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

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.

Questions abound in SC Murdaugh killing. Among them: Should prosecutor step aside?

Several days after two members of a prominent Hampton County family were fatally shot, questions about what happened still vastly outnumber answers.

www.postandcourier.com

 

[noZme]

bodycam 1st officer on scene

 

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[Cousin Dupree]

Who is Vinnie Politan? Have you got a link to the analysis please?

Vinnie Politan is Court TV's host that examines, with experts, the days news. Mostly now about this trial.

Court TV Live Stream - Your Front Row Seat to Justice

Court TV brings you inside the courtroom for high-profile cases across the U.S.

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[Guess Who]

Which son did he let live and why?

Buster is the one that lived and Buster didn't have an uninsured boat wreck that was going to bring out his financial misdeeds.

 

[Guess Who]

Who is Vinnie Politan? Have you got a link to the analysis please?

He's an irritating (IMO) talking head for CourtTv

 

[Cousin Dupree]

He's an irritating (IMO) talking head for CourtTv

I used to think so too, but he has good guests on.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

When the defense slowed it down in court it sounded like "they" to me. When I heard it live it sounded like "I". Then I heard it again live and heard "they"?

 

[Tresir]

It sounds like 'I' to me "It's so bad. I did him so bad" it could mean "I treated him so bad" though. The majority of the replies agree and also think it sounds like "I".

 

[kdg411]

Which son did he let live and why?

Assuming this is rhetorical?

Two jurors were diagnosed with COVID and are being released. If an outbreak occurs it could lead to a mistrial.

Partially correct. Two jurors did test positive and were released from the jury. Two alternates then replaced those two. A doctor was asked by the court to come in and tested the jury and will come back on Wednesday to administer another test to them. A mistrial was not discussed. The Judge has the authority to pause the trial if he feels the need to do so.

 

[kdg411]

The ME took up most of the trial today. The autopsy photos were NOT shown to the public because they are under seal.

My notes from her testimony;
Dr. Ellen Riemer -

Paul - 2 shots
1st - left chest (not fatal)
2nd - left arm exiting thru back of skull (fatal) *(both shots had stippling, within 3 feet of firearm);

Maggie - killed with assault rifle (different from Paul) 5 shots
2 having stippling *(within 3 feet of firearm)
1st - abdomen, *stippling
2nd left thigh,
3rd left wrist,
4th upward trajectory to left breast re enters to head (fatal), *(stippling)
5th back of head near base of skull downward trajectory lots of exit wounds thru back (fatal)

 

[Cousin Dupree]

The ME took up most of the trial today. The autopsy photos were NOT shown to the public because they are under seal.

My notes from her testimony;
Dr. Ellen Riemer -

Paul - 2 shots
1st - left chest (not fatal)
2nd - left arm exiting thru back of skull (fatal) *(both shots had stippling, within 3 feet of firearm);

Maggie - killed with assault rifle (different from Paul) 5 shots
2 having stippling *(within 3 feet of firearm)
1st - abdomen, *stippling
2nd left thigh,
3rd left wrist,
4th upward trajectory to left breast re enters to head (fatal), *(stippling)
5th back of head near base of skull downward trajectory lots of exit wounds thru back (fatal)

OMG, her testimony was horrendous. Not in what she found, because I have no idea what she found. She couldn't put things simply. I was having a very hard time following her.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

I'm just finding out now that the gardener's DNA was found under his wife's fingernails.

 

[Tresir]

I'm just finding out now that the gardener's DNA was found under his wife's fingernails.

Whose gardener? Maggie or Alex? Weren't they separated? Or the gardener at the Moselle property?

This source claims it was unidentified male DNA, possibly from the salon where she had got her nails done that day.

Jurors hear forensics, autopsy testimony in Murdaugh murder trial

Two jurors in the double murder trial of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh tested positive for COVID-19 before testimony could get underway Monday.

www.live5news.com

From the link-

Nguyen said all the swabs from Murdaugh’s SUV tested negative for blood except the swab taken from the steering wheel.


Nguyen tested the shirt and shorts recovered from Murdaugh and the blue raincoat located at Murdaugh’s parents’ house.

The raincoat tested negative for blood before being processed for DNA in an effort to identify the jacket’s owner.

The defense has argued that the raincoat has no connection to Murdaugh since it was found at his parents’ home and not Moselle. Prosecutors have argued the raincoat may have contained at least one of the murder weapons after Murdaugh showed up at his parents’ home carrying a blue tarp or the raincoat based on earlier testimony.

SLED Forensic Scientist Sara Zapata testified Monday that she was unable to create a DNA profile from the raincoat.

Prosecutor Savanna Goude questions Sara Zapata, a SLED forensic scientist, during the Alex Murdaugh trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.(Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com | Grace Beahm Alford/Staff)


Zapata also testified testing on the shirt came back negative for human blood. DNA analysis from the shirt found profiles that were likely from Alex Murdaugh and Maggie Murdaugh.

Analysis of the steering wheel was also found to likely be a mixture of DNA from Alex and Maggie Murdaugh.

The defense questioned the analysis of Maggie Murdaugh’s fingernails after Zapata testified that DNA from an unknown male was found under her fingernails. She had gotten her nails done earlier in the day.


“Possible that somewhere at the nail salon there was DNA that she picked up under her fingernails,” Zapata said. “Can’t tell how or when DNA got there. Anytime between getting nails done and arriving home, she could touch an object and potentially DNA from the object under the fingernails or touch an individual and their DNA be under her fingernails in that way.”

