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March 20, 2023 - MyronGainesX
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Fed Explains Murdaugh Murder Case STEP BY STEP w/Time Stamps! (Most Organized Breakdown)
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And we are live.
What's up, guys?
Welcome to Fed It.
I am back, man.
I'm here with a special guest.
Well, not really that special.
You guys are used to her at this point.
But today we're going to be covering the Murdoch murders, guys.
I know you guys have been waiting for this one for a long time.
You guys have been asking for it for a long time.
So let's get into it.
I'm a special agent with homeless investigations.
Okay, guys.
HSI.
The cases that I did mostly were human smuggling and drug trafficking.
No one else has these documents, by the way.
Here's what FedIt covers.
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And he's positioning.
It's been on February 13, 2019.
Racketeering and Rico conspiracy.
Young Slime Life, here and after referred to as YSL to Defendants.
6ix9ine.
and then this is Billy Seiko right here.
Now, when they first started guys, 6ix9ine ran with these kids.
I'm watching this music video.
You know, I'm bobbing my head like, hey, this shit lit.
But at the same time, I'm pausing.
Oh, wait, who this?
Right?
Oh, who's that in the back?
This is the one that's going to fuck him up because this gun is not tracing.
Well, what happened at the gun range?
Here's your boy 42 Doug right here on the left.
Okay, sex trafficking and sex crime.
They can effectively link him to paying an underage girl.
And the first bomb went off right here.
Shut down a backpack.
The site of the second explorer.
Two terrorists, their brothers, the Zokar Sarnev and Tamer Land Sarnep when the cartel ships drugs into the country.
This guy got arrested for espionage, okay?
Trading secrets with the Russians for monetary compensation.
The largest corrupt police bus in New Orleans history.
So he was in this bad boy.
All right, we are back, guys.
First live show in a while, man.
I see you guys in the chat saying, stop giving a Sudanese stick, blah, blah, blah.
Guys, you got to understand that Angie works right before the show.
So she came a little bit later than expected.
So we still had to gather her stuff and make sure everything was, you know, good to go.
But, you know, hey, you know what, Angie, to introduce yourself to the people for those that may be new.
Hi, guys.
Yeah, my name is Angelica, but most of you can pronounce it well.
So yeah, it's Angie for y'all.
And I'll be helping Myra with cases until he says, like, yeah, get the fuck out of here and put your shoes out of side.
Basically.
So, yeah, I mean, it's been a while.
It's been a week since he left to Dubai.
And now he's here.
It's been almost two weeks, right?
Since we filmed last time, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Well, because we filmed a bunch of content for them, but before I left.
Yes.
So we had like the Hezbollah, the terrorism, what is it group?
Yeah.
Terrorist group.
Yeah.
First terror, the first successful prosecution in the United States for a terrorism case.
We also had the BMF had been requested for you guys.
Yes.
Finally, we made it.
Yeah, seriously.
That one took a while to find because the documentary on that one, guys, took a while.
So we had to find NHD because the ones that were on YouTube were trash.
But shout out to the supporter that sent it to me in HD so that we were able to react to it.
I really thought that documentary was good.
I remember watching it like 10 years ago and I was like, man, the audience is going to love that one.
Yeah.
Brian, did you want it to do the 50c one because it's brand new and maybe, I mean.
Oh, yeah, we would get a copyright immediately.
Yes.
If we tried to do that.
And it's more like entertainment.
It's not as factually based as the documentary is.
So, yeah.
Also, shout out to every of you.
This is the thing, though.
You dropped the BMF first and then you dropped Hezbollah.
And in the Hezbollah video, because this was pre-recorded.
Oh, yeah.
You were asking for the BMF.
Yeah, so they got confused.
So loads of people were like sending, like, offering to send it to you, which was like, well, I'm not sure.
I appreciate that, guys.
Thank you so much.
But yeah, we dropped the BMF one first because you guys were asking for it.
You guys wanted the BMF one bad.
So I said, you know what?
Let me drop that one first and we'll do the Hezbollah one after.
Yeah.
So yeah, thank you guys for like your support and everything.
Thank for everyone that has been sending me like requests on Instagram.
I call a lot of people.
Like seriously, guys, I separated already like YouTube requests in that list and like Instagram requests on another list.
So I have two lists that we basically need to cover.
And I have, of course, highlighted the ones that are like the most, what are the most, what are the most requested?
Yeah, I can mention that.
I need to see that list.
Holy, okay.
Yes, I told you.
Told you it's long.
I wanted you to tell me which one you have done already.
But so far, I have Brian Coburger that you already did.
Okay, yeah, I did.
I did the Koburger case, guys, if you guys want.
I go into detail on that one too.
So go check that one out.
So, yeah, guys, I advise you to check the whole channel.
So to see if the cases that you wanted to want us to cover, they are not already there because Mario has covered many cases already.
So yeah, do that.
And yeah, but like the most requested ones right now are the Atlanta child murders.
I told you there is a documentary on the channel.
What child murder?
Atlanta child murders.
Atlanta child murders.
Okay, that's a new one.
I haven't heard that one.
Okay.
I haven't mentioned it to you before, but yeah, it's on Netflix.
There's a whole documentary on Netflix and it's a huge case.
Okay.
The West Memphis 3.
Remember we read it last time we were here?
West Memphis.
Three kids that were in the middle of the middle.
West Memphis.
Yes.
Yes.
That's crazy.
That's the child murderers.
Yes.
Yes.
I have John Dolph.
Okay.
Yeah, young Dolph.
It's highly requested.
Aaron Hernandez.
Okay.
Yep.
Yep.
John Bennett Ramsey, of course.
Okay.
We might do that one tonight for you guys.
Yes.
I have Ed Gain.
Okay.
Okay.
The one that we're doing tonight, which is the Mordor Murders.
I have the baseline killer.
Remember, I told you about that one?
Yeah.
Okay.
I think it's from Arizona.
Edmund Kemper, Debbie Bekowitz, and also there are a lot of people asking if we are going to cover cases from outside the U.S. I talked to Marion about it and he said yes.
So of course, like the requests are open for like any cases that you want to cover.
Right now, the most requesting one from Canada is Robert Picton.
Okay, that's like there, Jeffrey.
That's like there, Ted Bundy, if I'm not mistaken.
Yeah, it's the most prolific.
This is the most prolific serial killer in Canada.
Yeah.
Okay.
So we might cover that one.
And also the Italian mafia.
Yes.
Okay.
Because I get asked about the mafia literally every day.
Guys.
Yes.
The Italian mafia is probably one of the most complex criminal organizations in U.S. history.
You got to understand there's layers to it and there's different crime families, especially if we're going to talk about the five crime families in New York City.
I'm very well aware of all the crime families and how each organization worked.
I mean, hell, I even touched on it with the White D. Bolger case as well.
It goes into Massachusetts, into Rhode Island, into California, Las Vegas, etc.
So for me to properly cover the mafia, it's going to be a series.
Okay.
And when I say series, it's going to be similar to what I did for 9-11.
As y'all remember, when 9-11, I did damn near six or seven episodes.
One of them got taken down, which I'm going to put back up for you guys eventually.
But the point is, is that it's going to have to be a series, which means it's going to probably take me one to two months to do La Cosa Nostra the whole way through where you guys are able to get everything and understand everything.
And I also got to figure out which videos that I'm going to use, which ones I'm not going to use, which ones are going to be live, which one are going to be pre-recorded.
I'm probably going to have to pre-record all of them, to be honest with y'all, because to use certain documentaries, they're going to be lame on it with, you know, copyright and all the other stuff.
So it's difficult to live stream that stuff.
So I just got to figure out how I'm going to do it, which documentaries I'm going to use.
But I've already established that this is going to take easily four to eight weeks to do the Italian mafia.
It's coming.
I promise y'all it's coming.
I've already started preparing for it to a degree.
But if I'm going to do it, I'm going to make sure I do it right.
Just like with 9-11, I gave y'all the official story, right?
That's in a 9-11 commission.
I went over the FBI investigation in detail.
I went over how the CIA found Bin Laden.
I went over how the SEAL stormed the house.
And I also went over the conspiracy theories of, you know, was it an inside job, et cetera.
And there's another part of 9-11 involved with them boys, which I'm going to talk about with Ryan Dawson.
Okay.
There's a reason why a lot of these conspiracy theorists didn't talk about that certain connection, if you know what I'm saying, with them boys.
I'm not even going to say it because we're on YouTube, but that's going to probably be Rumble only for sure.
Okay.
Some of y'all in the chat know what I'm talking about.
Angie knows what I'm talking about.
But yeah, guys.
So if I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it all the way thorough, just like I did 9-11.
Okay.
Unbiased from all perspectives.
Angie, anything you want to say before we get into this one?
I also have more cases, of course.
And also people have been asking non-stop what them boys mean.
So can you break it down without being no, I can't say it here on YouTube.
Like you can describe it, man.
You can't say a joke.
Say a joke?
Yeah.
I'm trying to think of a joke that I won't give it away.
I think the guys in the chat know what I'm talking about.
Let's see here if anyone in the chat says people don't know.
No, most people, there are a lot of people that don't know.
I didn't know until you told me.
Hey, man.
Actually, Myron didn't tell me.
Yeah, you figured it out, right?
Myron just pointed at them.
Like, those are the boys.
Yeah, man.
Some people, I see them chat.
Yeah.
The chat already knows what time it is.
The chat already knows what time it is.
All right.
And the thing is, is that there was a significant involvement from them boys with 9-11.
And we're definitely going to talk about that with Ryan Dawson.
Okay.
That's going to be Rumble only.
It's not going to touch YouTube.
You can't even say nothing about them boys, if you know what I'm saying.
So anyway, what are you going to say?
Yeah, the rest of the cases are real quick here.
River Park Towers is an iric indictment on D-Tang.
So yeah, that's another highly requested D-Tag.
I got you guys.
I already mentioned Gabriel Fernandez, I think.
I don't know.
Gabriel Fernandez murder.
Yeah, the Italian Mafia.
Yeah, that's it.
Cool.
All right.
And the 9-11 one, just so y'all know, that's probably going to be on Fresh and Fit with Ryan Dawson.
And we're also going to do the Iraq wars.
You guys know it's been 20 years since the Iraqi war.
We invaded Iraq back in 2003, March 20th, to be exact.
So tomorrow is going to be the 20th anniversary, man.
So we're going to definitely cover that as well with Ryan Dawson.
I'm really excited to do that with him.
But anyway, I think without further ado, we got almost a thousand of you guys in here.
So do me a quick favor.
Go ahead, like the video, subscribe to the channel.
We're going to cover the Murdoch case for today, guys.
Okay.
So what I'm going to do, guys, because I'm going to put detailed timestamps, by the way, for this case in the description for this breakdown, because I ain't going to lie to y'all.
When I was researching this case, it was very annoying how disconjointed people were that covered this case.
Like one video gives you this, another video gives you that.
No one has everything in one place.
Not even Netflix.
Not even Netflix.
Yeah, I watched the whole documentary and disconjointed everywhere.
Like no one goes systematically through it.
So what we're going to do on this podcast, guys, is we're going to go through everything.
For this to make sense, we're going to have to go through the Murdoch family.
We're going to have to go through their legacy.
We're going to have to go through the boating accident.
We're going to have to go through stealing of the money.
We're going to have to go through the fake suicide attempt or slash murder attempt.
We're going to have to go through the 911 call, the trial, the lies, everything for this to make sense because no one on YouTube, for some odd reason, can organize everything and put it in one-stop shop with time stamps so people can quickly go and find whatever they want pertaining to this case.
And this fucking podcast is going to be done for y'all.
So if y'all are watching live, well, sucks for you because you won't be able to skip around.
But when this thing is done, you guys will have one video to go to that covers this case in its entirety, that makes sense of everything.
All right.
So anything you want to say before we get into it?
Just right before.
You guys, I see you putting requests on the chat, live chat.
I will ask you to put on the comments at the end of the video or just comments, like regular comments, because that's easier for me to keep track of their requests.
Like on the chat, I'm not, sometimes I'm just talking here or I'm watching the videos and I cannot see it.
So I might miss them.
So if you guys can like comment and on the way, like the video.
So yeah, you can do that.
Thank you.
All right.
That's it.
Okay.
Without further ado, let's get right into it, guys.
All right.
So who are the Murdochs?
Okay.
The Murdoch family is a prominent, is prominent in the low country region of South Carolina.
Three generations named Randolph Murdoff served consecutively as circuit solicitor, the elected prosecuting attorney.
Guys, a circuit solicitor in South Carolina is just basically another term for ADA, assistant district attorney or prosecutor, okay?
On the state level, not to be confused with an assistant United States attorney, aka a federal prosecutor.
I've broken this down for y'all before.
There's state law enforcement and then there's federal law enforcement.
They were running state law enforcement known as circuit solicitors, which I know is strange.
I think South Carolina uses this term, which is a little weird, but it's nothing more than a state prosecutor for state crimes.
So they investigate everything from your low-level DUIs all the way up to murder.
Okay.
Okay.
Randolph Murdoch served consecutively as circuit solicitor, the elected prosecuting attorney for the state's 14th judicial district between 1920 and 2006.
The family status led locals to call the five-county district Murdoch Country.
Randolph Murdoch Sr.
Randolph Murdoch Sr. founded the civil litigation firm that is now the Perker Law Croup LLP in 1910 in Hampton, South Carolina, which now specializes in personal injury litigation.
