Alex Murdaugh Found Guilty Of Killing Wife, Son

A jury has found Alex Murdaugh guilty South Carolina An attorney was convicted of the murders of his son, and his wife.

After hours of deliberation and six weeks of trial, in which over 70 witnesses testified at the hearing, the decision was made. Murdaugh insists that he is innocent and suggested that Paul, his son, was the primary target in the 2019 boat accident that resulted the death of Mallory Beach.

Both the prosecution and defense made two distinct closing arguments to support the guilty verdict. The prosecution claimed Murdaugh was alone with the motive and means of murdering his wife and sons. However, the defense claimed that there were other potential suspects.

Creighton waters, the chief prosecutor, stated that “this defendant… has fooled everybody, everyone, and everyone who thought they were near him.” CNN. “Everyone believed they knew him, and he fooled them all. He also fooled Maggie and Paul, and all of them paid the price with their own lives. Don’t let him fool your.

“We believe we have shown conclusively that,” [South Carolina Law Enforcement Division] Jim Griffin, the defense attorney, countered by claiming that he hadn’t investigated this case. CNN. If they did a good job, Alex would have been expelled. [of suspects] It could have been one year ago or two.

Murdaugh sat for almost two days during his trial’s defense. Murdaugh immediately admitted to lying for years about his whereabouts on the fateful day that his son and wife were killed.

Already, the prosecution had claimed that Murdaugh had lied to not go to dog kennels on the day his son was killed and his wife died. Creighton waters, the prosecution, previously indicated Evidence from cell phones Paul recorded the recording on his phone less that five minutes before Murdaugh died. Paul had recorded one dog to give to a close friend. Prosecutors say Murdaugh is heard during background recording. Murdaugh claims that he wasn’t there on that night. Prosecutors allege Murdaugh murdered his wife and son within minutes of the video being shot.

His defense lawyers asked Murdaugh if he had lied about whereabouts on the night his family was murdered.

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Murdaugh stated: “I lied about being there, and I’m so ashamed that I did.” People Magazine.

Murdaugh claimed he didn’t murder his son or wife. Murdaugh, a disgraced South Carolina lawyer, also claimed that he had become addicted to drugs. “paranoid” Eventually, he lied.

Murdaugh testified “as my addiction developed over time, I would get into these situations or circumstances in which I would become paranoid.” “I am sorry that I lied.”

Murdaugh also claimed that Paul, his son was being threatened by government officials over his involvement in the 2019 boating accident that resulted Mallory Beach’s tragic death. Paul was charged one count with boating under the influence alcohol causing fatality and two counts with causing serious bodily harm.

Murdaugh testified to the fact that Paul was the victim of the most vicious threats — the stuff posted on social media — it was shocking. According to People. It was incredible. It was incredible. It was unbelievable. It was an everyday topic of conversation about his future. It was ignored. It was unbelievable.”

Murdaugh’s problems do not end. The murder case is only one in a series about the once-prominent South Carolina legal practitioner. Police began investigating Murdaugh’s history and discovered many disturbing details, after Murdaugh’s son and his wife were killed.

Murdaugh faces charges of stealing $8.5million on behalf of clients who hired him as an attorney. Murdaugh is also charged with orchestrating his own death, using a friend as his lawyer to kill him and give Buster, his son, a $10m life insurance payout. Murdaugh is accused of lying to police and claiming that a stranger shot him in the side road. All of this occurred just days after Murdaugh’s firm discovered he had stolen money.

In July 2015, the state police began investigating the hit and run death of a girl aged 19 to determine if it was related to Murdaugh. No further information has been given. Authorities also exhumed Gloria Satterfield, Murdaugh’s former housekeeper. It was believed that she had fallen and died in 2018. According to the prosecutors Murdaugh claimed that he received $4 million from his home insuranc by claiming wrongful death and claiming that Satterfield was his employer. The money was not distributed to the family.

Murdaugh was also charged in June 2022 with money laundering, and creating a distribution system for painkillers. reported The time was. Murdaugh was also allegedly involved in the drug ring with his friend, whom he allegedly hired to be his killer.

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