I think the boat case plays a very large part in these murders. It was a case that affected the family on so many levels, and it was the first thing Alex talked about when first responders arrived. That’s very telling.
@@Graham1046 i think only Buster was & didn't he get caught cheating & kicked out? It was my understanding Paul did some side work for uncle John whatever, & otherwise it sounds like he popped around hunting, boating & playing at Mossel getting more birds to come so they could hunt some more! I have no problem with hunting for your survival, but these guys are only into it for sport & I never got that! Seems such a waste!
I was hoping the prosecution would point out that defense counsel's character descriptions of Alec Murdaugh as a loving father who would never hurt his wife and son opens the door to rebuttal showing that Alec harmed and stole from his brothers and closest friend... justifying the admissibility of the financial crimes. I'm glad the prosecutor did just that.
@@barbarahenninger6642 I 100% believe the judge will allow it. It doesnt really touch all the other crimes, it wont be a trial in a trial, it'll just bring those two people from that side of his crimes that the reasons he killed paul and maggie, over to this side. It needs to be done and they need to be seen and heard. No way this judge won't understand that. First time, he kills them to buy time, second time, he fakes attempted murder. coincidences like that *combined* with all the other evidence of simply do not reasonably exist and so *need* to be scrutinized.
On the surface everything is fine. But underneath he's a theif who steals from his friends and family. Not to mention the 3 other mysterious deaths related to him. Guy is guilty as can be.
This is such a reach by the DA¡ Alex is definitely a crook and pill head trash attorney but a murderer no¡ This is a hit for what Paul did and tunnel vision has skewed this case from the beginning¡🤡⛵☠️🦝⚖️
When your in court especially for murder, no doubt his whole life is under a microscope. The jury deserve to know the good and the bad of this horrid person.
Now we see what actual tears are with Alex. All those fake sobs and snorting and no tears. Watching the pain and tears in his best friends eyes and how he totally screwed him over actually released real tears in Alex. Alex has so many dark secrets I'm sure the layers are decades deep. He'd screw over anyone - anytime and has.
Exactly. Any bonus his partners would have received were eaten up by Alec’s misdeeds. The firm even had to change their name and his family’s name is now tainted.
@@Tyronebabydaddy ..yea cause he’s such a law abiding stand up guy huh? Open cavities in the heads of his family while he’s “napping” but talking at the kennels to the people who wind up dead
Simple answer: Audits wasn’t done correctly. He used a company that the law firm used before. He made it look like the money was going to that company, but it was going to his personal account.
@Bell Lee Yes we all know lawyers get a slice of every pie but when I heard the insurance payout for their housekeeper of 20 yrs was 3.8 million & he gave the two sons $100 000 each I was disgusted. Plus all the money he stole from the firm. He's a greedy, immoral man.
I think he feels shame and regret about burning his best friend! WoW 😮 that was sad to watch! 🤦♀️ The prosecutor might be as great as mark Jensen trial prosecutor!!!! The financial blowup was certainly the motive in this case for the murders of his family! He blames Paul for all of it and Maggie was onto the destruction too and scared of him on that day!!!! And told someone! She knew he might kill them!!! She didn’t want to go to the house! So crazy!!! He should have confessed! What a embarrassment of a sociopath for all to know!
His crying might not have been regret for stiffing his friend, but instead narcissistic injury for his having his misdeeds explained on a world-wide forum
Alex needed time to find another place to embezzle money from. After 10+ years of doing this, he felt sure if he bought himself more time (more than a funeral for dad)...he could find another place to draw money from. Case in point, after the murder he was left alone, and eventually he got some money illegally off the books from a friend to pay back 600k of the 792k he "borrowed" ... How did he know the murders would buy him time? Well it would make legal proceedings change however most importantly the very morning of the murders, he saw his coworker drop the money issues once she heard him on the phone finding out his father was terminal. He killed Paul and Maggie and created that sympathy on a GRAND scale. Not only him but MANY people are just too upset and money isn't important right now. The coworker and friend both attest to this. So, Now, he needs to pay the money his friend basically stole from his family bank eventually and still needs to pay 192k to his friend. He already wrote the note saying he will pay in 60 days too. So that very day he sets he faked an attempt on his life. This doesn't even bring in aaaall his other crimes. It keeps it relevant to the case and shows motive clearly. I don't see how reporters "don't see how this shows motive" He was robbing Peter to pay Paul, and it caught up to him. He literally ran out of time. That week glorias son called about the settlement money, that DAY the CFO was telling alex he needed to put the money back where it belonged, and in 3 days, all of his 10+ years of crimes was going to come out in discovery for the lawsuit.
The prosecution is spot on, but I'm not sure if the judge will allow this testimony. I don't think the jury will convict on this. But 100% believe this is why he killed them.
No, all the testimony about the finances etc...are being argued without jury present. This is all going to be decided by the judge if they are going to allow it in.
