Prosecutor Breaks Down Alex Murdaugh’s ‘Gathering Storm’ Leading Up to Family Murders
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- Опубликовано: 28 фев 2023
- Prosecutor Creighton Waters presented what he called Alex Murdaugh’s “gathering storm” that led up to him allegedly murdering his wife and son. Waters explained the importance of the disgraced lawyer’s family legacy, inferring that Murdaugh committed crimes and lied to dozens of people to keep his lifestyle afloat.
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His body language has always given him away.
He's got away with so much over the years he thinks he's invincible.
The jury would be crazy to let a villain like him free to walk amongst the public.
Strange how he’s not blubbering while the prosecutor recounts the gruesome deaths of Maggie and Paul this time. Any time before, he’d cry and start rocking/bobbing his head. Nothing but a mostly straight face this go round.
This case is about a self-centered man who always got his way.
Hopefully it ends now.
@@Venefica. didn’t say it did?..
youd send someone to prison for life on body language?
@@mikeelward6567 His body language is the frosting on the cake.
Have you been following this case?
An innocent person does not begin fabricating an alibi immediately upon learning of the shooting deaths of his wife and son.
You are correct and I hope the jury focuses on that.
Saw him tuck a pen in his inner pocket at the end of the session, like he's done in the past, and wondered if he'd be allowed to keep it, then the deputy clearly reached in and took it from him. Question answered.
Shank?
Habit I’m imagine
Wait what?? What time stamp?
Those clothes and shoes disappeared, and he lied about being there. Alex f-up, his son reached from the grave and showed who the killer is!!! Gulity
Please find Him Guilty! ⚖️
That would be a nail in his ⚰️ her did this to get out of all his evil doing and so Paul would not be in jail
I'm going for hung jury...simply because there's not one bit of blood spatter on him when cops turned up also no weapons found that actually did the deed.
I’m 12 minutes in & this is a great close. Very strong. Tying things together in a very common sense, easy to follow, easy to understand way.
Praying For Justice.
I’ve listened to comments about how the prosecutor should move on during his case! This! Brings it all together! And why! He covered everything he did! And the best part is that his own attorneys opened that door!!
Agree 100%
The thing is he knows he’s going to jail regardless.
How come nobody gets in trouble for perjury anymore we know he laid on the Stan more than once, but nobody mentioned that
you make a good point...the jury knows he has lied and that may play a part in convicting him...but over all, perjury is only punishable by up to 5 years in prison ,so it may not be worth the states resources to go after him for that ..
@@davediamond7228 Especially considering he's facing 99 other charges.
The prosecution is doing an excellent job.
Agreed Toni
They have alot of evidence so it shouldn't be difficult to convict him even his own family cant be that blind if they want to see it but nobody wants to believe a family member that you love could do this.
Absolutely. Everything they’re presenting makes sense.
I wouldn't want to be in that Defendant's chair having Water display intimate details of my trampled life and apparent guilt.
@@therealz360z7 what evidence do they have he killed them nothing. If he killed them in 4 minutes and showered or hosed off where's the blood evidence they don't have it
I believe Alex was involved in a drug dealing business,he was an addict and a dealer. Paul " the little detective " as he named him, and Maggie his wife , were aware of this and we're trying him to change his life,but Alex liked his mafia busisness with the financial scams included. Paul was Mama's boy,Buster is Daddy's boy,he didn't care about his dad's busisness,so he was protected, that's why he survived. Paul and Maggie were executed with anger and rage, in a painfull way,because the worst sin for an addict dealer,was someone trying to be nosy about it,and Maggie and Paul paid for it.
It’s crazy you just think you got it all figured out
MIC DROP! 👏🏽
I do think you're on the right track. I think he was a dealer who was using his own product, to the point where he used so much, he owed ALOT of money to the suppliers. That said, he did the murders himself, out of desperation, and yes, because Paul and Maggie screwed things up even more. They may have even flushed his supply=insane rage
There's another channel on RUclips, the Murdock Murder podcast or something like that.... She mentioned that Alec owns property on the coast which would be a perfect venue for smuggling drugs and other illegal contraband..... It's in a secluded area apparently.... Alec was heard whispering, I think it's on the nine-one-one call,..... "Paul why did you have to get involved*....... I think with Paul's and Maggie's snooping they may have discovered that Alec was into something far deeper.....
