"Here she is seven years later, still hanging in there, still going strong, still ready to do whatever it takes to find the answers," Smith family attorney Mike Hemlepp tells PEOPLE. No arrests have been made in Smith's death. One of the guys that supposedly did this, Stephen told his twin sister that he had a fling with the boy, she said. Upon entering the scene, agents observed that the scene was secured by HCSO personnel and yellow barrier tape, the SLED agent wrote. Hemlepp tells PEOPLE: "I know there are people who know what happened to Stephen. Moore tells him to make sure that the coroner and HCSO are also ruling it a homicide. Families, entire communities are still reeling . He stated he would have to go with the doctors ruling, Moore wrote. While reporters from all over the nation contacted her last week about her sons story, she just wants the official call from law enforcement telling her they reopened the case. Smith died on a rural road in Hampton County in 2015, in what was ruled a hit-and-run. 6:30 p.m. SCHP: Booker and Duncan consult to formulate a plan of action.. No homicide investigation was ever opened, and no referral was ever made to the agency in the case. What's the latest update on Stephen Smith's murder? Todd Proctor told Fox News in an exclusivetelevisioninterview. Feb. 2, 2018: Gloria Satterfield, 57, falls at the Murdaugh family home on Moselle Road in Colleton County. In fairness, SLED didnt investigate Stephens case because it was dubiously ruled a hit and run. Hours later, a pathologist at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Dr. Erin Presnell ruled that Stephen was killed in a hit-and-run accident, a decision which was met with confusion and skepticism by investigators and those who knew Stephen. 12:30 p.m. MUSC autopsy report: Dr. Erin Presnell begins the autopsy on Stephen. According to the autopsy, Greene was responsible for evidence transfer in the case. Randy Murdaugh was the second person to call my dad after the coroner," Stephanie told ABC. It said the manner of death (which is either homicide, accident, natural, suicide, or undetermined) was still undetermined, The pathologist also states in the report, that in light of historical information along with the autopsy, these conclusions were made, Proctor wrote. She said that it was not a gunshot wound and no bullet or fragments were found during the X-ray and that it didnt look like a bullet wound in her opinion and that since the body was found in the roadway, she could only theorize that it had to be a motor vehicle that caused the death, Moores note said. Thank you, God!. For more on the ever-evolving Murdaugh case, subscribe now to PEOPLE or pick up this week's issue, on newsstands Friday. Stephen died on the eighth of July. Or "king's ransom" waiting to be found A Slap In the Face: Update In The Stephen Smith Case And Murdaugh Murders, Murdaugh Murders: The Latest On The Boat Crash Lawsuit And Obstruction Of Justice Investigation, Boat Crash Lawsuit: Murdaughs Refuse To Settle, Withhold Financial Records From Victims Family, Apparent Human Trafficking Raid Jolts Coastal South Carolina Neighborhood, Murdaugh Murders: South Carolina Attorney General Must Step In And Remove Rogue Solicitor, Powerful Storms, Tornadoes Sweep Through SC: Photos From The Upstate to Lowcountry, SC State House: Speaker Of The House Livid After Close Friend Loses Primary Fight, Mark Powells Palmetto Past & Present: Lost Confederate Gold, Ron Paul: The Anti-War Movement Roars Back To Life, LIVE FEED Murdaugh Murders Trial: Day Twenty-Six. His death was ruled a hit-and-run, but his mother Sandy Smith, who attended Sunday's unveiling, has long suspected he was murdered. The Murdaughs, as big and powerful and rich as everyone thinks they are theyre going to go on living their lives like nothing (happened), Proctor said. Ready to watch a new true crime docuseries thatll make your head spin? 4:07 a.m. HCSO: Michael Bridges, of the Hampton County Sheriffs Office, responds to scene first (although there are conflicting reports about what time he arrived). Source: YouTube/Law&Crime Network (video still) Buster Murdaugh As people of interest in the case come up and you try to get them to speak with you they shut down, Proctor explained. At the time, investigators said it appeared he was killed in a hit-and-run collision while walking. After receiving a search warrant, agents searched the area and the vehicle, the SLED report said. RELATED|Boat Crash Lawsuit: Murdaughs Refuse To Settle, Withhold Financial Records From Victims Family. Investigation files revealed (part one). Hes never said anything bad about Stephen. Kurt