Alex Murdaugh’s trial began in January in South Carolina.
About the double murder accused US lawyer Alex Murdaugh spoke for the first time at his trial in South Carolina on Wednesday. The heir to an influential legal family has denied killing his wife and son, but admitted to lying to criminal investigators, news channel reported, among others CNN.
At trial, Murdaugh admitted to lying about his whereabouts at the time of the June 2021 murder. Murdaugh had told investigators in at least three separate interviews that he had not been to the outbuilding of the family’s hunting farm that night, where his wife and son were found shot to death.
Murdaugh’s wife Margaret Murdaugh was 52 years old and their son Paul Murdaugh 22 years old. In the criminal investigation, a video shot by Paul Murdaugh was found, which is believed to have been filmed just minutes before the murders. According to several witnesses, Alex Murdaugh’s voice can be heard in the background of the video.
Video was shown at the trial and Alex Murdaugh admitted that his voice can be heard on the recording. He said he lied to detectives because he “wasn’t thinking clearly” because of his opiate addiction.
The murder trial, which began in January, is part of a larger crime spree in which the Murdaugh family is believed to be involved. Alex Murdaugh’s eldest son Buster Murdaugh is believed to have killed his schoolmate to Stephen Smith in the year 2015.
Murdaugh is suspected of murdering his wife and son Paul, as well as staging his own assassination attempt to create a cover story to protect Buster Murdaugh and get him paid out of his life insurance.
#United #States #influential #lawyer #accused #murdering #wife #son #admits #lied #whereabouts #night #incident
