South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh is standing trial for the killings of his wife and son at their hunting estate in June 2021.
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE NIGHT OF THE KILLINGS?
Authorities said Paul Murdaugh was shot twice with a shotgun, each round loaded with different size shot, while Maggie Murdaugh was struck with four to five bullets from a rifle. A crime scene report suggested both victims were shot in the head after initially being wounded., prosecutor Creighton Waters conceded it is not an open and shut case. He made almost no mention of DNA evidence, fingerprints, confessions or eyewitness statements.
Waters said there was plenty of circumstantial evidence, including a missing rifle, ammunition used in the killings similar to what was found in the home, and gunshot residue — all of which will fit together like puzzle pieces, he said, to eventually create a clear picture of what happened.About two years before the killings, Paul Murdaughwith a felony, for boating under the influence. Investigators said his blood-alcohol level was 0.
More than two years later, Alex Murdaugh mentioned the boat crash to the first deputy to arrive on the scene of the killings of his wife and son.
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