Horrific details were uncovered in the opening statements of South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh's murder trial. craigmelvin reports on the ground.
, with both sides describing a gruesome scene where the two were found dead.
Alex Murdaugh listens during opening statements in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023.Waters said Paul Murdaugh, 22, was shot in the chest, shoulder and head with buckshot loads from a 12-gauge shotgun, causing"devastating damage" to his body.
He was charged with two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon in July 2022. He hasMurdaugh's attorney, Dick Harpootlian, also revealed horrific details about the state of the victims' bodies in his opening statement.
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