Stephen Smith Body Exhumation to Determine Cause of Death

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace · Mar 21, 2023 · 26m · transcript

More than eight years after the death of South Carolina teen Stephen Smith, a push is on to have his body exhumed to determine his cause of death. A driver called 911 to report finding Smith's body in the middle of the road. Police say the 19-year-old had blunt force trauma to his head. At first police believed the injury to be a gunshot wound, but the coroner's office later rules Smith's death a hit-and-run. Smith's car had run out of gas. His family say there's no way Smith would have been walking in the middle of the road.

Rumors and gossip about a Murdaugh family connection to this death…