South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh is standing trial for the 2021 killings of his wife and son. The murder charges — and a slew of others — have led to the unraveling of a lawyer whose family dominated the legal scene in a small county for decades.
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE NIGHT OF THE KILLINGS?
Authorities said Paul Murdaugh was shot twice with a shotgun, each round loaded with different size shot, while Maggie Murdaugh was struck with four to five bullets from a rifle. A crime scene report suggested both victims were shot in the head after initially being wounded., prosecutor Creighton Waters conceded it is not an open and shut case. He made almost no mention of DNA evidence, fingerprints, confessions or eyewitness statements.
Alex Murdaugh came to the emergency room the night of the February 2019 crash and talked to others on the boat who survived. The Beach family said he was trying to use his influence to stymy the investigation and deflect blame from his son.More than two years later, Alex Murdaugh mentioned the boat crash to the first deputy to arrive on the scene of the killings of his wife and son.
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