@@astrialindah2773first I'm hearing of this theory. I like it!
He won't be smiling when the verdict is read!
I hope that is true.
If find guilty hes going to be crying like as always dont deserve in sc state penitentiary hes scare
In my mind Alex had to have been the murderer or he witnessed it. He was there.
I've always said he was there but he didn't pull the trigger he's hiding something for sure.
@@sbello361 No, he didn't always say he was there. He lied multiple times until he found out about the Snapchat video Paul took I'm the kennels minutes before he and Maggie 's phones ceased all activity.
@@stefmon68 I didn't say he, my opinion is he was there but I'm not sure he pulled the trigger how did have time to shoot them, clean up, change and have no DNA on him.
Yeah I'm sure he killed them in 4 minutes. He got rid of the guns and clothes and showered or hosed off meanwhile they have no evidence of blood in the shower or on the hose or ground. Also he got her phone ran over her leg. Meanwhile calling them over and over and calling others he was talking to. So he did all that in 4 minutes yeah right use your brain people. There's no hard evidence at all bc the cops didn't get anything.
@donna diroma you people gotta be special ed, there's no way you guys this slow. its so obvious he did it, there's no doubt, he witnessed it cause he did it all by himself
Amazing how he went from wrongfully accused grieving father, to super lawyer with his glasses,pen and snide smirks……
Tears not needed for closing argument.
New clothes
@@sandrabreedlove3661 oh ya- he’s back in lawyer mode! Smartest guy in the room…🙄
The PowerPoint slides are hilarious with the storm ⛈ picture included 🤣🤣
Looked like an 8th graders school project!!! 🤦
Gotta stand out😂
He is so conscious of his guilt right now that he starts to rock back-and-forth and thinks better of it . He knows now that we know that he’s a liar and guilty of these murders of his wife and son, Maggie and Paul RIP 🙏
There's no hard evidence he killed them just bc he's a liar and thief. Think for a while they said he was there 4 minutes. Your telling me he ran over her leg got her phone. Shot them both then got rid of the clothes and guns and showered or hosed off. There would have been blood evidence in the shower or hose or ground and they don't have nothing. Also he was calling them and on the phone with his brother talking so he did all that while talking to his brother in minutes I doubt it. In the video they sound happy he would have had to have the guns there in which they both would have seen and I'm sure there would have been a different tone to Maggie. Sometimes things aren't always what they appear to be. I went to jail for a crime I didn't do and from the outside looking in yes I can see how it looked like me but I was there and I know who truly did it in my case yet I was charged. There not always right I can promise that. The cops did a terrible job when they were getting evidence.
Explaining the cycle of deception telling the story of the beast
Today the whole world got to see the true authentic arrogant hubris smirking Murdaugh himself without the theatrics ..
Yep!!!
This was incredible, Waters was good, did a good job with the timeline n all the details. ✌️👍
I agree up to the point he said somebody had to speak for Maggie and Paul which would have been a good end. Sadly after that he lost his way, rambled and repeated stuff already covered.
Nobody, wants to believe this man is capable of murdering his own child but all the circumstantial evidence points to him. It was a-lot of it too, and the Prosecutor pointed out every single one of them. God help him.
Obviously, the lack of assistance, weapons, clothing, timeline is his undoing. He lied a multitude of times and his tears, only for himself. Thankfully, Paul was his own witness to the crime by having his Dad on video. The part where they say he changed his clothes because the video Paul made showed him with different clothes. He was like, "What video?"
A.M., disgusting creature, thinks Life is just a game and imagines he always wins.
I hope the jury sees his face!!!
Going through the paperwork for the jurors was brilliant.
