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A detective testifies in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial about footprints and other evidence found after the South Carolina attorney's wife and son were found shot to death (Jan. 27)

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Both sides use trove of cell data at Alex Murdaugh trial
By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press
Wed,02/01/23-1:50PM , 124 Reads
A state agent testifying Wednesday in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial meticulously reconstructed activity from his iPhone and the cellphones of his son and wife the night they were killed to try to link the disgraced South Carolina a
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A detective testifies in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial about footprints and other evidence found after the South Carolina attorney's wife and son were found shot to death (Jan. 27)

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Agent insists Alex Murdaugh suggested he killed his son
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Tue,01/31/23-11:59AM , 97 Reads
A state agent insisted Tuesday he heard a possible confession from Alex Murdaugh even after defense attorneys for the
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AP correspondent Ed Donahue on Mother and Son Killed

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Through sobs, did Alex Murdaugh say he killed his son?
By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press
Mon,01/30/23-12:56PM , 107 Reads
“I did him so bad.”

That's what a South Carolina investigator on Monday testified that Alex Murdaugh had uttered between sobs during a recorded interview three days after Murdaugh's wife and son were killed.
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Defendant Alex Murdaugh, seated between his two layers Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, listens during his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)

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Video evidence suggests Alex Murdaugh muddled timeline
By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press
Fri,01/27/23-12:44PM , 100 Reads
Alex Murdaugh's comments to police about his whereabouts around the time his wife and son were fatally shot may not have been accurate, according to video evidence presented by prosecutors Friday at the South Carolina attorney’s murder t
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