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COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The jury within the Alex Murdaugh homicide trial is predicted to listen to from witnesses related to Murdaugh’s monetary crimes Tuesday.
Murdaugh is accused of killing his spouse Margaret and youngest son Paul at their household property in June of 2021.
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Colleagues from Murdaugh’s former regulation agency PMPED (now Parker’s Regulation Group) gave emotional testimony about their private {and professional} relationships with Murdaugh.
PMPED CFO Jeanne Seckinger described how she uncovered Murdaugh’s decades-long scheme of stealing thousands and thousands of {dollars} from the agency and his shoppers. She confronted Murdaugh about lacking funds on June 7, 2021, simply hours earlier than the murders. Prosecutors say that dialog pushed Murdaugh over the sting, however the protection claims it was far much less dramatic than the prosecution would really like jurors to imagine.
Following Seckinger, PMPED lawyer and longtime buddy of Murdaugh, Ronnie Crosby, took the stand. He grew emotional testifying about his relationship with Paul, who known as him “Uncle Ronnie.” The 2 had been so shut that Crosby gave the eulogy at Paul’s funeral. He went to Moselle the night time of the murders and described the grisly scene. He additionally mentioned Murdaugh advised him in no unsure phrases that he was not on the kennels with Paul and Maggie that night time, a declare that has been debunked by video Paul took that night time at 8:44 p.m. Crosby recognized the voices of Paul, Maggie, and Alex Murdaugh with 100% confidence.
The ultimate witness was a gunshot residue skilled who testified {that a} important quantity of presumptive residue was discovered on the controversial blue raincoat seized from Murdaugh’s mother or father’s house.
Protection is predicted to select up cross-examination of the GSR skilled Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.
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10:04 a.m. – Annette Griswold, Murdaugh’s former paralegal, takes the stand.
10:00 a.m. – Prosecution follows up with Fletcher. She is requested if discovering 38 particles on the within of a garment is uncommon. She says sure.
Prosecution asks if 38 particles being discovered contained in the jacket is per a recently-fired firearm being carried contained in the jacket. Fletcher says it’s per the within of the garment coming into contact with a not too long ago fired firearm.
9:35 a.m. – Court docket is in session. Lawyer Jim Griffin picks up cross-examination of Megan Fletcher, a gunshot residue evaluation skilled.
Griffin asks about how gunshot primer residue is transferred. Fletcher says on inanimate objects, it may final till it’s wiped off by one thing else. Griffin factors out that many firearms have been introduced into proof and asks if its potential particles are within the seat Fletcher is sitting in. She says its potential.
Griffin asks about Murdaugh’s garments Fletcher analyzed the day after the murders. He asks if she was conscious they had been moist. She says she wasn’t conscious till they opened the field and discovered. He goes by the particles discovered on his garments and palms,
Griffin asks if there may be any solution to know when the residue received on the blue jacket. Fletcher says no. He asks if she will inform the way it received there. She says no.
Griffin factors out the jacket may’ve belonged to Murdaugh’s father. He presents a state of affairs during which Murdaugh’s father takes off the jacket and throws it behind his truck, on high of an previous shotgun. Fletcher says its potential 38 particles may’ve transferred from the shotgun if it hadn’t been cleaned.
He asks if one particle on a hand or three particles on a shirt are insignificant. Fletcher says she will’t say they’re insignificant, however the 38 is important as a result of the quantity is so giant.
Griffin asks if Fletcher additionally acquired a blue tarp and determined with a SLED agent to not course of the tarp. Fletcher says sure, primarily based on what was relayed to them by Smith. She says it was primarily based on the raincoat being balled up in a closet vs the tarp, which was laid out on a chair.
Griffin asks if Fletcher documented {that a} firearm was in touch with the rain jacket. Fletcher says it was a chance primarily based on her evaluation.
Griffin asks about notes Fletcher took concerning the rain jacket. She listed it as a dimension giant.
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