Alex Murdaugh's Former Housekeeper Says She "Knew" He Was Guilty

Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson, who worked as a housekeeper for the Murdaugh family for nearly two decades and became close friends with Maggie Murdaugh, has published a memoir titled Within the House of Murdaugh: Amid a Unique Friendship - Blanca and Maggie, in which she details the moment her suspicions about Alex Murdaugh solidified into certainty. Maggie and her son Paul were shot and killed at the family’s Moselle estate in Islandton, South Carolina, on June 7, 2021. Alex Murdaugh was convicted of their murders in 2023.

The Morning After and What She Noticed

Simpson arrived at the Moselle estate early on June 8, 2021, called by Alex to prepare the house for visitors. Several details struck her as immediately wrong: Maggie’s Mercedes SUV was parked on the right side of the driveway rather than her usual left; Maggie’s pajamas and underwear were laid out in the laundry room as if planned for that night - but Simpson noted Maggie never wore underwear to bed; and Maggie’s purse, makeup bag, and luggage were still in the car, suggesting she had intended to return to the beach house later that evening. These observations planted the first seeds of doubt in Simpson’s account.

The Beach Towel and the Theory

A pivotal moment came during the trial, when Simpson saw police body camera footage showing a beach towel in Alex’s vehicle - a towel she said she had washed and placed on a shelf the day of the murders. Alex had claimed he was at the main house and only discovered the bodies later. The presence of the towel in his car, which later disappeared, suggested to Simpson that he had used it to clean up after the crime. In her memoir, she also raises the possibility that Alex had an accomplice who helped stage the scene, while acknowledging only Alex knows the full truth.

An Unsent Letter and a Personal Tribute

Simpson includes in the memoir an unsent letter to Alex confronting him for destroying the family he claimed to love. She describes Maggie as a warm, fun-loving woman who looked out for those around her and regularly surprised Simpson with small treats. After the murders, Simpson adopted Bubba, Maggie’s favorite Labrador retriever.

References: Inside Alex Murdaugh’s Former Housekeeper’s Bombshell Book About What She Saw: ‘I Knew He Did It’ (Exclusive) | Inside the Scathing Letter Alex Murdaugh’s Housekeeper Wrote Years After Family Murders: ‘You Had It All’ (Exclusive) | Longtime family employee to ‘share who Maggie truly was within her home,’ in Murdaugh book