Although she imagined it happening while they were in Puerto Rico for her thirty-first birthday on June 4, 2021, David surprised her with a Memorial Day weekend proposal, and they spent their tropical vacation celebrating their engagement. It was Mandy's first real...
At the end of 2019, Mandy found herself craving a pivot in life and reached out to Will Folks, the founder of FITSNews, about a position. By January 2020, she was hired as an editor and took over on the Murdaugh beat. While it felt good to be supported in her...
Mandy gleaned very quickly that Investigator Todd Proctor "was the only one who seemed to ..grasp the bigger picture." Mandy and Liz traveled again to Hampton to talk with Stephen's twin sister, Stephanie, which ended in a nerve-racking encounter on their drive home....
After witnessing first hand, the privilege that Paul received, Liz couldn't help but report on the main takeaway from Paul's arraignment hearing regarding the boat crash in Beaufort County. Click here to read Liz's article that got people talking If you listen to the...
Following Mandy and Liz's first meeting with Sandy Smith, the two created a timeline of events related to Stephen Smith's suspicious death while they balanced full-time jobs. But after Mandy's editor at The Packet assigned the Mallory Beach and Stephen Smith story to...
Mandy and Liz traveled to Hampton to meet Sandy Smith for the first time in 2019 to learn more about her son, Stephen, and his 2015 death. They also paint a picture of what it was like living in Hampton County. https://youtu.be/68Z1koJx_CY Sandy — who found herself...