Busch might have received a proper sendoff this weekend in Las Vegas, where his hometown track treated him cruelly over 21 tries until he broke through for a win in 2020. Mandy also hosts the Murdaugh Murders podcast. They were very withdrawn with what they knew or thought.. I wouldn't put shit by wealthy, corrupt, powerful, relatively young or barely "mature", highly intelligent men, privileged in every way. The case of 19-year-old Stephen Smith is often mentioned in the same sentence on social media. "He had his cell phone, he was six miles from the house," she insisted. She had no evidence other than that for the statement being put in the report., Proctor said that he explained to her that law enforcement officers had no evidence of this individual being struck by a vehicle.. Investigators had said at the time that it appeared Smith was hit by a . At the time, her death was classified as an accidental slip and fall, but authorities have reopened the investigation. Sign up forPEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. This did, however, cause theSouth Carolina Law Enforcement Division to open up the case in June 2021, but at this time it doesnt look like there have been any new developments since then. New details in the investigation of 19-year-old Stephen Smith's death in 2015 show that while initial reports from S.C. Highway Patrol indicate his death was caused by a hit-and-run car crash . The gas tank door was open and the gas cap was hanging on the side of the vehicle. State investigators have released scant information on the case including an 18-page redacted report with nearly 8 pages fully redacted. SCHP: Moore calls Presnell to try and understand what made her decide Stephen was killed in a hit and run. The South Carolina Highway Patrol received an anonymous tip connecting the Murdaugh family to the hit-and-run death of Stephen Smith back in 2015, the New York Post reports. Murdaugh Murders includes interviews with friends of the family, former and current, who shed light on the patriarch, Alex Murdaugh, and all of the trouble hes caused. Stephen Smith, a teenager from Hampton . Photo: Facebook. The man says that hes done a lot of drugs and had brain injuries. Im tired of them putting Stephen on the back burner, Sandy Smith told FITSNews. Perry Singleton and Chief Billy Jarrell, the SLED report said. Well keep you updated if and when we hear anything. It looked like it was more staged like possibly the body had been placed in the roadway.". He said that Stephen was being harassed on the night of his death at Sniders Crossroads on the way to Walterboro, South Carolina. In the 20/20 documentary, Stephanie claimed shortly after the coroner called regarding her brothers death, her father received another call. Mallory Beach's parents also spoke out in the 20/20 documentary, remembering their daughter who died after an accident involving a Murdaugh family boat. Got a technical question or a glitch to report? Sandy Smith, speaking to the Guardian shortly after her sons July 8, 2015, death, said that she thinks she knows who killed him. Smith had a head wound consistent with being shot, the coroner explained in a report. Officials couldnt nail down a cause or manner of death. SCHP: Moore instructs Rowell to go back to the scene and make sure the body had been marked and to start looking for debris in both directions. A man driving on the road that evening called police just before 5 a.m.to report a person lying in the roadside,according to police reports. This will be a 3-part series revealing the case file. Additional counties and states will be added to this database as time and funding permit. Here is a look at the events surrounding his indictments:June 7, 2021: Murdaugh calls police to report his wife Maggie, 52, and their son Paul, 22, have been fatally shot near a dog kennel on their property.June 23, 2021: An investigation into the hit-and-run death of Stephen Smith, 19, unsolved for six years, is reopened based on information . 