![]() ![]() … What we’re really trying to do is give a mother answers.”Įffort to exhume Stephen Smith's body is a search for answers, attorneys say, not 'Murdaugh 2.0'Īccording to an incident report from the South Carolina Highway Patrol’s Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team, or MAIT, Smith’s body was found in the road with blunt force trauma to the head. “That’s not what we do, we’re not law enforcement, we’re not doing a criminal case. ![]() “Our job is not to find out who did it,” he added. “We think that there was other reasons and other causes that caused his death.” “We think that he did not die on that road that fateful night,” Eric Bland, an attorney for Smith’s family, told reporters in a news conference. That news came on the heels of an announcement by Smith’s family, who said it would petition a court to have his body exhumed for a private autopsy as part of an effort to reexamine his death. In March 2023, a SLED spokesperson confirmed to CNN the agency was investigating Smith’s death as a homicide and that there was no indication his death was a hit-and-run – as it was deemed in an initial incident report. SLED has not specified what that information was. No connection between the Murdaugh family and the death of Stephen Smith, a 19-year-old nursing student whose body was found in the middle of a Hampton County road on July 8, 2015, has been announced by authorities.īut on June 22, 2021, SLED said it was opening an investigation into Smith’s death based on information gathered while probing the double homicide of Margaret and Paul Murdaugh. Old Spanish Trail Rd.).Sandy Smith holds a photo of her late son, 19-year-old Stephen Smith, on Thursday, June 24, 2021. I can’t speak from experience if you’re coming in from S. Houghton Rd.) is that you’ll see a fair amount of discarded items along the road. And another telltale sign that you’re on the right road (if you come in from S. and at the facility (that are being loaded for commercial jobs). Expect to see large commercial trucks on E. Once you spot these (and they’re pretty prominent) you’ve arrived. Just keep your eye’s peeled for some conveyor belts located up on a hill. But a quick phone call to see if they have what you need is all it takes.Īnd as a final note, if you decide to make the trip, be prepared to take a dirt road into the back country. They have a limited selection of materials in comparison to other landscape supply operations in the greater Tucson area, but it’s for a good reason, they cater to contractors with special material needs and they produce only those material. I met the owner and he is a really nice guy. You may have to walk around a little to find someone operating a machine who can give you a hand. This may well be the case when you arrive. When I drove in, the owner was in one of his large loaders and he drove down to see me. If no one is in the office then they’re probably loading a truck or operating their rock processing equipment. You’ll want to stay left to get you to the office (a small sign marks it at the end of the building when you first drive in). When driving into the yard you’ll see a lot of old retired equipment. They can also load your pickup or landscape trailer if you need larger quantities. You can get any of the materials listed above in as small as a 5 gallon bucket. It’s primarily a destination for industrial contractors, but don’t let that stop you from a visit. road and concrete floor bases) concrete stone: and mortar sand. It specializes in aggregates for: stucco & plaster sub-base materials (ex. Poorman Rd.) is a landscape materials company that has been in the family since 1973. ![]()
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