Richard Alex Murdaugh and other members of the Murdoch family have been the subject of investigations involving wrongful death, murder, corruption, fraud, witness intimidation, theft, and drug and alcohol-related charges.
2019, Alex's son, Paul Murdaw, and some of his close friends were implicated in a fatal boating accident, okay?
Which we're going to talk about that as well because this all plays into it.
But before we do, let's go.
And this is the Murdoch family.
As you guys can see, here's Alex Murdau right here.
Here's Paul Murdoch.
Okay.
And here is the wife.
Okay.
Maggie.
Maggie.
These two were murdered by him.
Okay.
Alex Murdaugh, the father, killed these two.
Now, you guys might be wondering, wait, hold on.
Why the hell would a father, you know, with a huge family legacy, money, et cetera, multi-millionaire successful, kill his family?
Well, for you to understand this, we're going to go through the family history and then into what led to his downward spiral.
But to understand the future or the present, it's important to know the past.
The Murdochs are a powerful lowcountry family.
For more than 85 years, a Murdoch has served as the 14th Circuit Solicitor.
The reign began in 1920 with Randolph Murdoch Sr. and ended in 2005 when Randolph Randy Murdoch III retired.
Between 1940 and 1986, Randolph Buster Murdoch Jr. served as solicitor after his father's death, making him the longest-serving solicitor in U.S. history at that time.
Randy continues to work as a part-time solicitor for the office, and his son, Richard Alex Alexander Murdoch, works as a volunteer prosecutor in the circuit.
In South Carolina, a circuit solicitor is comparable to that of a state or district attorney in other jurisdictions.
The 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office covers five counties in the Low Country: Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper, and prosecutes 5,000 cases per year, ranging from misdemeanors to serious crimes such as murder and sexual assault.
The Murdoch family has also practiced law in Hampton County for more than a century.
Randolph Sr. founded the family firm in 1910 and practiced civil law until he was tragically killed by a train in 1940.
Like his father, Buster worked at the Hampton law firm until his retirement in 1987.
He was known across the state for his booming voice, courtroom prowess, and sending 14 men to death row.
All right.
So, as y'all can see, these guys had a tight grip on this area of South Carolina, and it had been going on for decades.
Okay.
And having your claws deep in the entire law enforcement/slash prosecution world is a very powerful thing to have in your corner, okay?
Which is going to set the stage for the ridiculousness that's about to come after this.
The Murdoch family legacy of law continues with Buster's son and grandchildren.
Three Murdochs, Randy and sons Randolph IV and Alex, are practicing attorneys at the firm, and one of their sons is currently attending law school.
The firm, Peters, Murdoch, Parker, Elts Roth, and Dietrich, which now includes offices in three counties.
Pimped.
Oh, Lord.
If y'all caught that, if you see it, you see it.
You know what I'm saying?
P-I-M without the eye.
And yes, this is live live, guys.
Counties is known for winning multi-million dollar settlements for clients, mostly in lawsuits related to serious injuries and wrongful deaths.
The firm's expansion has only increased the legal power and influence of the Murdoch in South Carolina.
And they made a lot of money, guys, from suing railroad companies all across South Carolina.
That's a big part of how they made so much money.
A legacy that began more than 100 years ago.
All right, cool.
So now y'all understand the history.
Now we're going to fast forward to 2019.
With the death of Mallory Beach, okay, at approximately 2:20 a.m. on February 24, 2019, Paul Terry Murdoch, okay, this guy here, remember, right here.
Okay.
The son, okay, crashed his family boat into the Archer's Creek Bridge in Beaufort, South Carolina.
On board the boat at the time of the accident were Mallory Beach and several other teenagers.
Beach was killed in an accident, and Murdoch was charged in relation to the accident.
Paul's murder, along with his mother in 2021, and we're going to talk about that as well, allegedly by his father or convicted now by his father.
So here is the background on the boat crash, okay, guys, back in 2019.
48 Hours has new details about one of the tragic deaths connected to the family of prominent South Carolina lawyer, Alex Murdoch.
19-year-old Mallory Beach was killed in a boating accident in 2019 on Murdoch's boat.
Murdoch's son, Paul, was allegedly driving it.
Beach's family has been silent on the accident.
Yeah, driving it drunk, aka until now.
For this week's 48 hours, Nikki Batiste spoke with Beach's aunt and a first responder who was at the scene of the crash.
We're in a boat crash on Archer Street.
On February 24th, 2019, six young friends were out partying on the Beaufort River.
There's your boy right here.
Okay.
And then this is the girl that ended up getting killed, Mallory.
This guy right here in the blue shirt is the one who called 911 that you guys are hearing right now.
This is the victim.
And here's Paul Murdoch.
As you guys can tell from his bright red hair, very easy to distinguish.
On a boat owned by the Murdoch family when they crashed on board was Alex Murdoch's 19-year-old son, Paul.
What bridge is it?
Paul, what bridge is this?
Anthony Cook was there with his 19-year-old girlfriend, Mallory Beach.
Mallory's aunt, Lynn Revis.
The last thing she told me was she loved just hours before the crash.
Surveillance cameras captured Paul Murdoch using his brother's ID to buy beer.
You stupid.
He's holding the beer up.
He's celebrating.
Bro.
Stop it.
Yeah, his brother's Buster.
Who's older?
Yeah.
Michael DeWitt, editor of the Hampton County Guardian, says later, Paul and a friend were seen drinking at a bar on the river.
He pounded a couple of shots, got back in the boat.
It was kind of a sad moment when you see Matt.
And there he is right here.
This is a guy that called 911.
And also, I want to let y'all know that Paul is an alcoholic, guys.
Yes.
Okay.
All he did was rage and party.
This is something that he did all the time.
Obviously, this is a rich kid from South Carolina.
His family is well known everywhere.
He doesn't really deal with consequences for his actions, which you guys are going to see here later on.
And he grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth.
And it shows in his actions.
Go ahead.
He is the perfect example of an ovanist poil brat.
Yes, 100%.
If trust fund baby was a term, he is the definition of it.
You know, not only does he have the money, but his family has the status and the power in this part of South Carolina.
Mallory, I think it's the last moment that anybody captured an image of her alive.
About an hour later, the boat slammed into a bridge piling.
That's when Mallory disappeared.
There's six of us and one is missing.
Then Beaufort County Deputy Sheriff Stephen Domino was one of the first on the scene.
Anthony Cook told him he saw Paul Murdoch driving the boat just before damn.
And y'all can see the blood here, right?
So that tells you right there that this was a he was probably driving that thing fast to get that kind of result.
The crash.
Y'all know Alec Murdoch.
That's his son.
See, look at him.
Y'all know Alec Murdoch.
He's all drunk and shit, slurred his stuff.
That's his son.
So obviously, the deputy knows who he is.
The kid knows who he is.
Hey, that tells you all you got to know.
Good luck.
Nearly good luck.
Two months after the boat crash, Paul was charged with causing the death of Mallory Beach.
He pleaded not guilty, but the case will never go to trial.
On June 7th, 2021, Alex Murdoch called police and said he'd found Paul and his wife Maggie shot dead on one of their properties.
Maggie and Mom, please hurry.
Wait, Nikki Batiste, this is all over the place.
This case are investigators saying if the boat crash is in fact related to the double murder or connected in any way.
So the investigator.
Hold on, Andre, do you have some?
Go ahead.
I mean, they don't mention a lot of stuff.
Well, we're gonna, we're gonna, what, what do you, what do you mean?
What did they not mention?
Well, Paul, actually, the boat crash, Paul tried to blame his friend, the other guy that was drinking with him.
Oh, uh, the boyfriend?
No, no, no.
There were three cops.
So there is his thing.
Okay, go ahead.
And it's on all the Nexus documentary, which is like very dramatic.
If you guys like drama, you can go watch it.
So there were three couples, right?
And they were all together.
So Paul, his girlfriend, the guy, their girl, Mallory.
So Anthony and Mallory.
And there was another couple.
Yeah.
Which was his name was Connor.
Connor was trying.
So when the accident happened, Paul was driving because he wouldn't let anyone else drive the boat.
So this guy, Connor, he was drunk, of course, but he was okay.
So he was trying to grab the wheel, but Paul wouldn't let him.
So that's what he said.
He kept saying, this is my father's boat.
I'm not letting y'all drive.
And none of you guys touch this boat.
Yes, exactly.
So when the crash, when the crash happened, he tried to blame his friend.
So he said that he was the one driving all the time.
So this is.
That's what Paul said.
You try to blame it on Connor, even though Connor couldn't get a hold of this.
Because the thing is that when this guy, Anthony, called the police, Paul was trying to call his dad.
So his dad will do like the whole thing of like, you know, covering the case.
So what he said was like, you dude, this guy was driving the boat.
Yeah.
And he crushed it.
I think his grandfather ended up coming up to the ER and telling him to shut up.
They just both bothered him.
Yes, Alex and Ramdolph, which is the grandfather.
Okay.
So yeah, they all tried to blame this guy, Connor.
So what happened, which is, I don't see why they don't mention this in here, Alex Murdoch tried to cover, tried to cover the whole thing saying that they would represent all the kids in trial if they blame Connor.
Not if they blame Connor.
They didn't mention blame Connor, but like, you know, I represent you.
Don't say anything.
They said, don't say anything.
So they were trying to basically bribe them with free representation.
Like, hey, we're all going to, you know, it's Connor that was driving it.
My son is responsible.
I'll represent y'all and we'll go ahead and present a story that implicates Connor as the driver.
But the Six Fucks like even called the Connor's parents.
Alex Murdoch called Connor's father and they were like, yo, we know what you're like.
They didn't say like, we know what your son did, but they were like, we're going to represent Connor no matter what happens at any cost.
Like, I mean, these guys were trying to find Mallory and they were just worried about Paul the whole time.
Like, it's crazy.
It's crazy.
Did they ever recover the body?
No, right?
Yes.
Oh, they did.
Eight days after.
Okay.
They found her dead.
Goddamn.
Five miles away from the crash, like the crime scene.
Her body floated probably in the river for 50 days.
Yeah.
Wow.
All right.
No, good.
Good stuff.
Good addition there.
I knew that he had been, he didn't want anyone else to touch the boat because he was like, oh, no, this is my boom.
No, Linda, you guys touch it.
But I didn't know that Alex went to that extent to cover it up.
I knew that they showed up at the ER and they were telling him, don't say anything to the police.
And Paul was drunk as hell.
He was more concerned with like partying again.
He was flirting with the nurses.
Yeah, he was flirting with the nurses too.
Yeah, guys.
This is privilege on another level.
He was flirting with the nurses.
Meanwhile, they couldn't find Mallory or what was going on with her.
And then after he got discharged and he got charged, he was back to partying.
Like it was crazy, bro.
Wild.
Yes.
Mr. Road Rangers.
The other thing that the way they crashed this guy, like they checked, this guy wasn't the one that was driving is because he broke his jaw in the accident.
And from the, you know, like circumstantial evidence, like from the position that he broke his jaw, it wouldn't be possible for him to drive the boat.
Okay.
Okay.
So basically, yeah.
So they tried to pin it on Connor, right?
And, but the thing is, is that his injuries were not indicative of him being behind the steering wheel.
So there's no way that he could have been driving based on his injuries.
Yeah, thank you for understanding.
Yeah, no worries.
I got you.
No one's struggling.
Yeah, I got you.
English is your second language, guys.
Yes.
All right.
So let's continue on here with this.
Good, good, good points there.
Natives are staying really tight-lipped about a motive, a suspect, but Alex Murdoch's attorneys have admitted that he is a person of interest in the double murders.
But I spent a lot of time in South Carolina.
I talked to a lot of locals.
There is speculation that this double murder might be revenge for the boat crash.
But here's what's so crazy about this case.
There are six investigations going on.
Hold on.
Six investigations?
What?
What the fuck?
Don't worry, guys.
We're going to cover some of them here.
All around the Murdoch family about the boat crash, a double murder, the death of another teenage boy, a suicide scheme, missing money from a law firm, and the death of the Murdoch family housekeeper a few years ago.
What does the family think?
Mallory's family?
Yeah.
Mallory's family in a civil lawsuit very clearly says they believe Paul Murdoch was driving the boat that he was drunk.
It crashed.
Wow.
Their beautiful daughter died.
I cannot wait to watch this.
Yeah.
So many turns and turns.
You can watch Nikki's report, the Murdoch mysteries.
Let's get that out.
All right.
So now y'all know, right?
This is like one of the first like major or one of the early events in the Murdoch timeline, right?
Now, we're going to get into Murdaught stealing money from the law firm prior to the murders, okay, guys.
And this woman right here was the CFO that was able to ID it and confronts him.
We're not going to play the entire video, but we're going to play the initial portion.
She has a little bit of a weird lisp, guys.
So, yeah, that's all I'll say.
Let's go ahead and roll the quick.
Line where it says Barrett Bulware took insurance proceeds.
This is actually a check that was payable to Barrett Bulware from Southern Fidelity Insurance.
And Elek actually endorsed that check.
He had power of attorney on that file.
He actually endorsed that check.
And later we were able to trace it into his personal accounts.
All right.
So they basically were able to trace it back that he took money from the firm, from clients that he was not supposed to take and put it into his personal account to fuel, which you guys are going to find out later, his drug addiction.
Going down, the majority of these are forged payment.
If you get to Deion Martin, the first line says, real quick, I'm sorry to interrupt you.
