![]() Two weeks after the Hampton County Guardian published an explosive story in which Sandy Smith said she believed powerful people were involved in Stephen’s death, the SCHP received a tip (on Dec.Proctor then emailed him after his voicemail was full. Todd Proctor with the SCHP called Buster, who didn’t answer. SCHP made only one attempt to contact Buster Murdaugh - whose name came up more than two dozen times in the investigation.SCHP seemed skeptical of a man who identified himself as Stephen’s boyfriend at first, but they only interviewed him once.More than half of the people interviewed mentioned a rumor that the Murdaughs were involved.The Murdaugh name was mentioned more than 40 times during the investigation.The case was given to SCHP (until 2021, when SLED opened an investigation).The coroner said he didn’t believe Stephen’s death was a hit and run.Two SCHP investigators who spoke with Presnell described hostile experiences with the pathologist and couldn’t get a direct answer for why she had ruled Stephen’s death the result of a vehicle accident. ![]() Erin Presnell ruled that Stephen was killed in a hit-and-run crash.
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