Without the case against Paul Alex would remain undiscovered in his own crimes to this day. He’d still be merrily supplementing his income with people’s compensation and peddling in his family name. He must’ve been so mad at Paul.
They seemed happy in his two videos and they have no evidence he killed them
@@emilyheather328there’s a tonne of evidence.
This is good. Was it long. Yes. You don't think defense will take as much time as they can? Personally, I felt like the prosecution did better this trial.
Great job, prosecution Team Creighton Waters, my respect 🙏 you give me chills. I felt MAGGIE AND PAUL WAS THERE ... when you said MAGGIE ran to check on PAUL, but she got ambushed by the man she loved 💔💔💔 LIAR KILLER JUSTICE FOR MAGGIE AND PAUL 🙏
They have no evidence he killed them. Yes he's a liar and thief but where's proof he did it. They said he was only there 4 minutes it's impossible. He killed them then ran over her leg while getting the phone. Then got rid of the clothes and guns. Also showered or hosed off yet there's no blood evidence in the shower or on the hose or ground which there would have been they don't have it. There's no proof at all no hard evidence. Plus your telling me he was standing there with them and the got back onto golf cart quick while killing them come on use your brain
Imagine if iphone had a feature when it senses loud gun shots or screaming truma you could click a box to allow it to record the event. This would seal the deal! The phone would automatically upload the file to the cloud for later reference.
Great idea. Have it to not click box but detect sound and record. They have something like that without cameras in some areas. Not sure of all it does but it recognizes gun shots.
@@HelpMamaRemote you click the box when you get the phone if you want that option. Automatic records audio/video. But remains private unless police or the owner releases it.
THIS MONSTER HAVE NO REMORSE NO TEAR NO SOUL HOPE HE GET WHAT HE DESERVES LIAR KILLER..JUSTICEMAGGIEPAUL 🙏
Where's Buster...I don't see him...is he there?
Brilliant work in closing .
very powerful conclusion
if you don’t think he is guilty, holy moly, you are not paying attention. It is obvious. He wanted OUT of all of that mess.
Pain pill addiction makes decent people seemingly evil. I’ve seen it in my personal life. It is a nightmare.
He is a shell of a human at this point. All the good in him is essentially a sliver… as he sits there he is wishing he could be high on pills. Such a sad sad world some create for themselves. One bad decision after another.
A major fact in my opinion is what Waters emphasizes at 14:15, how following the murders of his wife and son, he makes an immediate financial deal in an attempt to save himself from eventual consequences. It was calculated and effective, at least temporarily.
Tell me how he kills them in 4 minutes and get rid of the clothes and guns and showered and got her phone all while calling them and being on the phone with others. Oh and running over her leg. Also they have no evidence of blood in his shower or on the water hose so think a little more. Theres no way possible to do that in 4 minutes
its not about what you think- its about did the evidence in the record support a conviction- there are gaps in states story and yes i think he did it
@@emilyheather328 Ask the jury.
Exactly everyone is lying but the master of lies 😂
He obviouislly had other illegal things going on other than his own drug use. I think it invoved drugs, he wasn't smart about that or those people.
Absolutely think he was selling
I bet the jury are wishing they could speed him up like I can!
It's only the most important part of the trial.
As per Practial Pain Management newsletter: Despite such claims and guidelines, pain practitioners routinely observe that some chronic pain patients require morphine equivalent doses well above 200mg and may range from 1000mg to as much as 2000mg, or even more, per day. The necessity of high opioid doses has been accepted for years in the treatment of some cancer patients but is considered controversial for non-cancer pain.
Murdoch was often taking 60 to 80 pills a day which is closer to 2000 mg so it's no wonder he was losing touch with reality.
Sherrif had to remove a pen from Alex's coat pocket (again) at the end of the trial.
It's just a natural habit he's been doing his entire career so he doesn't even realize hes doing it . I'm sure when he gets in the back room and puts his jail clothes back on they search him even have him squat incase hes trying to smuggle in something.
It's the least important info in this entire scenario.
See if there watching
those PowerPoints though😬
Body language experts will be all over Alex.....
