that s a problem for the defense because eight witnesses have testified that alex murdaugh was at the murder scene around the time of the murders at 8:44 p.m. there was a video extracted from paul murdaugh s cellphone that was recorded at 8:44. he has denied to investigators that he was ever there earlier in the night, not until he found his wife and son dead, but eight people now say they hear his voice on that cellphone recording. we know also from the timeline he left the house at 9:06 p.m., said he went to his mother s home for about an hour, but the caregiver has told the jury that he was only there for about 15 to 20 minutes. that s also a problem. we also know from the timeline the gps data from that data that was released last week that he slowed his car down on the way to his mother s home in the very same area where maggie murdaugh s phone was found in the woods. the state is suggesting that perhaps he slowed down to drop it out the window. also we know he was speeding on the
defendant s choice so it s murdaugh s choice at the end of the day. the lawyers just advise and here all of that stuff, all of those financial crimes, the shooting on the side of the road, all of that s already in. it would have been a primary that the door is open to all of these inquiries the jury did not hear, they ve heard it already. there s more of an analysis, a closer call for the defense to actually did he have in this case, i m really interested to see how that plays out, but i could see it happening. it s a fascinating trial, it s a shocking trial from the beginning to end. thanks so much misty maris for walking us through it. and what a difficult moment this must be for his son who is now testifying in a murder trial, his mom, his brother killed. and his father accused of that crime. yeah. for sure. there he is right there about to answer questions. we will bring you more as it happens. another story we re following this morning, prosecutors in new mexico have
counter that? yeah, great question. very strong close by prosecutors putting together all of that data into this really digestible timeline for the jury. so we understand dash because we heard all of this come out through testimony, but that timeline really fused it all together. look, the biggest problem for the defense is this 8:44 p.m. video placing murdaugh at the kennel. eight, nine witnesses identify his voice. he s denied ever being at the kennel. according to prosecution s timeline, all cellphone activity ceases at 8:49. so that time frame, that short time frame, if alex murdaugh is at the kennel and maggie and paul are dead at 8:49 p.m., that is an incredible hurdle for the defense to overcome. this is what they re going to be doing, and watch for this, because we re going to see this throughout the trial, we already saw it in cross-examination, the defense is going to be questioning the prosecution s time of death.
describe a loving relationship between murdaugh and his deceased wife and son. right. so we expect him to testify about that loving relationship. remember the defense critical to their case. he might be a liar, he might have done all of these other financial misdeeds, but he would never kill his family. there s no reason why he would do that. he was a loving father. we expect to hear that. we will probably also hear about some of the threats that the family has faced, again, this goes to the defense alternative theory of the case, botched investigation, somebody else could have done this. you wouldn t know because the investigators screwed up and the crime scene was tainted in many, many different ways, but somebody like a son, the son of the defendant, it s easy for the prosecution to show bias, that s the whole point, to impugn that credibility, to show that there s bias. they have a vested interest in the outcome of the case. so that s how we re going to see the cross-examination