Murdaugh Prosecutors on What REALLY Happened June 7, 2021
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- Опубликовано: 13 мар 2023
- They won the biggest trial in South Carolina history. Now, the team from the South Carolina Attorney General's office that prosecuted Alex Murdaugh takes us behind the scenes of his double murder trial and tells #CourtTV what they think really happened on June 7, 2021.
Murdaugh was found guilty of shooting his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, to death by the dog kennels at the family home.
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Vinnie do your credibility a pass by not talking to MGL,BHB,AND JLR. They will all be facing lawsuits you don’t want to be a part of!
@@janina8559 who..??
Did they ever investigate or ask WHERE HE GOT HIS PILLS 💊 FROM ???
@@janina8559 what do the initials stand for?
@@eloise22422 Molly Go Lightly, Jonathon Lee Riches,and Bullhorn Betty. They are Tragedy Pimps. He knows who they are!
Alex said “whoever killed Paul had been thinking about it for a long time and hated him” I believe Alex was so angry with Paul because of him all his theft was coming out
kinda sens sling blade vibes.. I been studying on killin you
I think he was trying to "hint" that the murderer was someone from back when the girl died in the boating accident...someone like that who hated Paul and been thinking for a long time to kill him. Alex was trying to place the blame on people angry about the boating accident.
That was one of the few truthful things Alex Murdaugh said and was a window into his black heart and soul.
OMG I totally agree! I felt like he wanted everyone to think that he was referring to someone from the past or from the boat, but in truth I feel like he was just describing his own contempt. Freudian slip? Window to his soul for sure.
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Do you think both Paul and Maggie saw that it was Alex who killed them? I think that was the case and it’s so horrifically sad.
My Brother: Do you think Mallory Beach saw that it was Paul who killed her? I think that was the case and it’s so horrifically sad.
It's fair to say at least one of them did.
@@LDiamondz
My Brother: Do you think Mallory Beach saw that it was Paul who killed her? I think that was the case and it’s so horrifically sad.
Yes, they both seen who was shooting them. They may had been bad ppl, but nobody deserves to be killed like that.
Absolutely yes! Imagine their horror.
Thank you to the pet dogs, bubba & cash. Had it not been for both of them there would be a) no video and b) no voice of Alex heard on video, which would both ultimately bring Alex murdaugh down. Imagine ultimately being busted for murdering 2 people because of 2 pet dogs. Lol. That is epic. Thank you puppy dogs 🙏 Great job 👏
Dogs are the best 🥹
Poor dogs. They got blamed for the Nannie’s death too.
@@independentcasting1 Agreed! Not anymore though…I think the story about that fall has now changed and he’s saying she no longer tripped over the dogs. Either way, the 2 pet dogs are the stars here…they changed the fate in the way this post-murder investigation & trial & jury decision played out and put a narcissistic psychopath behind bars for good.
I definitely think he washed them off and took the to his moms. Hide them lightly and started talking about how Paul leaves his guns everywhere in case they r found. Sled did blow it as far as not going there. I think they were gone right after second interview when Alex knew they knew the third gun was known about.
Means absolutely nothing these idiots out here thanking dogs to get the public’s hearts all warm and fuzzy bc they had 0 percent of a case with out trickery as agent liar bias owens had said. Amazing. Sleds home office should be out of Warner brothers studios lol
The prosecution team was the best I've ever seen. Kept me on the edge of my seat..superb work..
Heck no they sucked especially Waters you would have thought this whole case was about his financial crimes that's all he talked about the entire time even after Alex already admitted to all of it that's all he could talk about even though this trial wasn't about his financial crimes, yes I can see him bringing it up because it was a motive but when that's the only thing he talked about it got really annoying and show that they really didn't have any evidence he gave me vibes of being jealous because Ally's in his family was very well-known and very successful until he did what he did he seemed jealous that he would never reach that status, he honestly sucked and if it wouldn't be for the fact that it was basically plain as day that he killed them he would have never won
@@kristibyerts5987 appears I'm right, they won..
I like that Creighton is a rock star and plays electric guitar in a band. He also handled the sound and video for the courtroom. And, he found a broken lectern they used which he had to glue back together. CW kept Alex talking so the Jury could understand how easy it is for Alex to lie. Each of his financial crime victims deserved to be mentioned during the proceedings.
@@2bcYT oh wow, I love him even more. I wonder if he's taken lol
Seriously good work. That prosecution team deserves major rewards, although I am sure they are quite rewarded for the justice that was given.
Its very obvious from the court case that Murdaugh was a very powerful and influential person. This is why SLED tiptoed around him instead of treating him like they would have treated anyone else...
I think the investigators were so inept, and there was so much Reasonable Doubt, that it’s a Real Miracle the prosecutors could convince a jury with ZERO EVIDENCE. It’s not Alex’s fault the investigators were so inept.
@@wildmercuryfilms Thank God for Paul's phone, Bubba and "miracles".
It's said they were feared by many. In the Steven Smith case too. AM has a court case August for wrongful death August.
I hope the evil monster never see's the light of day.
SLED wad a total failure as main investigators on this case!!
In the Steven case as well
They were feared by many. AM acting like he still has power. Delusional freak.
The evidence with Maggie’s phone changed near the end of the trial when all the data from the phone companies and the OnStar from Alex’s vehicle became available. When they pulled all the data together and tracked them concurrently, the timing became more apparent.
Were Maggie’s phone and Alex’s phone following same coordinates before her phone was ditched?