Just going across, though, we've got the client, we've got the civil action number, we've got the category that you were just describing.
We got the date the trust was funded, and then we have the amount.
That's right.
And the date the trust was funded.
What is that category refers to?
That refers to when we found out and did the deep dive into exactly what had happened on each file and deposited the money back immediately into our client trust.
So that's the firm actually, as we found these, put money in client trust.
We then met with all the clients, re-established what the correct disbursements should have been, and returned all funds to the clients.
So the firm had to pay.
Guys, let me get this.
So let's get this straight.
They have to meet with their clients, tell them, hey, just so y'all know, your money's been stolen, but we're going to go ahead and pay y'all back.
And let's see how they actually came up with the money to pay them back.
The money back that you've determined in each one of these cases that Alec Murdoch misappropriated through the fake forge on this list.
And this is the prosecutor right here, guys, top right.
Obviously, this is Alec Murdoch right here.
And then here is the CFO who is on the witness stand testifying.
This is from the trial in South Carolina.
What's the total amount on this sheet?
$2,841,512.55.
And again, does this represent everything or just a particular category?
Just a particular category.
What, bro?
Yo, my man was embezzling all kinds of money, bro.
He was just robbing them blind.
2.8.
And that was just in like one instance.
Just real quick, I see that says 129.11 for Thomas Moore.
Is that supposed to be 21?
Yes.
And that would be the date and the check number of the check that was taken.
I'm going to hand exhibit 314 up to you.
and if you could uh correct that with my pen here and then just put your initials next to it please going back to exhibit 314 if we look at all the check dates on here we have the earliest one being about august of 2015.
Is that correct?
That's right.
And then it continues all the way up to early 2021.
Is that correct?
That's correct.
And how he was probably getting away with this, guys, was he was just siphoning money right at different periods so it wouldn't be too noticeable.
Obviously, he didn't take all that 2.8 million at one time.
He was taking money slowly, right, but surely, over a long duration of time.
so it would not be too visible to the accountants running the books.
Murdoch's kind of like, damn, this is an L for me, bro.
They got that money part.
And you guys might be wondering, why are they bringing up money in a murder trial, right?
It's a completely different crime.
Aren't you supposed to be tried for the crime that you're actually being accused of?
Well, the reason why, guys, is because the prosecution is trying to frame it where he killed his family, okay, because he had a bunch of issues and his life was spiraling out of control.
And about three days prior, right?
Excuse me, three days after the murders, he was scheduled for a hearing where he was supposed to face these issues in a civil court with the money that he had stolen.
Okay.
So the prosecution theorized that these murders were a part of buying himself some time because obviously, as soon as these murders happened, right in the beginning stages, before he was named a suspect, everything was canceled.
He was put in the victim category and people didn't really press him like that anymore, you know, between his drug addiction, stealing money, other things that he had done, other criminal activity that he had done, stealing money from the firm, steal money from clients, steal money from friends, etc.
So it kind of took pressure off him for a good amount of time because everyone was like, yo, he just lost his family.
They had been brutally murdered, et cetera.
So they canceled everything.
Fast forward just a little bit.
Yes, we have.
And these are from the records and your investigation into the records at the firm.
That's correct.
And each one of these, has the firm had to make the clients whole because of the defendant's misappropriation?
We did.
All right.
I'm going to show you what's been marked as 315.
And this is a particular case as Elise Mallory.
And just as an example, and see if you recognize that document.
I do.
This first document is the disbursement, which would have been drafted at the end of the case that states the recovery expenses, fees, and payments to clients.
Next, we have this one actually had a payment to forge.
So I have a copy of that canceled check.
And then the third and fourth pages are where we did our correcting disbursements with footnotes about what had happened and explained everything to our clients when we reimbursed them.
Let's put that up on the screen real quick.
Are there similar documents, supporting documents for each one of these transactions that's on your spreadsheet?
There is.
All right.
So this is a disbursement sheet, is that right?
That's correct.
And I didn't have to.
He was addicted to oxies, by the way, guys.
Ask you, but very quickly, tell me what a disbursement sheet is and how they're supposed to work.
So disbursement sheet just shows at the conclusion of the case once the recovery, it will show the recovery amount, list out the fees that were sent to the attorneys, shows fee splits if there's multiple attorneys, shows the amount of expenses we collect back, any liens or loans that were payable that were in the scope of that case.
And then the final amount would be the payment to the client or the client's beneficiaries if they had beneficiaries.
All right.
And then down here at the bottom.
Well, guys, he didn't, he didn't spend 2 million plus on just drugs.
I mean, you got to remember that they lived a very luxurious lifestyle.
You know, they had multiple homes, big mansions, boats, luxurious items, a bunch of liabilities.
I'm going to keep it a thousand with y'all.
So, and at the time, he was kind of a disgraced attorney.
So he wasn't probably making enough money to keep up with his lifestyle.
Okay.
And anytime that happens, well, you end up keeping up with the Joneses and you're going to have to, you might, you either got to get the money, you know, legally or in this case, illegally.
And that's what he was doing.
And also he had his drug habit.
He had to pay for his son's defense counsel with the boating accident.
He had people suing him.
His life was spiraling out of control, guys.
So people do desperate things.
Desperate times require desperate measures sometimes.
And this is the greatest extent to desperate measures.
Stealing money from his own law firm.
Particular one, do you recognize that signature?
Yes, that's Alex.
Okay.
And Going to the second page, what is this right here?
That is a copy of the check that was payable to forge that you saw in the bottom line of that other disbursement, as well as the back of it showing the endorsement.
All right, and is that the uh real forge or the fake forge?
That's the fake forge.
All right, and then what is this document right here?
This is the correcting disbursement.
The yellow totals would signify what the correct amount should have been and the corrections that would need to have been made.
All right, going back to this first page in this particular one, uh, how much was the recovery?
$183,528.
All right, and then was there an attorney fee taken from PMPED?
There was an attorney fee taken in this case.
It was $30,000, which was a reduced fee.
We generally get a third or 40%, but there are instances where the attorney will reduce their fee for some reasons.
And do you know why?
Who requested the fees be reduced in this case?
That would be Alec would have done that.
Alec did that.
Boombooka.
But those fees got paid to the firm from that recovery, correct?
They did.
All right, great.
So the rest of that money went to the client, didn't it?
It did not.
It actually went to the fake forge count where Alex stole the money from the client.
Every last bit of it.
Every bit.
$152,866.
That client didn't get one dime until y'all had to make it right.
That's right.
And that's similar to all the rest of the examples we have.
It's exactly like the rest.
Been going on for years.
So now y'all see how the scheme basically he would take in a smaller deposit, you know, try to conceal it, make it fly under the radar, which you know ended up getting him caught in the first place.
But this is how he was able to steal money for a duration of time.
Years.
Yes.
All right.
So now that we know the financial side, right?
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That's just an overview of what's going on.
We're not going to watch the entire thing, but you guys get an idea now of what he was doing with stealing money.
You guys understand the scheme now.
Now we're going to go into how he stole millions from his ex-housekeeper's family in a wrongful death case.
Okay, guys.
Andrew, do you want to talk about this one real quick?
Because this was covered in the Netflix documentary, right?
Just, yeah.
But like at the end, like it's three episodes documentary.
So they mentioned this at the end.
They did the last episode.
I mean, I'll summarize it for them real quick.
Basically, this is one of their housekeepers' guys.
She ended up allegedly, of course, right?
No one knows the truth here.
Yes.
But she ended up getting pushed by the family dog falling down the stairs and then dying.
Yes.
The family ended up suing and winning the lawsuit.
Okay.
And Alex Murdaugh was still able to steal the money somehow.
I don't fucking know how this guy does this shit.
This guy is literally a G at stealing money from people.
Okay.
I mean, obviously not G enough because he got caught.
But this is what this dude does.
All right.
Let's go ahead and get into it here.
I'm going to go ahead and share a screen with y'all.
This is ridiculous.
But yeah.
Okay.
Speak up for us because the court quarter nobody needs to hear you.
This is the son of the housekeeper.
Who was your mother, Gloria Satterfield?
Gloria Satterfield?
Yes.
And is Gloria still with us?
She's not.
And when did she pass?
February 26, 2018.
Go ahead, Andrew.
You got something?
Okay, yeah.
Yes, I just want to mention that this lady, Gloria, was the housekeeper for the Murdoch family for many, many years.
All right.
So she actually saw all the kids grow.
And Paul was very, very close to her.
Right.
But many, many people, when she died or got killed, I don't know.
We're implicating that the one that killed her was Maggie or Alex Murdoch because apparently she knew secrets of the family.
So they alleged the parents killed her because she knew too much.
Okay.
So Paul, the son who got murdered, guys, right?
We should just to show you guys real fast because I want you guys to be able to put faces to the names real quick here.
Okay.
Paul, right here.
Okay.
Maggie is the wife, and Alex is right here.
So the rumors you're saying is that Maggie and potentially even Alex were behind her being killed.
Okay.
People said that Paul also will kill her, but I mean, like, people close to the family will know that Paul wouldn't be able to do that because he raised him.
Yeah, basically.
He cared about her.
So, if anything, the parents might have an incentive because she knew too much.
Yeah, but the thing is that Maggie called it called 911 when she died.
She was the one who made a call.
Ah, interesting.
So, people just like him when he called 911 when they died.
Exactly.
Oh, man.
All right.
Yeah, I told you guys.
This case is crazy.
All right.
Let's go ahead and see a little bit of the testimony.
Again, we're not going to play this entire video, guys.
I'm going to play it so you guys kind of understand the severity of what's going on here so this all makes sense.
All right.
Yes, sir.
And who did she work for when she passed?
Alec Maggie Murdoch.
Okay.
And do you know Alec Murdoch?
I do.
Do you see him here in the courtroom today?
I do.
Can you point him out?
Yeah, I can put it in.
You're on, can the record reflect he's gonna file the phone?
I mean, it's a camera.
Yeah, where is he?
Where is he?
Look at that thoroughfare.
Put him out again if you're quick.
And I know that this looks redundant, guys, but the reason why he has to point to the person in the courtroom, they need to get a positive identification for the court records.
And obviously, they're typing stuff up.
So they're going to say, let the record reflect that the witness has identified the defendant.
And then they can go ahead and get the testimony.
Jacket, he's wearing a navy blue jacket.
It does.
Thank you, Your Honor.
How long did your mom, roughly, how long she worked for Alec?
Do you know?
I think an estimate against 20 something years, maybe give and take.
I don't know.
They're nine years.
Two decades, guys.
Holy.
That is crazy.
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Okay.
And slim up just a little bit more.
Talk right into that mic.
There you go.
Need to get up on high so we can hear you.
All right.
What did your mom do for Ella?
She lived their housekeeper.
She baby attacked for them.
She cleaned their house and kind of anything else they kind of need.
Okay.
And she'd been doing that for a long time?
Yes.
During the course of that, you got to know Alec and his family to some extent as well?
Yes.
Did you trust Mr. Murdoch?
Yes.
What happened to your mom?
She fell and hit her head.
And where was she when she did that?
She was at Allison's house in Mozilla.
In Mozell?
Yes.
Did she pass right away or did she live for a while?
She lived for a few weeks.
And guys, Mozella is where the murder occurred with where the dog kennels were, etc.
That's a property that they own, which is right here.
This is the Mozella State here, as y'all can see from an aerial photo.
So actually, I think if I'm not mistaken, it's on the market now and under contract.
Oh, shit.
These are some photos, right?
You got the kennels.
Okay.
1,700 acres of land.
They purchased the Mozell property around 2012.
And, you know, it's gated.
Yeah, these guys got money, guys.
You know, listed for 3.9 million, right?
So, yeah, these dudes got some money, bro.
They definitely got some money.
But this is where the murder occurred and where the, and I think if I'm not mistaken, it was these steps that she allegedly got pushed down and ended up passing away.
So let's get back to it.
Was she ever able to say to you what happened, how she fell or anything?
No, she was not.
After she passed, did you have any conversation with Alec about what to do about it?
I did.
And what was the conversation you had with Alec?
I bailey remember, but it's like, you know, let me go out to my insurance company for this or whatever, you know, kind of get his medical bills and stuff paid.
Okay.
So he said he was going to go after his insurance company?
Yes.
And get medical bills for your mom pay?
Yes.
Did he say he might get money for you and your brother?
Yes.
Did he say how much that might be?
No.
Ultimately, was there a lawsuit filed?
Yes.
And he uh, who did you consider your lawyer was in all of this?
Uh, Alex at some point in time, did he bring another lawyer in?
Yes, and what did he tell you about that?
Um, he said, if I understood it correctly, you know, I can't do it myself because conflict of interest.
Um, I'm gonna send you to my buddy, Corey Fleming, Corey Fleming, yes.
Did he tell you anything about his relationship to Corey Fleming other than labeled bodies?
Uh, can you repeat the question?
I'm trying to hear you.
Did he tell you anything more about his relationship with Corey?
You guys see a trend here.
How Alex, what he does is he inserts himself into certain legal procedures so that he can influence it to his benefit.
So, in this case, um, his housekeeper dies.
So, what does he do?
He makes sure that he has a hand in representing her son to ensure that he's involved in the process of financial disbursement of funds from an insurance company.
Okay, we'll see what happens next here.
Um, after he brought in Corey Fleming, were you still communicating directly with Alec about the case?
Yes, who did you think your lawyer was?
Uh, Alex the whole time, yes.