The jury will convict him on the video evidence first off! and alibi lies and some other things too like bullet casings and more circumstantial things!
While very doubtful, I would love to see Alex take the stand for all of this. To watch Alex respond to all of his dirty dealings would be entertaining, if nothing else.
This is going to be a Netflix series! I’m still not convinced on the state’s theory. I’m not saying that he’s innocent, but their theory doesn’t make sense. He’s a lawyer from a family full of lawyers and prosecutors, he knew that he would be suspect number one. Idk…
@@DocProcRealm I’m not convinced yet on the murders too, but I believe that he was a thief. He lived beyond his means and couldn’t wait until the December bonus. I can understand how he got himself into financial mess. However, I can’t believe that he didn’t give the victims a penny of their settlements with the exception for one the guys that was shorted only 192k of his settlement. He was good at winning cases, but horrible with his finances. Or he really thought he was invincible and ran the town. This case is has a lot WHYs for me.
@@Uknowit264 1 Why did he ask his Mom's caregiver to lie about the time he was there visiting? Why did he lie about not being at the kennels that night? An innocent person would tell the truth 🤔
Defense is lying. He was transferring bad debts to Maggie’s name, right before her death. Plus she was supposed to meet with an appraiser and was going to find out the dirt hubby was in, with everything. Even more than she probably already knew. I knew her family is just sick over this!
@@joannephillips4110, I saw that, wow, they are learning a lot at the trial and must be pretty shook up learning all the financial things that occurred!
I just started following this trial, but my guess is that he knew he was going to be exposed and he didn't want his wife and son to know what he had done. One more bank loan wasn't going to help him out of the hole he was in. And he never would have known that the bank would stop processing that loan just because his wife and son were murdered. Yesterday I saw that he was claiming that he was a drug addict, but I want to see someone/anyone back that up, because I don't believe it for one second.
I agree totally. It came in a flash while I was watching his former friend, Chris Wilson, talk about how Alex ripped him off. Alex knew how far down he'd fallen, and he was too ashamed. I think he was truthful about his plan to get himself killed so he could give Buster a million dollars.
The defense tries to suggest that the murders made it harder, but that was only because he was charged by the end of it. Paul and Maggie very likely had big life insurance policies on them, and apparently were about to cost him a lot of money (in divorce and court costs). Turning those potential monetary losses into monetary gains through life insurance, for a person who was at the end of their rope, is more than enough motive really.
@@TrippyTheShroom If that is the case, which would be genuinely surprising, there's still the idea of a potential divorce and court case costing him a lot of money he didn't really have, that would also draw attention to his financial misconduct.
Weird thing is Paul claimed to have a $10 million life insurance policy on himself when he hired someone to kill him but the representative in charge of Maggie's estate claims that neither Paul nor Maggie had life insurance.
Financial problems (being caught with your fingers in the cookie jar) combined with anger, it's a dangerous situation for any person especially a selfish one.
Her parents are elderly and in very poor health. I read that the murder of Maggie and Paul has led to the profound deterioration of their health, and they have been so distraught they cannot bear to even talk about Maggie and Paul. They do not live in the area, so travel would be hard on them. Maggie has one sister, they were not particularly close, and she is caring for her parents.
AM diverted client funds, insurance monies intense for clients, etc x10 years. He admits to a 20 year opioid addiction. He has been disbarred. He knows what he did. At this juncture I am 99% convinced he personally committed murder &/or hired someone to commit them. He knowingly took advantage of his law firm colleagues, family & family reputation. The more I hear, the more I'm in disbelief as to his immoral & unethical conduct. RIP Paul & Maggie & others who may have died or suffered as a result of his abhorrent behavior.
Did someone say he had the opportunity to go to his mothers house to shower? His clothes were different when he called them and they arrive, from the clothes he had on when he was on his son’s phone.
@@joedennehy386 right and then I heard that their hunting lodge was a ways away from emergency services...something like 30 or 40 minutes on top of that until they got there.
The lady that swears in the people is quite Rude!! It sure isn't a hard job,I bet the pay is great !? I'd love to have her job and treat people with some respect instead of ending walking away saying,"spell your name!!! Period! Does she not know the word Please?
Well, right now the state has done close to nothing to prove he committed the murders so defense doesn't even really have to do much. They've focused so much on his fraud that they've barely went into any evidence for him actually committing the crime that they're currently in court for.
I know! His lawyers are terrible huh? They look lost and go silent on the evidence! Never seen that before! They are doing diversion tactics like Alex did in his life too! Crazy stuff there in the south!