Dude must have been peein his pants when he realized what they had on him: the video Paul took, Maggie’s phone, Blanca, body cam footage of his fake-ass, after 911, the snot keeps-a- runnin’ but no genuine tears or nuthin’ from his cold, dark, mean, ruthless eyes of his, not judgin’ but what a sorry excuse for a human😢
@@kel8129 When her phone was moving and he wasn't, it's because he was on the golf cart
And yet the cell phone expert was shown not to haven qualified. Did you miss that?
I cannot imagine the number of people who have been hurt by this family over the last 100 years.
I hope it's not the case, but Buster's i.d. was used at the boat accident, and the boat case could have brought up anything else Buster could have been accused of. He only lived two hours away. He could have helped hide/get rid of things. I hope not. He did stick up for his dad. Seems like he would have been so angry with him for killing his mother and brother. Maybe he took up for him bc he was the only family member he had left.
Exactly
Chicken be like: “Damn…I gave my life to catch that SOB. Give the chicken some love” 😅
So happy that the jurors got it right.
Thank goodness
Yes yes thank God! AM is a heartless …
@@Taluta394 Agree 💯
What a huge relief!
well hopefully they did. The only thing that would make this worse is to find out he was set up or something
THE MORE I HEAR ABOUT THIS CASE, I AM SO THANKFUL TO THE PROSECUTION GOT THIS GUY OFF THE STREETS. I FOR ONE SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT KNOWING HE IS LOCKED FOR TWO LIFETIMES.
Kudos to the entire Prosecution Team and Judge Newman deserved a standing ovation for his input on Alex’s behavior and his supposed drug addiction! He was professional, nonbiased, and appropriate, as well as sympathetic for the victims was overall the satisfactory explanation of the entire trial! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Drugs can play a part but it was premeditated which needs no drugs
Oh I can’t praise this judge enough. I’ve watched probably close to numerous trials and he is by far my favorite judge of all! He knew this case inside out. He was thoughtful on his rulings and gave detailed reasons. I love his cool calm demeanor which speaks volumes! He also had full control of his courtroom at all times. He is highly respected and admired by colleagues. I wish I could shake his hand. This trial had to be extremely tough for him. He lost his son jan 2023 due to an unexpected heart issue. Now he’s been residing over a trial where a father slaughtered his son and wife. I can’t imagine what that must have been doing to him everyday. When he imposed sentence he spoke in his cool calm demeanor. He tried to show some empathy to Alex and he gave him sound advice asking “when will it end” he told him. What a Honorable Judge and man. If I had to describe Honorable Judge Newman in three words that would be eloquent, impeccable and classy!
@@eloise22422 this was his last year as a Judge! 🫶🫶🫶🫶
@@saphdiam I know. I’m going to watch some of his previous trials. I love to watch the judge in trials. I pay close attention to their rulings and I admired him from the start.
@Eloise I agree with you 100%,especially about Judge Newman.
Alex didn't know cell phone Data could be extracted at such a forensic level, and that is almost too ironic with him being an attorney.
Well SLED didn't put Maggie's phone in a faraday bag and lost GPS data.
GPS data from GM put Alex a half a mile away when Maggie's phone was thrown in the ditch.
@@angiejorah My best guess is that there may be 2 shooters then.
@@angiejorahWhere is this evidence & when was it shown? If that’s true then he literally could not have thrown it out the window as it was portrayed in court. Do you think Alex did it?
I know. Any criminal attorney worth their salt should be aware of what data can be pulled from OnStar and cells.
You don't have to be a scientist to understand that Alex took phone after shots, then while driving (45 mph) drove over into the left lane and pitched out the phone. The guy is guilty!
Always wondered why he didn't take Paul's phone 🤔
@@bettylockhart56 Good thing he didn't take Paul's phone.
Saying a theory being possible equates to guilt beyond a reasonable doubt is ridiculous. But even then, what you - as well as all of the other deranged con artists - are claiming amount to nothing more than unfathomable levels of dishonesty. After all, for Alex Murdaugh to be the one that shot both Paul and Maggie, he would have to: shot a moving target while moving on his knees while being an obese old man with knee problems; magically clean blood off of his entire body quickly; do an insane amount of things over the course of at most 16 minutes (because of course, prosecution never proved time of death beyond any reasonable doubt, only asserting the least inconvenient time for their dogshit case) in addition to what he is already doing; and teleport half a mile, among other things. All impossible feats.
Took Maggie's phone?
@@thisisme3238 I think he may have walked if so
Bubba and Paul solved his own murder 🐕 and his mothers. I was disgusted how Maggie was not characterized as a victim like Pa Pa was. Alec is also a misogynist…
yeah, that's the worst part, the misogyny.
Alec is disgusting!!! He felt nothing for his wife or son! I didn’t believe that pa Pa, Bus nor Maggs for one second! He did that as terms of endearment only for the trial.
What means Misogyny?
@@iTammy He hates women.
Maggie’s sisters testimony was hard to watch
Utmost heartfelt respect for Judge Newman.
People are forgetting he planned this entire thing. I think he had a hole dug or something already at alameda. And definitely took the guns apart the next morning @ 6 am. I think he had so much planned. And would have worked if he could have gotten rid of Paul’s phone. That darn video 🎉
Impressed with the information that one of the jurors came up to explain the odd upward angle of gun shot to Paul head. The raised sil plate in the storage room doorway may have caused Alex to trip over as he was backing up after the first shot was fired. This would have him firing from the ground. Brilliant observation from this juror as they went to the crime scene on request by the Defence Attorneys. It’s a good thing that Alex didn’t reach Rogan as he could of been the third victim.
