Alex Murdaugh Discovered Responsible In Double Homicide Trial of Son Paul and Spouse Maggie

Alex Murdaugh has been discovered responsible within the double homicide trial of his son and spouse.

The jury took lower than 3 hours to achieve a verdict Thursday, saying it in a South Carolina courthouse.

As we reported, Murdaugh’s spouse Maggie and 22-year-old son Paul had been discovered useless in 2021 at their looking property, and investigators say they had been shot with 2 completely different weapons.

Murdaugh was initially an individual of curiosity for greater than a 12 months however claimed he had an alibi. Nonetheless, a grand jury heard sufficient proof final July to indict him for the murders of Maggie and Paul.

Through the trial, which began again in January, Murdaugh’s supposed alibi was blown up when prosecutors launched a bombshell piece of proof — video from Paul’s telephone recorded at 8:44 PM within the household’s canine kennel … minutes earlier than the murders.

Within the video, Paul’s father is heard within the background, which means he truly was close by when Paul and Maggie had been murdered.

When Murdaugh took the stand final month he broke down as he recalled discovering his spouse and son useless — nevertheless, as a consequence of Paul’s video — he was pressured to confess mendacity to authorities about not being on the property once they had been murdered.

Underneath cross-examination, prosecutors grilled Murdaugh over stealing thousands and thousands from his legislation purchasers, and his decades-long habit to prescription drugs.

The trial hit one procedural snafu on Thursday — Decide Clifton Newman stated one of many jurors mentioned her opinion about proof with 3 individuals exterior court docket … so, she was changed by an alternate juror.