@@barbarahenninger6642 What how many pills was he doing you’re telling me he spent all that money on painkillers how many painkillers with this man taking listen I’m good on four dollars a day
From what I heard Alex wife Maggie was a woman of high integrity high morals and principles so that tells me as soon as she found out that the man that she married was nothing but a fraud and a lying thief and had been stealing and lying to his family for the last 10 years and destroyed their reputation in the community I believe Maggie would have exposed Alex and left him and divorced him in a heartbeat once she found out what her husband had been doing behind her back for the last 10 years. He panicked and he killed his wife and son his voice was clearly heard on the video that was taken in the kennels 5 minutes before they were murdered the chance that somebody else was involved is unlikely but possible and when I say possible maybe a 1 in 1000 chance he's innocent but that's not reasonable doubt in my mind. Just saying.......🧐🤨🤔
If you think Maggie had no clue about her husband you clearly haven't looked into this case deep enough lol. She was just as shallow as he was, obsessed with money and reputation. She didn't even know the age of her housekeeper the emergency services despatcher asked of 25 years as she lay dying on her floor her husband stole 4.4 million dollars settlement from lol. You think she didn't ask her hubby where the 4 mill in their joint bank account came from lol?
No, they were not oresent. None of the financial info has been in their presense. Also, tomorrow they do more of the financial stuff at 9:30 and the jury is not scheduled until 11:30.
I don't believe that Alex committed these murders to hide his financial wrong doings. I believe that at one time he loved his wife and son....but Maggie had seen a divorce attorney within weeks prior to the murders ( I would love to hear from that attorney as far as Maggie's reasoning) His son was facing a huge trial for manslaughter due to the boat crash. Alex was a narcissist who was able to be in control of his puppets and loved ones all his life. Between the drugs, financial crash, and Paul's upcoming trial and Maggie leaving him....He had lost total control of those surrounding him. He needed to "get rid" of the two who were causing him the most problems. He was controlling, manipulative, and got away with whatever he wanted and needed to do all his life. Learning his peers had uncovered his deceit and the news that his father was on his deathbed, within a few hours of each other, he lost it. At the time this took place, he compartmentalized the events, and saw his wife and son as his Problems and not his loved ones. In his demented mind, he did what he had to do and wiped out his loved ones,, because he needed to get rid of the pain they were causing him. I wish the State would present it in this way. It makes so much sense after getting to know this man through the testimonies.
The state has seen right through Alex's story. The drugs left Alex heartless and now SORRY. HE KEEPS SAYING IM SORRY OVER AND OVER. AND UMMM YOU KNOW .
Alex's face is looking exhausted day by day. He is slowly but surely realizing he has no way out. Same kind of species as Kohberger, a senseless narcissist on a power trip. These must not live amongst other mostly normal people.
Interesting, tough case. Murdaugh steals, is highly deceptive, his kids are out-of-control, BUT… it’s a big next step to murder. BUT, a sociopath can do it. A narcissist can possibly do it. His sons had shamed him. He stole money and had shamed himself. He had dark secrets. He wanted a do-over…he wasn’t an honest, moral man. BUT - there were two different weapons. He’s clean at the scene. He appears to be genuinely grief stricken, BUT…the weird self shooting….he’s slippery …..
I’ve never seen a courtroom like this. My apologies for sounding ignorant, but I’ve not been in many courtrooms. Just have never seen one like this with so much room and so many tables and people moving around.
I still do not see how murdering his family would have helped him out of his financial mess. It just brought it to a head sooner. It does not make sense at all.
There's no way this guy's clean - sitting all chill, that scattered brain would be firing those twitch muscles, he'd have to be in a straight jacket, ha
Am I correct in thinking there are two videos placing AM at the scene? One Snapchat video of AM pushing a tree over and one of the son in the Kennels with Maggie and AM in the background. Has the prosecution proven that these video were definitely taken on the night of the murders? Could they have been taken a few days before but not sent until that night
@@thowland89 I’m pretty sure the rep for Snap stated they did not know when the video was recorded, but it was in fact sent on the day of the murders. Definitely arguable.
i agree the motive is very weak and makes little sense. he could've killed just one family vs two or his mother who is suffering from Alzheimer. it doesn't help to murder your wife and son for the purposes of distraction from other crimes. the prosecutors should just say they have no idea why this guy killed his family, but we can prove that he lied and provide circumstantial evidence that support his guilt.
Alex was about to lose $10 mil in the boating death that his son Paul caused. Paul gone, it doesn't go to court. His wife was filing divorce and would take at least half the assets. With her gone too, he thought he could bail out of some of the problems by buying time and reducing his debt and having more assets. Maybe he could even gain some money thinking he would get life insurance payouts.
It actually makes some sense but you have to keep in mind that Alec's state of mind was desperate and insane. He seems to be a sociopath (the lies and manipulation from his past shows a predispostion towards that) and so its not as big as a leap for someone without a conscionce who is also on drugs that as one person testified "made him aggressive". We aren't talking about a stable, grounded, logical person here so that context is important.
Besides if he wants deflecting his father is dying. Dead in a few days. Part of the town, part of the firm. Lots of sadness. There is a deflection he did not have to do. I do not believe he killed them. His misdeeds may have led to the killings but don't think he did it. Don't think he had that kind of nerve.
