relates to the maybe his wife is going to divorce him. maybe if they are going to have a verdict against him for the civil case. so, all in all, i mean, it was a mess. and, by the way, the dog didn t bark. everything. the dogs didn t bark, this individual, the guns that were used were the guns that murdaugh liked, his favorite was that blackout rifle that was used to shoot his wife, the casings were found on the 1700-acre property. they have the bases covered. and as people talk about the loophole in terms of well, we don t have any fingerprints, no eyewitnesses, every murder case is basically a circumstantial case. every murder case involves the person who is dead who can t come to the stand and testify. but, paul spoke to us from the grave. paul is the one who sent the text message saying mom and i
blood on it or gunshot residue? they never found the tenth, they never found the khaki pants, they never found a blue shirt, and they never found the murder weapons. those two shotguns the shotgun in the 300 blackout rifle have also been missing. it s the key, that clothing change was the big thing for the jury. you can watch them reacting when they were talking about it. he was trying to make excuses to when he decided to change our shower. i can t recall, did alex murdaugh have an explanation? did the defense have a explanation for the disappearance of those close? no. the defense tried to say, how do you know they are missing? he left the moselle that night, the property where this happened. he left and went to his mother s house. did you see what he took to his mother s house? they were asking some of the housekeepers, she was the one who said i never saw this close again. and they were trying to say he never spent we will take another short break. we ll be right back wi
clothing. they never found that clothing. so how do they know if there is blood on it or gunshot residue. but they never found the khaki pants, they never found the blue shirt and the murder weapons. those two shotguns, the shotgun and the 300 blackout rifle have also been missing. it s the key. that clothing change was a big thing for the jury. you could watch them reacting when they were talking about it. and help was trying to make excuses for when he decided to change or shower. i can t recall. did alex murdaugh have an explanation, or did the defense have an explanation for the disappearance of those clothes? no. well, the defense tried to say how do you know they re missing? he left moselle that night, the property where this happened. that s what it s called. he left and he went to his mother s house. did you see what he took to his mother s house? they were asking this of the house keeper? she was the one who said i never saw those clothes again. so they were trying to say
steps apart. listen as the prosecutor recreates the alleged events including the use of the blackout rifle. because maggie sees what happens and she comes running over there, running to her baby. probably the last thing on her mind thinking that it was him who had done this. while he s picked up the blackout and opens fire. and she takes those two shots. and it crumples her over. reporter: and prosecutors zeroed in on how murdaugh lied about being at the kennels around the time of the murders. the video later found on paul s cellphone was recorded at 8:44 p.m. minutes before prosecutors say they were killed. alex murdaugh can be heard talking in the background though for 20 months, he denied being there. why in the world would an innocent reasonable father and husband lie about that, and lie about it so early?
three semiautomatic shotgun and 12 gauge here s why this expert s testimony is key. by telling the jury that shell casings scattered around the property where the murdaughs live and shell casings found at the murder scene matched firearms from the home the state is making the case the gun used to kill maggie and paul had been fire many times on the murdaugh property and owned boy the murdaughs. remember this witness, john betsing field said he built 3 th300 blackout rifle, to alex murdaugh and his friend testified about shooting it a couple of months before the murders. when you and paul were together hunting with the blackout did you usually have the gun and shoot or did paul usually have it. it would depend. who had it more. probably paul. one guy is driving the other guy looking. that s correct. is that something you did frequently. a good bit, yes, sir.