The Behavior Panel did a great one on it yesterday.
If he was “so addicted “ to the opioids as he claimed , where was his detoxing when he was first in custody??
Did anyone else catch Alex saying to his lawyer "You're right"?? I saw it twice.
I can’t see a way out of this . Just like Alex couldn’t see anyway to get out of this, other than murder .
I know this presentation is based off part facts and part opinions but it's the truth. He's Guilty. Case closed
No one can kill two people in 4 minutes and get rid of the guns and the clothes and shower or hose off and run over her leg and get her phone while making many calls to them and talking to others. It's not possible and there should have been blood in the shower or hose or ground by it and they have nothing
I think Paul had his pills in his pocket and that why Alex was getting in his pocket when the phone fell out.
You could be Right! I never thought of that ⚖️
Hmmm... Very interesting thought.
@@PH_1964 that stuff is long gone l
How’s he paying his legal team
With funds from his estate that have not been adjudicated.
This prosecutor is good, he did alot of homework for this case and it shows. He paints a clear picture for every scenario and hits the nail on the head on every description.
he spent days talking about stuff the defense admits- not great
Does anyone know who the man behind AM is wearing the brown tie?
Someone said in a previous video and comment that he was a prior Attorney General for South Carolina, I believe.
I'm not sure, but he's been there for a few days now, had the say seat every day
Oh my...I am starting to yawn at this point
people really thinks alex murdaugh is not guilty, i can't believe what ive been reading lately. people are this slow nowadays, omg😳
He was definitely not withdrawing. I've watched withdrawing too many times. He was cool as a cucumber!
Motive?
Would have loved it if prosecutor started it with “it’s a long story”
Lmaoooo 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
My thoughts exactly 💯
Why? The court isn't there to appease the whims of the public, they're there to build cases and deliver justice. Everyone complaining about how long it takes should just not watch. If you were the object of the case, you'd want them to take their time and do it right.
People live in a world where everything is disposable and instant. Real life doesn't work that way.
@@sweettina2 the joke is lost on you 🤣🤣
1,000 milligrams per day??? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂What a joke! He would have been dead or comatose years ago.
In the closing arguments, defense played a video with Alex and the police the night of the murders. No one has mentioned that you can clearly hear the dog(s) barking in the background. This indicates that anyone that was on the property would alert the dogs to bark. Wonder why they did not bark when only Alex, the killer(s) and the family were there
If M was using that huge of an amount of drugs on the daily, wouldn’t he have shown some seriously severe withdrawals while in prison awaiting trial? (I’ve recently discovered this case, so I might have missed when his withdrawals was talked about…?) Excellent work by the prosecutor, btw!
Maggie was shot 5x - enough said
I believe, if a defendant in a lawsuit dies before the case is comes to court, the case is thrown out. Correct me if I'm wrong, or did not word this legal stipulation correctly. If that is correct, here's one motive for AM to get rid of Paul.
Yes, that is true. The criminal case would disappear. Not so much the civil because there were other defendants. However, the Beaches lawyer testified that he would've dropped Elick from the case if he thought he was innocent of the murders. So two reasons why killing them may have made sense in Elicks's warped thinking.
I really really didn’t want to think that he killed his own son like that but after the cell phone video came out placing him there at the time of the killings and he said he wasn’t there…. Well unfortunately that was the ultimate nail in the coffin… if he was innocent he wouldn’t need to lie about that
Completely off topic, but there is something so strange about seeing a Powerpoint background I just used in a presentation being used to describe this murderer's motive.
yeah it definitely demystifies things but they have to create this as the trial goes. i’m thinking there’s hardly any time between court 😅
Modern times - plus, they've been used in court for quite some time, fwiw.
Totally haha
Where did all the money go?
What!! Did he spend all that money on!!
“He understands the law”. As the prosecutor states…. Yet he makes a choice to take the stand?!! Lol. A great fool
Does anyone know since AM is in custody, how he’s able to wear regular street clothes???
