got that shows she was in mount pleasant and traveling to moselle around the period of time where sister marion thought she was in edisto. did not happen. that doesn t mean that doesn t mean she was lying about that. absolutely not. that s just how she remembered it. and she also said when she talked to maggie that maggie was, you know, going to go over and visit mr. randolph at alameda. but we know from the records that mr. randolph re-entered the hospital. that s in the records and maggie knew it. we have maggie s text to blanca, i think, in the day saying they re putting mr. randolph back in the hospital, you know, we re scared for everybody and hope alex doesn t go down to the hospital. this is how marion remembered it. but if she remembered it incorrectly. and that happens.
there is no evidence to support anything like that. none. none. and the fact that he has to go to such gymnastics to come up with alex staging a two-shooter theory, i ought to tell you, there is two-shooters out there. i ought to tell you someone to do that. another curious point in mr. waters closing argument yesterday involves paul s intuitive talents. you will recall that alex informed agents that paul was an intuitive little dude. that merriam procter, maggie s sister, said that maggie referred to paul as her little detective. and particularly when it came to trying to root out whether alex was still doing drugs.
0 fraud he had been committing for years, the defense pointing out that doesn t make any sense, all that did was landed him in law enforcement s focus. so, what we see here is the defense trying to eat away at the prosecution s case. they did that earlier by attacking forensic evidence. they spent a lot of time talking about blood splatter evidence and why that might not be a reliable indicator of guilt. and while the prosecution has the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, the prosecution, in essence, has to convince the jury on each of these points. the defense only has to make that one small inroad, that s their strategy here here. joyce vance, thank you so much. that does it for me this hour. i ll be back tomorrow. jose diaz-balart reports starts right now. and good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. we re keeping our eyes on south carolina courtroom where former attorney alex murdaugh stands trial for the murder of his wife maggie and