HBO Max is working on a docuseries on the murders of two members of a prominent family of South Carolina lawyers

Variety

The docuseries with the working title Murdaugh Family Mysteries "will investigate the mysterious, still-unraveling events surrounding the murders of a mother and son from a prominent family of lawyers in small-town South Carolina," according to Deadline. "On June 7, Alex Murdaugh found his 52-year-old wife, Maggie, and 22-year-old son, Paul, brutally murdered at their home in Islandton, SC. Their killings spawning a media frenzy — both locally and nationally — due to the family’s reputation as a legal dynasty in the area." Alex Murdaugh was in the news this past week after surviving being shot in the head while changing a flat tire on a rural road.