maggie and alex murdaugh married in august of 1993. around that time, they had two kids, buster and their youngest son paul. that s when they met gloria satterfield. we grew up close. ginger is gloria s younger sister. how close was gloria very much. she baby-sat for them before she started doing housekeeping. paul was about 13 months old. he was just starting to walk. she would wear skirts all the time and he would walk around and hold her skirt while she was doing the housework and stuff. she pretty much raised him, him and buster. she thought the world of maggie. double murder mystery. he reported them outside the
scene with the victims just minutes before they died. the prosecutor did his best to prove to the jury no one other than alex murdaugh could have killed his wife and son. what you re telling this jury is that it s a random vigilante that just happened to know paul and maggie were both at mozel on june 7th, that knew they would be at the kennels alone on june 7th, knew you would not be there but only between the times 8:49 and 9:02. you ve got a lot of factors in there, mr. waters, all of which i do not agree with but some of which i do. another key moment, murdaugh explaining to the jury why evidence shows him wearing different clothes before and after the murders. paul and i cleaned the bulldozer. we fooled around. yeah, i mean i sweated. i was you know, i was heavy, and taking prescription pills also makes you sweat worse or at least taking oxycontin makes you
morning. alex murdaugh sharing his story from the witness stand, telling the jury he didn t kill his wife and son. just to be clear were you anywhere in the vicinity where paul and maggie were shot? i was nowhere near paul and maggie when they got shot. and after more than a year and a half murdaugh finally came clean about this key piece of states evidence against him. mr. murdaugh, is that you on the kennel video at 8:44 p.m. on june 7th, the night maggie and paul were murdered? it is. over and over murdaugh had told investigators he hadn t seen his family since dinner and was not at the dog kennels at the time of the murders, but that video extracted from his son s phone was recorded just a few minutes before prosecutors believe the killings happened. murdaugh told the jury he had left the kennels right after the
son. i sentence you for the term of the rest of your natural life. and i know you have to see paul and maggie during the nighttime when you re attempting to go to sleep. i m sure they come and visit you. all day and every night. jurors took less than three hours thursday to convict the disgraced south carolina lawyer. i didn t see any true remorse or any compassion or anything. how did you know he wasn t crying? because i saw his eyes. i was this close to him. despite the circumstance substantial evidence against him, murdaugh maintained he was not guilty. i m innocent. i would never hurt my wife maggie, and i would never hurt my son paul paul. he s a liar and a thief, and he admitted that. he s not a murderer. what about the possibility of an appeal and a successful appeal at that? we re appealing and we feel
horrendous. horrible. butchering. reporter: both were murdered near the dog pennels on the family s property not far from the main house where alex murdaugh said he d been napping at the time. that was a lie. was that you? on the kennel video at 8:44 p.m. on june 7th, the night maggie and paul were murdered? it is. reporter: murdaugh was backed into a corner. investigators had found this video on paul murdaugh s cell phone after his death. it was recorded at 8:44 p.m., just a few minutes before prosecutors say the murders occurred. alex murdaugh can be heard talking in the background. i was nowhere near paul and maggie when they got shot. reporter: despite his denials, prosecutors say murdaugh killed them to distract from his alleged financial schemes that were coming to light. he d been confronted about missing funds at his law firm and his personal finances were about to be exposed at an upcoming court hearing. there were plenty of times