Untangling Expansive Cast of Characters in Alex Murdaugh Murder Case

Defense attorney Dick Harpootlian rises and addresses the court during a pre-trial hearing in the Alex Murdaugh murder case. South Carolina’s trial of the century begins in earnest on Wednesday after jurors are expected to finally be seated in the double murder case against disgraced and disbarred legal scion Richard “Alex” Murdaugh, 54, who stands accused of killing his wife…