The first officer to arrive after Alex Murdaugh called 911 and reported his wife and son were shot noted the the attorney was upset but that he had no tears in his eyes
During the first day of testimony, jurors watched Colleton County Sgt. Daniel Greene's body camera footage and other video from Murdaugh's South Carolina hunting lodge on June 7, 2021.
Murdaugh, 54, is standing trial on two counts of murder. Investigators said his 22-year-old son Paul was shot twice with a shotgun near kennels outside the family's Colleton County hunting lodge. His 52-year-old wife Maggie was shot four or five times with a rifle close by. Both victims were shot in the head after they were gravely wounded, authorities said.It took Greene about 20 minutes after the 911 call to get to the Murdaugh home in the rural county of 38,000 people.
Harpootlian asked why another officer went into a feed room behind Paul Murdaugh's body. Greene said he didn't know, but that officers were doing their best to protect the evidence.Later testimony from other deputies said the officer only went into the room to help lift the sheet on Paul Murdaugh’s body straight up to check if there was a weapon near or under his body. Colleton County Sheriff’s Capt.
As images of the bodies of Murdaugh's son and wife came up on the body camera footage, a second defense lawyer used a box lid to cover the screen in front of Murdaugh so the audience couldn't see it. Murdaugh rocked back and forth with his head down and wiped his eyes as the condition of the bodies was discussed.
Murdaugh appeared to be distraught several other times during graphic testimony, as officers and first responders talked about how his son’s brain was ripped away by the shotgun blast and was found by his feet, and that his wife had a hole in her head big enough to see her skull cavity.
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