Maggie Murdaugh’s husband was convicted of her murder. Her friends want to keep her memory alive.

Maggie Murdaugh made headlines in loss of life. However the lack of the girl referred to as “Magnolia” by her sister was shortly overshadowed by the high-profile tribulations of her husband, Alex — charged with murdering Maggie and their son, Paul, accused of practically 100 monetary crimes involving tens of millions of {dollars}, fired from the regulation agency his great-grandfather based, disbarred and embroiled in several scandals concurrently. A jury convicted him on March 2 of each murders.

A key piece of proof within the weekslong South Carolina trial — throughout which 76 witnesses, together with Alex Murdaugh himself and the couple’s surviving son, Buster, took the stand — was a video of Paul’s. Prosecutor Creighton Waters described that video as Paul’s testimony from beyond the grave.

However Caroline Value and Shellie West wish to ensure that they keep in mind their longtime good friend for the nice occasions — “the way in which she was, and never what occurred,” as West put it.

Value and West informed CBS Information’ Nikki Battiste their good friend doted on her sons and was a dutiful spouse to her husband, whom Value mentioned was “bigger than life” whereas Maggie Murdaugh “wasn’t flashy in any respect.” 

“She was an individual, she was a mom, she was a sister, she was a good friend, she was a daughter,” mentioned West. “You realize, she’s not ‘the spouse that was murdered.’ I imply, we do not need her to be remembered that manner.”

The three had been mates since they have been on the College of South Carolina collectively. Value was Murdaugh’s “huge sister” within the Kappa Delta sorority; Murdaugh and West lived collectively after commencement. Each ladies have been within the Murdaughs’ marriage ceremony. 

They need folks to know “that she was enjoyable. She had a persona, that she was witty,” mentioned West. “She beloved issues. She beloved her household.”

They wish to hold her reminiscence alive.

“Do you are feeling that Maggie has been misplaced in all of this?” requested Battiste.

“Completely,” Value mentioned.