He killed his wife and son and plotted suicide so that the second son would benefit from an insurance policy of 10 million
US authorities have charged Alex Mordo with a double murder in South Carolina, accusing him of killing his wife and son.
The attorney general was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday, which heard evidence from prosecutors and determined that there was sufficient evidence to charge suppliers with two counts of murder, according to the South Carolina attorney general's office.
His wife Maggie Mordo and son Paul Mordo, 22, were found murdered at the family's hunting lodge last summer after being shot and killed with what investigators believe were two different weapons.
Alex told investigators that he discovered them there after the incident, and claimed to have proof of his whereabouts at the time of the two murders.
Being such an important person, no formal accusation was brought against Mordo over the initial murders of two members of his family.
Or now, he was arrested and charged with attempting to plan his death months later, which opened the case and caused his arrest after being accused of killing two members of his family and planning to kill himself.
Murdo survived his suicide attempt, in which he was shot in the head with superficial injuries, but prosecutors claim that his intention was indeed to die, and he made his surviving son get a 10 million dollar life insurance policy, but instead, he lived, so he was later accused of trying Develop an outline.
In addition to these charges, he has also faced dozens of other counts of financial crimes - prosecutors allege that he defrauded different people out of millions of dollars through his legal practice.
Mordo has pleaded not guilty to all charges brought so far.
He is due to appear in court later this week and is expected to face a lawsuit over the new murder charges as well.
He is currently being held in prison on a $7 million bond.
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