 

[kdg411]

I'm just finding out now that the gardener's DNA was found under his wife's fingernails.

*Unidentified

 

[kdg411]

OMG, her testimony was horrendous. Not in what she found, because I have no idea what she found. She couldn't put things simply. I was having a very hard time following her.

Really? I thought the ME was an amazing witness and helped visualize the wounds from a laymens perspective.

IMO, Zapata was very difficult to follow.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Whose gardener? Maggie or Alex? Weren't they separated? Or the gardener at the Moselle property?

This source claims it was unidentified male DNA, possibly from the salon where she had got her nails done that day.

Jurors hear forensics, autopsy testimony in Murdaugh murder trial

Two jurors in the double murder trial of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh tested positive for COVID-19 before testimony could get underway Monday.

www.live5news.com

From the link-

Nguyen said all the swabs from Murdaugh’s SUV tested negative for blood except the swab taken from the steering wheel.


Nguyen tested the shirt and shorts recovered from Murdaugh and the blue raincoat located at Murdaugh’s parents’ house.

The raincoat tested negative for blood before being processed for DNA in an effort to identify the jacket’s owner.

The defense has argued that the raincoat has no connection to Murdaugh since it was found at his parents’ home and not Moselle. Prosecutors have argued the raincoat may have contained at least one of the murder weapons after Murdaugh showed up at his parents’ home carrying a blue tarp or the raincoat based on earlier testimony.

SLED Forensic Scientist Sara Zapata testified Monday that she was unable to create a DNA profile from the raincoat.

Prosecutor Savanna Goude questions Sara Zapata, a SLED forensic scientist, during the Alex Murdaugh trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.(Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com | Grace Beahm Alford/Staff)


Zapata also testified testing on the shirt came back negative for human blood. DNA analysis from the shirt found profiles that were likely from Alex Murdaugh and Maggie Murdaugh.

Analysis of the steering wheel was also found to likely be a mixture of DNA from Alex and Maggie Murdaugh.

The defense questioned the analysis of Maggie Murdaugh’s fingernails after Zapata testified that DNA from an unknown male was found under her fingernails. She had gotten her nails done earlier in the day.


“Possible that somewhere at the nail salon there was DNA that she picked up under her fingernails,” Zapata said. “Can’t tell how or when DNA got there. Anytime between getting nails done and arriving home, she could touch an object and potentially DNA from the object under the fingernails or touch an individual and their DNA be under her fingernails in that way.”

I wondered where they were getting it from too. I'm just reporting what they said. A quick search of Murdaugh gardener DNA brought up nothing.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

While looking I found this.

The 10 Biggest Bombshells From The Alex Murdaugh Trial So Far

From a blown-up alibi to COVID in the courtroom, here are the standout moments.View Entire Post ›

www.yahoo.com

 

[Cousin Dupree]

They are going to talk about who's DNA was found under Maggie's fingernails on Court TV. I think she said soon. I just woke up, and I'm not feeling well. I know she said they'll be talking about it. I'm not sure she of when they'd do that. I think next because court doesn't start for a little while yet. They also show all testimony in full. They interrupt for commercials, but pick back up where the witness testimony left off.

Court TV Live Stream - Your Front Row Seat to Justice

Court TV brings you inside the courtroom for high-profile cases across the U.S.

www.courttv.com

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Whose gardener? Maggie or Alex? Weren't they separated? Or the gardener at the Moselle property?

This source claims it was unidentified male DNA, possibly from the salon where she had got her nails done that day.

Jurors hear forensics, autopsy testimony in Murdaugh murder trial

Two jurors in the double murder trial of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh tested positive for COVID-19 before testimony could get underway Monday.

www.live5news.com

From the link-

Nguyen said all the swabs from Murdaugh’s SUV tested negative for blood except the swab taken from the steering wheel.


Nguyen tested the shirt and shorts recovered from Murdaugh and the blue raincoat located at Murdaugh’s parents’ house.

The raincoat tested negative for blood before being processed for DNA in an effort to identify the jacket’s owner.

The defense has argued that the raincoat has no connection to Murdaugh since it was found at his parents’ home and not Moselle. Prosecutors have argued the raincoat may have contained at least one of the murder weapons after Murdaugh showed up at his parents’ home carrying a blue tarp or the raincoat based on earlier testimony.

SLED Forensic Scientist Sara Zapata testified Monday that she was unable to create a DNA profile from the raincoat.

Prosecutor Savanna Goude questions Sara Zapata, a SLED forensic scientist, during the Alex Murdaugh trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.(Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com | Grace Beahm Alford/Staff)


Zapata also testified testing on the shirt came back negative for human blood. DNA analysis from the shirt found profiles that were likely from Alex Murdaugh and Maggie Murdaugh.

Analysis of the steering wheel was also found to likely be a mixture of DNA from Alex and Maggie Murdaugh.

The defense questioned the analysis of Maggie Murdaugh’s fingernails after Zapata testified that DNA from an unknown male was found under her fingernails. She had gotten her nails done earlier in the day.


“Possible that somewhere at the nail salon there was DNA that she picked up under her fingernails,” Zapata said. “Can’t tell how or when DNA got there. Anytime between getting nails done and arriving home, she could touch an object and potentially DNA from the object under the fingernails or touch an individual and their DNA be under her fingernails in that way.”

Yesterday the witness said she could not exclude the gardener, but it was 11 times more likely that it was somebody else.