Murdaugh's Mindset, Southern Culture and Duplicity, the Slender Thread of His Conviction
A round-up of commentary on the sensational case
Alex Murdaugh seems to fit the pattern of a family annihilator with deadly blurred boundaries. In his drug-induced haze, he apparently saw his family as an inseparable part of himself. They had no right to exist separate from him. Though he felt free to be unfaithful and abusive with a prostitute, he wanted to punish Maggie for simple thoughts of separa…
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