But it was also explained that he had the guns leaning against the wall outside the feed room. After he shot Paul once, he thought that job was done. He leaned down to put the shotgun down and get the other gun, when Paul came walking toward the doorway. From that leaning position, Alex took the shotgun and shot Paul again. Put that gun down, switched guns, and shot Maggie as she was running towards them.
I also wondered if he was trying to kill Rogan next to get his phone evidence. Good thing he didn't answer.
So strange there were shell casings from a shotgun laying almost behind the door...not the direction they would land if the shooter was outside
@@terrarayner8766 That is because the gun was protruding into the room. The room was 10 feet to the window. Paul was standing halfway or 5 feet into the room. The firearm was several feet inside the feed room both times he shot for both shells to be ejected in the feed room then they rolled under the door. That first shot was so close the gunpowder burned Paul's shoulder. It's called stippling.
I think Alex was going to use Rogan somehow or another to lure him to the kennels during the time he wasn't going to be there and at his parent's house so that Rogan would have found the bodies instead of Alex and then have even been a suspect in the deaths. Horrifying to think about but thank GOD Rogan did not answer Alex's calls!!! Divine intervention for Rogan is my thought.
When Law Enforcement arrived at the scene, Bubba was desperately trying to tell authorities to let him out so he could get the person responsible. The dogs knew and were trying to tell everyone. Watch the arriving LE bodycams... the dog is FRANTIC.
I agree
Nah Bubba was just barking. Dogs are smart buy they aren't that smart
I can't imagine as a mother seeing my husband and father to my kids murder our son. I'd be in shock. I believe Alex took the phone and threw it as well.
Paul convicted his murdering father from the grave. So sad. Fly high Paul and Maggie. Prayers for Buster to heal in a positive way. 💔🙏
Fly high????? The whole dam family were arrogant and narcissistic. They ALL treated everyone else like crap. Oh, then there is bus bus who got tossed out of law school for cheating. What a great well adjusted family! NOT NOT NOT!
I don’t think this was a normal family/marriage. Maybe Paul was surprised his dad would kill him but I think Maggie knew and was about to leave AM.
It happens look at the case with the late Marvin Gaye the singer
Little detective solved his and his mother's murder with that Snapchat video. Alex wasn't expecting that video, and if it hadn't of existed he may not have been found guilty. Why Alex would murder his wife and son so viciously , pretty hideously is beyond me. Now all these events involving AM are starting to unravel. It has opened up new possibilities in the cases of Stephen & Gloria due to Maggie and Pauls death. Rip to all the victims 🙏🏽 ♥ 🕊 May they get the justice they deserve.
This man took EVERYTHING away from the people who loved & trusted him. Smh
@@axxe1531 thank god he didn't.
The "little detective" aka Paul, literally "spoke from the grave" and solved his as well as his mother's deaths with the kennel video. Guess one could say, that video was "the smoking gun" that solved it once and for all to hear and see.
@@thisisme3238 💯 👏. He finally pinned down the monster with that recording.
To be clear, the snapshot video was taken about an hour before the murders and it was Paul's cellphone video that was taken minutes before the murders. The snapshot video proves Alex changed his clothes and the cell phone video proves he was there at the time of the murders. Both together prove he was the murderer.
The little detective also had blood on his hands and if he was still alive he would be in a cell just like his father. RIP I think not.
When Alex asked Buster to go hunt at Moselle during a jail phone call, I think he meant him to get the hidden weapons or clothes or something to get rid of them..
I think the investigators were so inept, and there was so much Reasonable Doubt, that it’s a Real Miracle the prosecutors could convince a jury with ZERO EVIDENCE. It’s not Alex’s fault the investigators were so inept.
I agree that Buster knows Alex killed them. Those guns and the bloody clothes and shoes are probably buried with Randolph Murdaugh
@@wildmercuryfilms Alex was there within minutes of them being shot....as per the recording in Paul's phone.
Great point.
I remember thinking that was odd.
This case made me hug my wife and son a little tighter.
As a father/protector I can’t imagine the fear they must have felt.
I hope he has fun in the DOC, South Carolina prison is nowhere you want to be
Me too. I been giving my husband exactly what he wants every since this trial. He would give his life for me and I had become complacent. I'm so blessed
@@ellen9925 aww that is so sweet Elle what a great wife
You r a good man
Any prison is nowhere anyone would want to be. It’s no surprise that inmates try to commit suicide, but most of those are attention seekers!
@@alvaroq2024 You don't know that. It's a horrific life they didn't bargain for.
I think Alex planned on killing them earlier but Maggie stopped to get a pedicure, which he later learned from Paul. Then he rushed through it once they were together after eating dinner. They perhaps thought they were on their way to see Paul’s grandpa and grandma but Alex thought up an excuse to stop by the kennels first. He had no idea about Paul, Chase, and the video.
Exactly! 100%
Excellent observation!! I bet you're correct!
Yes when he and Paul were riding around around 5PM he was expecting Maggie earlier and that would have put the man who came to feed the dogs closer to the time frame he planned. He was the first person alex pointed toward to the officer on the scene
makes you wonder what he thought when he saw the type of damage he did to his sons body when he fired that second shot. To see your sons brain leap out of his body and land on the floor next to him? How he was able to function after that to kill Maggie is something that just bewilders me.
He was desperate! That's why he was able to do what he did. He did seem to get very emotional when the court was talking about Paul's body and his brain, because he was still shocked at what he done to Paul.
I think that is why he is able to get so emotional over Paul's death. He didn't expect to have to fire that second shot to the head and the image of the damage stuck with him.
Psychopaths always bewilder us, because we think from a normal perspective, they are souless robots who don't have these feelings of remorse. Like the Terminator.
