Interest in Smith’s death has been renewed since the double-murder conviction of Alex Murdaugh earlier this month. Murdaugh’s surviving son, Buster, has been linked to Smith, and the two ...

A newly released autopsy report has revealed what caused the death of Jose Alejandro “Alex” Perez ... chop/blunt force and neck compression." Smith County Pct. 1 Justice of the Peace Derrick ...

The original highway patrol report references the Murdaugh ... opened a homicide investigation into Smith's death on June 23, 2021 — about two weeks after Alex Murdaugh fatally shot his wife ...