It’s been 6 years since death of S.C. 19-year-old Mallory Beach
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - It has been six years since 19-year-old Mallory Beach lost her life in a South Carolina boat crash on February 24, 2019.
Beach’s father describes his daughter as as a loving, caring person who had a ion for less fortunate people and neglected animals. He has also talked about how important Beach’s faith was to her.
You may , officers believed the boat Beach was on was being driven drunk by Paul Murdaugh - Alex Murdaugh’s since murdered son.
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The Beach family has been hoping their daughter’s death can lead to more strict under-age drinking laws in South Carolina. The family attorney Mark Tinsley however, saying on X Monday night that the Palmetto State legislature is attempting to do the opposite.
Back in October, disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was dropped from a wrongful death lawsuit following an insurance payout to a teen victim’s family.
Court documents confirm the family of Beach was to receive a $500,000 payout from Murdaugh’s insurance company.
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Murdaugh was one of several named in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Beach’s family. Beach was 19 when she died in the boat crash on Feb. 24, 2019, when the boat in which she was a enger struck the Archer’s Creek bridge near Parris Island.
Beach died when the boat in which she was a enger struck the Archer’s Creek bridge near Parris Island.
Murdaugh’s youngest son, Paul, also 19 at the time of the crash, had been charged in Beach’s death.
Police said the younger Murdaugh had been drinking the night of the wreck and was driving the boat at the time of the crash.
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The charges against Paul Murdaugh were dropped after he and his mother, Maggie, were discovered gunned down at the Murdaugh family’s hunting property in Colleton County back in 2021.
A court filing from Oct. 10 states Alex Murdaugh’s insurance policy with Progressive would only agree to pay the $500,000 settlement on the condition that Murdaugh was dropped from the suit.
In a previous settlement signed in July 2023, Parker’s Corporation agreed to pay $15 million to the Beach family. Authorities said it was at a Parker’s location in Ridgeland where Paul Murdaugh, who was not of drinking age, was seen purchasing alcohol before a boat crash in which Paul was driving and Mallory Beach was killed.
The final settlement marks the end of the boat crash civil case.
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