Gloria Satterfield.Photo: Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home
The son of a Murdaugh family housekeeper who died at the Murdaughs' South Carolina home in 2018 wants her body exhumed to make sure “foul play” wasn’t a factor in her death.
Gloria Satterfield, who worked for the Murdaugh family for more than 20 years, died at their home in February 2018. At the time, her death wasclassified as an accidental trip and fall, but authorities reopened the investigation last year and announced that Gloria’s body would be exhumed.
Now, one of her sons, Michael “Tony” Satterfield, isspeaking out.
Further questioned if he thinks foul play was involved, Tony said, “No, I do not,” as he confirmed to Cuomo that he simply wants reassurance.
In an interview withThe New York Times, Randy acknowledged that his brother Alex has lied and stolen from his former clients. He added that though he’s unsure if Alex killed Maggie and Paul, he believes the convicted murderer “knows more than what he’s saying. He’s not telling the truth, in my opinion, about everything there.”
As for how it relates to the Satterfield family, Bland said, “Everything around Alex is danger, lies, deception. We know thathe capitalized on Gloria’s death financiallyand used it as an opportunity to enrich himself at the expense of the boys who were exploited in this process.”
Bland added that exhuming Gloria’s body could give authorities insight on what really caused her death.
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“She flipped twice obviously …,” continued Bland. “She had significant closed-head injury and open-head injury with 12 broken ribs. The real issue is gonna be if somebody was told before Paul and Maggie died — or Alex goes off to jail, Alex obviously isn’t going to say anything — if they know something.”
Still, Bland explained why he doesn’t believe Gloria was murdered.
Tony then addressed allegations that Alex tried to steal from the Satterfields after Gloria’s death, stating that he feels “betrayed” and “shocked.”
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Gloria was pronounced deadat Trident Medical Center in North Charleston after being injured in a reported trip-and-fall incident while working inside the Murdaughs' Hampton County home on Feb. 26, 2018.
In September 2021, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division officials stated that a coroner had found inconsistencies surrounding Gloria’s death. The incident was not reported to the coroner in 2018, and there was no autopsy performed at the time.
In a civil lawsuit also filed in fall of 2021, Tony and his brother Brian Harriott alleged that they never received the insurance money that they were supposed to receive after a wrongful death suit.
According to the lawsuit, Alex personally introduced Gloria’s sons to attorney Cory Fleming and recommended that he should represent them in the lawsuit.
Alex did not disclose at the time that Fleming had been his college roommate and was the godfather to one of his sons, the lawsuit alleged.
According to the complaint, Alex’s insurance company agreed to a partial settlement of the claims associated with Gloria’s death in the amount of $505,000 to her sons.
But Tony and Brian claimed that they never received their cut of the money. They have since hired new lawyers.
Alex’s attorney did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
