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Alex Murdaugh found guilty of murdering wife, son in June 2021

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh, the fourth-generation heir to a powerful South Carolina legal, law enforcement and political family, was found guilty Thursday of murdering his wife and son in a case that brought the glare of national and international media attention to a long-secluded but corrupt corner of the…

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Alex Murdaugh defence accuses police of ‘fabricating evidence’ to tie attorney to murders in closing statement

Defence attorney Jim Griffin told jurors SLED ‘failed miserably’ in its investigation into the 7 June 2021 murders and decided from the get-go to pin the crime on Alex Murdaugh

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Timeline puts Alex Murdaugh at crime scene, prosecutor says in trial closing after visit to murder scene

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Only one person had the motive and the means to murder Maggie and Paul Murdaugh the night of June 7, 2021, prosecutor Creighton Waters told the men and women of the jury who will decide whether the former South Carolina attorney is guilty of the crime.

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Alex Murdaugh jury visits Moselle estate where wife and son were murdered as trial draws to close

The jury visit to the scene of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh’s murders took place under tight security, with no media present

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh sobs and whimpers as he describes finding bodies of wife Maggie and son Paul: ‘It was so bad’

Mr Murdaugh’s testimony comes as the defence plans to wrap up its case on Friday – a case that seeks to present the alleged killer and financial fraudster as a loving family man

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh admits he lied about being at kennels and his alibi on night of murders in bombshell testimony

In a hotly-anticipated moment, the 54-year-old took the witness stand to testify that he is innocent of the brutal slayings of his wife Maggie and son Paul Murdaugh

The Independent UK

Watch live: Alex Murdaugh trial continues after surviving son gives testimony

Watch live as Alex Murdaugh's murder trial gets underway for the 22nd day of testimony.

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Alex Murdaugh trial judge grills defence attorney over tweet: ‘Part of your strategy, Mr Griffin?’

On Saturday, Jim Griffin retweeted a link to a The Washington Post op-ed which read: ‘Alex Murdaugh trial reveals a sloppy investigation’

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh trial - live: Ballistics expert says Murdaugh too tall to be shooter as son Buster takes stand

Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial enters its fifth week in Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina

The Independent UK

How tall is Alex Murdaugh? Defense expert says height ‘unrealistic’ to have killed Maggie

WALTERBORO, S.C. — The gunman who killed Maggie Murdaugh must have been far shorter than Alex Murdaugh, currently on trial for the murders of his wife and son, a gunshot expert testified for the defense Tuesday.

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Alex Murdaugh’s son Buster describes family relationship at father’s double-murder trial

WALTERBORO, S.C. — For the first time, the jury in the Alex Murdaugh double-murder trial heard directly from Murdaugh’s own family.

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Dear Abby: My hoarding, narcissistic, alcoholic husband left, and I miss him

He’s living with another woman now, but his jilted wife wonder if he’ll be back.

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Alex Murdaugh trial viewers shocked as defence lawyer makes ‘tempting’ joke while pointing gun at prosecution

The courtroom erupted in laughter as defence attorney David Harpootlian made a daring joke while indirectly pointing a rifle at the prosecution’s table

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh defence witness suggests Maggie was killed by 5’2” shooter – not her 6’4” husband

Based on Mr Murdaugh’s height, forensic engineer Mike Sutton testified that the disgraced attorney could not have fired one of the shots that killed his wife

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Alex Murdaugh judge compares defence attorney to Kyrie Irving after he shared ‘sloppy investigation’ post

On Saturday, Jim Griffin retweeted a link to a The Washington Post op-ed which read: ‘Alex Murdaugh trial reveals a sloppy investigation’

The Guardian - US

South Carolina Murdaugh murder saga winds towards its end

No confession, no murder weapon, no witnesses – and yet the case against Alex Murdaugh, 54, has been convincingly argued

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‘Do you think I killed Paul?’: Jurors watch video of Alex Murdaugh’s final interview with investigators

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Judge Clifton Newman ruled Wednesday that jurors in the Alex Murdaugh double-murder trial can hear testimony about Murdaugh’s 2021 Labor Day botched roadside suicide attempt, an unexpected reversal of a ruling he issued the same morning.

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Alex Murdaugh’s bizarre botched hitman plot can be presented at murder trial, judge rules in reversal

Three months on from the double murders, Murdaugh allegedly paid a hitman to shoot him dead so that his son Buster would receive a $10m life insurance windfall

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Murdaugh’s sister-in-law says she encouraged Maggie to go to family's Moselle estate the night she was murdered

WALTERBORO, S.C. — The last conversation Marian Proctor had with her sister, Maggie Murdaugh, Proctor encouraged her to go spend the night at the Murdaughs' Moselle property.

The Independent UK

Maggie Murdaugh’s sister says Alex told her wife and son didn’t suffer in horrific murders

Ms Proctor said that in the aftermath of the killings, she had a conversation with Mr Murdaugh that struck her as odd

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh asked housekeeper to clean home morning after murders – then tried to get stories straight

Jurors also heard that Mr Murdaugh had insisted both Maggie and Paul come to the hunting lodge on the day they were murdered there

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh family warned they will be thrown out of murder trial

The Murdaugh family’s behaviour in court is just the latest in a growing list of sagas disrupting the high-profile trial – including a bomb threat and a controversial GoFundMe

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh’s longtime friend barred from testifying about botched hitman plot

Three months on from the murders, Alex Murdaugh allegedly paid accomplice Curtis ‘Eddie’ Smith to shoot him as part of an insurance fraud plot

The Guardian - US

‘Out of options … and time’: prosecutors posit motive in puzzling Murdaugh murder saga

Alex Murdaugh is accused of shooting his wife and son, but questions remain a week into the sensational trial

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Cellphone video played in court could put Alex Murdaugh at scene of 2 murders

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Two childhood friends of Paul Murdaugh’s each took the witness stand Wednesday to tell a jury that a third voice heard on a cellphone video, recorded minutes before Paul and his mother, Maggie, were murdered, is the voice of his father, Alex Murdaugh.

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