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Alex Murdaugh: Researchers Have a Name for This Type of Killer
The trial proved guilt. It never explained how. James Lasdun's The Family Man does what no other Murdaugh book has attempted — it uses decades of criminal psychology research to build a framework for understanding how Alex crossed the line from liar and thief to the killer of his own wife and son.The book places Alex alongside documented family annihilators. Jean-Claude Romand faked a medical career for eighteen years and killed his entire family when exposure loomed. Researchers classify this type as "anomic" — men whose identities are so fused with their family's outward success that when…
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