8:53 a.m. SLED: Burke meets with Moore at Peeples Rhoden Funeral Home in Hampton to provide documentation from the original crime scene and to transfer evidence. (Assisted suicide explained). The death was originally thought to be a hit-and-run. An investigator for the South Carolina Highway Patrol says that he thinks Stephen Smith's body was staged the night of his death in July 2015. Randy "said he wanted to take the case and it would be free of charge, Stephanie said. Send your tips tomandy@fitsnews.com. According to NewsNation, Stephens mom Sandy is hoping for answers about her sons death during Alex Murdaughs trial. . The Hampton County Coroner's Office said the 19-year-old was hit and killed back in 2015 by blunt-force trauma to the head. He was taken to a . Cold Cases Database. Feb. 26, 2018: Satterfield dies from her injuries. Stay tuned for part two of the investigation file. Smith was found dead on July 8, 2015, on Sandy Run Road near Joe Miley Road in Hampton. He said Stephen was harassed by Rednecks in a big truck with big mud tires.. The Murdaugh family has loomed large in the Lowcountry for nearly a century with three generations of its members serving as solicitor (South Carolinas version of a district attorney) over a five-county region between 1920 and 2007. Whoever did this to Stephen should go to prison. According to Live 5 News, the Murdaugh family is mentioned several times in the investigative files of Stephen Smith, who died by hit-and-run in July 2015. Nothing about this case from the very beginning pointed towards it being a hit and run, Proctor said. Rumors have swirled about a possible relationship between Stephen Smith and Buster Murdaugh. Smith's death was attributed to severe head trauma and controversially ruled a hit and run at the time, which the family and some investigators have disputed, and official investigations into his . The victims right arm was covered in blood and agents were unable to see any injuries.. He was an openly gay young man in the small town of Hampton, South Carolina, which wasnt easy, but he made the best of it, his friends told FITSNews. 5:15 a.m. SCHP: J.L.Booker, of SCHP, was notified by Lt. Bruce Brock, also of SCHP, of the incident. To what historical information she possessed, I am unaware.. All victims have been submitted by law enforcement or the victims' families. State police reopen hit-and-run death investigation from details gathered in Murdaugh case. His death was first. I guarantee you that Stephen was not in that road, she said. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal. The family keeps his casket open so that people could see what they did to him. 4:40 p.m. SCHP: Moore calls Washington and asks him if the hit-and-run was his ruling as well. The late Stephen Smith with his mother . The coroners report on Smiths death said he was most likely hit in the head by the mirror of a passing tractor trailer truck as he walked along the dark, two-lane road after he ran out of gas. Want to contact Mandy? As I was leaving she stated that the report was preliminary and it was my job to figure out what struck him, not hers, Proctor wrote. Rowell calls later and tells him he could find no debris at all., Altman goes to the scene and calls him back stating he could find nothing.. According to court documents, Alex . These boys were coming from a baseball game and I think that they were right behind him, so when he had to pull over, they were right there. Beach died when a 17-foot center console fishing boat allegedly driven by an inebriated Paul Murdaugh slammed into a pylon near theArchers Creek bridge on February 24, 2019 around 2:25 a.m. Murdaugh was charged with three felony counts of boating under the influence (BUI) in the aftermath of that crash. The key is turned over to HCSO personnel. She told me it was not her job to figure that out, it was mine., 6:14 p.m. SCHP: Brock notifies Booker that the victim did not have a gunshot wound according to the autopsy. Booker contacts Burns and Moore to gather further information. She told FITSNews this week that SLED came to her house to tell her they were opening an investigation. Proctor then spoke withKelly Greene, Hampton County deputy coroner and a SLED agent who both attended the autopsy and said they didnt make any reference to the pathologist about the victim being struck by a vehicle, only that he was found in the road. In the aftermath of her sons death, Sandy said shes learned that there are two different justice systems in the Palmetto State one for people like the Murdaughs and another for everyone else. Moore instructs him to immediately stop their preparations on the body and cover him up. Moore tells Rowell to go get the clothing. SCHP: Allen tells Duncan and SCHP that they are not needed at the autopsy, according to SLED and HCSO. August 18, 2015, SCHP: The coroner tells Proctor that he did not agree with the final autopsy results in the Stephen Smith case. M.D. 3:57:43 a.m. Hampton County Communications: A man called 911 to report seeing a white male lying in the middle of Sandy Run Road. He often had car troubles, but they had trouble imagining him walkingin the middle of the road, his family told Inside Edition Digital in an interview. Investigators reported he was the victim of a hit-and-run