Key moments during the Alex Murdaugh murder trial have included compelling testimony from Maggie Murdaugh's sister, investigative interviews and 911 calls.
the double murder trialMurdaugh, part of a South Carolina legal dynasty, was charged with murder in connection to the 2021 shooting deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul. Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty.
Curtis Edward Smith, the shooter, was a former client of Murdaugh, and also faces a number of charges including insurance fraud, conspiracy, assisted suicide, aggravated assault and battery. The remaining jurors will wear masks, as will testifying witnesses and questioning attorneys. The courtroom will remain as packed as before, with 200-plus onlookers, who will not be required to don masks.
During Monday's court proceedings, SLED Forensic DNA analyst Sarah Zapata testified in tedious and inconclusive detail about DNA samples, including those found beneath Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails. Rowe's DNA couldn't be ruled out but Zapata said it was only aThe foreign DNA from a male found under Maggie's nails was not her husband or son Paul.
Wilson testified to his family's shock and grief at the death of both Maggie and Paul, and described traveling to Moselle, the family property, to comfort Murdaugh the night of the murders. At 12:27 p.m., Judge Clifton Newman ordered the courtroom to be evacuated until as late as 2:30 p.m. Newman did not cite a specific reason for the evacuation, but theSeveral student groups were in attendance today at the trial today as well as Murdaugh family members.
His success as a lawyer, she alleged, was not the result of skill but manipulation. "Alex was successful, not because of his work ethic, because of his ability to manipulate people into a settlement," Seckinger told the courtroom, "He did it through the art of , basically." Judge Clifton Newman ruled on Monday that evidence pertaining to Alex Murdaugh's other alleged crimes would be permitted in the trial.
Smith testified that Murdaugh came to visit his mother the night of the murders at about 9 or 9:30 p.m. and stayed 15 to 20 minutes. Smith testified that days later, at the funeral of his father, Randolph Murdaugh III Alex made a point of telling her he was at the house that night for longer — 30 to 40 minutes.
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