Thank you in advance!!!!!! & blessings to everyone ❣️
💰
His attorneys requested it for the reason of prejudice. If he wore prison garb, he would appear as a criminal to the jury. Not sure why the jacket and button down shirt doesn’t make him appear innocent?
Gimme a break even Jeffrey dahmer wore civilians clothes during trial
Anyones lawyer can bring them clothes to court.
They lawyer brings them clothes to court. Happens in every trial
He wasn't doing a thousand milligrams of oxycontin a day I've never took them frankly there just to strong the percocet is strong enough but in no way could anyone take that many pills. In some odd sorts way I almost fell sorry for Alex how could anyone that seemingly loves there wife and son kill them? Greed , fear of getting caught stealing from clients and the firm for a lifestyle? I can't imagine wanting to kill anyone even if it meant I'd get caught in all the financial misgivings .
People build up a tolerance to them pills it's built up over a period of time. You have to keep taking more for them to have same effect.
@@mrjasondylan they come up to 80milligrams a pill but nobody could take that many it's not possible.
He wasn't taking that many, he and cousin Eddie had a lucrative drug dealing business.
You'd be incorrect: please read up on this. Addiction is a shocking monster - when money is no object? It's even worse.
Liar, Liar... Prosecution's Closing got your pants on fire💯
Alex is a lawyer it wouldn't take a scholar to figure out the minute he knew he was sued he would hide assets
Prosecutor is taking too long and providing way too much information to show to the jurors to accumulate. This might backfire on the prosecution.
and he himself forgets stuff all the time and has to look at his papers. no johnny depp's, jodi areas' or chandler halderson's prosecutor did that
Listening to him I do too think he's taking Way too Long
Some of us disagree. Fwiw, it's a median time for complex case summation. I actually thought it might take longer.
traduction ? ....................
The Defense is going to come out on fire tomorrow
Who's the woman sitting behind Alex ?
Part of the defence team. She constantly fidgeted, fiddled with her hair and kept winding her scarf round he neck the unwinding it.
When is he going to be THROUGH!
Lmao
Summations for complex cases can run longer. Deal.
🙏🏽⚖️🙏🏽⚖️🙏🏽⚖️
Unfortunately it's hard to say if he pulled the trigger but man's was definitely involved...
I think everyone outside of this courtroom knows AM is guilty… but I’m not sure the prosecution is nailing things down like they should- this might be a hung jury :/
@@Venefica. wasn't allowed in. And no hard evidence apart from hearsay
Watching the closing arguments live is changing my mind a bit, they are doing well
Agreed, this prosecutor goes round and round and just doesn't hit that gotcha moment.
It's called atty client privilege. No lawyer is gonna confirm if they had an appointment with her not can they be compelled to unless rare circumstances
Are you kidding?? You must not be listening.
Regardless he going to prison for rest of his life w all the money he took it really doesn’t matter
Exactly. People freaking out about possibility of acquittal forget this.
This is for Maggie and Paul's justice!
AM has the devil in him its clear in his eyes
This is all toooooo redundant. I just can’t 😢
The prosecution has clearly never met a high functioning addict. Shouldn't have put that much emphasis on that because I've known high functioning addicts and it is absolutely possible to be taking that much a day and be successful in what you're doing as long as you're able to get your fix
When did he take his wedding ring off?
I think while you’re incarcerated you have to.
Guilty or not he has nothing left his reputation alone speaks for itself
I don't think he cares he'll just move on
-In my addiction I would take 10 of those a day sometimes, and if I had that much money to play with, I’d easily take more-
Why can’t a guilty person just admit their crimes? Just admit to what you did and save us the time. It’s just another bullet point on the list of his despicable behaviors. Not only did he commit the crimes, he’s now doing all he can to lie about it and cover it up. Just a worthless person
Sure Murdoch could have pleaded guilty and accepted a deal however he is 64 years old and any plea deal would have put him behind bars for at least 20 years, a virtual ;life sentence so instead he is rolling the dice.
After all he did to protect Paul and how much he cared about his family you think he would kill his own son and his wife and why would he do it himself this is so sad what’s he going through and Ik at least one jury member can see that.
