Alex Murdaugh Found Guilty In Double Murder Trial of Son Paul and Wife 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, asserting it in a South Carolina courthouse.

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

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

During 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.

In the video, Paul’s father is heard within the background, that means he truly was close by when Paul and Maggie have been murdered.

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

Under cross-examination, prosecutors grilled Murdaugh over stealing tens of millions from his legislation purchasers, and his decades-long dependancy to prescription tablets.

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