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Hows your client now . Hows his State Of Mind . Not good. Jimmy, where jim i was with him that morning he was shot. In his mind, he was ready to give up. I said, you know, alex, theres an end to this, and theres a life beyond this. And you need to be here for your family, and buster loves you, and, you know, we all support you 100 . And he told me that he had an Opioid Addiction and that he had been struggling with it for many, many years and it was very expensive. Alex murdaughs speaking for the first time in weeks, this time from a savannah hospital bed. The patriarch of the family making Big Decisions as he recovers from a gunshot wound. The murders of my wife and son have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life. Ive made a lot of decisions that i truly regret. Im resigning from my law firm and entering rehab after a long battle thats been exacerbated by these murders. After alex was shot, first thing he did was admit that he had an Opioid Addiction and a problem and then wen
i said there is a life beyond this and you need to be here for your family and buster loves you and we all support you 100%. he told me he had an opioid addiction and had been struggling with it for many years and it was very expensive. the patriarch of the family making big decisions as he recovers from a gunshot wound. the murders have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life. i made about decisions i truly regret. i am resigning from my law firm and entering rehab after a long battle that has been exacerbated by these murders. after he was shot the first thing he did was admit he had an opioid addiction and a problem and then went immediately to rehab. he has to stay there and can t leave. is he going home with you guys? going straight back to rehab. the murder of his son and wife 90 days ago took a tremendous toll on him. most people could not get through that. he got through it with the use of opioids. that void just keeps getting bigger. you feel for
how s your client now? how s his state of mind? not good. jimmy, where jim! i was with him that morning he was shot. in his mind, he was ready to give up. i said, you know, alex, there s an end to this, and there s a life beyond this. and you need to be here for your family, and buster loves you, and, you know, we all support you 100%. and he told me that he had an opioid addiction and that he had been struggling with it for many, many years and it was very expensive. alex murdaugh s speaking for the first time in weeks, this time from a savannah hospital bed. the patriarch of the family making big decisions as he recovers from a gunshot wound. the murders of my wife and son have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life. i ve made a lot of decisions that i truly regret. i m resigning from my law firm and entering rehab after a long battle that s been exacerbated by these murders. after alex was shot, first thing he did was admit that he had an opioid addic
there is a female victim that was shot in the car, slumped over. i can t believe she s gone. melvin found with apparent gunshot wounds inside an apartment stop, screaming i can t understand you. my husband man shot. most people never know anybody that s been murdered. but to know too, and be stuck right in the middle of the. it was like a hunting party, stalking your family. i had a lot of fears for peoples safety. this guy marshall this whole family is part of this criminal enterprise. there s a moment where he stares at you and goes like this? like he s ringing your neck. yes, he didn t like me. he s an evil man. worse than charles manchin. sometimes it looks as if houston texas goes on forever, sprawling all the way to the horizon. this was also the setting of a sprawling crime. when they began on a quiet sunday night, with the young woman, named gelareh bagherzadeh. january 15th 2012, she had stopped by her boyfriend cory s house. for a surprise visi