On the evening of June 7, 2021, Margaret Maggie Kennedy Branstetter Murdaugh, 52, was found shot to death alongside her youngest son, Paul, at the family’s Moselle hunting estate in Islandton, South Carolina. Their bodies were discovered by her husband, Richard Alexander Alex Murdaugh. Maggie had met Alex at the University of South Carolina and was remembered as a generous mother who made a welcoming home for her two sons, Buster and Paul.

In the years before the killings the family faced public strain, including a fatal 2019 boating accident involving Paul. Investigators later focused on Alex Murdaugh. He told police he had been visiting his ailing mother on the night of June 7, but a video taken by Paul minutes before the shootings placed Alex at the scene.

If anyone knew Maggie, her family, or saw activity at Moselle on June 7, 2021, please share what was seen or heard.