Maggie Murdaugh's sister testifies about Alex's 'odd' statements after slayings
In the weeks after Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were brutally shot to death, their relatives were terrified, Maggie’s sister testified Feb. 14.Investigators had made no arrests nor named any suspects. No ...
15 Feb 202312min
COVID-19 poses existential threat to Alex Murdaugh murder trial
Judge Clifton Newman’s dismissal of the two jurors set off alarms that an outbreak in the jury room could require a suspension of the weeks-long proceedings or, worse, a mistrial. A court employee als...
14 Feb 202312min
Murdaugh family housekeeper takes the stand
The jury heard testimony from Blanca Simpson, the Murdaugh family’s housekeeper. Simpson testified about returning to Moselle the day after the murders as well as some of Alex Murdaugh's actions in th...
11 Feb 202313min
Jurors hear evidence of Murdaugh's finacial schemes and thefts
The vast majority of today’s testimony was taken up by four witnesses who each had already spoken during Judge Clifton Newman’s separate hearing on whether evidence of Alex’s alleged financial crimes ...
10 Feb 20238min
Jurors hear about gunshot residue, SUV data despite bomb threat disruption
In a day disrupted by a courthouse bomb threat, state prosecutors on Feb. 8 served jurors a smorgasbord of financial, digital and forensic evidence in their effort to prove once-respected Hampton atto...
9 Feb 202312min
Gunshot residue found on jacket Alex Murdaugh allegedly stashed after wife, son were slain
Forensic scientists found copious amounts of gunshot residue inside a jacket Alex Murdaugh allegedly stashed at his parents’ house just days after his wife and son were shot to death, jurors learned F...
8 Feb 202311min
Prosecutors get judge's OK to introduce alleged financial crimes
In the coming days of Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial, jurors will hear testimony accusing the once-prominent Hampton lawyer of secretly stealing millions of dollars from friends, family, clients ...
7 Feb 20238min
Further evidence of possible financial crimes and law enforcement testimony as week two ends
The court, still without jurors, went over the alleged financial crimes of Alex Murdaugh, including his connections with Palmetto state bank and the possible embezzlement of money from his law clients...
4 Feb 20238min
