six weeks. we are standing by for the court to resume in the verdict to be read. dianne gallagher as you know has been covering this from the very beginning she s outfront live in water bro south carolina outside of the courthouse. diane i understand the verdict came in a few weeks ago, a few hours of deliberations what else you understand is happening right here. as you can imagine this is a fluid situation, we have seen movement of the cameras inside of the courtroom signaling there is something going on but were focused on the seal every time we are in break. according to the pool at 6:41 p.m. the jury let the clerk of court no that they reached a verdict. we do not know what the verdict is, alex murdaugh facing four felony charges in a series of the murder of his wife maggie and his son paul, as you mentioned three hours of deliberation after lengthy closing arguments in the prosecution, the defense in a rebuttal from the prosecution this afternoon before the judge char
verdict in the alex murdaugh double murder trial. guilty verdict. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. convictions on all four charges against him including two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of his wife margaret and his son paul in july 2021. you see him being led away there, put in a van. taken from the courthouse. moments ago, that occurred. we re waiting for a conscience ever conference with the prosecution. it s extraordinary how quickly the jury came to this verdict. what was it like in the courtroom when the verdicts were read? reporter: yeah, it took them just about three and a half hours or so to find alex murdaugh guilty on all four counts. you try to read the jury as they file back into the courtroom. none of them looked to the right where murdaugh sat and the family sat. they all had their heads down as they walked into the courtroom. also, anderson, you could see alex murdaugh we have this presser that is just about to start h
announced that they had done so to the clerk. and now they are just waiting for court personnel to return to the courtroom, in which the jury will announce its verdict. they went in to deliberations at 3:50 eastern time this afternoon, so this seems like a relatively quick verdict for what was a very complicated and lengthy trial. prosecutors trying to prove that alec murdaugh killed his wife and son. they say to create a distraction as his admitted financial crimes were beginning to catch up with him. the murders took place on the same day that people from his law firm approached him and started questioning him about large sums of missing funds. alec murdaugh eventually admitted to stealing money from clients, from other attorneys, vulnerable individuals, some of his closest friends but throughout the trial he insisted and his attorneys insisted that he was not a murderer, that he would never bring any harm to his family. the defendant, mr. murdaugh, suggested that the killi
assets and resources. we couldn t do all the things we did without our federal partners. we had a lot of local partners. we had the colleton county sheriff s department, buddy hill and his team providing the security. they did a phenomenal job. they were there. they were first responders on june 27, when maggie and paul were butchered brutally. they were the first responders, and they were the first ones to be there. the charleston county sheriff s office, the orangeburg county sheriff s office were instrumental in supporting our investigative efforts. you all know kenny kenzie, our chief crime scene expert with the orangeburg sheriff s office. i also want to thank the city of walterboro. i think the mayor is here somewhere, and the police department. they provided security. thank you. this whole community has embraced our entire team. and i cannot thank you enough. we ve all been away from our families, two hours away from our families for the past two
we can do it at 9:30 tomorrow morning also. all right. the defendant is remanded to the custody of the colleton county sheriff s department. and he may be taken away. jesse: so that was alex murdaugh, a wealthy lawyer from a prominent south carolina family just found guilty of murdering his wife and son.