he is charged with killing his wife and son in june of 2021. his defense claims he s innocent, the killer still at large. but prosecutors contend he snapped under the pressure of a secret life unraveling. his motive, they say, to garner sympathy and distract from a series of financial crimes where murdaugh stole millions of dollars from his family law firm and from clients. this is a circumstantial evidence case. reporter: attorney eric bland represents the satterfield home. his former housekeeper died at his home in 2018. and murdaugh confessed to stealing millions from an insurance settlement following her death. a cause of death was not determined and police are locating, especially here where murdaugh is a household name. everybody says, we want jurors that don t know anything about this case. reporter: it is impossible. it is impossible. reporter: one possible piece of evidence that jurors will need to take into account, a snapchat video taken just before paul and magg
that have been selected to be potential jurors in this case. they are answering questions like do you have relatives or have been represented by murdoch or a member of the family? most of the people in the courtroom as we can hear from the audio feed have some knowledge of this case. it s only about 5400 residents. call din county is about 8,000 residents. these are small communities and murdoch was really a household name in low country. still is. people know them. they re a family law firm and of course, given the national and international spotlight that has been put on case, there is going to be few jurors that have not had some knowledge. but legal experts say this case is full of circumstantial evidence. there is no eyewitness, security