Alex was only upset that he blew Paul’s head apart. It was not his intention. He intended to kill him on the first shot.
I agree. I have wondered igf,he wanted it to look like Paul had committed suicide and when that didn’t work out then he had to off Maggie, too. Not entirely sure he intended to kill her, too.
Yes, God bless Bubba! He really was the MVP of this investigation! Paul also did his best detective work right up to his tragic death. We also have to remember that Cash was also a very valuable witness and big help in this case. Had it not been for his tail having a small injury, Paul wouldn't have been taking a video. Animals are so special and so devoted to us humans and they need to be treated with the same love and regard as they show us. Alex must be cursing Bubba in his cell. I'm glad he can't get to Bubba. I'm glad that this part of the Murdaugh saga is over and that that little town and it's people can (finally after 100 year's) be a better place.
Exactly!
Agree💯🐔🐕❤️💥🙏
I love how this all comes down to the dog witnesses.
And Blanca, the former housekeeper, got Bubba! He lives with her.
Don't forget the noble chicken.
He's invincible- remember? Yes, he would carry the guns around. However, I don't think he would carry them around for several days. He went back to Almeda the next morning at 6:30, didn't he? Could be wrong, IDK. The defense worked for the prosecution. They made major mistakes. Harpootlian was ignorant, disorganized, stupid(to point a gun then make a joke), he came across as a doddering old fool. Plus their witnesses were impotent or bizarre.
There was no ‘huge risk’ in taking the guns with him to Alameda since at that time the only one who knew about the murders was him. Odds he’d randomly run into a traffic stop on a lonely country road at night were extremely low, and even if he did, there wouldn’t be a reason to search his vehicle at that point in time. Besides, he always had one of his official solicitor’s badges close at hand.
They're not talking about huge risk having guns in vehicle night of murder. They mean moving them days or weeks after murders to dispose into water. Meaning, hiding them temporarily at Alameda night of murder....then dispose permanently
And the blue lights😂
What will stay with me is hearing Alex in the Cash video asking, "What's the matter Paul?" & then hearing Paul say under his voice, "Shut up Dad". That speaks volumes to me - Alex trying to sound like he cares - and Paul seeing through it & showing how much respect he's lost for his father (by saying 'shut up Dad' to himself).
Even though AM is in prison for the murders, I still would like to see a family member or friend go find the guns & his clothes. It would still be pretty darn satisfying for that to happen.
Correct.
Hearing Alex ask his son what was the matter, just is so hurtful 💔 😢, and I mean, hurtful to me, I cannot even imagine Paul's and Maggie's last thoughts.
Paul and Alex had an amazing day laughing before that kennel video, have you seen the tree video? 🤷🏼♀️ they had a great relationship
I didn't notice Paul ever say shut up dad, I'll have search for that.
@@deanb3033 it's about 16 seconds into the video after Paul says "Quit Cash, quit." Alex says, "What's the matter Paul?" then Paul mutters to himself, "Shut up Dad."
Also, strange why the prosecution went to such trouble to ask people whose voices they hear when Paul himself says, "Shut up Dad."
What about the live drone footage of John Marvin and Buster removing them from the house.
That was taken months after the murders. The search of the house had already been done a long time before. If it had any relevance they would have charged them.
That was done with authorization from law enforcement.
"Two dogs and a chicken" - this has got to be the title of the next documentary. Also, please remember THREE were killed that night. The chicken did not survive Bubba Murdaugh.
As soon as they had Paul's phone it was the end in my opinion so NOT much work to prove he was guilty
Those guns are in the old man's casket.
They did a great job! So much work and dedication! Incredible
Buster knows , as soon as Alex M said to Buster on the phone "you know the phone calls ate recorded right " he's not as innocent and not at his fault
Has there been any follow-up on Shelley? Was she able to keep her job? I worry and think about her often, I’m sure many others do, too. Just want to make sure she’s doing ok. She was so brave, she’s a hero for Truth and Justice, even though Alex was threatening her employment at the school (his best friend is the principal there) as well as her employment with the family. God bless her.
Shelley could've been another one who had a "misfortunate accident
'and fell and died so alec could get more insurance money like he did with Gloria.
I read that her daughter set up a Go- fund for her and it raised thousands of dollars.😊
Do you guys not think, when Paul was shot, he screamed in agony for his mother? He knew who shot him.
Dont think he was able to shout out.
@@SS11660 You're probably right. The shot to chest most likely took his breath away.
He stood for a moment maybe realizing what happened. Then he walked forward, maybe he then wanted to shout for his mother or even warn her but then Alex saw him still being alive and gave him the final shot.
Testimony was given that there were 90 drops of blood in the feed room from when Paul was first shot as blood dripped down his arm and hand so he was definitely moving slowly as he ambled towards the door.
I think the shock that he was shot and the shooter was his father rendered Paul into a state of shock. I have heard many shooting victims say that they didn't feel any pain at first. So I don't believe there was agony from pain, only mental agony.
I think Alex shot him in the chest. The force of the gun knocked him back a little bit, and he ( Alex)tripped over that little threshold, and landed on his rear end, and then shot up.
I agree and he probably had thought the first shot would knock Paul down and kill him and was surprised Paul was still standing and moving forward.
When AM was asking Buster if he wanted to go hunting on the property he was telling him on the sly to get the weapons and clothes he hid from the murder. He said the traps are full. Nobody in jail thinks about that.🤔
Why would he take such a chance?
ZsaZsa he was certainly signaling for buster to go out and check for something! Maybe even money!!
I’m thinking Alex had cash hidden there for Buster?