That one lawyer on the prosecution team is a great speaker! Stealing cash from people that need it is disgusting! Doing whatever it takes not to face the music is evil! God will not punish him but the devil will play with him!
Alex looks like he is thinking, dang, this guy really figured me out.
It's very hard to listen to the defense's rebuttal to the prosecution.. embarrassing, even.
He was stuttering through it, because it's just verbal judo about nothing of substance.
He was in the hole for much more than he stated.
And from the body language and the judge’s look I don’t think he was buying any of it.
Bless it! He stuttered so much I couldn't follow him.
The truth flows, the lies stammer and sputter
Perfectly said 💯
i mean i naturally stutter to shid I'm always lying
@@schifferp.k3970 you not a lawyer
@@shaniquataylor1675 ik, it was meant as a joke. I naturally stutter. Hope yo get it
BRAVO. Great comment!
I think the boat case plays a very large part in these murders. It was a case that affected the family on so many levels, and it was the first thing Alex talked about when first responders arrived. That’s very telling.
That and having 2
Sons in Law School.
@@Graham1046 i think only Buster was & didn't he get caught cheating & kicked out? It was my understanding Paul did some side work for uncle John whatever, & otherwise it sounds like he popped around hunting, boating & playing at Mossel getting more birds to come so they could hunt some more! I have no problem with hunting for your survival, but these guys are only into it for sport & I never got that! Seems such a waste!
I feel the same way. The anger Alex had on Paul for the harm he did and the money he costed his father must have a connection.
@@Graham1046 can you even continue law school with a criminal record?
@@marsaeille jailhouse lawyer.
I was hoping the prosecution would point out that defense counsel's character descriptions of Alec Murdaugh as a loving father who would never hurt his wife and son opens the door to rebuttal showing that Alec harmed and stole from his brothers and closest friend... justifying the admissibility of the financial crimes. I'm glad the prosecutor did just that.
I think if the jury could hear Chris Wilson's testimony they would realize the motive for the murders.
ABSOLUTELY! I am heartbroken for Chris.
@@barbarahenninger6642 I 100% believe the judge will allow it. It doesnt really touch all the other crimes, it wont be a trial in a trial, it'll just bring those two people from that side of his crimes that the reasons he killed paul and maggie, over to this side. It needs to be done and they need to be seen and heard.
No way this judge won't understand that. First time, he kills them to buy time, second time, he fakes attempted murder. coincidences like that *combined* with all the other evidence of simply do not reasonably exist and so *need* to be scrutinized.
Shooting your own son like that. I mean I just cannot wrap my mind around that. Just plain evil.
Was concerned all along pertinent financial-woes would not be admitted. Thanks 🙏 judge for admitting this evidence.
On the surface everything is fine. But underneath he's a theif who steals from his friends and family. Not to mention the 3 other mysterious deaths related to him. Guy is guilty as can be.
He wasn't around for those deaths. His children and wife were.
He stole from his clients that needed this money. He had no dignity and feels no remorse about anything he has done!!!
@@Tyronebabydaddy eat a 🍆, troll.
This is such a reach by the DA¡ Alex is definitely a crook and pill head trash attorney but a murderer no¡ This is a hit for what Paul did and tunnel vision has skewed this case from the beginning¡🤡⛵☠️🦝⚖️
@@Tyronebabydaddy 🤮
When your in court especially for murder, no doubt his whole life is under a microscope. The jury deserve to know the good and the bad of this horrid person.
They will have a motive.
Despicable being
Yep. Whole truth & nothing but the truth
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@@elephanthappiness4502 blame auto correct🤣
Now we see what actual tears are with Alex. All those fake sobs and snorting and no tears. Watching the pain and tears in his best friends eyes and how he totally screwed him over actually released real tears in Alex. Alex has so many dark secrets I'm sure the layers are decades deep. He'd screw over anyone - anytime and has.
So sad for this guy. All AM has done has hurt so many people.
Exactly. Any bonus his partners would have received were eaten up by Alec’s misdeeds. The firm even had to change their name and his family’s name is now tainted.
So sad for Chris Wilson. Tragic for Paul and Maggie. Hope justice is served.
@@Tyronebabydaddy ..yea cause he’s such a law abiding stand up guy huh? Open cavities in the heads of his family while he’s “napping” but talking at the kennels to the people who wind up dead
@@Tyronebabydaddy who should be up there in your opinion?
@@Tyronebabydaddy Who’s the real defendant?
@@Tyronebabydaddy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Knowing that area. He'll get a hung jury.
The prosecutor was precise and articulate, the defense stuttered like the old country singer Mel Tillis.
