Alex Murdaugh speaks with his legal team at the Colleton County Courthouse in South Carolina on March 3, 2023, before he is sentenced for murdering his wife and son Paul. - Joshua Boucher/The State/TNS
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh had an awkward prison phone call with his only surviving son, Buster, that lasted just 42 seconds and involved little warmth, according to newly released audio recording. Murdaugh, 64, phoned his son from an undisclosed South Carolina prison on May 16, FITS News reported. “Hey buddy,” Murdaugh says to open the call. “Hey, I don’t have a whole lot of time. I just boarded a ferry to go back to Hilton Head Island from Daufuskie (Island),” Buster replies. “I’ve been trying to call. I was supposed to call you while you were with Jim, about this meeting,” Murdaugh says...