Did he ever bring in a person, uh, or did they ever bring in a person by the name of Chad?
Yes, and you remember Chad's last name, uh, Wesley.
Okay, goddammit, Chad, coming in and messing it up again, man.
And takes your girl and your money.
What did they tell you about Chad?
Um, that he should be my PR.
Your PR, yes.
Did you ever meet with Chad?
Uh, yes, did you meet with him a lot or just uh, one time I can think of Alec told you that he was going after his insurance company?
Did he say how much that insurance was?
Um, one of them that I know of was like $500,000, and that's the only one.
That's the only one he told you about, yeah.
Wow, did he ever tell you that there was also an umbrella policy worth upwards of five million dollars?
No, never mentioned that to you, did he?
So, he only told them about the one that's 500K, didn't tell him about the one that was some M's.
Hmm, I really don't believe this guy actually believes that his mom got killed, die accidentally, like from the stairs.
It's just it's naive, but you know, if you go put yourself in his shoes, right?
Like, your mom's worked for them for 20 years, 25 years, 20, you know, 20 years plus.
You know, you're thinking in your head, like they would never do anything.
They've paid her, they've taken care of her, they've given her time off.
Uh, she knows the family, there's no way this could happen, you know what I mean?
You probably he probably grew up in the house with them, probably going to Christmas, everything else like that.
So, he would think, like, maybe it was the dog, maybe it was his dog on some demon time, you know what I mean?
Like, coming after his mom, and he's, you know, he's a young guy, maybe he would believe it.
Yeah, but I personally think like he must know something.
I don't know, I don't want to put my hands in there, but I, I mean, he probably knows something as well.
His mom actually worked 20 plus years there, like it's sus.
Yeah, no, it's definitely sus, it definitely is.
Which I think he probably came to that conclusion later on when he didn't get the money.
Well, yeah, exactly.
Well, yeah, but I could see how in the beginning why he would trust him, of course.
So, makes sense, yeah.
You know, you got a prominent, rich family telling you, Hey, um, you know, we're gonna make sure that you get this money, we're gonna take care of you.
We loved your mom, she was with us, she's a part of our family, blah, blah, blah.
And even one of Alex's co-workers said that he, the good thing that he was good at, even though he was a terrible lawyer, was he was a fantastic, as she would say, bullshit artist in her own words.
The CFO actually said that about him during the trial.
So, um, I wouldn't be surprised that he was able to con this guy as well, yeah, right?
Tugging on emotional uh triggers, fair enough, he got that con juice pause.
All right, prosecutor gathering them documents, you had that all curse trailer company and a medical bill, I believe.
And I just wanted to sent that to that in the cover sheet that effect Alex.
Okay, and what was what's the reason that you sent that to Alec?
Um, I got something from the trailer company and a medical bill, I believe.
And I just wanted to be sure what I needed to do with it.
You received some paperwork about your mom?
Uh, it was a bill, it was a bill, yeah.
And who did you send that to?
Uh, Alex Mernach or the law firm.
All right.
And why did you send it to Alec Murdoch?
Because he said if we got any medical bills for him, and I didn't know if I needed to do anything with it.
Because you thought he was your lawyer.
Yes.
All right.
And this had your phone number on there, but we blacked it out, correct?
So not only is Alex representing him involved in the entire process, but he's also getting all the bills that are coming in.
So he's in control, guys, of what's going on with the entire process.
So if he was involved and had some nefarious activity with his mother.
Coming on, did you have conversations with Alec?
He sees everything coming down the pipeline, which is obviously puts him in a position of power.
Asking him about the case and what was going on with the case or anything like that?
Yes.
Not very rarely, but every few months or so.
And what would he tell you just generally?
First, it was hard, hard, any other way.
It was making progress.
He said it was hard, but they were making progress.
Yes.
Did he tell you anything about whether or not you or your brother were to get any money when the medical bills were paid?
Said he was hoping.
Did he give you an idea?
Hey, it's hard, but we're making progress, bro.
You know, we're going to get that money.
Stop the cap.
Any idea of the amount?
If I remember correctly, one time he said he's trying to get each of you at least $100,000 a piece.
Each of you, you and your brother?
Yes.
At some point in time, did your family advise you that there was some media reporting about a settlement in the case?
Yes.
All right.
And at that time, had you heard anything from Alec or Corey or Chad or anybody about a settlement in the case?
No.
And what, if anything, did you do after your family, did they ask you to do anything?
Yeah, they said you might want to kind of hold for a moment, kind of see.
And did you make a phone call to Alec?
Yes.
And what month was that in?
I believe the last time I talked to him was in June of 21.
June of 21?
Yes.
Around the time of the murders?
Yes.
And what did you ask him?
I can't believe what I asked him, but it was still making progress and be ready to settle, you know, by the end of the year.
He told you it was still making progress and he was hoping to settle by the end of the year.
Yes.
Stop the cap.
Did he tell you that they had already gotten a settlement for $505,000?
No.
Did he tell you that they had already gotten a settlement for $3.8 million?
No.
Boom bucket.
Had he ever told you that there was an umbrella policy for $5 million?
No.
Did he ever mention to you anything about forge?
No.
Did he boom bucket?
Mention anything to you about structuring any settlement?
No.
Boom bucket.
Did he give him permission to steal your money?
No.
ultimately in the wake of all of this you've come to find out that there was a settlement for five hundred and five thousand dollars correct Yes.
And it was diverted by Alec Murdoch, correct?
Yes.
Boom bucket.
And ultimately, you've come to find out that there was a settlement under the umbrella policy for $3.8 million.
Is that correct?
Yes.
Or thereabouts, correct?
Yes.
And a large portion of that was diverted by Alec Murdoch.
Is that right?
Yes.
Boom bucket.
Did you ever get one cent from Alec Murdoch when he was still before all of this happened?
No.
Boom bucket.
It took after this happening and took a legal process for that to happen.
Is that right?
Yes.
And ultimately, is it your understanding that he confessed judgment to taking money for both of those?
Is that right?
In June of 2021, you made a call to him asking the status of this case.
Is that correct?
I can't remember if he called me or if I called him, but yes, I talked to him in June 2021.
You talked to him in June of 2021?
Yes.
And there were reports in the media about that settlement, correct?
Yes.
Thank you.
Thank you.
And please answer any questions in the defense house, okay?
Bro, W prosecutor.
Don't demonstrate.
Yo!
What the hell?
My man was robbing everybody clean.
He was taking money from the law firm.
He was taking money from his dead housekeeper's son.
Settlement money say who's going to represent him?
My man was stealing all kinds of money.
Yo.
Holy.
All right.
Now we're going to get into the 911 call of him trying to fake his own murder slash shooting.
Okay, guys, uh, it gets crazier.
All right, I feel like I'm doing an infomercial here, but you know, it's like, boy, there's more, yeah, bro.
Holy cat 911, where's your emergency on Sokahatchi Road?
Okay, what's the address on Socketti Road?
I'm by the church.
What church?
What church are you talking about?
Look how calm he is, guys.
Right?
He's very calm and speaking kind of low for someone who's about to say what he's about to tell y'all here in a second.
Man, I was going to say this.
I don't know the name of it with the red roof.
Okay, what end of Soccer Hatcher Road?
Because I don't know what you're talking about.
At the Hampton County side.
Okay, what's going on?
I stopped.
I got a flat tire and I stopped.
And somebody stopped to help me.
And when I turned my back, they tried to shoot me.
What they tried to shoot me.
What the fuck?
Oh, okay.
Were you shot?
Yes.
But I mean, I'm okay.
You shot where?
Where were you shot at?
Huh?
Did they actually shoot you?
They tried to shoot you.
Stop me.
But, okay, wait, you need EMS?
Well, I mean, yes.
I mean, yes.
Okay.
And I'm bleeding a lot.
Yo, like, yo.
Let's say you are changing your tire, doing whatever the hell he's claiming that he's doing on the side of the road.
If someone shoots you in the back and you, and then they run away and you're bleeding, would you be called 911 all calling like, yeah, uh, you know, I think I'm, I think I need help.
I think someone shot me and ran up.
I'm bleeding a lot.
Uh, yeah, can y'all send somebody out here and help me out?
Like, no, you'd be like, yo, I got shot.
I need help.
You'd be frantic.
Yeah.
Right?
Like, what the hell is this, bro?
I mean, I'm okay, but uh, I'm bleeding.
So, yeah, hurry up, please.
What the hell, bro?
So, yeah, and this happened, guys.
You can see three months after, right, the murders back in June of 2021.
What part of your body?
Uh, I'm not sure.
Somewhere on my head.
Your head.
Somebody just stopped for me, ma'am.
Um, for 911.
Okay, still, hey, okay, let me speak to him.
Let's see if you can tell me exactly where you are.
At church?
Okay.
Redwood.
Yeah, hurry, please.
Uh-huh.
Okay, I'm about two miles on the pedestrian road, Barrel.
Okay, and what's your name?
I'm still here.
I'm going to stay on the line with you.
What's your name?
Alex Murdoch.
Alex Murdock?
Yes, ma'am.
And you see, you were driving.
You got a flat tire.
Somebody stopped to help you and they shot you.
Well, they pull over, yes, ma'am, like they were going to help me.
Okay, stay on the line with me.
We're going to get something.
I'm bleeding pretty bad.
Okay.
Stay on.
John's missionary character.
St. John Missionary Church.
Yes, ma'am.
Okay.
And can you give me a description of the person that shot you or shot at you?
Yes, ma'am.
I mean, it was.
Notice the pausing.
You don't really know.
He's like, wait, hold on.
I have my back to him.
So how am I going to say this without implicating the person that I hired to do this, but at the same time, come off as believable.
And you guys can see it right now.
You know, that perk hitting.
He's trying to figure out how he's going to do this.
A white fella.
I'd say a white man.
A fair amount younger than me.
Really, really short hair.
I have my head called off.
You have an ambulance coming there.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
Stay on the line.
I got them on the way.
You think one of y'all can drop me to the hospital?
Yes, sir.
You want to get the truck, though, because one of y'all can get in this car and drive me?
They're going to drive me to the hospital, ma'am.
Ridiculousness, guys.
Ma'am.
Maybe can you try me to that accent, ma'am?
I'm still no.
Don't know what I've been shot in the head.
I don't know from where, but I'm bleeding a lot.
Help me, even though I staged this with my friend for insurance money.
I robbed my dead housekeeper's son blind.
But I need more money to fuel this addiction.
I killed my family, but I need some help right now, bitch.
All right, all right, all right, all right.
We got to be professional.
Keep going.
Yo, man.
My manager sat down a lot.
Yo, the operator, like, what?
What's going on?
Yeah, it should be correct.
Okay.
Bitch, my hair bleeding.
I lost you.
This young lady is driving me to the hospital.
She's carrying you.
Y'all, bitch ass niggas too slow.
She's driving me to the hospital.
To the hospital?
Yes, ma'am.
Okay.
And who is this?
This is Alec Murdoch.
I was on the phone a minute ago.
Okay.
All right.
He said this to me taking him to the hospital.
Okay.
Oh, you know what?
We got a flat tie.
Ma'am, I need the ambulance.
You need the ambulance?
Okay.
Are you still in the same location?
Yes, ma'am.
Okay.
Which way are y'all heading?
Are y'all still?
Are y'all driving down the road?
No, ma'am.
I got a flat tire.
Okay.
All right.
Sit tight right there, okay?
Okay.
Yes, sir.
We're still here.
We're still here.
Hold on.
We're discussing now.
Giving them information.
Where are you at?
I told you like three times, bitch.
Get your ass over here and help me out.
I'm bleeding.
Fucking idiots.
Okay, so which way are y'all traveling?
We're coming down South Hatchet Road to the Hampton Hospital.
Bitch, I'm going to the hospital.
There's only one ma'am.
Y'all coming down Sokah Hatchie Road to your hot to the hospital?
Yes, ma'am.
Okay.
They sit.
They said that they're coming down.
They're coming down South Hatchet Road heading towards the hospital.
Yo, L911.
We're going to keep EMS in route to you, okay?
Okay.
Are you coming off of Walterburg Highway?
We'll be at Walterborough Highway in 10 minutes or so.
They said in about 10 minutes, they said they'll be in Walterburg Highway.
Bitch, I gotta be on the highway on my own because you can't get an ambulance from me.
What the hell is going on?
What kind of vehicle are you in?
White Nissan Road.
It's a white Nissan Road.
Bitch, I'm about to embezzle from 911 at this point.
This is ridiculous.
Victor.
Bro, all I'm going to say is none of y'all better get injured in South Carolina in this area.
Holy, you ain't getting no help, bro.
It's going to be a for you if you get caught in this area called 911, bro.
Could you imagine if you really got shot in the head and you out here?
I need some help.
Well, we gonna set an abolitionist to you.
Okay, we're gonna get one out there.
Next thing you know, you're gonna meet your maker, bro.
It's fucking done for you, my friend.
Saying gonna pull you into the hell like bruh I'm dying Okay, you still with me no all right you still with us yes ma'am Okay,
all right, we're gonna hold on to the line where did it Bro, if you really got shot in the head and you had been bleeding as much as he's claiming you would have been passed out by now like you would have been done.
We've been on this call for what seven minutes now?
Bruh Yo, you would have been dead by now.
You know what I mean?
Bruh L911 Dispatch Anyone that lives in this area, South Carolina, y'all better never call 911, bro.
