reporter: and the side of the road event that he s talking about is this alleged suicide for hire scheme that alex murdaugh arranged to be shot so he could leave his insurance money to his only surviving son, buster. thank you. here with me now is criminal trial attorney sara zari the host of death by fame. thanks for coming back in. of course. they re beginning with the fingerprint expert on the stand and the financial crimes i want to talk about in a second. another thing i was curious, i want to start with the deleted phone calls we heard about yesterday. dozens of calls missing from murdaugh s phone. what do you think that means? what is the impact of this? i honestly, kate, don t know where they re going with this. it is inconsistent with the prosecution s theory that he was setting up an alibi by repeatedly calling his wife s phone. basically saying he s holding maggie s phone in one hand, his phone in the other, dialing the
and they think holy cow. it is going to raise enough suspicion that they re gonna spend all this time in energy to interview dr. pittman about this murder for hire scheme, and it is just enough for her to get it into the juvenile court sentence. he is being investigated into the attack. and dustin, according to this new theory he was no attacker but collateral damage. one boy dead because of a fight over another. he had no life value to her. and she used him. and killed him? and killed him. but how could the prosecutor prove his new theory? it came down to this. investigators had always kept a journal top secret, but if tracey had created it, she obviously knew about it. so, if investigators could prove that she knew about, it they could prove that she created it. got it? that is why the prosecutor lost one night when she was talking to tracey s old friend mary
that john pigment had hired him to kill tracey. the prosecution had decided to clear that up once and for. all to do our ask dustin weedy to set up a plan to kill tracey richter or your son? god no. because the cops had long believed that doctor pittman was innocent of any murder for hire scheme, they kept the journal secret, thinking that anybody who knew about it was probably behind the moment vision plot. enter mary higgins, the prosecution star witness. even though she was testifying for the prosecution, she was still desperate to make a connection with a woman who had been her friend. the whole time i m in the stand, i want to look at tracey, i wanted to see her eyes. i wanted to see if the tracey i knew was still in there. she told the jury about the moment tracy had mentioned to her the journal. she said that, in the car,
to forge consulting llc, a south carolina firm that handles insurance settlements. and it appears that this account was nothing more than a an illusion a fabrication in order to create the illusion that these checks that he was getting in various settlements were going to a legitimate settlement consultant. reporter: murdaugh was denied bond and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after attorneys pointed out his opioid addiction and alleged suicide for hire scheme. no amount of bond that the court can set that would safely provide protection to mr. murdaugh, to the community. reporter: separately, the south carolina law enforcement division, or sled, opened an investigation last month into satterfield s death. it is just one of a half a dozen investigations connected to the murdaugh family. in september, the 53-year-old was arrested request charged with insurance fraud, among
recommendation would sue him in order to win money for their family. fleming brokered a $4.3 million settlement. but they alleged the family was not notified of the settlement, nor were they air aware fleming was his close friend. instead, authorities say the money was deposited in alex murdaugh s bank account titled forge, which sounds very similar to forge consulting llc, a south carolina firm that handles insurance settlements. and it appears that this account was nothing more than a an illusion a fabrication in order to create the illusion that these checks that he was getting in various settlements were going to a legitimate settlement consultant. reporter: murdaugh was denied bond and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after attorneys pointed out his opioid addiction and alleged suicide for hire scheme. no amount of bond that the