This is not the first monkey escape in the S.C. Lowcountry. And of course, there's a Murdaugh crime saga connection.

Of the 43 monkeys that broke loose from Alpha Genesis in South Carolina, officials managed to recover 25 of them between Saturday and Sunday.

As of 5 p.m. Sunday, 25 of the 43 escaped primates that fled through open security doors from Alpha Genesis in Yemassee, ...