@@gidgetrose9251 and he’s doing that on a recorded phone call?
This case is fascinating. Thank you for keeping us updated! We are watching!
I am so glad others are still stuck on understanding this case, like me!! I don't want to let it go yet. I want all the evidence of phones and GPS to be explained to know step by step what he did and how it was done. I am finding I was too absorbed in this case to quickly switch over to the Ice Cream Truck murderer...I haven't finished gnawing on the Murdaugh case yet!! Thank you!
The ice cream case is very interesting. The defense attorney is the most annoying ever…ugh
Right? It is hard for me to wrap my mind around how one person can commit so many horrible crimes without a conscious.
If you watch toward the end of the trial, the prosecutors share all the evidence regarding the phone data, on star evidence of Alex’s suburban, and Paul’s video proving Alex was there, and he shot them after the video at the dog kennels. Murdaugh Murders Podcast RUclips channel has great details on this case. She was one of the first who questioned Alex’s crimes even before the murders.
@@bbe3034 I watched. And he DID do it. But I would like his and Maggie's steps re-enacted to see how it went down. And more about why the cellphones were behaving the way they did. And where the guns are, and his clothes. It IS possible that I am trying to rationally understand the events caused by an irrational man, but I want to understand.
Exactly, right? I have that same need. Alec's a monster!
At that point there was no justification to search his moms place, not until the first lie was proven
The justification is that we have an overwhelming amount of domestic crime going on/the laws need to change. If you have nothing to hide…you hide nothing!!!!
Plus, they wouldn’t have sufficient evidence to search top prosecutor family home! Likely a Judge wouldn’t approve warrant. Besides the fact that his Dad died a couple of days after murders. Again, investigators would have backed off for sympathy reasons, giving AM more time to move guns. (Or family).
The Guy is as guilty as sin!
I think the investigators were so inept, and there was so much Reasonable Doubt, that it’s a Real Miracle the prosecutors could convince a jury with ZERO EVIDENCE. It’s not Alex’s fault the investigators were so inept.
@@wildmercuryfilms copy and pasted all over the comments
@@denisegarrison4207
Hey Brother, Please don’t freak.
Great show. It’s one thing to present a case and a lot of evidence is not seen by the jury, and DA has much more information than anyone else has ever seen.
omg Meadows was just phenomenal !! tag teaming w Creighton ... they worked in tandem and his gospel like closing sealed Alex's fate. he laid it all out in summary to the jurors and spoke to their common senses . Amen and Bravo to this entire team of extraordinarily talented prosecutors !! I'd like to go back to school and change my career and become one of the good guys !
Meadors.
The prosecutors did a fantastic job 👍👍👍👍
Regarding the phone trying to do face recognition not adding up since Alex had the code... My fiance has face recognition as the primary way to unlock his phone. So if I go to use his phone when it's locked, it automatically tries to do the facial recognition first, and then it allows me to put in the code. Just a small flaw I heard during the rebuttal of the prosecutor's theory...
Maggie may have changed her password
@@iloke11 Alec gave sled the code to unlock the phone.
Bingo
My face recognition doesn’t work sometimes, too dark, my eyes are too puffy when I first wake up 😂 but I too can just put the code in after face recognition fails. I never set it up any specific way and use face recognition and pass code all the time interchangeably to get into my own phone…whatever works at the time
My iPhone does the same. Automatically tries the facial recognition and if it fails I can type in my code. Sometimes I’ll start typing in my code and it unlocks because it finally recognizes me
He intended to kill Maggie. That is why he told her to come to Moselle. She owned or was co-owner of properties that Alex needed to sell
Thank you for interviewing the rest of the team 👌
In one of the phone calls to Buster from Alex, while he's in jail, he seemed to really want Buster to check some deer feeders. He was really pressing him to do so. He could have hid the guns there.
I think that AM and Maggie went down to the kennel together on the golf cart, and I think that AM had the weapons hid somewhere close to the kennel. Maggie I think was getting ready to divorce AM and he knew he would be found out financially. I think Paul had become a financial nightmare for AM and he thought with that last name he would get by with it
I think the investigators were so inept, and there was so much Reasonable Doubt, that it’s a Real Miracle the prosecutors could convince a jury with ZERO EVIDENCE. It’s not Alex’s fault the investigators were so inept.
Yes, Two financial burdens for AM: divorce and boating accident.
@wildmercuryfilms move there & apply to work for law enforcement yourself. Yes things could had been done better. However, alex knows how to disrupt a crime scene, no matter what it would had been a battle. Bcuz alex is a lying liar
He probably said he had to shoot chicken to cover gun noise from,Maggie.....I believe she was heading to her car....she came around corner and caught,Alex and ran to stop him....
Totally agree!!! He may have just had the weapons in the golf cart and no one thot it odd.
Court TV ❤❤❤ thank you for this coverage
By far, this was the best video following this case.
too much from the podcaster and not enough from the prosecution team.
Alameda wasn't searched right away, he quickly hid them there, went back later and moved them IMO
The caregiver say he was back early in morning moving cars around in yard. He probably took on of his dad's vehicles down to swamp and threw the guns.
I understood the testimony to be that when Alex picked up Maggie's phone, it looked for facial recognition because that's how she would sign in. He would only be able to get in using a code. It seems the two events could have happened.
He could of put the phone in front of her face even though she was dead
Awesome show
I still don’t trust that Buster isn’t involved in some way. His demeanor is cold as ice. How could you sit through court like a statue without emotion when they are talking about your mother and brother.