Mmmmel Tttttillis stuttered til he sang a song...this stuttering attorney singing the blues
@@deanna4636 imagine simping for a drug addicted, thieving murderer on YT. 🤮🤮🤮
@@Tyronebabydaddy huh??? 🤔
He killed his wife and son because he was in a desperate state of mind as his crimes were coming light.
Stealing client's money for over a decade boggles my mind. What took his former law firm so long to catch Alex's theft?
They were all friends and trusted him
They are corrupt, too, and looked the other way.
They only caught on when someone complained. These folks didn’t realize they were being stolen from.
Simple answer: Audits wasn’t done correctly. He used a company that the law firm used before. He made it look like the money was going to that company, but it was going to his personal account.
The defense lawyer says "diversion of fees" as a very watered down description of STEALING clients money!!
Yeah🙄Theft. If it was you or me, not a prominent, rich family, it would be called stealing/fraud - not "diversion of fees"😡
@Bell Lee Yes we all know lawyers get a slice of every pie but when I heard the insurance payout for their housekeeper of 20 yrs was 3.8 million & he gave the two sons $100 000 each I was disgusted. Plus all the money he stole from the firm. He's a greedy, immoral man.
'Oh what a tangled web we weave/When first we practice to deceive'
This is the nutshell so now you gotta get it in front of the jury
Agreed. This segment demonstrates at least 1/3 of the motive. Way more critical than the orientation of the cellphone screen.
Seriously respect and admire this judge!
His son died last week. The judges son.
@@ellencleghorne5296 q
I think he feels shame and regret about burning his best friend! WoW 😮 that was sad to watch! 🤦♀️
The prosecutor might be as great as mark Jensen trial prosecutor!!!!
The financial blowup was certainly the motive in this case for the murders of his family! He blames Paul for all of it and Maggie was onto the destruction too and scared of him on that day!!!! And told someone! She knew he might kill them!!! She didn’t want to go to the house! So crazy!!! He should have confessed! What a embarrassment of a sociopath for all to know!
He was affected by another colleague today.
All he had to do was fess up and take the embarrassment of stealing but his greed and ego were too big.
His crying might not have been regret for stiffing his friend, but instead narcissistic injury for his having his misdeeds explained on a world-wide forum
Where did you hear all this?
It was painful to watch.
Alex needed time to find another place to embezzle money from. After 10+ years of doing this, he felt sure if he bought himself more time (more than a funeral for dad)...he could find another place to draw money from.
Case in point, after the murder he was left alone, and eventually he got some money illegally off the books from a friend to pay back 600k of the 792k he "borrowed" ...
How did he know the murders would buy him time? Well it would make legal proceedings change however most importantly the very morning of the murders, he saw his coworker drop the money issues once she heard him on the phone finding out his father was terminal.
He killed Paul and Maggie and created that sympathy on a GRAND scale. Not only him but MANY people are just too upset and money isn't important right now. The coworker and friend both attest to this.
So, Now, he needs to pay the money his friend basically stole from his family bank eventually and still needs to pay 192k to his friend. He already wrote the note saying he will pay in 60 days too. So that very day he sets he faked an attempt on his life.
This doesn't even bring in aaaall his other crimes. It keeps it relevant to the case and shows motive clearly. I don't see how reporters "don't see how this shows motive"
He was robbing Peter to pay Paul, and it caught up to him. He literally ran out of time. That week glorias son called about the settlement money, that DAY the CFO was telling alex he needed to put the money back where it belonged, and in 3 days, all of his 10+ years of crimes was going to come out in discovery for the lawsuit.
Chris Wilson’s testimony was absolutely so powerful. The jury needs to hear him and Alec(x) will be put behind bars for the rest of his life.
This judge is great
Man I love this lawyer hounds and Hannibal
yep fun stuff - defense had a killer rebuttal ... oh wait ... lol - makes me wanna go get me an online lawyering badge too and git to work!
Alex has been a wrecking ball his entire adulthood.
He has been living in a house of cards for a while now
The prosecution is spot on, but I'm not sure if the judge will allow this testimony. I don't think the jury will convict on this. But 100% believe this is why he killed them.
They heard the CFO of his firm, didn't they?
No, all the testimony about the finances etc...are being argued without jury present. This is all going to be decided by the judge if they are going to allow it in.
The jury will convict him on the video evidence first off! and alibi lies and some other things too like bullet casings and more circumstantial things!
At the 10-minute mark, the defense makes the prosecution's case.
While very doubtful, I would love to see Alex take the stand for all of this. To watch Alex respond to all of his dirty dealings would be entertaining, if nothing else.
