Lawyers for convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh have alleged that a law enforcement agent fabricated evidence presented to the grand jury that indicted him, according to Fox News. The claim forms part of the disgraced South Carolina attorney's ongoing legal battle, which comes after his double murder conviction was previously overturned by the state's Supreme Court over separate allegations of jury tampering.

The South Carolina Supreme Court had cited alleged jury tampering by county clerk Becky Hill as grounds for overturning Murdaugh's original conviction for the 2021 killings of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, raising the prospect of a retrial. Legal commentators have noted that these fresh allegations of fabricated grand jury evidence add a further layer of complexity to the case, though the article provides limited additional detail on the specific evidence in dispute.