I don’t think he was involved but don’t understand how he could sit everyday and listen to that evidence and not think he dad did it. I wonder what he was thinking about his mom and brother. His testifying was nothing and sad …
@@sunshinecheryll Because he love his father. He will deny it is his father until there is not even a shadow of a doubt. That is why jurors cannot have personal relationships with the accused. Any sliver of a chance, even 1 in a billion, would be enough that they could convince themselves that that is a reasonable doubt.
It’s not uncommon for the family of the accused. It’s just harder in this case because he is also the only surviving immediate family to the victims as well.
Yeah. Very odd.
I think Buster knows more then he saying. Maybe with the murder of Steven Smith idk 🤷♀️ I just have a gut feeling about it
If Buster was involved in ANY way, LE would have discovered it. They left no stone unturned. What you are doing is spreading rumors about someone who has not been charged because there is NO EVIDENCE. Please stick to the facts.
Even more sad 😔 than the murders is how no one has acknowledged Paul & Maggie since their deaths, no headstones, no flowers 💐 , memorials, 😔
This lack of respect for his mom and brother, for Mr proves that Buster is a clone of his father and is just as cold and arrogant. I hope the Smith investigation gets the truth out and that justice for his family can be provided. So much pain caused by one family. 😢
Just as an aside, it typically takes 3-6 months for headstones to be craved and installed. They may well be there by now.
That video was his undoing and he had no idea it existed, so he lies thinking he's all set. It's obvious it couldn't have been anyone but him. His story had no credibility, he can't remember the last conversation. Can't remember what he was doing when his phone logged all those steps. So he just managed to leave directly before his family were killed? He then lies to police about it. It's crystal clear there is no secret killer out these.
It's not odd when you control that whole community and they wouldn't treat him like a suspect from the moment they encountered him. Even law enforcement was intimidated by who he was. This is what happens in a good Ole boy system. Now the law enforcement integrity in that community is questionable.
From my understanding…the only officer that wrote about Paul being the boat driver was fired shortly after ostensibly for something unrelated. It was known amongst officers that you don’t get on a Murdaugh’s bad side or you will find yourselves out of a livelihood in no time at all.
You may be right, BUT Law Enforcement was successful ~
@@sallycinnamon5370 AM and his family "ran" that town and all it's people.
@@kcoy7988 but after how many deaths?
I do agree that whomever did the investigation really botched it. They didn’t search the mom’s house, they didn’t close off the crime scene properly, allowed a bunch of lawyers into the crime scene and the house. They didn’t search the house properly or right away, they left evidence at the crime scene. They left huge gaps in the theory of the crime, that they didn’t bother to investigate or explain. They should’ve worked harder to obtain physical evidence, murder weapons etc. They relied too heavily on circumstantial evidence, and luckily they had a jury with common sense.
It would have been almost impossible to get search warrant for that property
Alex knew that
It wouldn’t be that hard, considering what was going on.
@@royalbatch497 research their law
I agree that Alex took the weapons to Almeda the night of the murders, and then when he returned the following day or two, he had more of a chance to really dump the weapons. I think he also took his clothing he was wearing when he committed the murders. I think he took the clothing over that night after the murders and put them directly into the trash barrels at Almeda.
Thank you
Privilege, intentional ignorance, no accountability, poor parenting, and dubious L. E. - too much for too long 😐
From the beginning, I thought that if anyone would have been shot, it might have been Alex and Paul because of their involvement with other murders and shenanigans. Why would anyone, other than Alex, have a motive to kill Maggie, as she had nothing to do with any of that. Then when Alex said on the witness stand, "I had to get out of there." I mean, what was the rush for him to feel that he had to get out of there? Then, all of his strange behaviors, immediately after the murders, running around setting up alibis. Perhaps they should have called in Scotland Yard and let Sherlock solve the mystery.
A lot of us down here in the LowCountry think he put them in his daddy’s casket before he was lowered in the ground!
Your closing was great!
Lived this.. I have subscribed. What a great channel...
Can you imagine Paul's emotion as his dad was killing him!! Can you imagine Maggie seeing her son dead by his fathers hand and then him firing shots at her to kill her!!
So so tragic!!
I don’t think Paul had much time to think about anything. He probably did’ nt realize what was happening until he was dead.
11:10 If Maggie had an iPhone, it would typically look for facial recognition immediately when the phone is picked up and in someone’s face. So, it would activate facial recognition automatically regardless if someone wants to put in the passcode. So I don’t find it odd that that would happen if Alex picked up her phone.
Don't iPhones take snapshots of people holding the phones periodically, or when someone picks it up?
@@juliaingeorgia No
great show
Someone definitely had a part in helping get rid of evidence! The question is who?
The guns are probably buried someplace. He probably had a hole dug and ready for them.
Pick an attorney, any attorney...
@@s_a_r_a_jd2204, just out of amusement who would you suggest?
My bet is John Marvin. It makes no sense for him to have headed off to Moselle by himself the next morning - early- after staying with Alex and buster at Almeda the night before. He didn’t even have his own vehicle with him. Why wouldn’t they have stuck together for moral support and travelled there together? Instead John Marvin heads over there way early in the morning, by himself.
@@debbie2520 that makes total sense. I've also questioned why how brought up sunflowers had been recently planted. AM suggested he go deer hunting and Buster said he didn't wanna go over there. Ol’ persistent Alex M. then quickly mentioned Dove hunting at Moselle again, and then ask if BM mcares if he let's “JIM” go out there and BM says, “Jim who?” Am says,”Jim Griffin” my attorney!
He's a good con, got that gift of gab, he's a power money hungry narcissistic mongrel!
