Rachel Sharp, Crime Correspondent Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson believes Alex Murdaugh 's fight for a second murder trial has nothing to do with innocence. To the longtime Murdaugh housekeeper and one of Maggie's closest friends, the disgraced legal scion's decision to drag his family, the victims' loved ones and the South Carolina Lowcountry back through another courtroom battle comes down to ‘pure ego.' ‘I believe this is pure ego. He does not want to be known as a murderer.