WALTERBORO, S.C. — The gunman who killed Maggie Murdaugh must have been far shorter than Alex Murdaugh, currently on trial for the murders of his wife and son, a gunshot expert testified for the defense Tuesday.
North Carolina-based forensic engineer Mike Sutton said it would be “very unlikely” that the tall, now-lanky Murdaugh could have been Maggie’s shooter who left bullet holes in the walls of the dog kennels, where Murdaugh is accused of shooting his wife and youngest son, Paul, the night of June 7, 2021.
Sutton performed analysis on the bullet trajectories for two holes found outside the kennels, one in a quail pen that was sitting on a table on an exterior wall and another on a dog house sitting on the ground nearby. He testified that he believes both markings came from bullets fired at Maggie with a .300 Blackout AR-style rifle when she was killed outside the kennels, shortly after Paul was killed inside the dog feed room.
