Stephen Murphy was born in 1957 in Tennessee. At a young age he moved with his family to Princeton, West Virginia, where his parents, Marvin and Betty Murphy, op… See more

Murphy’s start with the police came as a 19-year-old intern with the Bluefield Police Department. From there, he interned with the Mercer County Sherriff’s Department, before takin… See more

Early on in his career in law enforcement, Murphy developed an interest in narcotics investigations and eventually enrolled in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) academy. … See more

At the helm of Colombia’s drug trafficking monopoly was Pablo Escobar, head of the dangerous Medellín Cartel. Rich — he had an estimated net worth of $30 billion — and brazen, Es… See more