His right shoulder was partially dislocated. The man says that hes done a lot of drugs and had brain injuries. In the 20/20 documentary, Stephanie claimed shortly after the coroner called regarding her brothers death, her father received another call. A 48-year-old man has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years' jail for a hit-and-run crash that left cyclist and Perth university professor Thomas Lyons, with a serious and ongoing brain injury . Stephens massive head wound along with the lack of other significant injuries on his body stumped investigators on scene. At first, they thought it was a hit and run. 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. Detectives speculated a truck had side-swiped him with a rearview mirror as Smith walked along the dark road, according to incident reports. 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. Similar to the homicide case, SLED has revealed little information to the public since confirming it is reopening the case to the family,Inside Edition Digital previously reported. Officials couldnt nail down a cause or manner of death. All picks and predictions are suggestions only. The Hampton community is hoping a suspect can be identified, after 19-year-old Stephen Smith was found dead on Sandy Run Road in an apparent hit and run. She also says shes received a book deal offer and even a Netflix movie opportunity about the case, but shes turned it all down. Smalls called him and told him that the autopsy showed Smiths death a result of a hit and run. 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 . He was in school for nursing at the time of his death. All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands. May be bigger ponds, lakes n oceans with bigger fish, but life sure is good when you're top of the food chain, in these swamps. Mallory and Paul were part of a group of six teenagers who went out on the boat in 2019. He gets voicemail. The two were shot and killed in June 2021. This database currently consists of unsolved homicides from 50 Florida counties, 46 U.S. states, and 3 international countries. That's not even the end of the story. Death of Stephen Smith, July 8, 2015. The driver reportedly told police he first thought Smithwas an animal, but took a second glance and noticed "a white male lying in the middle of the road.". So Moore calls Smalls again and gets voicemail. 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. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal is now streaming on Netflix, telling the story of the wealthy Murdaugh family in South Carolina. Crime scene photos obtained by FITSNews are horrific Stephens entire face was covered in blood that cascaded from a 7.25-inch gaping hole on the right side of his forehead. Stephen Smith's body was found on Sandy Run Road in Hampton County on July 8, 2015. Two Murdaughs also work for the prominent Hampton, S.C. law firm of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth and Detrick(PMPED). According to NewsNation, Stephens mom Sandy is hoping for answers about her sons death during Alex Murdaughs trial. 5:57 p.m. SCHP: Moore calls King to advise him what was occurring.. Smith's case had gone cold in the months following his July 2015 death, which was officially ruled a vehicular hit-and-run despite strong objections from the South Carolina Highway Patrol. 11:03 a.m. SCHP: Duncan travels to Hampton County and interviews a member of the Smith family at the DMV office (a substation for SCHP). Stephens relative tells him that she just officially left the house for the first time since Stephens death the day before and went to the store and a bunch of people kept coming up to her saying Did you know the Murdaugh Boys are behind it, saying Buster Murdaugh the, one we went to school with did it, and some of his friends.. In 2019, a boat operated by Paul Murdaugh crashed against a bridge pylon, killing 19-year-old Mallory Beach and seriously injuring two other passengers. Hampton County Coroners Office: The first of 3 death certificates for Stephen Smith was issued by Washington to the family. Then it turned out it was a hit and run. July 8, 2015: Stephen Smith, 19, is found dead on Sandy Run Road in Hampton County.No arrest is made in the case. What I ended up finding [was] there were a lot of people who didnt want to assist or communicate with us, he said. A NEW 20/20 documentary about the mysterious Murdaugh family includes claims by the twin sister of a teenager who died under strange circumstances in rural South Carolina. On July 8, 2015 Stephen Smith was found dead in the middle of Sandy Run Road with a 7.25-inch gaping hole on the right side of his forehead and no other major injuries. Smith died on a rural road in Hampton County in 2015, in what was ruled a hit-and-run. Stephen was beloved. His death was investigated by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety 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. It looked like it was more staged, like possibly the body had been placed in the roadway.. "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. 