Detective in Alex Murdaugh case crashes SUV, killing 3-year-old daughter

A South Carolina detective who performed a key function within the Alex Murdaugh double-murder investigation crashed his SUV right into a tree, killing his 3-year-old daughter, his sheriff’s workplace introduced with “nice sorrow.”

Detective Sgt. Daniel Greene’s 3-year-old daughter, Carter Greene, was pronounced useless on Sunday on the Medical College of South Carolina following a single-car crash, the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) said Tuesday.

Greene was off-duty however driving his county-issued SUV when it left the highway and collided with a tree round 11:30 a.m., the workplace defined.

Greene, his present spouse, and one other youngster additionally suffered extreme however non-life-threatening accidents.

Little Carter Greene — the officer’s daughter along with his former spouse, Ashley Taylor Greene — was flown to the hospital however couldn’t be saved as a result of “the severity of her accidents,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

The CCSO veteran was one of many first native officers on the scene of the June 2021 capturing deaths of Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and her son Paul, 22, on their household’s Moselle property, the Greenville News reported.

He later testified and helped convict husband and father Alex Murdaugh of the brutal slayings, the outlet mentioned.

The disgraced legal professional is now serving two consecutive life sentences and faces extra proceedings for a slew of monetary crimes.

Greene was not on obligation on the time of the tragic accident, based on the CCSO. A day after the accident, he up to date his Fb profile picture to a picture of him and his now-dead daughter.

The useless lady’s mother – who now additionally makes use of the final identify Wiggins – additionally shared a heartbreaking Fb tribute early Thursday.

“I’ll by no means perceive why you needed to depart us, or how we’re imagined to dwell this life with out you. I’m so misplaced with out you and I’m so indignant,” she wrote alongside a photograph of her daughter smiling on the seaside.

“This may by no means make sense to me. You have been taken from me method too quickly. God is aware of I want you right here. I simply want I may hear you say ‘I like you extra’ yet one more time, and provide you with all of the bear hugs on the earth.”