I'm all for that too but he shouldn't be going down for murder of his son and wife¡🤡⛵☠️🦝⚖️
This is going to be a Netflix series! I’m still not convinced on the state’s theory. I’m not saying that he’s innocent, but their theory doesn’t make sense. He’s a lawyer from a family full of lawyers and prosecutors, he knew that he would be suspect number one. Idk…
@@DocProcRealm I’m not convinced yet on the murders too, but I believe that he was a thief. He lived beyond his means and couldn’t wait until the December bonus. I can understand how he got himself into financial mess. However, I can’t believe that he didn’t give the victims a penny of their settlements with the exception for one the guys that was shorted only 192k of his settlement. He was good at winning cases, but horrible with his finances. Or he really thought he was invincible and ran the town. This case is has a lot WHYs for me.
@@Uknowit264 1 Why did he ask his Mom's caregiver to lie about the time he was there visiting? Why did he lie about not being at the kennels that night? An innocent person would tell the truth 🤔
Defense is lying. He was transferring bad debts to Maggie’s name, right before her death. Plus she was supposed to meet with an appraiser and was going to find out the dirt hubby was in, with everything. Even more than she probably already knew. I knew her family is just sick over this!
After his wife died he spent time over at his in-laws.
@@joannephillips4110, I saw that, wow, they are learning a lot at the trial and must be pretty shook up learning all the financial things that occurred!
I DON'T BELIEVE he was on drugs. He's a corrupt lawyer that knows what to claim. He is sickening.
Murederer
I just started following this trial, but my guess is that he knew he was going to be exposed and he didn't want his wife and son to know what he had done. One more bank loan wasn't going to help him out of the hole he was in. And he never would have known that the bank would stop processing that loan just because his wife and son were murdered. Yesterday I saw that he was claiming that he was a drug addict, but I want to see someone/anyone back that up, because I don't believe it for one second.
Agreed! I think he was being blackmailed or gambled it all away. Not drugs!
@Sherry Leigh there is no regular casinos here in South Carolina. There is a boat you go out to sea for 4 hours. But I'm sure he flew to Vegas 😉.
But this family has a lot of death unsolved around them… including the murdered son.🥴
his actions are literally the definition of an addict….
I agree totally. It came in a flash while I was watching his former friend, Chris Wilson, talk about how Alex ripped him off. Alex knew how far down he'd fallen, and he was too ashamed. I think he was truthful about his plan to get himself killed so he could give Buster a million dollars.
This guy is quilty of everything. The look on his face says it all. He knows he is going down.
The defense is mumbling and stumbling
The lead prosecution lawyer is phenomenal. I hope these court videos remain on TH-cam forever. More interesting than movies and TV.
The defense tries to suggest that the murders made it harder, but that was only because he was charged by the end of it. Paul and Maggie very likely had big life insurance policies on them, and apparently were about to cost him a lot of money (in divorce and court costs). Turning those potential monetary losses into monetary gains through life insurance, for a person who was at the end of their rope, is more than enough motive really.
Exactly. Men have killed their families for less so I don’t see why people are so confused about his motive.
They did not. No life insurance polices on either.
@@TrippyTheShroom If that is the case, which would be genuinely surprising, there's still the idea of a potential divorce and court case costing him a lot of money he didn't really have, that would also draw attention to his financial misconduct.
@@TrippyTheShroom there were life insurance policies but he can not claim them as he is being charged for their murders
Weird thing is Paul claimed to have a $10 million life insurance policy on himself when he hired someone to kill him but the representative in charge of Maggie's estate claims that neither Paul nor Maggie had life insurance.
I’ll love the judge when he makes the right ruling. Judges love to misdirect, make u feel one way and then go the other.
It goes to motive for the murders
Can see Alex Murdaugh's shoulders slump bit lower and lower and body shrinking inward every truth that comes out.
Financial problems (being caught with your fingers in the cookie jar) combined with anger, it's a dangerous situation for any person especially a selfish one.
Defense attorney looks defeated.
Where are Maggie's family have they said anything?
Her parents are elderly and in very poor health. I read that the murder of Maggie and Paul has led to the profound deterioration of their health, and they have been so distraught they cannot bear to even talk about Maggie and Paul. They do not live in the area, so travel would be hard on them. Maggie has one sister, they were not particularly close, and she is caring for her parents.
He killed them
AM diverted client funds, insurance monies intense for clients, etc x10 years. He admits to a 20 year opioid addiction. He has been disbarred. He knows what he did. At this juncture I am 99% convinced he personally committed murder &/or hired someone to commit them. He knowingly took advantage of his law firm colleagues, family & family reputation. The more I hear, the more I'm in disbelief as to his immoral & unethical conduct. RIP Paul & Maggie & others who may have died or suffered as a result of his abhorrent behavior.
DO they pronounce "apple" as "Epple" there too ⁉
Did someone say he had the opportunity to go to his mothers house to shower? His clothes were different when he called them and they arrive, from the clothes he had on when he was on his son’s phone.
He had over an hour between the estimated time of death. 8.50pm and when he phoned emergency services shortly after 10pm
@@joedennehy386 right and then I heard that their hunting lodge was a ways away from emergency services...something like 30 or 40 minutes on top of that until they got there.
So when does the movie come out?
