COLUMBIA, S.C. — Following allegations that the South Carolina Attorney General’s office has withheld evidence from the defense in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial, a judge has scheduled a Thursday hearing to sort out differences.
The discovery material that the prosecution is not turning over to defense attorneys, Murdaugh’s legal team says, includes forensics, cellphone information and a polygraph test taken by Eddie “Curtis” Smith that purportedly shows Smith lied to investigators when asked about the June 2021 murders of Murdaugh’s wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul.
Smith “failed a polygraph” when investigators asked him if he knew who killed Maggie and Paul, the defense motion says. And the reason Smith failed the test is because “he did in fact commit these heinous crimes,” the defense motion adds.
