beginning, has new e details. i need the police immediately. my wife reporter: alec murdock says he called 911 after finding his wife and son bleeding at their hunting property in south carolina. what is your name? my name is alex murdaugh. now for the first time we are learning more about how many times maggie murdaugh and paul murdaugh were shot and where. this latest court filing by murdaugh s defense attorneys includes an affidavit by a forensic expert. the expert offers a disturbing picture of the murder scene. he determined two gunshot blasts hit paul murdaugh. the first was to the chest. the fatal shot to his shoulder and head was so violent that his brain was completely detached from his head, according to the
team has pushed back on the alleged motive. a handwritten and financial statement for that year doomsday reckoning in that regard. now, at the murder scene, anderson, investigators did find paul murdaugh s cell phone. and on that cell phone is an audio recording of alex murdaugh talking to his family, wife, and son earlier in the night around the time of the murders. prosecutors say the murders took place sometime between 8:30 and 10:00 p.m. the audio recording is at 8:44 p.m. now, the defense for him says, you know what? these conversations were recorded. they were perfectly normal. there was nothing unusual about them, nothing threatening about them. but that timeline and the alleged blood spatter that was on his t-shirt in our story, that is going to be very key at the upcoming trial. starts monday.
stairs after she tripped over a dog. criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor, mark eiglarsh is standing by. first to jonathan serrie with the back story from this in atlanta. hi, jonathan. it is indeed, martha. the investigation to the death of the housekeeping is still ongoing. then these two murder diamonds handed down by the grand jury come more than a year after the death of alec murdock s wife and son. in june murdock said he discovered the bodies in his hunting property. authorities say he shot his 52-year-old wife maggie with arrive and 22-year-old son paul with a shotgun. the chief of south carolina state law enforcement division issued this statement. sled agents and partners have
facility out on $20,000 bond. he is not a danger to the community. only person he is a danger to is himself. reporter: the family founded law firm where he recently resigned put out a statement in response to his arrest saying that alec murdock is not tied to the firm in any manner. any further questions should be directed toward police. thank you. speaking of gun violence, take a step back, look at the big picture of shootings across america. in the last 72 hours, there were more than 200 nationwide, killing 89 people, injuring 201 more. many happened in states with big cities like new york, texas, maryland. out of 26 illinois shootings, chicago saw at least 19 of them in the last three days. so far this year, the united states has seen 31,000 gun violence deaths and 29,000 injuries. higher on average than all of 2020, and much of the past decade. we can do better and we need to do more to protect our
assisted suicide and insurance fraud. documents reveal murdock instructed smith to shoot him in the head and gave him the firearm to do it so murdock s son could collect benefits on a $10 million life insurance claim. on tuesday, admitted to being present during the shooting and disposing of the gun, adding more charges are expected. police documents describe murdaugh as a co-defendant, in an exclusive statement obtained by nbc news, murdaugh s lawyers blame the shooting incident on people feeding his addiction to opioids, adding these individuals took advantage of his addiction and his ability to pay substantial funds for illegal drugs. one of those individuals took advantage of his mental illness and agreed to take alex s life by shooting him in the head. the shooting occurred one day after murdaugh resigned from his law firm, amid accusations of financial misconduct, which authorities are looking into. three months ago murdaugh told