Y'all better off getting on the fucking horse and get into that hospital on your own.
If you know what I'm saying, yo, you better get on a fucking horse and go there yourself.
This shit is trash, bro.
Hey, we're still here.
We're still here.
Hold.
Even Alex, man, right now.
Hold on just one moment.
I can't even plot a suicide attempt.
You fucking trash 911 dispatchers.
All right, we got they're heading out there towards you, okay?
You made a person getting bad.
That was easy.
Someone said the dispatch was eating Taco Bell in between.
Bro, this is craziness.
Totex said, I live in South Carolina.
Do I got a chance?
No, bro.
With this type of 911, you ain't got no chance.
Vince McMiddle.
No chance.
Heading down the road.
Go buy a horse.
Definitely.
Yeah.
Mr. Murdock.
Yes, ma'am.
Okay, y'all still heading down the road?
Yes, ma'am.
Okay.
Bitch, because I don't got an ambulance.
I'm heading down the road with this random stranger.
And what's a good call back for you, Mr. Murdock?
We're at Lightshield Crossroads now.
You're at Lightshea Crossroads now?
Bro!
Yo!
No.
No, no, no, no.
Okay, Mr. Murdoch, hold on tight for me, okay?
Hold on.
Bro, we've been nine minutes and 30 seconds into this call, bro.
Yo, if he really had gotten shot, he would be this is the most ridiculous 911 call I've ever heard.
Yo, we dead at this point.
Yes.
We are seriously dead.
Like, yo, it's a wrap.
It's over.
That was easy.
He dead.
In a white Nissan rogue.
White Nissan rogue.
Is the flashers on?
Go ahead.
This time this goes 1017 to the hospital.
I'm speeding it up for y'all.
Y'all still 17.
Do you have your flashers on on the vehicle?
Is the flashers on?
Is the flashers on?
Yes.
Yes.
Yes, bitch.
Behind me.
That guy's cheating.
They're on Walter Barb Highway.
Yo, it took them 10 minutes and 53 seconds to see the ambulance, bro.
They see the EMF.
Okay, do you?
Y'all stopped?
Yeah, Walter Barb Highway.
And where?
Okay.
Bro, L Dispatch.
Took them 11 minutes to find him.
And here's the thing.
Guys, this is rural South Carolina.
Ain't none out there.
If you don't guys know what I'm saying, like, what the hell is this, bro?
Trash.
Literally, L 911.
All I gotta say after that, bro, is guys, do not get caught out in South Carolina on your own because you are definitely going to die.
Okay.
Now, here is a scheme played out in court, guys.
I'm going to fast forward through this.
You guys get the most pertinent stuff.
Okay.
Hold on Hello.
Things are getting ready to get really bad.
Okay.
Do you remember when you told him?
Yes, sir.
And this is when you're in the hospital in Sebam.
You know, this is when I was in Detophy.
Okay, so you've called him since you because you went to worry about for busting you uh so your son would then reap the insurance benefits and and yeah okay statutory the ban on a suicide food in other words if you had the volunteer two years the uh you can commit suicide and still collect okay so that's that's not now what he thought it really doesn't matter but he may have thought yeah okay
But you still entered into an agreement, basically, to have him kill you so your son would then reap the insurance benefits.
Yeah.
Okay.
You and Al, is that true?
Yes, sir.
So, basically, guys, what ended up happening was he staged himself getting killed, in this case, so that the insurance money would go to his son, Buster, his oldest son, who's still alive.
I think he's right here, if you guys can see, in the back.
On this side right here, where I'm circling, he also has red hair.
Okay?
So, that was the scheme he was trying to do, and he plotted it with his drug dealer friend.
It didn't end up working, because as you guys can see here, L911, and L Murdaugh acting skills.
All right?
Yeah.
So, now, we're going to fast forward, guys, to the day of the murder.
Okay?
Now, before I go into the actual murder itself, and we go over the evidence of that, you know, I'll do a quick little recap.
But before I do the recap, I'm going to read some of these chats that came in, because they're piling up.
So, I'll go through them very nice and quickly.
Keep this thing nice and organized.
Okay?
And timestamps will be up, by the way, as well, where I'm going to go and break down each chapter for y'all.
Good podcast and more vlogs.
Why do political correct nerds always claim that you hate women or that you are happy in life?
By the way, WAPW Rolex.
I appreciate it, bro.
So, you guys got to understand that a lot of these young guys don't really understand or know female nature for real.
So, they're going to go ahead and judge what we do based off their personal experiences, which are limited.
So, you can't blame them for what they don't know.
Cinco.
Stop giving Angie the Sudanese stick and get to work.
Thanks, Cinco.
Not today, though.
Michael Mestroke.
A dollar.
Appreciate that.
Stop the clap.
You were in them cheeks.
No, I was not, sir.
I promise y'all, she had just got here from work.
Hey, Marion, have you ever heard of Dr. Sebi Conspiracy?
I have not.
Kev's Garage.
Angie.
Calladita.
Serena Juanita.
What does that mean?
You know, that's the phrase that you told me to translate for you the other day.
Calladita.
Serena Juanita.
So, the choir, the cuter.
Oh, okay.
Fantastic.
All right.
Well, we needed to talk a little bit here, guys.
Cinco taking a beating online.
What's your thoughts on what happened?
Uh, Cinco is more relevant than all of his haters, and he's banned off of YouTube.
That tells you guys what you need to know.
There's channels that are a lot bigger than him, piling on, talking smack when the man is canceled.
If that doesn't prove that he's more relevant than they are, I don't know what else does.
Uh, Z Hawaiian.
Off topic, but what are the grooming standards for an 1811?
Uh, every agency is different, but you can pretty much get away with a beard for most agencies.
Uh, unless you're like an FBI agent or some shit like that.
and you're doing public corruption or financial stuff, which is boring, or an IRS agent.
Michaka, loose, okay.
Christina, belong to the streets.
W Myron for leaving her, and that's from Cinco.
Okay, uh, water under the bridge, Ryan Dawson will be lit.
Can't wait for that.
W stream El Mads, okay.
Yeah, that's gonna be a lit one.
Uh, W Angie and W. Myron's hair.
Yeah, guys, my hair is back.
If y'all watch other episodes of uh, um, it's it's coming in, man.
It's coming in.
I will have uh full hair very soon.
Uh, and a free penny her and okay, Myron, what hair transplant do you recommend?
I need the plug, bro.
Uh, I got the standard one with the you know, where they cut your head and then they take the strip and put it on.
I got the standard one.
Uh, what's going on with young dolph?
Can you ask Christina?
Uh, I got to get the documents for it.
Uh, hey, Myron, I'm a 26-year-old criminal justice major.
Seeing how it isn't likely that I'll be a professional athlete.
Any good careers to look into?
Yeah, bro, apply for everything.
Apply for every police department, every law enforcement agency.
Just got the book on Tuesday.
Good read so far.
I like the video.
And can I get a Dona Marco?
Of course, you can.
Hey, guys, Myron doesn't hate women, but he will tell you why women do serve less.
Sam, there you go.
Hardcover version and the softcover version right here.
Okay, guys.
Both are in stores right now.
So go ahead and get the books.
Audible is coming very soon.
I had to make adjustments to it, bro, because Audible is very picky about certain things.
So we have to redo the credits portion, which is stupid because everything else was done.
But it should be done.
Hopefully, this is the last edit and it'll be up.
But book is in stores right now, guys.
We're number one in medical psychology.
I think we're like number two or number three in dating now.
Medical psychology.
Yeah.
Medical of like sexuality.
Intersexual dynamics.
Sexology.
Yeah.
Sexology.
Sinko.
Angie, stop talking over Myron.
You messing up the audio.
She's good, bro.
Don't worry.
Sorry.
Jerome.
Sartorio Shooter interview was fire.
Thank you for all you do, Myron.
Stay strapped and be careful, my brother.
The other side will continue to demonize and suppress the message for the Tates.
Absolutely free the Tates, man.
We all know they're innocent.
Shout out to Sartorio Shooter as well.
That was one of my favorite interviews to do.
Plumber Mike, five bucks.
Appreciate that.
Adam Russell Russell, 39 goes, big brother Myron.
When you're going to do an episode about quit prawn and no fap, it's so important.
I'm already quit.
And that bad habit, I feel good, not lazy.
Yeah, we could do an episode on that.
Jared Choi, Fitch just told me not to donate to the channel.
I don't know what to do at this point.
Thank you, Price.
Shout out to Joe, JR Cho.
Choi.
I used to work at Alvin as Glenn Detention Center when he was there.
And trust me, this dude was definitely detoxing in jail.
It was a full switch from the day he was first got there to now.
Okay.
Jiao Rule, voice.
It's murder.
I see what you're.
Okay, bro, that was – that's actually funny.
And Nace and John, Christina for the Streets.
No comment.
Taj the Beast, what are we getting next credit episode?
Not tomorrow, guys, because we got Waka Flocka in the house tomorrow.
Shout out to Fresh for making that happen.
So we're not going to have a credit episode next Monday or tomorrow, but we will have a credit episode coming up.
All right.
So quick recap.
We're hour 20 in, guys.
So I'm going to give you all a quick recap of what went down so far because we're going to get into the murder now.
And like I said before, after this is all done, timestamps will be below.
Nice and detailed for y'all to skip around and get whatever.
This is going to be the definitive Murdoch case breakdown for you guys, A to Z. All right.
So before I do that, go ahead and like the video.
Subscribe to the channel if you guys haven't already.
We got almost 1,700 of y'all watching the show right now.
So go ahead and like the video, man.
Help us get to 1,000 likes.
What are the likes at right now?
We got, let me look here.
We are at 892.
Come on, guys.
I hate stopping the show for 899.
Guys, come on, man.
100 likes.
Y'all can't do that?
So we can hit 1K.
I want to say something.
Okay, cool.
I want to say something for the people that I don't like in the video.
You guys, you really need to like the video.
And this is me telling you because this man right here, just pointing at you now, like do the thing.
Point?
Yeah.
Which thing?
Show you.
Oh, show you.
Yes, this man.
This guy.
Okay.
Look at this guy.
Yeah, this guy.
This guy, after every fucking video we do, he sits in that chair, right?
For almost like an hour and a half doing the fucking time stamps for you all.
And I mean, sometimes we even like finish at fucking 6 a.m. in the morning.
And he wouldn't stand off that share just to finish everything for you.
Like editing the video, like doing the timestamps, doing like everything, like, you know, cutting the things on the timestamps and all that shit that he does.
So you really need to understand what he says.
Like the grind doesn't stop is because it doesn't fucking stop.
Okay.
So yeah, you really like need to like the fucking video.
That's it.
Thank you very much.
We really do go hard for y'all, man, especially with the pre-recorded videos.
We're going to do another pre-recorded video for y'all right after this, man.
So just like the video, bro.
That's all I ask.
All right.
All right.
So let's go ahead and recap.
So we covered a bunch of different things here, guys, on this podcast.
We started first with the Murdoch family background, okay?
Who they are, how they run the southern part of South Carolina.
Then we went into describing their history, right?
I showed you guys the photograph of the family that were involved in this tragedy.
Obviously, you got Alex Murdoch, the murderer, the convicted murderer at this point, the son, Paul, right, who also was involved in killing someone, and Maggie, all right, who may or may not have been involved in her housekeeper's death.
Then we went into the history.
Then we went to the death of Mallory Beach, okay?
Then we, which was the boat accident that Paul Murdoch was involved in, operating the boat drunk.
And then we went into Murdoch embezzling money from his law firm.
Then we went into Murdoch stealing money from his deceased housekeeper's son that he promised to represent and get the money to.
Then we went into the bizarre 911 call that he made after staging an attempted hit so that he can collect money from life insurance for his oldest son, Buster, who is still alive.
Then, now, this brings us to the day of the murder in early June of 2021.
And I showed you guys all this to set the stage to put you guys kind of in the man's shoes as to why he did all these crazy things, all the crazy things that led up to him killing his son and his wife.
Because at face value, you look at it like, yo, why would this dude do this?
But now you can see a deranged man, a desperate man, a man sinking from financial stress, sinking from lying, sinking from stealing money, sinking from drug use, drug abuse, etc.
Okay.
He's not acting in his rational mind.
Now let's go ahead into the crime scene.
Please hurry.
We're getting somebody out there to you.
Carlin County Sheriff's Office deputy Daniel Green was the first to arrive on the scene at Mozell.
Got a whiskey fox, whiskey mic, both gunshot wounds to the head.
Maggie and Paul are clearly dead.
He sees Alec Murdoch standing there as well in a t-shirt and shorts.
Alec Murdoch is extremely upset.
Pay attention to what he's wearing, guys.
White t-shirt and shorts, which is going to conflict with what he was wearing earlier in the day.
Upset.
He is beside himself.
Yes, sir.
He seems anxious.
He seems distraught.
He was pacing quite a bit.
He was also asking Green whether they were dead.
Did you check them?
We got medical guys that are, that's what they're going to do, okay?
What are they doing?
Can they hurry?
They are.
Yes, sir.
Evidence at the scene suggested that Paul was shot.
And that blurred area that you guys saw is where the bodies were.
With a shotgun, and Maggie was shot with a rifle.
So that's very important to note, guys.
Two different weapons were used, okay, in this murder.
They were both murderers.
I can't even say that fucking.
They were both like, they were the owners of the guns.
Yes.
Yes.
Which they never found the guns, by the way.
Once SLED arrives, agents start to process the scene.
