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Alex Murdaugh is used to living a life of luxury. A Hunting lodge, a beautiful home at the beach, hunting trips, and big vacations. Now he is alone in a…

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Alex Murdaugh is used to living a life of luxury. A Hunting lodge, a beautiful home at the beach, hunting trips, and big vacations. Now he is alone in a small jail cell with just a sink and toilet and a small steel bed with a thin mattress. Murdaugh in jail.

Alex Murdaugh is now a number in the Department of Corrections in South Carolina. He will be at the Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center in Columbia for about 45 days for health and mental evaluation. From there, he will be assigned to a maximum security prison in South Carolina. One of the prisons he could be sent to is nearby in McCormick, SC.

His head is now clean-shaven. That’s one of the first things they do when you are brought to prison. I have read that they shave your head to prevent lice spread and, quite possibly, as a demeaning measure. This is a place where you do as you are told.

His attorneys will appeal, but either way, with all of the financial crimes, I'm sure he will never get out.

Now....he sits in a cell....and waits.

Tee has worked with KICKS 99 for over 24 years as Operations Manager and Program Director and is on-air each afternoon 3p-7p. When he’s not working, you’ll find him traveling the back roads, taking pictures, and searching for the next dive diner. Favorite place to visit? That’s easy. Folly Beach, SC. He’s usually there at least a few times a year. He lives in North Augusta and on Saturdays in the fall, you’ll find him cooking out and watching his Clemson Tigers. Tee likes to write about travel, Augusta local dive bars and diners and destinations in the Carolinas, as well as new business.