By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Jeffrey Collins and Blair Sabol
The prosecution called a deputy who responded to the scene of the June 7, 2021, double killing at Alex Murdaugh’s family property as its first witness in the murder trial of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh Thursday morning.
In the most recent filing in the highly anticipated Alex Murdaugh murder trial, the presiding judge has ordered all crime scene, autopsy photos and videos into sealed evidence.
Nearly four years after a family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh and his family members, a judge approved a settlement agreement in the case, dropping the estate of Murdaugh’s wife and his surviving son.
By Steven Ardary, Marissa Lute and Patrick Phillips
A busy second day in the Alex Murdaugh trial saw the judge rule on three motions and qualify a fourth pool of jurors to return for actual jury selection.
Here’s an overview of the trial and the scene surrounding it as hundreds of lawyers and their support staff, reporters and true crime enthusiasts are expected to swell Colleton County’s population of 38,000 in the rural, southern part of South Carolina.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/5LQRY2MCAVDYBHKL6BK5FBYQ4Q.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/52UGSAB33ZBY3G5W6QU3TMCUCI.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/LCNKRRKZHZDLVBNHELERPEIXOA.jpg)