Murdaugh, 54 — a fourth-generation attorney from a powerful legal family — was charged Tuesday with two counts of murder and two counts of gun possession in the gruesome deaths of Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and Paul Murdaugh, 22, the state’s attorney. , Alan Wilson announced Thursday. The couple was shot near a dog kennel on the family’s 1,700-acre hunting property in Islandon with at least two separate weapons — a rifle and a shotgun — on June 7, 2021. The elder Murdaugh called 911 and frantically told a dispatcher that he had returned home to find the bullet-riddled bodies of his loved ones. He claimed he had a solid alibi, saying he was visiting his dying father in hospital and checking on his elderly mother when the double murder unfolded. However, sources later told NBC News that investigators have cellphone video that puts him near the scene of the murders at the time of the murders, contradicting his claims of an alibi. Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were both shot to death on the family’s property in Islandton, South Carolina, on June 7, 2021. Facebook The prominent lawyer was soon hit with dozens of charges over his finances, including allegedly stealing millions and faking his murder in a botched insurance scam to collect $10 million for his surviving son, Buster. Murdaugh — who has since blamed his crimes on drug addiction — is also accused of defrauding the family of his longtime housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, 57, who died under suspicious circumstances at his home in 2018. In all, he faces at least 71 charges that he stole $8.5 million from customers. The law firm founded by his family has also alleged that Murdaugh was fired after stealing money from the company. The fallen legal scion was charged last month with laundering millions of dollars in a scheme to distribute the painkiller oxycodone. Murdaugh was formally fired in South Carolina earlier this week.AP Photo/Mic Smith, FileAlex Murdaugh also faces at least 71 charges that he stole $8.5 million from clients.Hampton County Detention Center via AP At the time of his death, Paul Murdaugh was awaiting trial for the 2019 boating death of a young woman. On Tuesday, Murdaugh was officially fired in South Carolina and reportedly told he would be charged with the murders of his wife and son.