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Alex Murdaugh: Who is the disgraced attorney and why is he on trial?
Alex Murdaugh’s five shocking words in the aftermath of the murders of his wife and son were revealed in Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, on Monday.
Jurors heard testimony about Mr Murdaugh’s second interview with law enforcement on 10 June 2021 – three days after he is accused of shooting dead Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22, at the family’s estate in Islandton on 7 June 2021.
In the interview, SLED Special Agent Jeff Croft testified that Mr Murdaugh told him: “I did him so bad.”
While prosecutors sought to suggest that the legal scion, 54, slipped up during the interview, Mr Murdaugh was seen shaking his head and appearing to say “that’s not what I said” in court.
Audio of the interview has also raised doubts, with some believing he actually says: “They did him so bad.”
Agent Croft is expected to be cross-examined by Mr Murdaugh’s attorneys when the trial resumes on Tuesday morning.
The trial is only one of Mr Murdaugh’s troubles in a saga spanning a botched hitman plot, multi-million-dollar fraud schemes, and unexplained deaths.
The photos were introduced into evidence on Friday as SLED forensic analyst Melinda Worley testified during the third day at Colleton County Court in Walterboro, South Carolina.
Rachel Sharp31 January 2023 11:00
Alex Murdaugh’s five shocking words in the aftermath of the murders of his wife and son were revealed in Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, on Monday.
Jurors heard testimony about Mr Murdaugh’s second interview with law enforcement on 10 June 2021 – three days after he is accused of shooting dead Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22, at the family’s estate in Islandton on 7 June 2021.
In the interview, SLED Special Agent Jeff Croft testified that Mr Murdaugh told him: “I did him so bad.”
While prosecutors sought to suggest that the legal scion, 54, slipped up during the interview, Mr Murdaugh was seen shaking his head and appearing to say “that’s not what I said” in court.
Audio of the interview has also raised doubts, with some believing he actually says: “They did him so bad.”
Agent Croft is expected to be cross-examined by Mr Murdaugh’s attorneys when the trial resumes on Tuesday morning.
Rachel Sharp31 January 2023 10:30
Newly-released stills from bodycam footage show Alex Murdaugh dressed in a “clean” white shirt after he claims he touched his wife and son’s bloodied bodies on finding them shot dead at the family estate in South Carolina.
Mr Murdaugh is dressed in a white T-shirt and dark shorts in the images. The stills are grainy but there are no obvious signs of blood on his shirt.
Oliver O’Connell31 January 2023 09:45
Rachel Sharp pieced together a timeline of the key moments in the sprawling case against Alex Murdaugh.
Oliver O’Connell31 January 2023 08:45
Alex Murdaugh told a 911 dispatcher moments after he says he discovered the bodies of two murdered family members that his son Paul had been receiving threats “for months” over a fatal boat crash.
Mr Murdaugh, 54, can be heard telling the operator that his son Paul had been involved in a fatal boat crash and had been getting threats “for months and months and months.”
Oliver O’Connell31 January 2023 07:45
The first police officer to arrive at the scene has told the jury in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial what he saw. Sgt Daniel Greene, the first witness to take the stand, told the court how he discovered the bodies of wife Maggie and son Paul. He also recalled how Murdaugh was armed when he arrived, and that he told him that he had left to get a shotgun because “he felt like he needed to have it.” Murdaugh, 54, is accused of fatally shooting his wife Maggie, 52, and son Paul, 22, at the family’s estate. Sign up for our newsletters.
Oliver O’Connell31 January 2023 05:45
Rachel Sharp filed this profile of the high-profile lawyer.
Oliver O’Connell31 January 2023 03:45
Bodycam footage was played in Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, on Thursday morning as the high-profile double murder trial got underway.
Oliver O’Connell31 January 2023 02:45
Disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh broke down in tears as his lawyer described how his son and wife were “butchered” on the family’s South Carolina hunting estate.
Mr Murdaugh wiped tears from his eyes as his defence attorney described the scene he claims his client found near kennels on the estate and denied that he had anything to do with it.
Dick Harpootlian told the jury that the prosecution’s explanation for the murders was just “theories” and “conjecture” and that Mr Murdaugh was a “loving” husband and father.
Oliver O’Connell31 January 2023 01:45
He was a high-powered attorney who ran both his own law firm and worked in the local prosecutor’s office.
He was the son of a powerful legal dynasty that dominated the local South Carolina community for almost a century.
And he was a family man who lived with his wife and two adult sons on their sprawling country estate.
Rachel Sharp has been following the case for The Independent.
The ‘trial of the century’ is now under way in a courtroom in South Carolina where powerful legal scion Alex Murdaugh is charged with the brutal double murder of his wife and son. But this is far from the only twist in a bizarre and sprawling tale of unexplained deaths, hitman plots and multi-million-dollar fraud schemes, writes Rachel Sharp
Oliver O’Connell31 January 2023 00:45
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