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Who are the key players in Alex Murdaugh murder trial?

Who’s who in the double murder trial of disgraced legal dynasty heir Alex Murdaugh

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh trial – live: Judge makes u-turn allowing jurors to hear evidence of botched hitman plot

Fourth week of testimony underway in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial at Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina

The Independent UK

‘Do you think I killed Paul?’: Jurors watch video of Alex Murdaugh’s final interview with investigators

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Judge Clifton Newman ruled Wednesday that jurors in the Alex Murdaugh double-murder trial can hear testimony about Murdaugh’s 2021 Labor Day botched roadside suicide attempt, an unexpected reversal of a ruling he issued the same morning.

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Agent honed in on Alex Murdaugh inconsistencies after deaths

In an interview two months after Alex Murdaugh's wife and son were killed, investigators zeroed in on inconsistencies in what Murdaugh told authorities about their deaths

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh cries as trial hears how Paul’s brain was blown from skull and bullets tore through Maggie

Alex Murdaugh wiped away tears as prosecutors reenacted the grisly shooting

The Independent UK

Hose becomes prime evidence in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial

The man who took care of Alex Murdaugh’s dogs testified Tuesday during the disgraced attorney’s double murder trial that puddles of water were not where they should have been when police responded to the killings of Murdaugh's son and wife

The Independent UK

3 weeks, dozens of witnesses: Takeaways from Murdaugh trial

Three weeks into disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial, prosecutors are still presenting evidence they say showed he killed his wife and son

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Housekeeper never saw Alex Murdaugh clothes after killings

Alex Murdaugh’s housekeeper has testified at his double murder trial that the she never saw the shirt and shoes the disgraced attorney was wearing in a video hours before his son and wife were killed after their deaths

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh jurors hear testimony of alleged financial crimes, possible motive for murder

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Jurors in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial heard testimony for the first time Tuesday about allegations the former Hampton-based lawyer had for years stolen millions of dollars from his former law firm, and learned how those thefts might play into the motive for the June 2021 murders of…

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Alex Murdaugh murder jury to hear financial crimes evidence

A judge has ruled he will allow jurors to hear evidence that disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was stealing money from his law firm and clients and committing other financial crimes long before his wife and son were killed in 2021

The Independent UK

How the cases in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial are shaping up

Two weeks into the double murder trial of South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, prosecutors haven’t presented any direct evidence that he killed his wife and son at their home in June 2021

The Independent UK

February streaming guide: Black Panther, Kings Cross ‘royalty’, V-Day romcoms and Star Trek too

Oscar-nominated movies, original and renewed TV series, Valentine's Day rom-coms and the premiere of Last King of the Cross

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‘Out of options … and time’: prosecutors posit motive in puzzling Murdaugh murder saga

Alex Murdaugh is accused of shooting his wife and son, but questions remain a week into the sensational trial

The Guardian - US

Maid's son tells judge Alex Murdaugh took $4M for her death

Prosecutors at Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial are asking a judge to allow jurors to hear from the son of the family's housekeeper who says Murdaugh promised to take care of them when she died in a fall, but kept a $4 million settlement for himself

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Alex Murdaugh defense ‘opened door’ to jury hearing about alleged financial crimes, South Carolina judge says

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh’s defense team has inadvertently opened the door for prosecutors to argue Murdaugh’s alleged financial crimes motivated him to kill his wife and son.

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Cellphone video played in court could put Alex Murdaugh at scene of 2 murders

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Two childhood friends of Paul Murdaugh’s each took the witness stand Wednesday to tell a jury that a third voice heard on a cellphone video, recorded minutes before Paul and his mother, Maggie, were murdered, is the voice of his father, Alex Murdaugh.

The Independent UK

Both sides use trove of cell data at Alex Murdaugh trial

A state agent testifying in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial meticulously reconstructed activity from his iPhone and the cellphones of his son and wife the night they were killed to try to link the disgraced South Carolina attorney to the shooting deaths

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Agent insists Alex Murdaugh suggested he killed his son

A state agent is insisting he heard a possible confession from Alex Murdaugh even after defense attorneys for the disgraced South Carolina slowed the audio down at his double murder trial

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Detective questions Alex Murdaugh’s narrative on the night of Maggie, Paul’s murders

WALTERBORO, S.C. — A detective who was the first to interview Alex Murdaugh the night his wife and son were killed attempted to poke holes in his story during Friday’s testimony at the Colleton County Courthouse in South Carolina.

The Independent UK

Hours after killings, Alex Murdaugh said he didn't see wife

Alex Murdaugh’s comments to police about his whereabouts around the time his wife and son were fatally shot may not have been accurate

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh tells 911 dispatcher his son Paul had been getting threats ‘for months’ in call played at trial

The 911 call Alex Murdaugh made after allegedly finding the bodies of two of his family members was played for in front of a jury this week

The Independent UK

How Alex Murdaugh came to face trial for murder of wife, son

South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh is standing trial for the killings of his wife and son at their hunting estate in June 2021

The Independent UK

1st officer: Alex Murdaugh didn't cry over dead wife and son

The first officer to arrive after Alex Murdaugh called 911 and reported his wife and son were shot noted the the attorney was upset but that he had no tears in his eyes

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh ‘immediately’ told police murders of wife and son were tied to fatal boat crash

‘I know that’s what this is,’ the 54-year-old legal scion told the first officer who arrived on the scene of the grisly murders

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