A prominent South Carolina lawyer killed his wife and son in June, resigned from power A law firm that his family helped set up says he enters a sanatorium.
The ad comes after Alex Mordo was shot in the head on Saturday.
South Carolina State Police confirmed that he called 911 on Saturday to report he had a bullet to the head and was taken to hospital with superficial injuries. Media reported that Mordo was changing a tire on the side of a country road in Hampton County.
In a statement released Monday through a public relations firm, Murdo said he faced a “protracted battle” with the deaths of his wife Margaret “Maggie” Mordo, 52, and the couple’s youngest son, Paul Mordo, 22. .
“The murder of my wife and son has caused very difficult times in my life. I have made so many decisions that I truly regret,” according to the statement provided by Amanda Loveday of NP Strategy, a public relations firm in Columbia, South Carolina.
“I am resigning from my law firm and entering an asylum after a long battle exacerbated by these murders,” the statement continued. “I am deeply sorry to everyone I have hurt including my family, friends and colleagues. I ask for prayer as I rehabilitate myself and my relationships.”
timetable:From a fatal boat crash in 2019 to the murder of the Murdo family in 2021
Loveday did not immediately respond to questions about the location of the rehabilitation facility or the nature of the program.
Law firm Peters, Mordue, Parker, Ellsworth and Dietrich PA (PMPED) issued a statement saying that Mordeau resigned Friday and that he had “pilfered funds.” The law firm said it had notified law enforcement and the South Carolina Bar Association.
“He is no longer associated with PMPED in any way,” the statement said, in part. “His resignation came after PMPED discovered that Alex had embezzled funds in violation of PMPED standards and policies.” “A forensic accounting firm will be hired to conduct a thorough investigation.”
“This is disappointing news for all of us,” the statement continued. “Rest assured that our company will deal with this directly.”
Meanwhile, no one has been arrested in the June 7 deaths of Maggie and Paul Mordo at their fishing farm in Coleton County. coroner Richard Harvey said.
The killings led to international media coverage and sparked countless discussion groups on social media, podcasts, and outstanding TV documentaries.
Murdo is the son of the late Randolph Mordo III, a former 14th Circuit attorney like his father Randolph Jr and his paternal grandfather Randolph before him. For more than 85 years, this trio has served as chief prosecutor in the five-county Lowcountry.
In 1910, Randolph Sr. founded a law firm in Hampton that would grow into Peters, Mordo, Parker, Ellsworth and Dietrich Baa, where Alex Mordo practiced. Several generations of Murdaugh have practiced law at a personal injury law firm, whose website lists millions in recoveries for their clients.
Since the killings, Alex Mordo and his son Buster, Buster, have offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest or arrest and a conviction.
The Mordo family was already in the regional spotlight after a February 2019 boat crash in Beaufort County, in which Mallory Beach, 19, died. Paul Mordo has been charged with three criminal charges of riding boats under the influence and was waiting for his trace when he was killed. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Alex Mordo and others still face a civil death suit brought by Beech’s mother, Renee, on behalf of Mallory’s estate.
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