How Paul Murdaugh testified 'from the grave' to help convict his father
Ronnie Richter is an attorney for the Satterfield family.Gloria Satterfield: What's been reported is that she was at the house that day on the front steps. The dogs got a little rambunctious and gave her a push and she fell down the stairs.: There is nothing natural about a 57-year-old woman falling down a flight of steps and dying from head trauma.
As Murdaugh sat in jail, he was indicted on dozens more charges for defrauding clients out of millions of dollars. And then in July of 2022, more than a year after the grisly murders — CREIGHTON WATERS: The defendant Alex Murdaugh, over there, told anyone who would listen that he was never at those kennels.
Murdaugh said he spent time with Paul earlier in the evening, riding around the property. After Maggie got home, he dozed off on the couch and when he got up, there was nobody around. Detective Laura Rutland interviewed Alex Murdaugh that night and told the jurors she noted despite his claim of touching the blood-soaked bodies of his wife and son, he appeared clean.DET. LAURA RUTLAND: They were clean.JOHN MEADORS: Did those clothes appear to be fresh?DET. LAURA RUTLAND: It could be.
When investigators first arrived at the scene, Maggie Murdaugh's phone was missing. But with the help of the"Find My iPhone" feature, it was located the next day along a road not far from the Moselle property.Maggie's cell phone was also missing. The day after the murders, investigators found it on the side of the road, half a mile from the property. SLED analyzed the data from Alex, Maggie and Paul's cell phones.
Authorities believed Maggie and Paul were shot around 8:49 p.m. when their phone screens were locked and never opened again. The prosecutor asked several other witnesses if they recognized Murdaugh's voice on that video.: Every single witness has said with a 100% certainty that that's Alex in the background of that video … it completely shatters his alibi.Alex Murdaugh's car and cell phone data showed he drove to his mom's house shortly after 9 p.m.
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