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. When asked if theyve had been contacted by a lawyer, the family member tells police that Randy Murdaugh was the second person to call Stephens father after the coroner on the day of Stephens death. To be fair, police appeared to be pursuing other persons of interest as well and never named anyone as a suspect. Allen informs Moore that it is a homicide, not a hit and run. She stated they told the Sheriff and Coroner and that they didnt believe it to be a gunshot wound. SCHP: Allen tells Duncan and SCHP that they are not needed at the autopsy, according to SLED and HCSO. According to the autopsy, Greene was responsible for evidence transfer in the case. 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. Sandy has been begging law enforcement officials for years to open an investigation into her sons unsolved death. Mandy Matneyis the news director at FITSNews. Sunday's vigil was held just days after news broke that disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was indicted by a grand jury on murder charges in connection with the June 2021 deaths of his wife Maggie, 52, and 22-year-old son Paul. July 22, 2015, SCHP: Proctor visits Presnell at MUSC to get some sort of clarification on the Smith case. Rumors and speculation have surrounded Stephen Smith's death on July 8, 2015, when the 19-year-old's body was found on Sandy Run Road in Hampton County with deep gashes to the head just. Want to contact Mandy? The family member says that Stephen was recently acting secretive and started coming home late. "Sandy and I both believe that this was a murder. 1:43 p.m. SLED: Agents leave MUSC and take evidence to their forensic laboratory. It was also reported that Alex and another family member took to Paul's rescue as legal counsel while he was detained. The case of 19-year-old Stephen Smith is often mentioned in the same sentence on social media. Singleton took the wallet, according to the report. 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. MAIT is a division of the South Carolina HighwayPatrol unit that initially responded to the scene. Gloria Satterfield, who worked for the Murdaugh family for more than 20 years, died at the Murdaugh home in February 2018. 3 Stephen Smith's body was found in the middle of a rural road Credit: Facebook 3 Buster, Maggie, Paul and Alex, all members of the prominent Murdaugh family Credit: Facebook They took him from his car; everybody knew his car because he had the ugliest little banana [car] in town. It looked like it was more staged like possibly the body had been placed in the roadway.". You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. He tells them to meet him at the funeral home. She told FITSNews this week that SLED came to her house to tell her they were opening an investigation. 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. After interviewing several sources who knew the Murdaugh brothers, SCHP detective Proctormade some significant assessments of the family. I then reminded him that earlier that morning they were certain it was a gunshot wound and he told me he had to go by the opinion of the doctor. Moore asks where Smiths body is. The old way of doing business in Hampton does not exist anymore. Im just sitting here like why? It makes no sense, she said. The final autopsy report said that Stephens cause of death was blunt head trauma, motor vehicle crash, pedestrian vs. vehicle. 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. Everything to Know About the Murdaugh Family Murders and the Ongoing Drama Surrounding Dad Alex Murdaugh, Hampton County Detention Center/AP/Shutterstock, Alex Murdaugh Allegedly Lured Wife to Cabin On Night She Was Killed and She Texted Friend It Seemed 'Fishy', Everything to Know About the Murdaugh Family Murders, Including Details of Allegations Against Alex, Alex Murdaugh's Slain Son Paul Allegedly Strangled Ex-Girlfriend in 2017, She Says in Netflix Documentary, Investigators Will Exhume Body of Murdaugh Family Housekeeper Who Died Under Mysterious Circumstances. Moore calls Croft to ask which agents were at the scene that morning. But Sandy Smith told the Hampton County Guardian, as reported in the Augusta Chronicle, that there was no glass or plastic shards on the road where Stephens body was found nothing that would indicate the young man was hit in the head by a mirror. Whoever did this to Stephen should go to prison. Last Sunday afternoon, family and friends of Stephen Smith, a South Carolina teen who died under mysterious circumstances