questions, ladies and gentlemen. raise more questions that we wouldn t have to be dealing with if they had simply secured maggie s phone on june 8th when they got it, we wouldn t be here. so we do know from the timeline that alex left the property at 9:07. were they killed before he left? y don t know the answer to that. i don t know the answer to that. we do know if he was in the house when the shots were made down at the kennel, that he would not have heard them. we had decibel testing from mr. sutton. they were angry with mr. suttons test, not angry, challenged his conclusion on many things, they didn t touch his acoustic testing. didn t doubt that, haven t challenged that. if he s in the house, and shots are ringing down at the kennel, he doesn t hear them. he doesn t hear them. now they say that sometime after 8:44, and they peg it 8:48, 8:50, that is when paul last responded to a text from this friend of his, they ignore the fact there had to be clean-up. buster testifi
have to be consistent with each other and have to point conclusively to the guilt of alex murdaugh, beyond a reasonable doubt. these circumstances just raise more questions, ladies and gentlemen. raise more questions that we wouldn t have to be dealing with if they had just simply secured mag maggie s phone on june 8th when they got it. we wouldn t be here. we do know from the time line that alex left the property at 9:07. were they killed before he left? i don t know the answer to that. i don t know the answer to that. we do know that if he was in the house when the shots were made down at the kennel that he would not have heard them. we had testing from mr. sutton. they were angry with mr. sutton s not angry, but they challenged his conclusions on a lot of things. they didn t touch his acoustic testing. didn t doubt that. haven t challenged that. if he is in the house and shots are down at the kennel, he doesn t hear it. they say that sometime after 8:44 they peg it 8:4
maggie s phone, driving maggie s phone, throwing maggie s phone out is it s such a stretch for them to come in and try to put her phone in his hand. then you start thinking through, why would alex take her phone and not paul s phone? start there. why would alex take her phone and not paul s phone? that s a question i don t have an answer to. it makes no sense. it makes no sense why he would take maggie s phone if there s nothing on there. he knows her password. put it in. see what it is. we know from all the phone data her phone was never unlocked. he had the keys. if he is taking her phone to unlock or to do something with it, he didn t. why? why? why? why? these are circumstances that
somebody, one gun is enough. why take another gun that only has three shots? the doctor agreed with the angle coming out, so the angle puts it away from the door of the feed room where paul is killed. it s not our burden. it is their burden to prove to you based on circumstantial evidence that all the circumstances are consistent with each other and point conclusively to the defendant s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. those facts are just not consistent. those facts are just not consistent. i want to say a word about the
have the day you showed up for jury selection because there s nothing to know about them. can t exclude them. there s no blood, guts, brains on any of the guns that would have been there from the shooting under everybody s interpretation of how paul was murdered. they want you to think that because you own guns that you should be viewed differently. i don t know what else to make of that. i don t know what else to make of that. when this trial began with opening statements on january 25th, they asked why, why would alex execute his wife and son in cold blood. here we are six weeks later. you have heard weeks of testimony about alex s financial crimes, drug addiction and lies.