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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…

Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2023

Alex Murdaugh trial - live: Disgraced lawyer accused of stealing $4m payout from housekeeper death case

Second week of testimony concludes at Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina where Alex Murdaugh stands trial for murders of wife Maggie and son Paul

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2023

Alex Murdaugh was $4.2 million in debt, overdrawn at bank, CEO testifies at murder trial

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Jurors in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial got a late start Friday, as Judge Clifton Newman considered whether testimony about Murdaugh’s alleged financial crimes should be heard by the jury.

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2023

Maggie Murdaugh’s cellphone was active the night she was murdered. Then it went silent

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Maggie Murdaugh’s cellphone was active early in the evening on the night she was killed at the family’s 1,700-acre rural estate, receiving texts, recording screen orientation changes and logging bursts of steps, a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division cellphone specialist testified Tuesday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

Alex Murdaugh trial - live: Jury hears crucial data from Maggie’s cellphone after focus on family’s guns

Fourth day of testimony concludes in Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina as Alex Murdaugh stands trial for murders of wife Maggie and son Paul

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

Alex Murdaugh trial – live: Legal scion’s five shocking words after wife and son’s murders revealed

Fourth day of testimony to get under way in Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina as Alex Murdaugh stands trial for murders of wife Maggie and son Paul

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

First week of Murdaugh’s trial a showcase of shocking violence, evidence and emotion

WALTERBORO, S.C. — As the first week of the long-awaited double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh wrapped up Friday, a jury of eight women and four men, the state of South Carolina and the nation have borne witness to an evolving courtroom drama and disquieting disclosures from the witness stand.

Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2023

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.

Tribune News Service · Jan 27, 2023

Jurors watch video of crime scene at Alex Murdaugh murder trial

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Jurors on Thursday heard directly from Alex Murdaugh on the night his wife and son were shot, via law enforcement body camera footage from the first responders who arrived at the scene of the murders the night of June 7, 2021.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2023

Loving father, or murderous ‘storm’? Dueling arguments face off in Murdaugh trial opener

WALTERBORO, S.C. — “He was the storm,” prosecutor Creighton Waters thundered, pointing at Alex Murdaugh, who is on trial accused of murdering his wife and son. “The storm came for them.”

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2023