Not her. This was a brunette sitting in back of courtroom on prosecution side. May be a reporter. Dont see her today
⚖️ MURDAUGH MURDERS & TRIAL THREAD ⚖️
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Bump for streaming linkPer this, 3 pm today opening statements. Livestream link should be here.
Alex Murdaugh gets 2 life sentences for murders of wife, son
The jury in the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh reached a guilty verdict after 3 hours of deliberation.www.foxcarolina.com
there is a live stream on youtube as well...not youtube TV but regular youtube
Probably Chanley Painter who works for Court Tv. She was Miss Arkansas back in the day. Watched her in the Johnny Depp trial and she tended to wear red a lot.
He probably tied one on last night
Cris' source and CourtTV probably are equivalent, but here's that option. (Whole thing is heartbreaking - regardless of how this comes out families and lives are ruined. No one wins.)
LIVE: Day 2 Murdaugh Family Murders Trial | SC v. Alex Murdaugh
Murdaugh Family Murders Trial | SC v. Alex Murdaugh | DAY 2 - State calls first witnesses in their case-in-chief. Disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh, 54, is ac...
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The vast majority of murder prosecutions are based on "circumstantial evidence" rather than direct evidence (eyewitnesses). Not a big deal at all.
That is Harpootlian's story that he's selling the jury but the actual evidence is contrary to his arguments. He will try to obfuscate and confuse the jury when the evidence is presented by the state. The prosecution stated there is a rainsuit (or tarp) that Alex brought back to his mom's house and stashed there that has GSR on it. There is a witness to him bringing that into the house.
Alex had at least an hour from when both Maggie and Paul's phone's went silent to him calling 911 to wash/change/stash/hand off items to get them off of the crime scene.
Maybe but that hasn't been entered into evidence or testified to other than the opening statement.
I can't recall what we have learned was on the inside of the rain coat but listening to one of the officers speak now, he talks about how GSR has a "life" of 6 hours so I would wonder how they would determine there was GSR on the inside of that jacket if was found days or weeks later.
Another note, I know its been mentioned that both were brually murdered but it really hits home in a bad way when you hear descriptions of brain matter being at various places in the kennels. If Alex really did that to his own son, man....
Just listened to about 30 minutes on the live stream… Alex mentioned checking the bodies for a pulse in the 911 call. This detective (whoever is on the stand at 3:50) mentions that most of Paul’s head is gone. Do you check a pulse on someone with no head?
I would say that discussion of the crime scene has been a win so far for the prosecution but I'd have to imagine that Poot's defense is going to be more focused on motive / timing of events / and trying to have the jury question whether they believe a father could truly do this to his son.
Prosecution has seemed way more prepared and concise in their line of questioning.
Prosecution has seemed way more prepared and concise in their line of questioning.
The state said raincoat and the defense claims the witness refuted the raincoat when presented and said it was def a tarp
I’m not sure how you could even understand the audio. I could only catch bits and pieces
They just called the first witness today. The trial just started. The financial issues may be admitted to show motive and context. He of course won't be tried on those in this trial.
Paul was messaging a friend back and forth about a dog with a hurt tail. That's supposedly why the three of them were at the kennel. The friend messaged Paul within minutes of the locked phone time and got no response. That will aid them timeline.
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so the Tik Toc shows Alex wearing different clothes than the ones he has one when the police show up??
I totally understand how it's hard to fathom but it happens every day. Most people are killed by people they know. One of the worst I've heard of it the Chris Watts case - a husband strangled his wife, then shoved both of his toddler daughters into an oil tank.
I could understand checking for a pulse if that person has no experience around death/bodies and was in shock (i.e. JFK's brains were in the car, but Jackie still reacted like there was a chance). If I saw my kid laying on the floor, as long as all the body parts are in tack, I'm probably checking to see if there is a chance.
But in Alex's case, with his background and history in the law and shady dealings, then you probably have a point.
Haha. Ol Alex has re-shaped his body quite a bit since this all went down. It's probably way too big now.
The wall of text in most of this thread is pretty convoluted so I figured I’d share some snippets from court
Something I hadn’t heard that just heard in this officers questioning that there was a smart phone on Paul’s back. Not sure why there wasn’t more questioning on that.
Defense appears unorganized and boring/plodding along, prosecution is more engaging. As a juror, I would be more inclined to believe the prosecution at this point and zoning out mentally when Poot talks.
I want to know more about the phone on the back, has Alex said anything about it?
I want to know more about the phone on the back, has Alex said anything about it?
I am impressed with Officer Chapman's testimony, he comes across as authoritative and knowledgeable.
Haven’t heard anything about it but thought it was interesting. The defense is not bringing anything to help the case unless they are setting something up. And Alex fake cries are pretty obvious. He doesn’t seem emotional at all.
If I’m looking at my kid and wife’s pics with their head blown off I’d be pretty emotional.
Defense seems to be going in circles. Not get where they are going with this
You can tell he’s now getting frustrated because he’s being asked nonsense but he is doing a good job.
Creighton didn't say the casings and shells all over the property came from that type of gun. He stated there's some kind of "autograph" or "tattoo" or something (don't remember the precise expression he used, but that was the message I think) that tells the forensic people that the shells all over the property came from THAT gun, and that the shells/casings found at the crime scene came from that same gun. A little nuanced, but super important if true.
Defense trying to use an article from post and courier with no direct quote as evidence…good lord.
Poot is wasting time asking Officer Chapman about what Sled could or could not have done that night. What is he going for here?
How many times does he have to see he turned it over to SLED…could they have done this, that, and the other? Sure Did they? No fvcking clue
How many times you gonna ask me. Like I tell my wife. You can ask me the same question 29 different ways and you’ll get the same answer
Still don’t know why not more talk about smart phone on his back. Way more important than these foot prints I’d think
End of day. I hope we learn more about the phone on the back tomorrow when Sled agents testify.
Just that they saw and gathered a smart phone on Paul’s back. I have no idea why that wasn’t discussed more? How did a damn smart phone get on a dead dudes back? I was on a call and working at the same time but was expecting that to be a bigger deal
Defense ended pretty portly. Prosecutors ended fairly strong
