Alex Murdaugh’s defense team began their day in court by calling Buster Murdaugh to the stand. He insisted that his father was “heartbroken” and “destroyed” after finding the bodies of his wife and son. The disgraced lawyer seemed to wipe away tears as his son said, “He asked me if I was sitting down … …
Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh searched online for a popular South Carolina restaurant shortly after his wife and son were found shot dead at their Colleton County hunting property in 2021, a special agent with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said. SLED Special Agent Peter Rudofski took the stand Friday to testify about …
Prosecutors rested their case Friday against disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, wrapping up the state’s testimony with a final witness to tie up phone and GPS information that had been given to jurors over the past two weeks of trial. A new piece of information: Paul and Maggie Murdaugh apparently uncovered Alex Murdaugh’s drug …
Alex Murdaugh allegedly drove faster around the location where his dead wife’s phone was located, according to a witness who analyzed the disgraced lawyer’s vehicle data, Fox News reports. Peter Rudofski, a special agent with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, testified Friday in the double-murder trial that Murdaugh increased his speed from 42 to …
Prosecutors in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial put a witness on the stand Thursday to testify about the disgraced former lawyer’s botched “suicide for hire” scheme, which played out a day after his family’s storied law firm kicked him out and three months after his wife and son were shot to death on the family’s …
Jurors learned today that Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were shot at close range. Dr. Kenneth Kinsey testified about the graphic wounds the pair sustained. Kensey said the first shot didn’t kill Paul. In fact, Paul stood for a moment and began moving toward his killer, before he was hit with the second fatal shot. Kensey …
Judge Clifton Newman, who earlier had barred testimony about Alex Murdaugh’s alleged ‘suicide for hire’ plot, reversed his ruling Wednesday afternoon.
Another bombshell in the courtroom today as Judge Clifton Newman ruled that testimony regarding Alex Murdaugh’s alleged roadside shooting. September 2021, Murdaugh claimed he asked another man to shoot him so his surviving son could obtain millions in life insurance. Judge Newman ruled that the roadside shooting would be a “bridge too far” and “does …
Puddles of water became the focus of cross-examination today of the man who took care of Alex Murdaugh’s dogs. Dale Davis testified that puddles of water were not where they should have been when police responded to the murders. Dale Davis said that when he left the afternoon of the murders, that water hose that …
Alex Murdaugh’s legal team is reportedly considering having him take the stand in his own defense during his ongoing double murder trial. A source close to the defense team told WCBD that if Alex does testify, it would happen in the next week or two. The prosecution is currently presenting evidence and witnesses but they …
A housekeeper for Alex Murdaugh testified today that the day after the double murders of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh, that she was asked by Alex Murdaugh to clean the house. Blanca Simpson revealed that when she went to the house several “very unusual” things stood out to her. They included food pots being in the …
A video shown to jurors in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial on Wednesday shows the disgraced South Carolina legal scion wearing khaki pants and a blue, collared shirt about an hour before prosecutors say he gunned down his wife and son near the dog kennels on the family’s hunting property on June 7, 2021. That’s in …
