verdict guilty. convictions on all four charges including two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of his wife margaret and son paul until life 2021. you seeing him being led away, they re put in a van, taken away from the courthouse. just moments ago, we are waiting for a conference with will be taking place any moment, now our randi kaye was in the courthouse when the verdicts were read. andy, it is extraordinary how quickly the jury came to this verdict, what was it like in the courtroom when the verdicts were read? yeah, anderson, and took them just about three and a half hours or so to find alex murdaugh guilty on all for the accounts, no way tried to read the jury as they fall back into the courtroom, none of them looked to the right of the courtroom when murdaugh sixth and the family set. they all basically had their heads down as they got into the courtroom, also, anderson, you can see the alex murdaugh, we have this precip that is just about the start he
verdict guilty. convictions on all four charges including two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of his wife margaret and son paul until life 2021. you seeing him being led away, they re put in a van, taken away from the courthouse. just moments ago, we are waiting for a conference with will be taking place any moment, now our randi kaye was in the courthouse when the verdicts were read. andy, it is extraordinary how quickly the jury came to this verdict, what was it like in the courtroom when the verdicts were read? yeah, anderson, and took them just about three and a half hours or so to find alex murdaugh guilty on all for the accounts, no way tried to read the jury as they fall back into the courtroom, none of them looked to the right of the courtroom when murdaugh sixth and the family set. they all basically had their heads down as they got into the courtroom, also, anderson, you can see the alex murdaugh, we have this precip that is just
they have to clarify. obviously, that was not enough. i think last thing, you know, anderson, i think it came down to the credibility and lack of trust. i think this was a defendant who admitted what he had to admit and denied what he had to deny. as we had to discuss before, when you go down an avenue when you are creating a story and then all of a sudden videos pop-up that suggest you are there, that is something that you just cannot overcome, particularly when you say and admit you lied to everyone in your life. why would you not be lying to that jury? let s play the video again. just the sound of alex murdaugh in the police vehicles and what he actually said. when paul s phone came out, you just pick it up and put it on like that on him, or? you, know yeah, i did not try to open it or anything. i don t know how i had it in my mind. i needed to not mess anything up. i had that, you know, somehow i had that president s of mine that i need to not mess anything up. so i tried n
says, you think? absolutely. not only what he says, anderson, first of all he says, he talks about when he saw his family last, which now we know is a lie. it s what he is wearing that is really critical. he is in a white t-shirt and shorts, khaki shorts in that video. that s a 10:06 pm after he called 9-1-1. it took them a little while together. but earlier in the night, at 7:56 pm, his son, paul, again providing video evidence. there was a snapchat video he sent to france. it shows alex murdaugh in a tree. they were having tree problems. the tree was falling over. you hear paul murdaugh on the other end of the snapchat video laughing. you see alex murdaugh. he is wearing long pants and a blue short sleeve shirt. very different than what he was wearing in just a couple hours later. he was asked many, many times anderson when he changed. that clothing has not been found, is that correct? exactly. they never found it. that was part of the but the defense went after the prosecution
about the start here, but that will be the south carolina attorney general, anderson, alan wilson at the podium. he actually questioned one of the last witnesses, anderson, because that was a very important witness, a key witness speaking to how the crime scene, how it all happen, he was a crime scene expert on recreation of the crime scene, and was really able to help the jury understand how the defenses theory just could not have worked, so we should probably listen in. let s listen in. i want to thank every one of you for being here, tonight there s a lot of emotion here today at this courthouse. a year and a, half nearly two years of blood, sweat, and fears it feels, like a lot of hard work from so many people, so if you will just bear with, me there is a couple on a, couple a those of you don t, know i m ellen wilson, i m south carolina tierney general, and i got the best staff of any attorney general in the united states of