Defense lawyers in the double murder trial of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh want jurors to believe the crime scene can’t tell them much about the deaths of his wife and son because state agents did a poor job investigating.
Defendant Alex Murdaugh is cross examined by prosecutor Creighton Waters while testifying during his murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County, S.C., home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021.
Here are some key takeaways from the 61 prosecution and 11 defense witnesses called so far in the five-week trial, includingThe defense has called experts who said investigators didn't dust for fingerprints, collect and test blood, or photograph evidence with the angles or clarity needed to study it properly later.arrived at the rural Colleton County estate 20 minutes after Murdaugh called 911 when he returned home from visiting his ailing mother.
When state agents arrived, they sent Murdaugh and his entourage to the home. Witnesses testified it hadn't been searched for weapons, bloody clothes and other evidence or even checked to see if a suspect was hiding inside.of Murdaugh's guilt. The weapons used in the killings have not been found. There's no blood-spattered clothes or surveillance video.
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