PAUL & MAGGIE MURDAUGH: South Carolina vs. Alex Murdaugh for Double Homicide of wife & son *GUILTY*

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This case is being kept pretty quiet, no major details released to speak of (other than it does say there were two different guns used), but no info regarding who found them, who called 911, very little else.

Of interest, the grandfather died just a few days after these murders and it sounds as if he was ill from various articles so probably not unexpected. I think of the typical motives, did grandpa have a big estate? How big in the overall family of grandpa's on down? They sound like a pretty well known family and a powerful one in their state, more on that in the article.


 
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Today's testimony was back to telling the State's version of the 'story'.

Ronnie Crosby's testimony was very intense & emotional. He is now the 3rd witness to confirm that AM's voice is on the recording Paul took the night of 6-7-2021.

Here's a link for tweets from a reporter in the courtroom. Out of the many that are there he's posting what I watched and agree with. Keep in min the link will take you to the most recent post so you'll need to scroll thru several pages for today's information.

And if you had nothing to do with it, why lie about being there? That and the timing of his world crashing down nails it for me. He had YEARS of theft now coming out. His reputation was getting ready to be shot and the trial for the boat crash was coming in a few days. I think my only question is if anybody else was involved or not.
 
Court in recess due to announcement from Judge Newman to evacuate the building. Per Law & Crime live feed the evacuation is due a reported bomb threat.
 
Per live feed linked above a perimeter has been secured around Colleton Court House.

To note .. no 'shocking' testimony was heard this morning that may have triggered this.

IMO most likely at attention seeker.

Or someone Murdaugh paid.
 
Today's witness'

1. Annette Griswold - AM's paralegal for 9 years provided detail around finding the missing 192k check in his office
2. Michael Gunn - Principal Partner Forge Consulting
3. Brian Hudak - SA SLED computer crimes; was asked by SLED to analyze OnStar data from AM Suburban however he wasn't able to so with the software provided so he contacted the FBI for assistance (testimony done, no cross)
4. Dwight Falkofke - FBI electronic analysis device unit; reviewed data from 'infotainment system' from Suburban driven by AM; after discussing the spreadsheet of data from the system he confirmed AM traveled to his Mom's (16 minutes), stayed 21 minutes, returned to Moselle (16 minutes)



So, far 4 witness' have confirmed there are 3 voices on the recording that Paul had taken a few minutes before he was murdered: Rogan Gibson, Will Loving, Ronnie Crosby, Annette Griswold

All of this is on the L&C video link posted above. Now, I'm exhausted ... 🥱
 
Another day ... (my notes)

1. Dwight Falkofske - cross only
2. Chris Wilson - Wilson Law Group PI cases; known AM since HS; became close during law school
3. Tony Satterfield - Mother worked for AM 20+ yrs
4. Jan Malinowski - CEO Palmetto State Bank
5. Mark Tinsley - Gooding & Gooding PA

Most impressive IMO today was Tony Satterfield. Very well spoken even under Dick Harpootlian's cross.

State expects to wrap up middle next week. Defense advised their case will take one full (business) week.
 
Gunshot residue evidence. Has this already been posted? Pretty damning imo.

From link:

"SLED forensic scientist Megan Fletcher testified in Colleton County Courthouse in South Carolina that at least 38 gunshot residue (GSR) particles were found on the inside of the jacket which was seized from Mr Murdaugh’s parents’ home.

Agent Fletcher said that this “significant” number of GSR particles would be consistent with a recently-fired gun being wrapped up inside the jacket.


The two firearms used to kill Maggie and Paul – an AR-15-style rifle and a shotgun – have never been found.

Days after the 7 June 2021 murders, Mr Murdaugh’s mother’s caretaker said that the disgraced attorney had shown up at his parents’ house at around 6.30am cradling a bundled-up “blue something” in his hands."

Also -

"Ms Fletcher told the court that the presence of gunshot residue particles on an item means one of two things: the item was in the vicinity of a gun being fired or it came into contact with something else with GSR on it.
It is not possible to say which of the two scenarios took place or when it happened.
Mr Murdaugh’s hands, his shirt and shorts and the seatbelt buckle of his car also had smaller numbers of GSR particles on them.
Three particles – one on the left sleeve and two on the right side – were found on the white t-shirt he was wearing when law enforcement arrived on the scene of the shootings. The shirt had a strong smell of detergent, Agent Fletcher noted.

<p>The blue raincoat which was covered in gunshot residue  </p>

The blue raincoat which was covered in gunshot residue

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Three particles – two on the right side and one on the left groin area – were also found on the shorts he had on.
One GSR particle was found on Mr Murdaugh’s hands.
On his shoes, no gunshot residue was found.
A single GSR particle was however also discovered on the seatbelt buckle of Mr Murdaugh’s car – something the agent described as “abnormal”."


 
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The legal experts on Court TV are saying the prosecution may have gone too far in showing his financial motives. They worry that an appeals court will say that they turned the trial into it being about the financial motives and not the murders.

You can see all of the shows on Court TV. Including Vinnie Politan at night:

 
The legal experts on Court TV are saying the prosecution may have gone too far in showing his financial motives. They worry that an appeals court will say that they turned the trial into it being about the financial motives and not the murders.

You can see all of the shows on Court TV. Including Vinnie Politan at night:

I think the financial motives are the strongest.
 

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