Taking most of the day for closing arguments, prosecutor Creighton Waters told jurors that Murdaugh had the motive, means and opportunity to kill his wife and son.
/Gray News) - The day after prosecutors presented their closing arguments in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial, the defense will have its turn to convince a jury their client did not kill his wife and son.
Jurors started their day on Wednesday morning by touring that property as Judge Clifton Newman and attorneys on both sides looked on. A press pool was allowed to tour the property after jurors cleared the scene. . Waters said Murduagh was trying to keep up his successful image and family legacy, and the pressures of the cases surrounding the 2019 Beaufort County boat crash threatened that legacy.
“He was lying to you just like he’s lied to everyone close to him,” Waters said. “He’s good at it. He’s good at it.”Waters argued that no one really knew who Murdaugh was, and he would do anything “in a heartbeat” to avoid accountability. That meant lying to law enforcement about being at the kennels the night of the murders and even lying on the stand about the extent of his pill usage to gain sympathy from the jury.
Things like Murdaugh saying he didn’t take his phone to the kennels with him and the flurry of activity and phone calls after 9:02 p.m. were all a part of Murdaugh attempting to manufacture an alibi, Waters said.
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