alex had deputies in an interview he got home at 5:00 and that is not true. he went to work at 8:30, that is not true. and so, he is just wrong on times. but what was consistent whenever he had an interview, he said get the records, get the records and it will show what time i did this, what time i did that. it will all be in the records. and guess what, they are in the records and when the records show that his time estimate was wr wrong, you know, they jump up and down. they jump up and down. the statement to deputy green, he said, i ve gone to my moms for about an hour and a half and last saw them 45 minutes.
that, frankly, i don t know if that is wrong or not, he s talking to deputy green about 10:30. hour and a half from 10:30 is 9:00. he left at 9:07. but the question about what he did when he got down to the scene and he said he ran up to paul and maggie and he left his phone and went back to get his phone. and that then he is talking to 911 operator and you can are had, he says i ve been up to it now, it s bad. he doesn t remember the sequencing and i don t think anyone should hold that against him. mr. waters gets up here and says
criminal cases the defendant really doesn t have the ability, doesn t have the resources, doesn t have the lawful authority to execute search warrants, subpoena documents, to prove his or her innocence. and so a defendant cannot secure a crime scene, cannot lift the crime scene for fingerprints, shoe impressions, cannot secure telephones and get electronic data in the course of an investigation. so the defendant is limited on what they can do. in this case, on june 7th, 2021, alex murdaugh called 911 and officer deputy green and then followed by other deputies rolled up on the scene and he is standing on his property. his wife and son lie dead in a
they jump up and down. the statement to deputy green, he said i ve gone to my mom s for an hour and a half. i last saw them 45 minutes. i don t know. frankly, i don t know if that s wrong or not. he is talking to deputy green about 10:30. an hour and a half from 10:30 is 9:00. he left at 9:07. the question about what he did when he got down to the scene, and he said he ran up to paul and maggie and he left his phone and then he went back to get his phone and then he is talking to
0 work, your family, your personal obligations, maybe some of you missed vacations. but you ve been here in a three-week trial and here we are at the end of six weeks. i want to thank you personally and on behalf of all of us and especially on behalf of alex murdaugh. in his opening statement it was explained the law governing your service requires each of you to engage in an unnatural task. in every criminal case, jurors are required to begin the process by presuming the defendant innocent. in this case, you were required under your solemn oath as we began to presume alex murdaugh innocent of these charges. and frankly that s not natural. when you hear on the news a crime was made and the defendant was arrested you were relieved. i wouldn t be surprised when you read in the paper that alex murdaugh was charged with the murder of his wife and son that you thought oh good, they got him. but those opinions and each of you when you filled out your questionnaire agreed and affirmed that yo