Meanwhile, the lead agent...
SLED, guys, is the South Carolina law enforcement division, okay?
That is the state of South Carolina's main state agency that does big cases like this.
Think of them as South Carolina's FBI.
Wants to talk to Alec Murdoch to find out what happened, and he agrees to be interviewed.
Stupid.
But he obviously has to give a statement because if he says, I invoke my right to silence, or I don't want to talk to y'all, what are they going to assume?
Oh, you're guilty, bro.
So you got here, a deputy sheriff right here.
This guy, plain clothes, he might be up work for the sheriff's office as well.
And then you got the sled agent here.
And in this case, Sled is probably going to take lead.
And Sled investigators are named Sled Special Agents, very similar to FBI or DEA or whatever, but they're state law enforcement officers because this is a murder, guys.
Feds don't typically do murder cases unless it's tied to some type of federal crime like a racketeering, gang activity, something like that.
Start the top.
Take your time.
Like when I came back here, I mean, I pulled up and I could see him.
And, you know, I knew something was bad.
I ran out.
I knew it was really bad.
My boy, over there, I could see it was hi everyone.
George Stephanopoulos here.
Thanks for checking out the ABC News.
YouTube.
All right.
So, as y'all can see, obviously, very poor acting, right?
So, now we're going to go ahead into the evidence that was found at the crime scene.
Okay.
There were a significant number of particles of particles characteristic of gunshot prime residue on the inside of this jacket.
Yes, gunshot residue on the inside of a rain jacket.
Does it tie Alec Murdoch to the murders of his wife and son?
I'm Angela Levy, and welcome to Law and Crime Sidebar Podcast.
On Tuesday, jurors in Alec Murdoch's double murder trial heard for the first time about his theft from his law firm and clients.
He's charged with a number of financial crimes, as we've been telling you, around 99 or so.
99 financial crimes.
Bumbuka!
Holy Tuesday, the chief financial officer for his former law firm testified about confronting Murdoch on June 7th, 2021, about $792,000 in missing fees from a lawsuit that had settled with another firm.
Hours later, Paul and Maggie Murdoch were murdered.
Jeannie Sekinger went through a number of checks she found that Murdoch had deposited for himself.
And we have the what's this right here?
That is the date of the check where the funds were stolen from.
All right.
And then right here.
That's the client name.
All right.
And then right here.
That's what we call the civil action number that's been filed within the court.
All right.
And then the category is what type that he did.
Most of them are forged payments, or you see a couple other took insurance.
So he had a few methods.
All right.
And then over here, is that when y'all had to pay the money back?
Yes.
So for each one of these, the money that was stolen, all the partners got together and had to put the money back into client trust.
And we went through and corrected and met with every client and distributed money back to them.
That's an ongoing basis still going on.
So for all these clients, you had to pay the law firm had to pay money back.
The partners came up with money and paid all the clients back.
And why did y'all have to pay all that money back?
Because Alec had stolen it.
Jeannie Sekinger, who's known Alec Murdoch for 40 years, also opined on his skills as a lawyer using some pretty colorful language.
What were your observations of him as a lawyer?
I think Alec was successful more not from his work ethic, but from his ability to establish relationships and to manipulate people into I guess he got 99 problems, but his family and one.
Oh my God, bro.
Boom bucket.
Settlements and clients into liking him.
So he did it through the article basically.
That can be an art.
Did he?
He's just like, yo, fuck you, bitch.
He literally is like, bro, if I ever get my hands on you, you know, in the back of his mind, he wants to hit her with the get over here.
And next thing you know, that sound comes on.
Then he hits her with the next thing you know, perfect.
And then that's what he's thinking in his head right now.
He wants to end her, bro.
What is going on?
In your estimation, in your judgment, was he more of a technical type lawyer, or is he one that really understood how to use the emotion of the case?
He would use the emotion of her case and the emotion of his clients.
So Jeannie Seckinger basically said that Alec Murdoch was a BS artist.
On cross-examination, Alec Murdoch's lawyer Jim Griffin reminded Sekinger that this trial is actually about the murders of Maggie and Paul and pointed out she may have some bias.
And we're not here today to try those charges on the financial crime.
Now, this is the defense, guys.
Now, the defense's job, guys, is to deflect.
Okay, the defense, their job isn't to prove that the guy is innocent.
They're there to prove that the prosecution can't prove that he's guilty, which is a big difference.
The burden of performance is always on the prosecution to prove that the subject is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
So the defense is coming in to just muddy the waters a bit and create a little bit of doubt so that their client can get off, which is what he's doing right now saying, yo, this ain't a financial case.
This is a murder case.
What is the relevancy of this?
Which is, you know, typical that a defense attorney would do this.
We're here.
You understand you're testifying because he's been charged with the murder of his wife, Maggie, and his son, Paul.
And they were murdered on June 7th, 2021.
Yes, sir.
Now, some of these, it looks like, according to your testimony, that this misconduct has been going on since as early as 2011.
Unfortunately, when we found that out.
Right.
So some.
My man was stealing money for over 10 years.
Wow.
10 years before the murders of Maggie and Paul, correct?
That's correct.
He managed to fool a lot of people, myself included.
Understand.
And I understand you have a right to be very hurt and angry about that.
And are you hurt and angry about that?
Oh, yes.
I take it very personally.
It haunts me that I let this or that this happened.
You feel like it happened on your watch.
I don't think anybody'd feel normal feeling like that.
And guys, I want to make a distinction because some of you guys are saying, yo, leading questions, blah, blah, blah.
So when you're on, when you're on direct, right?
All right.
There's two types of testimony that you're going to give.
You're going to be on direct examination and cross-examination.
When you're on direct, right, let's say I'm the agent, right?
I'm the law enforcement officer, and the prosecution is asking me questions.
We're on the same team.
So he asks me more open-ended questions.
Agent, what is your name?
Blah, blah, blah.
What is your duties?
What's your title?
What's your duties?
How long have you been on the job?
Okay, what's your expertise, et cetera?
Then they go into the questioning, right?
Because they have to establish that you are qualified to talk about and testify about whatever the hell you're going to talk about, especially if you're a subject matter expert, aka an SME, right?
Then they ask you questions like, what happened on such and such day?
And then bam, you kind of go through the facts of the case.
They don't really stop you too much.
They might interject here to maybe get you to clarify something, whatever.
But y'all are friendly.
So you guys are working together to ask you open-ended questions.
Now, when you're on cross, okay, the ops are questioning you, okay?
So in this case, I'm the agent.
The defense comes after me.
Now, the defense is going to ask me questions typically in a yes or no fashion.
It's not open-ended.
Why do they do that?
Well, they do it to put you in a situation where you might answer something and make you look stupid.
I'll give you an example.
Okay.
I remember back in the day when I was an agent.
All right.
They would ask me questions, Agent Fuddle.
Right.
I've already been doxxed to this point, so who cares?
Is it true that you've lied in the past?
Okay.
And that's kind of an open-ended question.
And you'd be like, you know, you could say something funny, never under oath, right?
Ha ha ha, or something like that.
Or have you ever told a lie before?
Well, you obviously have to say yeah, but, right, because no one is perfect.
Everyone has lied before, right?
And then they'll ask you questions like that to make you look bad, right?
Because their job is to attack the credibility of the prosecution and the investigating officers, agents, whatever it may be.
So on direct, on a cross-examination, they kind of try to paint you in a corner and ask you yes or no questions.
All right.
And then it's back, right?
On the prosecution, a lot of times they'll come back and they'll save it on the redirect or whatever it may be.
But that's why he's asking questions like this because obviously this woman, the CFO here, is the prosecution's witness.
So the defense is asking her, how do I say this, questions that would paint her more in a corner to attack her credibility and to make the defendant look less less culpable?
All right.
So that's what it is when it comes.
That's the difference between direct examination versus cross-examination.
Cross-examination, you're being questioned by the ops, okay, to keep it nice and simple.
And then direct examination, you're being questioned by your team.
The big betrayal of trust.
Next up was Ronnie Crosby.
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He's known.
And this is coming from someone who's testified hundreds of times, by the way.
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I've testified in grand jury.
I've testified at depositions.
I've testified in virtually every type of criminal procedure, criminal case procedure, and or hearing at the federal level.
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This is actual experience from someone that was in a job for over a decade.
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So like the video, subscribe to the channel, because ain't nobody else going to be able to give you guys insights to this detail.
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Alec Murdoch for much of their lives, and they were former law partners together at the now disbanded law firm.
Crosby described his relationship with Paul Murdoch.
I knew Paul since he was born.
Both he and Buster had always referred to me as Uncle Ronnie.
We lived just across the way from each other.
So I got to know him.
I don't know if he used to, when he got into hunting, he hunted a lot on my property and Buster.
I have a farm right here in Godland County where I grew up.
And so I got to know him, you know, that way.
And then Paul didn't think this would be that hard.
Paul was really good with kids, and he took a liking to my son, who's younger, but he spent a lot of time with him.
He'd take him hunting, fishing.
They did a lot of hog hunting together.
Paul had some hog dogs and, you know, just was around him a lot.
He had a great personality.
Just really, you know, somebody kid I really love, you know.
Paul will come over to your property a good bit.
Yes.
And then, you know, as and then sometimes as my son got older, he would go over to Mozell and hunt with Barker.
I'll hunt with Paul.
Crosby said that he knew that Alec Murdoch had had some financial difficulties because of some real estate deals that went south.
On the night of the murders, he said he drove to Mozell and went directly to the kennels around 11 p.m.
He said that he came back.
So there's a motive right there.
Financial hardship from bad real estate deals.
Should have watched our Money Mondays to talk about proper real estate investing.
God damn it.
Stupid.
To Mozell and that he went to the house and that when he got to the house, he discovered that Maggie and Paul were not there and that he then got back in his car or his suburban, which was an office-issued vehicle.
And he drove down to the kennels.
And it's more than just kennels there.
I think y'all have seen maybe the sheds there.
And he discovered Maggie and Paul's bodies.
I also want to make this extremely clear for y'all.
In his interviews, okay, your boy Murdoch said that he was not at the location.
Okay.
And we're going to see evidence that proves otherwise.
But that was a big thing that he stuck with, that he was not there at the location when the murders occurred at or about 8.50 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Did he say whether or not he had gone down to the kennels with Maggie and Paul before he left to go to Almeida after 9 p.m.
That came up in one of the conversations and he specifically said that he did not.
He did not.
He did not.
Did you recognize any voices on that video?
The three voices on that video are the voices of Paul Murdoch, Maggie Murdock, and Elec Murdock.
How sure are you?
How sure are you?
I'm 100% sure.
That's who's voices.
And this is the video that he's referring to, guys, right here.
This is from Snapchat on Paul Murdoch's phone minutes before they were killed.
Give it.
Get back.
Quit, Cash.
Quit.
It's okay.
Come on.
Okay, you heard one voice there.
Okay, that was Murdoch.
That's Maggie.
That's his mom.
He's got a bird in his mouth.
Then you heard Murdoch again.
I don't know what he said there.
He said something, jibber-jibber.
Hang on, Bubba.
It's a guinea.
It's a chicken.
Come here, Bubba.
Come here, Bubba.
You can hear him right on the back.
Come here, Bubba.
Cash.
Quit.
Come here, Bubba.
Bubba.
Hang on.
So you can distinctly hear a female voice, which is Maggie, the mother, and then you can hear a male voice who is Murdoch.
Alex Murdoch.
And Paul is the one playing with the dog here that's recording this video.
There's a guinea.
There's a chicken.
Come here, mama.
Quick.
Quick.
Come here, mama.
So what does that do, guys?
That refutes his claim that he was not at the kennels.
Okay.
Yeah.
So he was full of stop the cap.
And you got one of his close associates here testifying that that is indeed his voice.
And I think there was eight other people that testified that that was Murdoch's voice.
On that, the audio there.
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Paul and Maggie were murdered.
Crosby then spoke about when he learned that Alec had been stealing from clients and what Alec had to say about it.
Real quick, as you guys know with the shooting, I'm going to go ahead and play a video for y'all that breaks down the murder.
Okay, crime scene expert testifies in Alex Murdoch trial as far as how the shooting was done.
Oh, hold on.
My bad, I had this tab muted, guys.
Murdoch died, and it was torture.
In a graphic courtroom demonstration, a crime scene expert described how Maggie first witnessed the death of her son, then she was wounded several times before the fatal shot was delivered.
It's a shocking demonstration of the final moments of Maggie Murdoch's life.
She would have been on her knees and had at least one hand on the ground.
The prosecutor got down on the courtroom floor to illustrate the position.
Pause.
As a crime scene expert used his pointer to show how the killer, alleged to be her husband, Alex, delivered the fatal shot.
The shooter was right here.
Everybody was adjusting their seat to get a better look because it was just so dynamic.
This courtroom absolutely stopped in South Carolina because you had the prosecution lying on the ground, actually demonstrating how Maggie may have been executed.
The jury also heard a 911 call Murdoch made three months after Maggie and Paul were slain.
That's the 911 call we played earlier, guys, on September 3rd, 2021.
Somebody stopped to help me.
And when I turned my back, they tried to shoot me.
Will you start?
Yeah.
This video was taken in the ambulance.
Murdoch later said he hired a former client to shoot him because his financial crimes were about to be exposed.
I thought it would be better for me not to be here.
What do you mean by not be here anymore?
I thought that it would make it easier with my family for three to be dead.
