WALTERBORO, S.C. — Prosecutors on Wednesday laid out the trail of evidence tying Alex Murdaugh to the 2021 murder of his wife and son.
In a thundering opening statement, Creighton Waters, the lead prosecutor in the state’s case against Murdaugh, told jurors the evidence they will hear would prove Murdaugh, the disbarred South Carolina attorney, was guilty of gunning down his wife and son in June 2021.
Among that evidence is a newly revealed raincoat that Murdaugh allegedly took to his mother’s house about a week after the killings. When investigators found that raincoat, they discovered gunshot residue on the inside of the coat, Waters said.
