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day eight in the Alec Murdoch day nine of the double week three of the Alec 100 hours of testimony this is the 14th day
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of the debt trial drags into week four day 17. the defense called more witnesses
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week six day 25 and the double murder trial of Alec Murdoch continues in college murdo's on trial for the double
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homicide of his wife Maggie and his son Paul near the dog kennels of their families hunting estate local media has
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called it the trial of the century in South Carolina it has attracted media from across the world through their
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family Alec murdaugh used to be a really predominant lawyer in South Carolina and
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is a member of this very powerful legal Dynasty on the evening of June 7th 2021 his son Paul Murdock is
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standing in a small feet rooms kennels they have on the property the defendant over there Alex Murdock took a 12-stage
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shotgun and shot him in the chest and the shoulder but after that another shot went up under his head into catastrophic
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damage the lead prosecutor for the state is Creighton Waters just moments later he picked up a 300 Blackout AR style
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rifle an open fire on his wife Maggie pow pow killed her instantly Alex Murdoch's claim is that he ate dinner
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was his family took a nap on the couch he goes to visit his mother comes home just after 10 pm and finds his wife and
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child shot and killed his immediate reaction was to start telling me about an incident that
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happened with his son with a boating accident my son was in a boat wreck oh of months back he's been getting threats
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I know that's what it is I'm Seth Stoten I'm a law professor at the University of South Carolina Paul
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Murdock was on a boat with some other individuals there was drinking the boat crash and one of the individuals on the
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boat Mallory Beach was killed they told you that it was just random Vigilantes from the boat case of which there is no
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evidence whatsoever they were alleging that Alec wanted to murder his wife and son because he wanted to hide the fact
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that he'd been stealing millions of dollars from his law firm and his clients for years this is a spreadsheet
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referencing age client in the amount that was stolen from each client 225 073.46 112 500
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338 thousand fifty six dollars and fourteen cents and why did y'all have to pay all that money back because Alec had
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stolen it the facts are What mattered here got some Heavy Hitters on his side Decor
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Putin is the Johnny Cochran of South Carolina did he murder his wife and son no does he have any idea who did no
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there's no eyewitness there's no fingerprints there's no forensics tying him to the crime none the prosecution
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has had one major Smoking Gun in its case and it's Paul murdo's video that he took at 8 44 pm
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[Music] did you recognize any voices on that video Paul murdered Maggie murdick and
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Alec murdick you recognize Alex voice yes sir how will they explain that Alec was actually at the dog kennels five
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minutes before the murder when he claims that I've been sleeping were you in fact
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at the kennels at 8 44 pm on the night Maggie and Paul were murdered I was you continued lying after
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that night did you not but once I lied I continued to lie yes sir would you ever do anything to harm
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Maggie I would never hurt me I did not kill Maggie I did not kill Paul the state versus Richard
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Alexander Murdock verdict guilty it doesn't matter how prominent you are if you do wrong if you break the law if you
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murder then Justice will be done in South Carolina