WALTERBORO, SC — A jury has found disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh guilty of brutally murdering his wife and younger son at the family's property in 2021.
Alex Murdaugh, 54, who called 911 to report the discovery, was charged with their murders more than a year later. He faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted. During his nearly four-hour closing argument on Wednesday, lead prosecutor Creighton Waters declared that Alex Murdaugh was the only person"who had the motive, who had the means, who had the opportunity to commit these crimes" and that his"guilty conduct after these crimes betrays him."
Waters recounted a timeline investigators put together of the three Murdaughs' cell phones the day of the murders, including a video from Paul Murdaugh's phone that placed Alex Murdaugh at the kennels minutes before authorities believe the shootings occurred -- contradicting earlier statements in which he said he was never at the kennels.
The defense argued that the state had failed to meet its burden to prove guilt and that investigators"failed miserably" in the case, deciding immediately that Alex Murdaugh was responsible for killing his wife and son and never looking elsewhere. "Even if the financial day of reckoning was impending, if it was right there, he would not have killed the people he loved the most in the world," he said."There's no evidence that he would do that."
And if the State executes him it's another murder because of shilling Congress' Prohibition 1923. US Americans have survived 100 years of slavery. Let's get the party started.
This is a very sad situation. I can't help but feel he's a victim also. His height seems abnormal, maybe a hormonal imbalance? Anyways US Americans have been slaves 4 100 years since shilling Congress' Prohibition so if the State executes him it's murder 2.
Good. I hope he’s given life in prison, if not the DP.
Such great news today!
Three meals a day, showers, commentary, and a law library. Oh, and you get to be treated like garbage by inmates and corrupt immoral guards.