Family of Stephen Smith raises funds to exhume and autopsy his body found near Murdaugh home.

The family of Stephen Smith, who was found dead near the Murdaugh home, has raised over $44,000 to exhume his body and perform an independent autopsy. Smith's death in 2015 is being reinvestigated after new evidence was found during the investigation into the Murdaugh murders. Smith's family believes he was murdered and wants an unbiased determination of his cause of death. State police initially said Smith was hit by a car, but some officers disagreed. His family hopes the exhumation and autopsy will provide answers.