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Alex Murdaugh's murder trial begins in the shooting deaths of his wife and son

The murder trial of prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh is now under way, with Murdaugh facing a possible life sentence if he's found guilty of killing his wife and son. (Grace Beahm Alford/AP)

Alex Murdaugh's murder trial is now under way in South Carolina, with the scion of a well-connected family facing charges that he shot and killed his wife and son in June of 2021.

Murdaugh, 54, is being tried at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., where the jury selection process began on Monday. Throngs of journalists and true-crime followers have descended on the small town for the trial.

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