Valerie Bauerlein

He had a fixer, the story goes, he had a fixer of one of many who laid in wait underneath her porch one night and got a little bit too drunk and fell asleep and didn't kill her. So there was just like this incredible, incredible echoes throughout this story. Isn't it amazing? Yeah.

Well, there was certainly a terrible boat accident in 1998 from the same island, like Murdoch Island, where you'll remember the tragic boat wreck that killed Mallory Beach in 2019. They took the Murdoch family boat from the family compound, which is called Murdoch Island. Back in 1998, Ellick's younger brother was having a party on Murdoch Island. There was a boat there, and it's incredible.

Well, there was certainly a terrible boat accident in 1998 from the same island, like Murdoch Island, where you'll remember the tragic boat wreck that killed Mallory Beach in 2019. They took the Murdoch family boat from the family compound, which is called Murdoch Island. Back in 1998, Ellick's younger brother was having a party on Murdoch Island. There was a boat there, and it's incredible.

Well, there was certainly a terrible boat accident in 1998 from the same island, like Murdoch Island, where you'll remember the tragic boat wreck that killed Mallory Beach in 2019. They took the Murdoch family boat from the family compound, which is called Murdoch Island. Back in 1998, Ellick's younger brother was having a party on Murdoch Island. There was a boat there, and it's incredible.

I couldn't believe it when I saw the documents. It had been seized in a drug raid by the solicitor's office, so by Old Buster, and he liked the boat. So he kept it for his own use at the island, and the family used it. So it's late at night. There's some guests there that wanted to take the boat home rather than the roads because they didn't want to get in trouble.

I couldn't believe it when I saw the documents. It had been seized in a drug raid by the solicitor's office, so by Old Buster, and he liked the boat. So he kept it for his own use at the island, and the family used it. So it's late at night. There's some guests there that wanted to take the boat home rather than the roads because they didn't want to get in trouble.

I couldn't believe it when I saw the documents. It had been seized in a drug raid by the solicitor's office, so by Old Buster, and he liked the boat. So he kept it for his own use at the island, and the family used it. So it's late at night. There's some guests there that wanted to take the boat home rather than the roads because they didn't want to get in trouble.

They've been drinking for many hours. And these young men set off on a boat ride home. And it's tricky. We know from what happened with the wreck that killed Mallory Beach. It's very shallow waters and places. They hit a shoal and stopped and then immediately started back up.

They've been drinking for many hours. And these young men set off on a boat ride home. And it's tricky. We know from what happened with the wreck that killed Mallory Beach. It's very shallow waters and places. They hit a shoal and stopped and then immediately started back up.

They've been drinking for many hours. And these young men set off on a boat ride home. And it's tricky. We know from what happened with the wreck that killed Mallory Beach. It's very shallow waters and places. They hit a shoal and stopped and then immediately started back up.

and didn't realize that one of the guests had fallen overboard and had gotten run over by the motor and sustained a traumatic brain injury. And, you know, I've got hundreds of pages of documents from the state that show that the Murdochs were involved in trying to make that wreck go away.

and didn't realize that one of the guests had fallen overboard and had gotten run over by the motor and sustained a traumatic brain injury. And, you know, I've got hundreds of pages of documents from the state that show that the Murdochs were involved in trying to make that wreck go away.

and didn't realize that one of the guests had fallen overboard and had gotten run over by the motor and sustained a traumatic brain injury. And, you know, I've got hundreds of pages of documents from the state that show that the Murdochs were involved in trying to make that wreck go away.

Even some of the same DNR, the natural resources officers, even some of the same officers who were involved in the Mallory Beach wreck, they were working that night as well, So the echoes in the past are just, sometimes I couldn't believe it. I really was gobsmacked many times in a row.

Even some of the same DNR, the natural resources officers, even some of the same officers who were involved in the Mallory Beach wreck, they were working that night as well, So the echoes in the past are just, sometimes I couldn't believe it. I really was gobsmacked many times in a row.

Even some of the same DNR, the natural resources officers, even some of the same officers who were involved in the Mallory Beach wreck, they were working that night as well, So the echoes in the past are just, sometimes I couldn't believe it. I really was gobsmacked many times in a row.

And it's so poignant to look at pictures of Mallory. She was 19 years old when she died. She was just full of life. I've gotten to know her family over the course of reporting this story. And it was it was Alex Boat, but it was his son, Paul Murdoch, who was 19 at the time, who was who was who was driving. I mean, I think the facts established that he was driving.

And it's so poignant to look at pictures of Mallory. She was 19 years old when she died. She was just full of life. I've gotten to know her family over the course of reporting this story. And it was it was Alex Boat, but it was his son, Paul Murdoch, who was 19 at the time, who was who was who was driving. I mean, I think the facts established that he was driving.

And it's so poignant to look at pictures of Mallory. She was 19 years old when she died. She was just full of life. I've gotten to know her family over the course of reporting this story. And it was it was Alex Boat, but it was his son, Paul Murdoch, who was 19 at the time, who was who was who was driving. I mean, I think the facts established that he was driving.

He was criminally charged with it. And so he is incredibly drunk. He drank a lot. I talked with people that knew the family. He had been sneaking beer since he was eight years old. And at a certain point, not even sneaking them. So he was very, very drunk. He had 19 drinks that night. His BAC when he got to the hospital was .286.