Alex Murdaugh, a renowned South Carolina lawyer and suspect in the deaths of his wife and son, appeared in court to seek justice. In what has become one of America’s most talked-about cases, he is adamant that he is innocent – but will that be enough?
Paul confidently denied shooting his son in the chest at home after being put through the wringer by his own defense attorney on Tuesday. Jim Griffin’s perplexing interrogation left no stone unturned, and it was clear that he wanted a definitive answer from him.
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But Griffin was not done.
“Did you take this gun, or any gun like it, and blow your son’s brains out on June 7th, or any day, or any time?” the attorney said.
‘No, I did not,” Murdaugh said.
“Mr. Murdaugh, did you take 300 blackout such as this and fire it into your wife Maggie’s leg, torso, or any part of her body?” Griffin said, which Murdaugh denied again.
“Did you shoot a 300 blackout into her head causing her death?” the attorney said.
“Sir, did not shoot my wife or my son any time, ever,” the defendant said.
He admitted to lying after being questioned by investigators and blamed it on his substance abuse.
When his son recorded the fateful “kennel video” right before he died, the defendant wanted to know if his last words were captured on camera.
“Mr. Murdaugh, is that you on the kennel video on June 7th, 2021?” the attorney said.
“It is,” Murdaugh responded.
“Were you in fact at the kennel the night that Paul and Maggie were murdered?” Griffin said.
“I was,” Murdaugh said.
His lawyer wanted to know if he had lied to authorities about his whereabouts at the kennel prior to Paul’s death.
“I did lie to them,” he said three times after three questions.
“As my addiction evolved over time, I would get in these situations and circumstances where I would get paranoid thinking, and it could be anything that triggered it,” the defendant said. “Maybe a look that somebody gave me or a reaction that something I did, and it might be a policeman following me in a car.”
“Normally when these paranoid thoughts would hit me, I could take a deep breath real quick and think about it, and reason my way through it, and just get past it quickly,” he said. “I wasn’t thinking clearly, don’t think that I was capable of reason.”
“And I lied about being down there,” he said. “And I’m so sorry that I did. I’m sorry to my son Buster. I’m sorry to Grandma and Papa T. I’m sorry to both of our families.”
“Most of all, I am sorry to Mags and Paul Paul,” he said as he cried in court. “I would never intentionally do anything to intentionally hurt either one of them. Ever. Ever.”
“Once I lied, I continued to lie, yes sir,” he said. “I had to keep lying.”
His attorney’s question cut through the shock, forcing him to think about what had happened when he discovered his family dead in their home.
“I think that I jumped out of my car. I am not sure exactly what I did, but I know that I got out of my car. I know I ran back to my car,” he said. “I was on the phone with 911 and trying to tend to ‘Paw-Paw.’ I was trying to tend to Maggie. I just went back and forth between them.”
And he cried when he described the condition of his son’s body when he found him.
“I could see his brain laying on the sidewalk,” he said. “I didn’t know what to do.”
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In addition to his perplexing case, he discussed why he changed clothes and appeared to use a shower at Moselle, raising even more questions.
Murdaugh and Paul were scouting the rolling hills of their old hunting grounds to see how well the crops had grown. While he may have been plump and flushed as a result of his opioid use at the time, Murdaugh persisted with his hard work.
Murdaugh was ready to unwind on the couch after returning home and taking a well-deserved shower. When Paul and Maggie set out in search of some canine fun at the kennel area, he couldn’t help but join them – so off they went in golf cart style!
