A roadside wooden cross marks the spot where Stephen Smith's body was found on Sandy Run Road in rural Hampton County, South Carolina.
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A roadside wooden cross marks the spot where Stephen Smith's body was found on Sandy Run Road in rural Hampton County, South Carolina.
Mandatory Credit: Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News/USA Today Network

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Stephen Smith's family raises money to have body exhumed for private autopsy almost 2 years after Murdaugh case prompted renewed scrutiny

The family of a 19-year-old found dead in the middle of a South Carolina road in 2015 will seek to have his body exhumed, they announced last week, almost two years after state authorities reopened a probe into his death based on information learned while investigating the murders of Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh and Paul Murdaugh.