Legal Expert Compares Alex Murdaugh to Ted Bundy in Shocking Legal Testimony
A South Carolina attorney, Mark Tinsley, who represented the family of Mallory Beach, has testified in the criminal case against Alex Murdaugh, drawing a stark comparison between Murdaugh, a former attorney and local power broker, and serial killer Ted Bundy. Tinsley claims that Murdaugh’s manipulation of his community and his cold-hearted approach to justice mirror Bundy’s notorious behavior.
Tinsley, who represented the family of Mallory Beach, who died in an alcohol-fueled boat crash at the hands of Murdaugh’s son Paul, in 2019, later secured a $15 million settlement for the Beach family from a convenience store chain that was accused of selling booze to the underage Paul in the hours leading up to the crash. Part of that civil suit compelled Murdaugh to reveal his desperate financial situation, exposing a vast breadth of financial crimes he committed to help maintain his image as a powerful and wealthy community leader. He later pleaded guilty to those crimes.
The murders occurred just days before the financial disclosures were expected to be made. Tinsley testified in the criminal trial against Murdaugh, and said the mounting pressure of those disclosures contributed to Murdaugh’s motive to kill. The former community titan and attorney wanted to delay the disclosure and garner sympathy from the community.
Tinsley also knew Murdaugh, as did many in Hampton County, South Carolina, home to about 25,000 people. He described the cold-blooded killer as