On June 7, 2021, the bodies of Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul Murdaugh, were discovered on the family property.
Murdaugh Murder Case: There were fireworks in the courtroom as each side delivered opening arguments in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial.
Disgraced Alex Murdaugh, a South Carolina attorney on trial for the double murder of his wife and son. Who was visibly moved in court.
Prosecutors described the evidence they say will prove he shot his youngest son Paul first before killing his wife Maggie at their home in June 2021 in opening statements.
“They were shot at close range and they did not have defensive wounds,” said prosecutor Creighton Waters.
Prosecutors presented a case in which cell phone data was used. A Snapchat video will also play a significant role, claiming that the evidence places Alex at the scene of the crime.
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“He was there just minutes before – with Maggie and Paul – just minutes before their cell phones went silent forever and ever,” waters said.
The state also claims Murdaugh was seen days after the murder. With a blue raincoat or tarp covered in gunshot residue, and that gunshot residue was also found in Murdaugh’s truck.
Murdaugh has entered a not-guilty plea. “He did not commit the crime. He did not murder or butcher his son or wife. There is no direct proof. There is no eyewitness, no camera, no fingerprints, and no forensics to link him to the crime. “None,” said defense attorney Dick Harpootlian.
The defense contends that a man who loved his family, as Murdaugh did, could never murder them.
Alex, please rise. Alex was a devoted father to Paul and a devoted husband to Maggie. “You’re not going to hear a single witness say their relationship wasn’t loving,” Harpootlian said.
Alex’s two brothers, sister, and surviving son, Buster, were seated behind him in the courtroom. His fate is in the hands of 12 jurors, including four white men, six white women, and two black women.
