Murph The Surf

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Murph the Surf

Concrete weights had been tied to their necks to sink them. The victims had allegedly been brutally killed in a dispute over nearly half a million dollars worth of securities stolen from a Los Angeles brokerage. Murphy was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Despite denying he was involved in the Whiskey Creek murders, Murphy was convicted of killing Terry Rae Frank, 24, in 1969 and sentenced to life in prison. In 1970, he received a second life sentence, plus 20 years, for conspiracy and assault to commit robbery against Olive Wofford.

Due to becoming a model prisoner, a Christian and showing remorse for his past Murphy was paroled from the Florida State Prison in 1986.

Rehabilitation
After 19 years, Murphy was released from Florida State Prison in 2000, mainly because of his exemplary behaviour. During his time in prison he had become religious and taken on a role assisting the prison's chaplain and counselling young offenders. The Florida Parole Board saw fit to terminate his lifetime parole.

Today Murphy acts as an Evangelist style preacher visiting the prisons as a ‘messenger of God’ with the aim of helping rehabilitate other felons through religion. He says of his villainous and murderous past

“To this day, that era pains me. I'm not at all pleased with my past, or the terrible mistakes that I did, the hurt that I caused people. I am ashamed and embarrassed by all of that."

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