Alex Murdoch has pled not guilty to the double murder charges.
Hell.
All right.
Oh, I got somebody said, like, this guy looked like Chucky Greel.
Like, like, who?
Chucky.
Oh.
I was giving a folder that had paperwork in it.
And that paperwork consisted of checks both front and back.
And I was asked to review them.
Were those the what's been called the fake forged checks?
I believe the fake forged checks.
There was not all of them that Ms. Sekinger went over, but I believe that there was, I could probably call the names of most of them that were there.
I know it was Anderson, Bush, Moore.
There was probably about five or six of them.
And I believe they had a copy of the Ferris check there, too.
Ferris check?
Yes, and I'd sat for a minute and reviewed it.
I think Danny said, You're going to need a drink.
And so.
Did you have a drink?
Yeah, tell me more than one.
Yeah, boy, that boy's drinking ass got.
No, I'm saying.
What happened after that?
Well, they didn't tell me what was in it.
They let me review it on my own.
And I immediately said, this is bad.
And my words then were that we have to terminate Elliot.
He cannot no longer practice with us.
And that was within, I don't know how many minutes, but it was done a long period of time because the way Jeannie had it laid out, it was clear what had happened and that this money had been stolen.
Did any of the partners go to confront Alec with this information that had been uncovered?
Yes, there was a meeting the following morning at Lee's house.
I did not attend.
I did not need to attend.
I was still getting ready for trial.
I had already decided where this was going.
And they met, and then we, Danny and Randy, Alex's brother, went and met with Alec.
And what was your understanding of what the defendant said as a result of that?
That he admitted and said that he knew he was going to get caught at some point in time and admitted to them that he did it.
On cross-examination, Alec Murdoch's attorney Jim Griffin went back to the theme that the crime scene was tainted.
Were you able to get inside the crime scene tape?
So cross-examination, remember, guys, that guy is the prosecution's witness.
So now the defense is cross-examining him.
So now they're going to kill him.
I don't know if there was a crime scene tape up at that point in time.
Okay.
So you were able, as you recall, just to walk up or were Maggie and Paul's bodies covered at the time you got there?
Yes.
But you were able to get into the crime scene close enough where you could tell what you thought caliber of the shell case.
Right.
And I didn't walk from where I was parked there.
I walked completely around the hangar and went over to talk to people I knew that there, the fire and rescue people, just to get what their assessment was.
And I could see from where they were positioned, I could see.
I wasn't like, I didn't get over it, but I could see.
Yo, this chat got no fucking chill, bro.
Solo productions reactions goes.
He had YMW Melly playing in his head, looking at his son and wife that night.
Yo.
I guess he had murder on his mind, man.
Yo, y'all are crazy, bro.
This chat got no chill, man.
I'm not very familiar with firearms.
And I saw what I thought was a 223 casing.
The last witness of the day was Megan Fletcher, and she testified about gunshot residue test results from Alec Murdoch's belongings.
She said there were a small number of particles found on Alec Murdoch's hand, his seatbelt, his shirt, and shorts that he was wearing the night of the murders, but there was no GSR found on his sneakers, which is notable.
But 38 particles were found on the now notorious blue rain jacket found at Alec Murdoch's mother's home.
Oh boy.
And that was a big piece of evidence, guys, because they couldn't find gunshot residue on any of the clothing that he was wearing that day.
I mean, granted, he had to grab the gun real quick because he claimed that he was going to go back to the scene and go after any attackers that had killed his family.
This piece of clothing right here, which was hidden.
And remember, guys, there was a Snapchat video earlier, which I'm going to show y'all of what he was wearing that day, okay, which his son had documented as well.
It's interesting how Paul's Snapchat spoke for him after his death.
And finally, since this is an inanimate object, how long would you expect that gunshot primer residue to stay on there?
Until it's actively removed.
Until it's actively removed.
That means washed, cleaned, whatever.
Yeah, brushing it, like aggressively brushing it off, washing it in a washing machine, cleaned, hosed off, something like that.
If a recently fired firearm was wrapped up inside that jacket, would that be consistent with your findings?
There is a possibility of that.
Yes, sir.
Thank you very much.
That's all we have.
Thank you.
Fletcher said that the GSR on Alec Murdoch's hand and his clothing and seatbelt could have been transferred, but she couldn't say when.
And that's it for this edition of Law and Crime Sidebar Podcast.
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All right.
So, real quick, here's a timeline of what went down, guys.
Right?
That's the evidence, but let's go over the timeline now.
All right.
I'm going to pull this up for y'all.
And then we're going to go over the picture, crime scene photos.
This is his front son.
Okay, Paul Murdoch recording his father.
Okay, I think this was either a Snapchat or this was recovered from the phone after the fact.
But look at what he's wearing.
Tant pants, blue shirt, and looks like some loafers.
The video you just watched was sent on Snapchat by Alec Murdoch's son on the day he was murdered.
Prosecutors allege this video proves that the disgraced lawyer was with his son Paul at their South Carolina home before he was killed.
According to a Snapchat representative, that video was uploaded to Paul Murdoch's memories at 7:39 p.m. and later sent to friends at 7:56 p.m. on June 7th, 2021.
Gotcha, bitch.
We just discussed that was part of the Snapchat search order return.
Yes.
That you just testified was uploaded at 7:39 p.m. and said at 7:56 p.m.
Yes.
And guys, this is common in a trial.
I've done this before as well.
Whenever you use social media and/or phone records in a trial, you'll typically call a witness from the company to come in and testify as the validity of the times, the evidence seized, etc., from whatever medium you got the evidence from.
I've had people come from Facebook on trials.
I've had people come from Facebook, from Instagram, Snapchat.
This is very common where you bring in an expert, right?
Or T-Mobile Verizon.
A lot of times with phone companies, they come in and they testify to the validity of the information that is gathered and it can go into detail and explain it to the jury.
So this is represented from Snapchat here.
Probably a law enforcement representative that works with law enforcement liaison that works for Snapchat.
So if any law enforcement officer submits a search warrant or a subpoena, they have a compliance unit that deals with that.
That night, Paul Murdoch took another video on his phone, this time in their dog kennel.
Listen to how many voices you hear.
Get it.
This is a video we played earlier.
I'll fast forward it a bit.
You can clearly hear three distinct voices here.
Which most importantly was Murdoch.
I don't understand what's the same snapshot.
They 100% believe Alec Murdoch's voice is heard alongside his son Paul's and wife Maggie's in the video.
Recognize the voices on there?
I did.
Did you recognize the voices of your second family?
I did.
And what voices did you hear?
Paul's, Miss Maggie, Miss Ellen.
And how sure are you now?
Positive.
100%.
That's correct.
Expert witnesses said the video was taken at approximately 8:44 p.m., which is minutes before investigators believe Paul and Maggie were shot.
Later, Alec would call 911 at approximately 10.06 p.m. to report the discovery of the bodies of his wife and son.
an hour-plus after the fact.
This is Alec Murdoch at 4147 Moselle Road.
I think the police immediately...
My wife and Tom finds it.
Well, go ahead.
Do you find the footage that I told you that is on YouTube when they found the bodies?
Like when he called the.
Oh, when he called.
Remember that I told you that they pulled it off.
Yeah, we could play it.
Basically, the body cam footage.
Also, another thing I want you guys to know: when he called 911, when you guys call 911, it starts rolling before they pick up the phone.
They start recording before that.
So if you listen to 911 call, he starts frantically acting after they say 911, not before.
So he was like just silent online, waiting, and then he starts getting frantic.
Also testified that Alec and Paul had a close relationship.
Here's a video of the father and son at Alec's 61st birthday.
Happy birthday to you.
Could you imagine?
I'ma kill you in a couple years, motherfucker.
Happy birthday to you.
Thank y'all so much.
Thank you, baby.
I'ma steal all your money and kill you.
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Reporting from all right.
So now we're gonna go over some evidence photos from the scene.
As you guys can see, I just sent you the video.
Oh, you did?
Okay, here's some the deputy showing up.
Here's the kennel.
You guys can see footprints all over the place, which the defense actually attacked this guy because, and the reason why the defense attacked it.
Hold on, is this tab muted?
Oh, no, it's just silent.
Okay.
So you can see the water spill, chain of custody, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, SLED, Forensic Services Laboratory, chain of custody.
This is the case number.
Camel Benelli, Black Eagle, unfiltered.
So this is the firearms that they took, shoes or slides in this case, probably from one of the victims.
And then here is one of the weapons that were used, okay?
So y'all can see huge area where this crime occurred.
Now, what I want to show you guys as well is you said you sent me the video of the footage of the police.
Okay.
When he called.
Which one did you send it to?
On Telegram.
This one?
PIP?
This one?
Okay.
Oh, I already played this.
All right.
Let me go back.
So this right here, guys.
So remember how the guy was showing the shooting?
Here is his actual testimony.
We're going to play a portion of it because I want to, this is pretty good stuff.
So I want you all to see a little bit more.
Again, he never made any movement.
Any movement he made was due to gravity pulling his body down to the ground.
When you sustain an injury to your brain like that, that ceases all movement.
So he was found outside the feed door.
He fell over forward after sustaining that movement.
Some wounds are fatal later.
You can actually see someone that receives a fatal wound and they I've seen them run 100 yards.
They can move for a little while.
This is not that type of wound.
Once he received this wound, it ceased all movement.
And did you, I'm going to put attachment, excuse me, stage 535 up on the screen and tell the jury what this particular image reflects, please.
Yes, sir.
If you can look at the green funnel that I've added just visually, if you look at that green funnel, that is approximately the shot shell path, the shot path from the shot shell after it did the injuries to Paul or the direction of the shot from the shot shell.
And I determined that by shot shell pellet defects that are still in the door, even though the door had been cleaned.
I went and looked at it myself.
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Run my own measurements.
Took the width of the door.
I took Paul's approximate height.
It's listed as several different things.
And just so you guys know, Paul was shot first, which is why I'm showing you this because they didn't detail how the sun was shot.
V shows him at 5'6.
The pathologist listed him, I believe, at 5'9.
So I had to split the difference.
I went somewhere in the middle.
Then I deducted the distance between the top of your head and the top of your shoulder.
So I took another foot off.
Then I took the width of the door, and it was one other thing I looked at, and that was a void pattern that's on the door frame of the door.
A void pattern is caused by something being there when the blood and biological materials are let.
We call it a bloodletting from the wound.
And there's a void pattern, which tells me something was in that way.
And because of the narrow door, in my opinion, it was Paul.
So that's what caused that void pattern on that door.
So I used all of that and I used a dowel rod and I used a protractor on the doorknob side of that door frame.
And I ran it up.
And that's what helped me establish the angle of that shot pattern.
So as y'all can see, it was doing quite a bit of arithmetic to figure this out.
And we're going to use the images to kind of talk about that a little bit more specifically.
But quickly, I want to show you 539 and 540 and see if you recognize these images.
The pellet defects in the door.
And this is the approximate center of it here.
So that's four inches above 72.
That's approximately 76 inches on an 80-inch door.
I'm going to show you states 536 and explain to the jury what this is and in particular how that's relevant to your conclusion about the angle in which Paul suffered the fatal head wound.
This is the original.
Yeah, his head was pretty much blown out, guys.
His brains were everywhere.
Crime scene pictures.
And this is where the pellets took their path.
This is where they struck and did damage to the door.
And you can actually still see the dents that are documented in my photograph.
You can see them in the original crime scene.
This is the concentration of blood that's caused by the brain exiting Paul's body in the path of the shot shells.
And then you also have biological material, hair and blood, here at the top of the door frame.
And that's where I drew my conclusion.
You guys can see that right here.
What they're talking about.
All kinds of brain matter, bone, hair, everything right there in the corner.
At some time, those body parts made contact with these sections of the door.
And my opinion is that it hit here, hit here, and then landed on the sidewalk.
Looking at states 537, can you explain what the jury is seeing in this image and how it relates to your opinion about the manner in which Paul suffered that fatal wound?
I can.
With a major bloodletting especially.
Dr. Kinson, let me ask you to, I'm going to move this code in the next text and ask you to step back just a hair so that the jurors over here can see what you're saying.
Yes, sir.
With a shotgun wound, you know, you've got hundreds, well, not hundreds, you've got over 800 pellets that are making damage.
It's not like a projectile, a single projectile from a pistol or a rifle.
So there's mass damage and it throws body fluids and blood in several different directions, but they follow the path.
When I mentioned that it was a void pattern, this is the last blood drop.
You can see it in the photograph that I can see.
And it's approximately five foot right there.
And this is not green tape.
That is a digital effect I put on the photograph to show the void I was talking about.
So at some time, it's my opinion that Paul was up against that door or real close to that door to keep that blood from striking the door at the point in time that he was shot.
All right.
And the green tape reflects that blood patter or that void area that is consistent with Paul blocking that area.
Is that correct?
Yes, or digital tape.
It's not really tape.
All right.
Yes, sir.
So that's that's been added to illustrate your opinion.
Yes, sir.
All right.
And then 538, I'm going to show you this image.
And again, if you can point out what's been added and how this relates to the conclusion that you're offering to the jury.
Yes, sir.
One thing that I looked at to determine that it happened in the doorway and a little bit outside the doorway, more outside than inside, you don't just look for the presence of biological material in blood.
You look for the absence of biological material in blood.
Here at the top, it didn't have a scale or a ruler, so I can't tell you exactly.
But looking at some of these other objects, I was able to scale it approximately four inches up here.
