The defense called forensic experts to dispute gunshot evidence and showed autopsy photos during the murder trial of disbarred South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, who is accused of fatally shooting his wife and son in June 2021.
Murdaugh's wife and son, Maggie and Paul, were shot and killed at the dog kennels at the family's estate on June 7, 2021, and he is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, as well as 99 charges relating to financial misconduct.On Monday, the defense, which called a total of 14 witnesses by mid-Monday, focused on testimony from forensic pathologist Jonathan Eisenstat and blood spatter expert Tim Palmbach.
Eisenstat said that Paul Murdaugh appeared to be shot from an elevated angle shooting downward, which could indicate the shooter was taller than him, but did not guarantee that as fact. "Therefore, I think that particular shooter, for a brief period of time, is out of this," Palmbach said."It is not as if they could instantaneously suffer that, drop the shotgun, run to wherever the blackout rifle is, pick that up, and then — in any kind of a reasonable time period — engage in a meaningful assault."
Prosecutors have also argued throughout the trial that Murdaugh, who belongs to a powerful family that has long dominated the legal field, killed his family members in a desperate attempt to hide his financial crimes, which they said included swindling clients and his firm out of millions of dollars.
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