accident, despite police reports . SCHP: A man who describes himself as Stephens boyfriend (the family disputes this) was interviewed by Duncan and Rowell. Following Killings of S.C. in. The doctor ruled out a gunshot wound and said it was possible the injury was a result of the impact from theside-view mirror of a semi-truck. His death was officially ruled a hit-and-run, but deep gashes to his head suggested to some he was beaten to death. His car was discovered three miles away with the gas cap off. Earlier this week, FITSNews exclusively reported that South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) opened an investigation into the death of Stephen Smith a Hampton County teenager whose death has been unsolved since 2015. However, his mother, Sandy, told the the Hampton County Guardian, part of the USA TODAY Network, in 2015. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Email us atexclusive@the-sun.comor call212 416 4552. 6:08 a.m. SCHP: Moore is advised by Allen that MAIT is en route and that Allen is almost at the scene. HAMPTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - The mother of a 19-year-old found dead in 2015 said the grand jury indictment of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh in the killings of his own wife and son gives her hope for justice for her son's case. Moore tells him to go to the scene and sit there between 3 and 5 a.m. to document what type of traffic was moving at that time in the morning. CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) - In 2015, Stephen Smith was found dead with a head injury on a rural Hampton County road. There is no way that would happen to him. She just wants to know who was responsible for murdering her child. Six years later, Stephens case is still unsolved. The19-year-old was found lying in the middle of the roadway with severe head traumain the early morning hours of July 8, 2015. Stephen Smith was 19 when he was found dead on a rural road in Hampton County in 2015. Stephen Smith was 19 when he died in what investigators called a hit-and-run in Hampton County in 2015 . Shortly after 1 p.m. SCHP: Duncan calls Stephen Smiths mother Sandy Smith. The vehicle doors were locked. Stephen Smith, 19, died on a rural road in Hampton County, S.C., in 2015 in a controversial homicide that was officially ruled a hit-and-run. It was also clear from the report that there was tension between Presnell and SCHP. Stephen was not stupid, Stephens friend told FITSNews. Like the probe of the 2019 boat crash that killed Mallory Beach, the 2015 investigation into Smiths death was chaotic from the beginning clouded by jurisdictional confusion and suspicions of investigative interference. It just doesnt make any sense. All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands. Stephens relative didnt believe the person who said they were dating Stephen and said the family was skeptical of him. Proctor made it clear in his reports that he didnt believe Stephens death was a hit-and-run. Then he was beat up, so the story just kept changing over and over," said Sandra Smith, Stephen's mother, this week. (latest case updates), Murdaugh Murders: Was Paul Murdaugh charged for Mallory Beachs death? She tells him that she and Tallon were called at 6:10 a.m. by HCSO and that they arrived on scene at 9 a.m. Burke said she didnt think Stephens injury looked like a gunshot wound. Two Murdaughs also work for the prominent Hampton, S.C. law firm of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth and Detrick(PMPED). Michael E. Duncan of the incident. They called me back and said they were looking into Stephens case because they have to see if my family is involved in the shooting of Paul and Maggie (Murdaugh), Sandy Smith said. Murdaugh's. Keep in mind, this isyearsbefore Paul Murdaugh was charged with three felonies in the boat crash that killed Mallory Beach. In the summer of 2015, 19-year-old Stephen Smith was found dead in the middle of a rural highway in South Carolina. Stephen Smith, 19, was found dead in the middle of a country road 15 miles from the Murdaugh family's Islandton hunting lodge on July 8, 2015. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. He instead calls Smalls to see if he can get the information. It began June 7, when the pretty, college-sweetheart wife and son of Alex Murdaugh, a prominent and powerful lawyer who knows everyone in town, were brutally gunned down at their hunting lodge in . She said they were adamant it was a gunshot wound, so they mapped the scene and began to gather evidence as they would normally do.. His head was misshapen by blunt force. 