Did These Two Witnesses Save the Prosecution's Case Against Alex Murdaugh?
Over the last week, jurors have been inundated with details about how Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were brutally murdered outside their South Carolina estate in June 2021—and allegations about who did it.
Prosecutors say that Alex Murdaugh, a former lawyer from a prominent local family, fatally shot his 52-year-old wife and 22-year-old son—in an attempt to distract from the looming threat of his financial problems being exposed—and then took deliberate steps to cover up his role in the grisly crime. To prove their case, they called over a dozen witnesses to detail the crime scene, cell phone data, and Murdaugh’s initial interviews with law enforcement. Murdaugh, they argue, is the only person who could have killed his family.
But prosecutors have yet to fully explain to the 12-person Colleton County Court jury the nature of Murdaugh’s alleged financial crimes—or disprove the defense's claim that he was nowhere near the crime scene during the murders. Further, prosecutors have yet to explain how Murdaugh would have successfully shot his wife and son with two different guns in a matter of seconds before going to visit his ailing mother and calling several family members and friends around the same time.
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