster threatened to kill him if he ever spoke up. “The witness said they were out smashing mailboxes when they came upon Stephen, and Buster seized the opportunity,” she wrote in her letter. Not long after that, Smith’s brother Chris was then approached by the individual claiming to be a firsthand witness to his murder. This – and Randy’s sudden departure from representing them – raised the family’s suspicions. It was around that time – just days after Smith’s death – that she said her son’s twin sister Stephanie Joyner was approached “multiple times by peers telling her that Solicitor Murdaugh’s nephews were responsible”.
Ms Smith said that Randy then quickly stopped answering the family’s calls. “We also weren’t sure how he found out so quickly – even before it was confirmed to be our son,” she said.
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The bombshell letter also claimed that Randy Murdaugh – Buster’s uncle and Alex Murdaugh’s brother – contacted Smith’s parents hours after his body was discovered offering to represent them pro bono. The unidentified witness – who claimed they were present during the murder – was then allegedly coerced into silence by Buster who threatened to kill them if they spoke up about what had happened. In the letter, obtained by local outlet FITS News and released on 21 March, Ms Smith wrote that an alleged witness had told a family member that Buster had murdered her son – by beating him to death with a baseball bat.
Ms Smith sent a letter to the FBI back on 28 September 2016 asking the federal agency to investigate his mysterious death. Mr Bland added that Smith’s injuries did not suggest he was struck by a vehicle, saying that he only had shoulder up injuries and therefore did not appear to have been struck by a bumper.Ī bombshell letter sent by Ms Smith to the FBI in 2016 has now resurfaced revealing that the grieving mother identified Buster as the prime suspect in her son’s murder many years ago. “Being gay in the lowcountry is not easy, he had to live a secret, careful life,” he said. He also wouldn’t have left his wallet in his car, she said, and would have called his twin sister for help if he got stuck.īecause he was openly gay in the lowcountry, Mr Bland said that Smith “had to be cautious” and had to have something of a “secret life”. Ms Smith told reporters that her son was cautious person who would not have walked along the road – especially given a route through the fields would have been quicker. “While it appeared he had broken down and walked for help, he never called for help from his cellphone he had on his body,” said Mr Richter. Smith’s car was also three miles down the road with the gas cap removed. There were no skid marks around his body, no vehicular debris, and Smith’s loosely tied shoes were still on his feet, he said – all evidence which cast doubts on him being struck and killed by a vehicle.
“We think he did not die on that road that night,” said attorney Eric Bland, adding that they “don’t expect it to be vehicular manslaughter”.Īttorney Ronnie Richter added that the events surrounding Smith’s death do not fit with the official account of how he died – nor with Smith’s habits and behaviours.
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