Sure, if he put a hit on his wife and son then he would be in the clear unless the hired assassin was caught.
State's case aside, which is outstanding...I'd be so annoyed sitting near the guy in the blue shirt who continues have a deep cough throughout....in today's world, that is ignorance and no regard to others.
And the lady sitting behind Murdaugh constantly fiddling with her hair and winding her scarf round her neck and taking it off again.
Hurts don't it Alex you ................
Great job prosecution and Alex is 100% GUILTY! Only a fool in the jury pool
Would
Let him off - AM is a lawyer and knew how to LIE to the jury and look innocent . GUILTY.
ALEC KEEPS SMILING . . .🤨
Where was all of the money going???? It couldn’t have been just going to pills??
Citing a dosage without indicating the specific medication is entirely meaningless. The term "opiate" is too general. The effective and also the lethal dosage varies with the specific substance. The prosecutor is oversimplifying to the point of nonsense. I hope the jury understands that, in a serious matter such as this, wild and nonsenical statements such as these have no place, and that such statements grossly undermine the prosecutor's credibility. Not commenting upon guilt or innocence of the defendant, but what a nightmare it would be to have to listen such outrageous speculation when your life is on the line.
IS HE STILL BEING PROVIDED WITH DRUGS???
My Theory from the very beginning is that Alec hired someone to murder his wife and son because they knew something and they needed to be hushed about it.
Ive watched that new Podcast on RUclips about Murdaugh Murders.
I can almost agree with alot that was said but I say almost.
Alec knows that he didnt actually partake in the Murders but his Hitman was possibly paid a huge chunk of Money to carry out the duty.
PMPED law firm Pimped … coincidentally
The drugs was alibye ..because when you take so many of these pills you will obviously get a withdrawal
Alibi.
He planted that to get things running for this murder planned out
-(tolerance at that level makes it hard to ever O.D). So 1k mg./daily is EASILY plausible. What’s not.. his timeline and the way his Wife&Son were murdered !
Sadly I feel like closing for the State is just too long & too much. Especially when the Jury can't take notes. Praying this doesn't backfire on the State ...
I don't think so. Complicated case.
They don’t need to take notes. Just like you they hear the facts and make a decision based on their own logic.
You must not know much about how courts work.
He is giving an outstanding closing argument. Bravo 👏🏻
His summation fell within the parameters of complex case.
People could read up on these things before presuming that juries are too dense to follow along.
Folks need to have an understanding that Maggie and Paul are shot and Dead. All the hired EMT, Law enforcement, investigators, community grew up in their walk of life knowing these victims. The shock was….? We cannot imagine. Hold your blessings Jesus gave you tight, I am sorry for your loss. God did give us all a lesson from this as life goes forward.
After alll that’s happened today , I hope the prosecution doesn’t lose this . Waters is telling a LOT of information …
That's his job!
Try to realize this is rather standard for a complex trial summation.
I think Maggie and Paul were going to take him down so he took them out.
Exactly
HE DOESNT LOOK LIKE HE IS SUFFERING ANY WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS 🤢
He's been through rehab.
This has been in all of the reporting and the trial, too.
Why scream, btw?
He's a lier about pills
I don't think Alex had a strong case to defend his son, in the boating accident and with his judgment by taking so many pain pills, well you can guess the rest as to what happened to Paul and Alex wife. BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS ALEX COULDN'T GET OUT OF ALL THE MESS THAT WAS GOING ON SO HE DID WHAT HE DID. That's my opinion. Anyone else agree with me????
Yep.
This prosecutor is terrible at painting a compelling and cohesive story and he just keeps repeated things over and over in a disjointed and jarring way.
And he keeps asking rhetorical questions to the jury. Weird.
you have to remember this is a town in south carolina, ppl and social construct is different over there compared to city fast-paced life. Ppl love talking
I totally agree!!!
Thank you, I thought I was crazy. He may of just lost his own case with this crappy closing argument. Jeeeezzzz
You're all smoking crack