Michael Satterfield, the son of Gloria Satterfield, is renewing his calls for his mother’s body to be exhumed for possible signs of “foul play.” Gloria Satterfield was a housekeeper for Alex Murdaugh and died under allegedly suspicious circumstances in 2018 after a supposed accidental “trip and fall” at Murdaugh’s estate. Her family was told at the time that Satterfield had fallen down a flight of stairs. However, her son, Michael “Tony” Satterfield, is now speaking out following Murdaugh’s murder convictions last week, putting pressure on authorities who are reinvestigating her death to exhume and re-examine her body for any signs of foul play.
Gloria Satterfield allegedly suffered a stroke
According to an arrest warrant in the case, Satterfield was rushed to Trident Medical Center in North Charleston, where she suffered a stroke, went into cardiac arrest, and died on February 26, 2018. Attorney Eric Bland, who represents Satterfield’s two sons, explained that exhuming and re-examining Gloria’s body could provide investigators with vital new clues pertaining to her cause of death. He noted that Gloria had “significant closed-head injury and open-head injury with 12 broken ribs” and “flipped twice obviously.” Bland believes that it’s crucial to determine if somebody knew something before Murdaugh’s family members died or before he went to jail.
Although the Satterfield family attorney did express some doubts that Gloria was murdered, Bland thinks that Murdaugh’s story is questionable. He explained that the police have doubts about Murdaugh’s story and that he told an insurance adjuster that dogs pushed Gloria down the stairs. However, it’s difficult to determine if Gloria’s injuries were done by human hands or by the fall.
Mystery surrounded the death of housekeeper
Before Murdaugh was accused of murdering his family, mystery had swirled around Satterfield’s death. The Satterfield family had previously filed a wrongful death suit against Murdaugh and were awarded millions of dollars. However, the disgraced legal scion allegedly pocketed the money. After Satterfield’s death, authorities suspect that Murdaugh directly encouraged her sons to file a wrongful death lawsuit against him, referring them to his close friend, attorney Cory Fleming. Although Fleming ultimately secured a $4.3 million settlement with the insurance company for the Satterfields, her sons, Michael and Brian, were never paid out, according to the arrest warrant.
In September 2021, months prior to Murdaugh’s arrest in the double murder, South Carolina authorities announced they’d re-opened the investigation into Satterfield’s death. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson later slapped Murdaugh with an 18-count indictment for alleged financial crimes related to the alleged defrauding of Satterfield’s family. Murdaugh’s friend and fellow lawyer, Cory Fleming, was also charged in the botched insurance scam plot. However, no one has been criminally charged with homicide in direct connection with Satterfield’s death.
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