Right after the verdict, lol
You need a 10 episode 6 season show for them. It gets waaaay deeper
The lady that swears in the people is quite Rude!! It sure isn't a hard job,I bet the pay is great !? I'd love to have her job and treat people with some respect instead of ending walking away saying,"spell your name!!! Period! Does she not know the word Please?
❤The Judge to me has a wise looking judge with Kind eyes , I think he’s a very fair Judge 😊
The many faces of Richard Alexander Murdaugh.
Is this the best legal representation that Alex Mardaugh can get…or the best he can afford?
Well, right now the state has done close to nothing to prove he committed the murders so defense doesn't even really have to do much. They've focused so much on his fraud that they've barely went into any evidence for him actually committing the crime that they're currently in court for.
I know! His lawyers are terrible huh? They look lost and go silent on the evidence! Never seen that before! They are doing diversion tactics like Alex did in his life too! Crazy stuff there in the south!
What was he doing with all that money
Pills.
@@barbarahenninger6642 What how many pills was he doing you’re telling me he spent all that money on painkillers how many painkillers with this man taking listen I’m good on four dollars a day
Boats, houses, property, lots of guns...you name it.
Howany years have they been "misappropriating" these funds?
Convince yourself defence not us!!!!
From what I heard Alex wife Maggie was a woman of high integrity high morals and principles so that tells me as soon as she found out that the man that she married was nothing but a fraud and a lying thief and had been stealing and lying to his family for the last 10 years and destroyed their reputation in the community I believe Maggie would have exposed Alex and left him and divorced him in a heartbeat once she found out what her husband had been doing behind her back for the last 10 years. He panicked and he killed his wife and son his voice was clearly heard on the video that was taken in the kennels 5 minutes before they were murdered the chance that somebody else was involved is unlikely but possible and when I say possible maybe a 1 in 1000 chance he's innocent but that's not reasonable doubt in my mind. Just saying.......🧐🤨🤔
Is this the same Maggie would would let and even help her under age sons drink?
If you think Maggie had no clue about her husband you clearly haven't looked into this case deep enough lol. She was just as shallow as he was, obsessed with money and reputation. She didn't even know the age of her housekeeper the emergency services despatcher asked of 25 years as she lay dying on her floor her husband stole 4.4 million dollars settlement from lol. You think she didn't ask her hubby where the 4 mill in their joint bank account came from lol?
She been knew. He's stolen over 15 million dollars with many funny real estate deals she was in on
This was a hit for what Paul did killing that girl on the boat¡🤡⛵☠️🦝⚖️
@Doc Proc no it wasn't, why would the wait three days before their lawsuit was about to happen?
So will this information be told to the jury?
Don't know yet, judge should decide tomorrow.
More evidence to be presented before judge decides.
The jury already heard about his financial embezzlement today.
No, they were not oresent. None of the financial info has been in their presense. Also, tomorrow they do more of the financial stuff at 9:30 and the jury is not scheduled until 11:30.
Is the man’s name Alec or Alex? I hear him called both in the courtroom.
I’ve been wondering the same thing. 🤔
Yeah that's funny I was talking with my wife about that today you do Google searches Alex
Spelled Alex but called Alec
Called Alec
MUDD
I don't believe that Alex committed these murders to hide his financial wrong doings. I believe that at one time he loved his wife and son....but Maggie had seen a divorce attorney within weeks prior to the murders ( I would love to hear from that attorney as far as Maggie's reasoning) His son was facing a huge trial for manslaughter due to the boat crash. Alex was a narcissist who was able to be in control of his puppets and loved ones all his life. Between the drugs, financial crash, and Paul's upcoming trial and Maggie leaving him....He had lost total control of those surrounding him. He needed to "get rid" of the two who were causing him the most problems. He was controlling, manipulative, and got away with whatever he wanted and needed to do all his life. Learning his peers had uncovered his deceit and the news that his father was on his deathbed, within a few hours of each other, he lost it. At the time this took place, he compartmentalized the events, and saw his wife and son as his Problems and not his loved ones. In his demented mind, he did what he had to do and wiped out his loved ones,, because he needed to get rid of the pain they were causing him. I wish the State would present it in this way. It makes so much sense after getting to know this man through the testimonies.
It's all about the money.
he had a lot of money, he was making a lot of money.. why steal a lot of money?
The state has seen right through Alex's story. The drugs left Alex heartless and now SORRY. HE KEEPS SAYING IM SORRY OVER AND OVER. AND UMMM YOU KNOW .
how long is this trial?
He's a gambler
Yes, same pattern from murders that happened at roadside. I totally agree!
Why’s he stuttering
Lol
Where is Buster
The defense is not impressive in this case in my opinion
0:33 Burning through cash like crazy listen you talk about screaming down the road with no one at the wheel that’s Alex
What happened to all the money he stole? where did it go? Gambling? Crypto?