8:02 p.m. SCHP: Moore talks to Booker and explained the scenario to him. They decide to meet at the funeral home at 9 a.m. the next day and to ask SLED to meet them there. She said shortly after Stephens death that believes her son was beaten to death and the crime covered up. SLED is continuing to cast a wide net as it looks to exclude individuals in connection with the double homicidethat took place at the Murdaughs 1,700-acre hunting property located near Islandton, S.C. on the evening of June 7, 2021. The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only. SLED is simply looking at anyone who may have had a possible motive in the case including the survivors of a high-profile February 2019 boat crash that killed 19-year-oldMallory Beach. SCHP detectives noted the cars gas cap was unscrewed and hanging outside of the gas cap door. Stephen Smith, 19, died on a rural road in Hampton County, S.C., in 2015 in a controversial homicide that was officially ruled a hit-and-run. "As any investigator [does],you go off of the evidence. On June 22, 2021, SLED said it was . They call him back to tell him they didnt find anything. That did not happen to my friend. At another point in the investigation, Proctor appeared frustrated that local sources were hesitant and scared to speak of the Murdaughs to police. A spokesperson confirmed the investigation into the 2015 hit-and-run case, citing "the information gathered in the Murdaugh homicide investigation." Todd Proctor, S.C. Highway Patrol's lead investigator in the 2015 Stephen Smith case, tells multiple news outlets that he still doesn't believe Smith died as a result of a hit-and-run. Proctor also wrote in his report that Greene was fired sometime between July 22 August 18, 2015. The spokesperson did not say what information SLED had gathered that led the agency to open its own investigation into Stephen's death. Of course, the fact SLED is interviewing Sandy Smith means it is taking seriously the suggestion that the Murdaugh family may have had something to do with the death of her son. Proctor wrote that Presnell spoke in a negative tone and basically called (him) a liar when he said that hed already spoken to Hampton County Coroner Ernie Washington. Moore asks about any other injuries on Smith, and Presnell tells him only a partial dislocated right shoulder., He asks Presnell if she found any glass fragments or any other evidence of a motor vehicle and she stated no., I then asked her why she was ruling it as a motor vehicle accident and what she thought caused the head injury, he wrote. She was hoping to hear that they had opened a case in her sons unsolved death. FITSNews obtained all audio from the investigation file. "She now has more people than she knows what to do with," says Andrews. Someone just left him in the middle of the road to die . They believed he was walking home when the incident occurred, the report said. She tells police Stephen was going to school in Orangeburg and hung out at Bobcat Landing a lot recently. There's a bright light being shined on that county. To be fair, police appeared to be pursuing other persons of interest as well and never named anyone as a suspect. The family member says that Stephen was recently acting secretive and started coming home late. His body was found in the middle of Sandy Run. The 19-year-old had his skull partially crushed and his shoulder dislocated. The killings also led the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division to open a new inquiry into the unsolved death of Stephen Smith, a 19-year-old whose body was found on a rural road in the area in . What a slap in the face.. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? The Smith case had originally been ruled a hit-and-run despite evidence from . How injury occurred: Subject was apparently hit by a motor vehicle possibly a truck. In their search, investigators from SCHP, the Hampton County sheriffs office, and SLED found virtually no evidence no bullets, no gunshot residue, no tire marks, no debris from a vehicle. Then it turned out it was a hit and run. It looked like it was more staged, like possibly the body had been placed in the roadway.. Got a technical question or a glitch to report? So they can play that card like they care about everyone else. In a report (below) by Todd Proctor, a MAIT detective for SCHP, it was clear that investigators didnt agree with the pathologists conclusion to rule the death a hit and run. Smith was found dead with deep gashes to his head in the middle of a dark Hampton County road on July 8, 2015. Ive been waiting on this day for 2,174 days, Sandy told FITSNews. 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