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What did Sandy Smith write in her letter? Stephen Smith’s mom allegedly accused Buster Murdaugh in a 2016 document

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James Bradley

Published Jan 21, 2026

A new report uncovered that in 2016 Stephen Smith’s mom composed a letter addressed to the FBI central command in Pennsylvania expressing that Buster Murdaugh was a likely suspect in her child’s dubious demise. The letter additionally noted Buster Murdaugh and Stephen smith’s supposed mystery heartfelt connection and said that her child was possibly killed to conceal their entrapment.

In the September 28, 2016, letter, distributed by Fit News on Walk 20, 2023, Smith’s mom, Sandy Smith, blamed neighborhood experts for purposely disguising proof for the situation and begged the FBI to help with the examinations.

The letter additionally referenced that they were given various purposes for her child’s demise before specialists let them know in certainty that Smith was pounded into the ground. The letter claimed that Hampton specialists requested that the family keep the data and proceed to openly consider the episode a “quick in and out” so they could furtively ensnare the executioner.

Stephen Smith, 19, was found dead on July 8, 2015, on a distant South Carolina street close to the Murdaugh hunting home where Alex Murdaugh killed Maggie and Paul Murdaugh in 2021. Specialists at the time said that the 19-year-old, who had experienced obtuse power injury to the head, was the survivor of a quick in and out in spite of proof pointing towards crime.

Notwithstanding, in 2021, during the examinations concerning Paul and Maggie Murdaugh’s demises, specialists allegedly revealed proof proposing unfairness, provoking them to return the case.

Stephen Smith’s mon affirms that she generally thought Buster Murdaugh was associated with her child’s demise
In the 2016 letter, Sandy Smith said that she has consistently thought the Murdaugh family’s likely contribution in her child’s homicide after she got a dubious call from Buster Murdaugh’s granddad and Specialist Randolph Murdaugh. The call supposedly came a day after they were told of Stephen’s demise.

During the call, Randolph purportedly let them know he needed to be engaged with the situation and address the family as a free legal counselor while specialists investigated the episode. The letter additionally expressed that fourteen days in the wake of getting the call, Randolph pulled out from the case and quit answering their questions.

Smith’s mom wrote in the letter that her doubts against the Murdaugh family, who used huge impact locally, were enhanced after different individuals moved toward her relatives and supposedly embroiled Buster Murdaugh in her child’s passing.

As indicated by the letter, Smith’s twin sister Stephanie was drawn closer by individuals who told her that Paul and Buster Murdaugh were liable for his demise. Not long after, an outsider purportedly told Stephen’s brother, Chris, that he saw Buster “beat Stephen the tar out of with a play club” since he was gay.

It ought to be noticed that while specialists still can’t seem to name a suspect for the situation, CNN, refering to the case record from the underlying South Carolina Expressway Watch examination concerning Smith’s passing, uncovered that Buster Murdaugh’s name was frequently referenced by witnesses and examiners while investigating the episode in 2015.

A new Netflix narrative, Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Embarrassment, likewise guaranteed that Buster Murdaugh was reputed to have been engaged with the passing. The narrative likewise implied that Buster was sincerely associated with Smith, who was gay.

New details emerge in the homicide investigation of Stephen Smith, a high school classmate of Alex Murdaugh’s surviving son Buster Murdaugh. @CatieBeckNBC and @LauraAJarrett share details.

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) March 23, 2023


The declaration was likewise partaken in the 2016 letter, wrote by Smith’s mom, who said that the casualty had told his twin sister Stephanie that he was sincerely engaged with “somebody from a conspicuous family in the province who was concealing his s*xuality.” The letter read:

“The Murdaughs are likely the most noticeable family in Hampton District. Stephen had over and over referenced to companions and his twin sister that he was involved sincerely with somebody from an unmistakable family in the district who was concealing his s*xuality. He said that it would stun individuals to realize this individual was gay. We suspect this could be the young fellow Stephen was alluding to, however he never named him.”

The disclosure comes following Alex Murdaugh’s enduring child Buster eagerly denying any association with Stephen’s demise a long time subsequent to being tenaciously harassed by the media, who moved their concentration onto him after his dad was indicted for twofold homicide recently.