.,..and someone tried to burn their other home down using diesel??? You can't write this stuff! What ELSE?!
He is so screwed. The prosecutor,s case is really making sense. Motive means and all.
Lord the judge.. passive . 😡
Alex's face is looking exhausted day by day.
He is slowly but surely realizing he has no way out.
Same kind of species as Kohberger, a senseless narcissist on a power trip.
These must not live amongst other mostly normal people.
Interesting, tough case. Murdaugh steals, is highly deceptive, his kids are out-of-control, BUT… it’s a big next step to murder. BUT, a sociopath can do it. A narcissist can possibly do it. His sons had shamed him. He stole money and had shamed himself. He had dark secrets. He wanted a do-over…he wasn’t an honest, moral man. BUT - there were two different weapons. He’s clean at the scene. He appears to be genuinely grief stricken, BUT…the weird self shooting….he’s slippery …..
He's also in totally different clothes. Kind of suspicious.
Judge is totally fair.
I’ve never seen a courtroom like this. My apologies for sounding ignorant, but I’ve not been in many courtrooms. Just have never seen one like this with so much room and so many tables and people moving around.
The older lawyer for alex should not be there he is falling asleep retire sir
He can't hear either
He probably shot Maggie & Paul & planned on killing himself but chickened out with pulling the trigger on himself
I still do not see how murdering his family would have helped him out of his financial mess. It just brought it to a head sooner. It does not make sense at all.
Where was Buster?
@Vida McMinn. I noticed he was missing also, plus John Marvin and Brooklyn.
Buster was there this morning, when they started talking about money he left for the day.
That woman packed a knock out Punch,grow a pair!!
Chris Wilson said, he had compassion on Alex when he heard of the murders...Deflecting. 🇮🇪
When will the matter of Maggie filing for divorce be brought up in court.
Somebody slipping Alex Some painkillers for court bro his eyes are zapped
There's no way this guy's clean - sitting all chill, that scattered brain would be firing those twitch muscles, he'd have to be in a straight jacket, ha
might just be the sociopathic stare
Stuttering lies...the truth just flows
No one has ever held AM accountable in his whole life - why don’t they talk to his wife’s friends or family ever???
Am I correct in thinking there are two videos placing AM at the scene? One Snapchat video of AM pushing a tree over and one of the son in the Kennels with Maggie and AM in the background.
Has the prosecution proven that these video were definitely taken on the night of the murders? Could they have been taken a few days before but not sent until that night
A representative for Snapchat testified, verifying the videos were sent the day of the murders.
@@brittccs3147 Yes but was the video recorded on the day of the murder? You can take a video a few days before and then send it a few days later
@@thowland89 I’m pretty sure the rep for Snap stated they did not know when the video was recorded, but it was in fact sent on the day of the murders. Definitely arguable.
Good guy
Why is this defense lawyer blowing smoke 💨
i agree the motive is very weak and makes little sense. he could've killed just one family vs two or his mother who is suffering from Alzheimer. it doesn't help to murder your wife and son for the purposes of distraction from other crimes. the prosecutors should just say they have no idea why this guy killed his family, but we can prove that he lied and provide circumstantial evidence that support his guilt.
Alex was about to lose $10 mil in the boating death that his son Paul caused. Paul gone, it doesn't go to court. His wife was filing divorce and would take at least half the assets. With her gone too, he thought he could bail out of some of the problems by buying time and reducing his debt and having more assets. Maybe he could even gain some money thinking he would get life insurance payouts.
It actually makes some sense but you have to keep in mind that Alec's state of mind was desperate and insane. He seems to be a sociopath (the lies and manipulation from his past shows a predispostion towards that) and so its not as big as a leap for someone without a conscionce who is also on drugs that as one person testified "made him aggressive". We aren't talking about a stable, grounded, logical person here so that context is important.
Besides if he wants deflecting his father is dying. Dead in a few days. Part of the town, part of the firm. Lots of sadness. There is a deflection he did not have to do. I do not believe he killed them. His misdeeds may have led to the killings but don't think he did it. Don't think he had that kind of nerve.
“Steal from Peter to pay Paul “ scheme
The entire murdaugh family is embezzling ..
Unveiled truths !!!
What is happening?
Long story short This guy is an defense attorney
It had nothing to do with the avoidance of scrutiny
That one lawyer on the prosecution team is a great speaker! Stealing cash from people that need it is disgusting! Doing whatever it takes not to face the music is evil! God will not punish him but the devil will play with him!
Has it been reported what, if any, life insurance on wife and son that A.M. would’ve received?
I don’t understand why he would kill his family. I do not think the state has proven their case.
Wait, this is the guy who tried to fake the attack?!?!?!? Holy crap I did not know that
I really like this judge.
I'm sorry but there was a life insurance policy worth over £8.4 million so why is the defense lying?!
There was life insurance on Maggie.