First time watching Vinnie Politan. 1st impression: he loves the sound of his voice! The title of this video is "Prosecutors on What REALLY Happened." The prosecutors have only 25% of the 22 minutes sequence and the big star (VP) fills the rest with comments from a guest blogger!
Yeah, he’s always been pretty impressed with himself!
@@miamimice6572 It's also the last time I'll ever be bowled over by this "sanctimonious genius"!
I was listening to the Murdaugh Murders podcast and something Alex said while testifying is very interesting. It sounds like he’s apologizing for something bigger to me.
Alex actual words: “On June the 7th (long pause)… I wasn’t thinking clearly. I don’t think I was capable of reason. And I lied about being down there (the kennels) And I’m so sorry that I did. I’m so sorry to my son Buster. I’m sorry to Granmar and Papa T (Maggie’s parents). I’m sorry to both of our families. And most of all, I’m sorry to Maggs and Pau Pau. I would never intentionally do anything to hurt either one of them. Ever. Ever.”
To me it sounds like he’s saying, On June 7th I was very high, incapable of reason, i.e. my actions weren’t rational. I’m so sorry to our family and MOST OF ALL Maggie and Paul. I would never have killed them if I had been in my right mind. i.e would never intentionally hurt them.
Could be, but he recovered very fast if that was the case. Maybe he forgot that he was at the kennels and it wasn't a lie
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He also said "he went to do what he didnt want to do" referring to going to the kennel that night. He saw no other way out. Pauls Lawsuit was going to break them (Tinsley told him that day he was going after all of their moneys) & Maggs was going to divorce him after she found out about the embezzlement- she had already been looking into their finances for several reason & he wanted to refi her homes (EB & Moselle) but she refused, etc. If he could hav pulled off the murders, he would still be a lawyer in good standing (sell the houses for $$ to pay back - Maggs left them to AM), everyone would feel sorry for "the poor widower" & the boat case would hav gone away. He would hav a clean slate & plenty of $$.
@@proudgrandma138 You should be a detective!! Your thoughts & comments are spot on.
Good stuff
This is really good.
They should have had a detective watching him at all times. Unbelievable how he was able to dispose of the weapons after he killed them!
@Tara Mcgavan He didn't get rid of them that night. He just hid them in that blue jacket at his mom's.
I don't think Alex took the weapons anywhere. Someone else took them. Alex makes a point that no one else was there, but I think there was someone there already with some rifles who blew Paul away
where were the search helicopters ?
Yes, Bubba was the hero, but why isn’t the chicken getting any credit 🤔
this entire story is so sickening - thank you for breaking it down
In my mind maybe Paul screamed and Maggie came running.
I suppose being shot in the chest would prompt him to yell "mom", or "mom, I'm shot".
The gun shots were enough to bring her to look, but who said she was far away anyway? They were all there at the kennels in the video
Alex, planned this for sometime. He basically told his sister-in-law that. He planned to kill both his son and his wife. He made sure they were there at the same time. He called Paul to come prepare for a hunting gathering that weekend and Maggie to go with him to see his dad who was dying. The perfect set-up. He spent time with Paul during the afternoon. Kinda a last good-bye. They must have had the guns with them at that time because he said they never went out without them because of the hogs. I think Alex was shaking from his withdrawals. (Alex himself said a person will do anything to get the pills to prevent the withdrawal symptoms) Those he had planned this overtime. It didn't go quite as he expected because he was having withdrawal. I think the guns were already out there in the side-side. Alex waited for Maggie to go around the building. He retrieved the guns. He was unsteady. Paul phone rang. He turns to the side to pull out his phone . Before he pulls the phone all the way out. Alex shoots him hitting him in the chest. Alex sees he is still alive he shoots again. Still shaking thinking if he hits his should it will go through and hit his heart and he will die instantly. When went through to the brain I think Alex was surprised. I think that is why he said " They did it bad I should have know." I think he was actually saying " I should have know the force and the damage it could cause. When Maggie turned the corner. Alex was shaking even more. Maggie was moving. He shot her where he could stop her then moved around still shaking. He hits her in the upper abdomen causing her to fall to her knees. Still shaking he aims at her hand and misses shooting her through the breast. He wanted to make sure she was dead so he got close-up and shot again. He could not let Maggie live. She knew to much about his activities of which I feel is much deeper than is know. If she left him. All that would come out. Alex said Paul's phone had come out of his pocket. He picked it up and tried to do something and he put it down. I think Paul was reaching for his phone and kinda turn to the side when Alex first shot him that is why when Paul fell the phone came out of his pocket. More than likely Alex hid the guns and clothing in the shrubs until he was able to get back the early the next morning to dispose of them. As a nurse I know families seldom visit dementia patient late evening or early mornings. If they are sleeping. You do not was to awaken them and if they are not sleeping they are usually very agitated at those hours. Just my opinion.
I thought he was using the addiction just so he could use that as an excuse that he wasnt stable mentally and not because he was really addicted? Also what was the real reason why he murdered both his family members? Sorry just curious as I'm new to this case.
how could he know that the killer had been planning it for a long time if all 3 of them being there that weekend was a last minute thing?
He was abusing the pills but not to the extent he claimed. That dosage would be incompatible with life. He more than likely was involved in the pills in a much deeper level. He planned the process of the crime. On June 7, 2021 everything fell into place. It was the perfect time. His Dad's condition deteriorated. A good excuse to get Maggie to come home. He planned a hunting gathering that weekend. He had Paul to come that day to.prepare for it. Perfect planning. Alex is an attorney so he knew he had to have them together. He had to do this alone. As an attorney he would know to have anyone else involved would be a weak link. They would have sold him out the first time they needed bargaining power and they could extort him. Something else I recall Alex stating to SLED. He said Maggie was late arriving because she had a doctor appointment. Alex knew that she had a pedicure that afternoon. Paul told him. I guess Alex thought telling them she had stomach problems and had seen a doctor was better than saying she had a mani/pedicure. Most people with financial problems don't spent $200 to $300 on mani/pedicures. Just my opinion.