in 2015, traveled to the Gooding Cemetery in Hampton County, S.C. Earlier this week, the agency opened up a tip line exclusively for the high-profile case. However, a pathologist at the Medical University of South Carolina ruled the death caused by "blunt head trauma sustained in a motor vehicle crash," according to the final autopsy report. The 19-year-old had his skull partially crushed and his shoulder dislocated. Here's what we know. Murdaugh Murders: What happened to Gloria Satterfield? MAIT investigators cited multiple times in case notes and incidentreports obtained by Inside Edition Digital that Smith's death appeared to be a homicide and said the wound on his skull to be consistent with a gunshot wound. Thank you, God!. Whoever they are, she tells Duncan. You go back to the Murdaugh name and their ties in that community, and that dont matter to me What weve done is take that investigation out of that and their reach I dont care what your name is and how much money you got., He then said Im not saying that the Murdaugh boy did it., But if were going to be throwing out names, Im not going to be withholding names, Proctor wrote. Investigators reported he was the victim. Stephen was found dead in the middle of a rural road outside of Hampton. Todd Proctor, former South Carolina Highway Patrol investigator, told Fox News this week that it looked like Stephens body was placed in the middle of the road. The spokesperson did not say what information SLED had gathered that led the agency to open its own investigation into Stephen's death. Even after the eight-year veteran enhanced his postseason legend with another prolific stretch . 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. I asked her why she stated that in the report and her answer was because he was found in the road, Proctor wrote. Mandy also hosts the Murdaugh Murders podcast. There's a bright light being shined on that county. He would have seen headlights coming and got off the road. Stephen Smith, a teenager from Hampton . Stephen was not stupid, Stephens friend told FITSNews. Names and stories of the Murdaugh family surfaced six years ago regarding the death of 19-year-old Stephen Smith, a young gay man found dead in the middle of a lonely rural road with several deep gashes in his head, but investigators said they were never able to directly connect anyone in the family to the incident. The three-part series chronicles the string of deaths that the family is connected to, including a teenager named Mallory Beach who tragically died in a boating accident. RELATED|Boat Crash Lawsuit: Murdaughs Refuse To Settle, Withhold Financial Records From Victims Family. Todd Proctor, former. No homicide investigation was ever opened, and no referral was ever made to the agency in the case. 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. This decision to rule his death a hit-and-run appeared to skew the investigation by SCHPs Multi-disciplinary Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) who typically investigate accidents, not murders. 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.. Fox News boss Rupert Murdoch said in a deposition under oath that any Fox News executives who knowingly allowed lies to be broadcast on the air "should be reprimanded" or "maybe got rid of," according to a new court filing on Monday by Dominion Voting Systems. Stephen Smith, 19, was found dead in the middle of the road outside of Hampton with a gaping head wound, his skull partially crushed and his shoulder dislocated. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Myth? 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. We've made no secret about what our goal is. Hes never said anything bad about Stephen. She tells police Stephen was going to school in Orangeburg and hung out at Bobcat Landing a lot recently. He also said SLED has not contacted Proctor to assist in their investigationat the time of the interview. Alex Murdaugh, Paul's father and . Feb. 2, 2018: Gloria Satterfield, 57, falls at the Murdaugh family home on Moselle Road in Colleton County. Duncan does not include this in his casenotes. 6:00 a.m. SCHP: Duncan, on the way to the scene, calls Booker said he was told it appeared to be a homicide and SLED was taking it over. Booker says he was advised there was a possible gunshot wound to the victims head. 6:25 a.m. SCHP: Moore arrives at the scene and speaks with Hampton County Coroner Ernie Washington, who tells him it is a homicide. He offers to give the officers his phone and take a lie detector test. A spokesperson confirmed the investigation into the 2015 hit-and-run case, citing "the information gathered in the Murdaugh homicide investigation." No secret about what our goal is 's death to the report Paul were part of rural. 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