'The evidence in this case is substantial and it all points back to Alex Murdaugh,' a prosecutor said. 'There is forensic evidence as well as other evidence of his guilt of these murders.'
, with one of his defense attorneys calling for a speedy trial to clear his name and prod authorities to"go for the real killers."
Murdaugh has been behind bars since October, charged with financial crimes and several other misdeeds that were uncovered after the killings of his wife Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, at the family's Colleton County hunting estate in June 2021.Harpootlian told a judge Wednesday that Murdaugh wants to stand trial within the next three to four months to show that investigators from South Carolina's State Law Enforcement Division targeted the wrong man.
"The evidence in this case is substantial and it all points back to Alex Murdaugh," Waters said."There is forensic evidence as well as other evidence of his guilt of these murders." Murdaugh is charged with two counts of murder and two counts of possessing a weapon during a violent crime. The indictment alleges that he fatally shot his wife with a rifle and used a shotgun to kill his son.
Newman, the judge who presided over Murdaugh's hearing Wednesday, had previously denied bond for Murdaugh on the financial crimes charges. A different judge later set bond at $7 million but Murdaugh was unable to pay it and has remained in jail. His lawyers have complained several times that the bond was set too high, and said that because of lawsuits and frozen assets Murdaugh couldn't even afford to buy underwear from the jail store.
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