A portrait of accused double murderer Alex Murdaugh's grandfather was removed from the South Carolina courtroom where his trial commenced on Wednesday, in a poignant symbol of the once-powerful family's fall from grace.Judge Clifton Newman ordered the removal of the portrait of late 14th Circuit Solicitor Randolph 'Buster' Murdaugh Jr. as opening arguments began in his grandson's trial in Walterboro.Alex Murdaugh, 54, is accused of shooting his wife, Maggie, 52, and son Paul, 22, at their sprawling hunting property in Islandton, a rural corner of South Carolina's Lowcountry, on the night of June 7, 2021.
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