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Bristow Marchant and Maayan Schechter

Timeline puts Alex Murdaugh at crime scene, prosecutor says in trial closing after visit to murder scene

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WALTERBORO, S.C. — Only one person had the motive and the means to murder Maggie and Paul Murdaugh the night of June 7, 2021, prosecutor Creighton Waters told the men and women of the jury who will decide whether the former South Carolina attorney is guilty of the crime.

Waters on Wednesday attempted to summarize a weekslong murder case against Alex Murdaugh in the closing argument of the six-week-long trial.

Twelve jurors have heard a complicated case involving reams of evidence admitted by both sides, but Waters narrowed down on the central question of who killed Murdaugh’s wife and son nearly two years ago.

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