@@shirleymadden-yg2dw I agree that he did it alone. No way would he trust anyone else for this. As far as her phone goes, most of us women don't keep our phone in a pocket on us. I wonder what she was wearing that night and if she had big enough pockets to hold a phone. He wouldn't have to touch her to get her phone, but I'm sure he picked it up. It makes no sense why a different killer would care about her phone. Alex probably had some kind of plan for her phone, but abandoned the idea and tossed it just as they said. I also agree with you on visiting anyone with dementia at that hour. It's often hard to get them to sleep at night and waking them is cruel, but he didn't care at all because he needed that alibi.
@Shirley.. So Alex told his sister in law he wanted to kill Maggie and Paul?
John Meadors is by far my favorite. His closing arguments were very clear, easy to follow and straight to the point.❤
It would be nice to see the full interviews with everyone.
He picked a place to put those guns B4 murders because he planned this prior.
Paul screamed I bet…maybe Alec told Maggie he had to kill the chicken and she expected one shot..she didn’t want to see it…
She was an avid hunter too so she probably wouldn't care about a chicken.
@@jayneanthony5652 She sounded upset that Bubba had caught the chicken. Her sister said she was a girly girl and enjoyed being with her nieces and sister. Maggie wasn't really into hunting which is one reason she preferred living at the beach house and didn't really didn't like living in isolation and the middle of nowhere at Moselle. She went along with the hunting to be part of her husband and sons' lives.
Hunters usually kill an injured bird by snapping it's neck, not shooting it.
@@sjbock I didn't know all of that! I'd read that she always went fishing and hunting with the guys, generally people who do that are much more comfortable around dead animals than lots of us would be, me for sure. It's such a tragic case
You all fail to give Cash his credits. It was because of Cash's tail issue that a video was being recorded. All three animals, Cash, Bubba, and the chicken, conspired to break this case. The chicken sacrificed her own life to the cause. Animals are amazing.
21:35 You had me at “Kibler Elf” 🤣🤣🤣
I absolutely think Alex disposed of the guns and clothing in some body of water probably the ocean where the likelihood they would never be found. Sled did not have him under survelliance at that time.
Maggie's phone could have been on the golf cart - not with her. He didn't know until he was leaving, the phone was on the cart and at that point couldn't take it back. I feel the murders were at 8:50 and Alex was back at the house by 8:53 and the rotation was removing it from the cart, not Maggie.
Women often don't have big enough pockets on our clothes to keep a phone in, so it makes sense her phone wasn't on her.
I hope I live to see the day that weapons are uncovered or accidentally discovered as well as anything else over at Almeda. I have no idea why they just left everything off the table over there but I hope one day before I die that the gun mystery is solved.
Don’t forget to give credit to the 🐔 chicken (that so graciously laid down her own life). Were it not for the chicken, who was in just the right place in the right time: Bubba (curiously MAGGIE’S dog) would not have given chase, and kicked up the fuss that caused Alex to get caught on video. And, were it not for the other dog, Chase, the video would have never been taken in the first place. God bless our furry friends. I hope the local Humane Society will become flooded with donations in their honor. The town really ought to erect a small statue in town square to these unsung heroes for helping to provide critical evidence that determined the outcome of this case. They helped to catch the worst crook in their history. I love it!
I find it amusing how they have to jump through hoops trying to make it make sense yet it doesn't. They don't know anymore than the rest of us. They also never talk about the stuff that doesn't make sense that nobody's talking about.
Yesssss!! 🙌🙌🙌
Yes he would have rode around with the guns because he was over confident with himself as well as his entitlement and being an untouched all of his life
Vinnie: It has been so great to have you back on Court TV. Love your coverage always!
Alex Murdaugh thought he was untouchable. He did it
I don’t know about that Attorney General stepping into the spotlight, center stage, after the prosecution team worked so hard and won this case. He was a visitor, a guest! But now he wants to take the accolades, the acclaim! Whaaaa?
He had been there the whole trial helping at the table. He stepped in so Waters could work on his closing statement for the next day.
He's a typical politician. His assistants do all the real work and he wants to take the credit.
He was there the whole trial, gave his team complete credit and only examined a witness so give waters a break because waters asked him.
Too bad they all wasn’t wearing Apple Watches.
I didn’t believe Alex had done it till the very end with the time line. I was believing the tears and performance by Alex. I thought Alex was mentally unstable due to the deaths. The time line was the clincher for me.
I knew when he was being talked to in truck and when he was so calm after cops arrived.....
It’s just so crazy to think how desperate Alex was !!!! To kill ur wife & son !! How do u even let ur mind go there ? 😢
I didn't trust him from day one. Then the kennel video really did him in.
I found the first interview to be odd and seemed suspicious
I knew it the minute they said family guns were used and then the kennel video sealed the deal.
As for the timeline, Waters did a great job of showing he HAD to be there during the murders, there was no way around it.
How monstrous! To think that this man could point a gun at his own child and practically blow his head off - why? Because he thought if the boy was dead, he would save money on the lawsuit over that poor girl's death in the boat accident? WHat a miserable excuse for a human being. I still want to know how much his other son knew/knows......I don't trust any of them.