You have a void, so I know that it happened.
The second wound happened far enough outside of that door frame that the actual frame kept the biological material from hitting at the very top right here.
I also can see the arrows pointing here, right?
And sometimes, right, and you can see blood here on this side, right, of the cleaning material, but not as much on the other side.
So, that gives the forensic analysts, right, something to work with to figure out, because it's not just important where the blood is, it's also important where the blood is not, so that you can go ahead and get a good trajectory of where the bullets may have come from and where the victim was standing at the time of the murder and how the murder was actually committed.
So, and you guys are probably going to hear this testimony later on, but from what you can basically tell here, it doesn't seem like Paul had much reaction time before he was shot.
Looked at these items, you got some medication, canine medication, or some cleaning materials and that kind of thing up here.
You can see all the spatter at the front of those containers, and then we got what I call a demarcation line right here here.
And I drew it through most of these taps right here, guys.
You can see this is the demarcation line that he's talking about.
As you can see, on one side, it's clean, on the other side, it's pretty dirty with quite a bit of blood hands, and that separates the blood, the blood-contaminated area in the clean area.
So, that tells me that it was at least forward of the angle on those containers, and that's why I believe he was shot.
The second wound happened just outside the door frame, but his feet were probably still in the door frame.
All right, and just quickly point to the jury.
Can we see part of the door frame in this particular image?
You can, yes, sir, right here.
All right.
Um, once, uh, and going back now to states 535, and just for the record, we were just looking at states 538 and 537.
Going back to states 535, did you reach a conclusion as to the location of the shooter on that second fatal shot that Paul suffered to his head?
Yes, sir, I did.
All right, and explain that to the jury if you would.
Okay, this is important.
Now, he's going to give the location of where he was when he got the fatal shot that actually killed him, guys.
The shooter was right here.
If you're facing that door to the right of the doorway, outside.
And would you have expected there to be in that particular range any sort of biological evidence in that area in proximity to the shooter?
Yes, sir, I would.
Would the door frame have potentially blocked any of that as well?
It would block some.
And just depending on the positioning, how much of the body of the shooter was exposed?
Because, you know, once you have that kind of catastrophic injury, it's real, real, real fine blood particles and biological fluids that go in all directions.
And the closer the shooter was to the muzzle, to the exit into that firearm, the more stuff you would expect.
Let me ask you this.
In your expert opinion, is there any way that Paul's fatal head injury came from the top in a contact fashion or a close fashion?
No, sir.
I see no possible way for that.
And explain your conclusion in that regard to the jury for me, please.
What factors weigh against that in your expert opinion?
Well, number one, I don't know of a way to mimic this blood evidence on this door.
That pattern where that shot traveled through Paul's shoulder, into his jaw, into his brain, and then took a path up and placed the biological material here at the top of the door.
Wow.
So, yo, hold on.
It went through his shoulder, into his jaw, and then into his brain, guys.
Traveled through Paul's shoulder, into his jaw, into his brain, and then took a path up and placed the biological material here at the top of the door.
If he was shot in the head, then you'd have biological material out here on the ground or at least going down, you know, on the sidewalk in front of him.
And it would be different than just free-pouring blood.
You would see this pattern and you would see those high-velocity blood droplets there on the ground.
And plus, the shooter would have to be on the roof to shoot down into him, but you wouldn't have this on the door.
Bam.
And that's how he was able to establish that he was shot up.
Basically, it seemed like he was taken from surprise.
He was at the doorway.
Shooters outside the door, shoots him from the side.
Bullet goes up through the shoulder, into the jaw, right through the brain, blows the top of his head out, guys.
Okay.
So like pretty much this entire part of his head at the top was blown out because the bullet went shoulder, jaw, and then bam, travels upwards this way, which is what he's trying to explain with the bullet trajectory, which the brain matter, right, on the door signifies that.
So that's how he was able to come to that conclusion based on the injuries as well as the blood splatter, the bullet trajectory, et cetera.
All right.
And it was a shotgun that did this at close, at very close range.
In your expert opinion, did you see any support or evidence in this crime scene that could support that the injuries suffered by Paul were in any manner a suicide or self-inflicted?
I don't see the possibility knowing that it.
And why did the prosecutor ask that?
Because he wants to establish that there is no way that this was a self-deletion.
He wants to establish this was a murder.
Okay.
There's no way that someone could have shot themselves in this way to create that bullet wound pattern, that blood splatter, that trajectory, et cetera.
It's not a contact shotgun wound.
And I'm fairly strong and I'm bigger than Paul.
And notice how he said it's not a contact shotgun wound.
For you to actually commit self-deletion with a shotgun, the gun is big, guys.
Okay.
It's very awkward to delete yourself with a shotgun.
You'd have to put it like this and it'd have to basically touch your face so you can actually pull the trigger and actually do it.
Right.
So it's got to be right up on you.
But he's saying it wasn't a contact shot.
So there's no way that it could have been done that way.
Okay.
This is very important for the prosecution to establish that self-deletion was not the cause of demise here.
Or was.
And I don't know of any way you could hold that shotgun out and shoot yourself in that direction at that.
See, there you go.
I didn't even hear this testimony and I already knew who that's what he was going to say.
At angle and put that biological material on top that door like that.
I don't think it's possible.
All right.
Thank you.
All right.
Hank keeps sending you back or forth, but I'm going to assume you're not going to go.
Now he's going to get his arm and cause a now he's going to show up with his bolt.
All right.
I know I just sent you back.
I'm going to bring you back down.
I'm sorry.
Guys, like the video, by the way, man.
I hope you guys are enjoying this content, man.
Breaking this down with y'all, showing you guys exactly how this went down.
I think this is very important to illustrate how the murders went down and the gruesome, you know, the gruesome nature of it.
Before we move on from Paul, I would, and if you could just use me as a mannequin, but can you sort of describe to me your conclusions about the positioning of Paul when he suffered that fatal head wound and just how the trajectory of that wound and that shot, as you've described and as supported by the evidence, as you see it.
Can I describe it and demonstrate that?
The second wound.
This is where the rubber meets the road, my friends.
As I mentioned, went in his arm and caused an injury here, a large entrance, exit, entrance, and then, of course, exit here.
So it had to be typically with the kind of non-fatal wound Paul suffered to his chest and his arm.
It's my belief that now his five foot eight frame is dipping or favoring that arm.
Because as you know, that's over 20 something entrances and exits.
I believe it would have hurt him.
I believe he would have been in pain.
And I believe he would have been somewhat affected.
And the reason I believe that is because I've got the 90 degree blood drops.
Look at him.
He's saying, oh, it's not me.
It's not me.
I think his reaction here brings him back to the moment where he shot his son.
And he remembers, because the side of him is like, yo, I did, you know, he is my son at the end of the day.
But his reaction, you know, they say a picture is worth a thousand words.
I think the video is worth even more.
He's moving really, really slow.
If he wasn't feeling it, or if it hadn't affected him in some way, I believe his youthfulness would have allowed him to get out of there faster.
But he's moving real slow to the door.
So that's going to drop that angle just a couple inches.
And I can demonstrate all right if we can make sure that juror can see.
Yes, sir.
Absolutely.
That woman went in to approximately right here.
It traveled in, out, in, and out in a straight line.
In a straight line.
Shot always goes in a straight line.
And then when you're pressing the dental stick there, you're showing the trajectory of the wound, not implying that was a contact wound.
No, sir, I'm not.
I'm not implying it's contact.
I'm just showing the level of the wound.
All right.
Well, I'm thinking about it.
The wound to Paul's chest, did it show evidence of stippling?
Yes, sir.
All right.
Just very quickly, what is stippling?
Commonly referred to as tattooing.
It's particles and material that's in that shell that don't burn up because it's superheated at the time that the powder charge ignites.
It doesn't explode.
It ignites and burns rapidly.
And that's unburnt particles of powder and other contents of that shell.
They're hot.
And when they hit the body, they call stippling, or in the old days, they called it tattooed.
And that's basically what it is.
It works as an ink.
Looking at this particular image, Paul's about five feet in the feed room when he suffers the first wound, correct?
Yes, sir.
That is correct.
And then he moves towards the door.
Is that correct?
That is correct.
And suffers the second one somewhere near the door frame on the inside of it.
Yes, sir, with his shoulder just outside that door frame.
And when he suffers that second wound, what happens to Paul?
He falls immediately.
And where does he fall?
He falls outside the feed room.
All right.
Let's move on now and let's talk a little bit, if we can, about the injuries to Maggie Murdoch.
Okay, so now we established how the son was murdered in graphic detail.
Now we're going to go into Maggie, the mom.
Start out by reminding the jury of the injuries that she suffered, and then let's talk about your conclusions as to the manner and the order in which those were suffered.
Yes, sir.
All right.
So if you could just remind us again of those injuries, and if you could go ahead and describe them in the order that your expert opinion, they were suffered.
Yes, sir.
Miss Maggie Murdoch suffered three non-fatal injuries from a firearm.
One was through her wrist.
One was her left upper thigh above the knee.
One was at her abdomen here, and it exited somewhere around her kidneys.
Now, I'm not that kind of doctor.
I can't tell you all the damage it did inside, all those organs and things, but it ran a straight line through her body.
This one on her left leg and this one on her midsection were approximately the same angle, and they were really, really close in distance.
One had stipling that said that it was a foot closer than the other, but that would probably fit.
This was either a total separate non-fatal wound or it could have been a continuation of one of the two fatal wounds.
Her fatal wounds were she had an abrasion or a burn on the left side of her abdomen on the outside end.
That bullet followed a straight path.
It entered the end of her breast and did extensive damage to the end of her breast, entered her left jaw, side of her face area, and went into her brain.
That's the first fatal injury.
And it was immediate and she dropped right where she was at.
I saw no evidence that her body had been manipulated, moved, or rolled over.
The second fatal injury.
She was in an enormous amount of pain, guys, with these bullet wounds, by the way.
Like, you can't even believe, and she was alive for, Paul, his stuff was, his death was fairly quick.
Hers was painful and took a little bit longer.
Fatal injury was down into her head, and it actually did what in the day they call a keyhole injury just from appearances.
The entrance and exit in the top of her head were so close it made one big injury and then it entered into her upper shoulders and went down into her body.
That would have also been a fatal wound, but it was second.
In my opinion, that one came second.
All right, let's talk about that in a little bit more detail.
Those first two wounds that you described, do you believe those are the first two wounds she suffered?
Yes, sir, and possibly three.
I can't tell you much about this because the arm could have been moving or it could have been here.
There's all right.
Well, let's talk about the thigh wound and the abdomen wound.
Can you, did you have any conclusions about the location of the shooter as those two wounds were suffered?
Yes, sir, I did.
All right, and explain that to the jury if you look for a second right there.
All right, left leg out about here and here, here and here.
And in your opinion, were those two shots fired in fairly quick succession or around the same time?
I think it would have been really, really difficult to get a similar angle if they weren't.
All the shooter had to do is raise the weapon or lower the weapon, and you're still on the same plane.
And those wounds to the abdomen and to the thigh reflect the presence of stiffness.
They did.
And what does that indicate to you about the distance between Maggie and the shooter when those wounds were suffered?
I guess four or five feet.
Fairly close.
Yes, sir.
All right.
So that means that she saw her attacker, guys.
She saw the shooter at the time.
After those two.
Paul might have not seen his attacker, but she definitely did.
Two wounds were suffered.
And again, we'll put aside the wrist wound for a bit.
What would have happened after that, in your expert opinion?
In my opinion, at bare minimum, she would have been over.
She would have been in pain.
I believe sometime in close proximity, she fell to the ground.
And that's when the first fatal wound was delivered.
Would she have been prone on the ground or still somewhat raised by the ground or in a bent over position when that first fatal wound was suffered?
In my opinion, from the angle, she would have been on her knees and had at least one hand on the ground.
Those first two shots.
Well, let me ask you this.
There were obviously six shell cases that 300 blackout that were used to murder Maggie Murdoch found at the scene.
Is that correct?
That is correct.
Explain to the jury: is there what conclusions, if any, can you draw about the location of those shell cases?
If anything, explain that to the jury a little bit.
Once again, just like with the shotgun, I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but I don't think there are many left-handed AR platforms.
So, generally speaking, the ejection ports will be on the right side.
I own seven.
Some of them throw the shell casing a little bit forward, some throw it a little bit back, some throw it perfect 90 degrees to the ejection port.
If they were always uniform where they come out, if you go to target practice, you could place a bucket there and all your shell casings would drop in the bucket.
You wouldn't have to bend over and pick up your shell cases.
Unfortunately, that's not the real world.
So, I don't put a lot into that unless I have the actual weapon and we can test the weapon with the same ammunition.
And you can generally get an idea of where that shell case is going to go.
So, no, sir, I don't pay a lot of attention to it.
And I definitely don't think the sequence of from one end to the other or from this end.
And just so you guys know, let's illustrate this so you guys understand what the hell he's talking about.
This is what it looks like when a bullet is ejected from an air.
Okay, in slow motion.
One more time for y'all.
Fires, bam, ejects right out the side.
Now, obviously, this is a right-handed firearm because most firearms are right-handed, but you know, you would just reverse it on the left-hand side.
But this is what it looks like for people out there.
So, you have a visual representation of what the guy is talking about.
Like the video, guys.
All right, we're going deep in this thing.
Pause.
All right.
Like the video.
I see we got 1800 plus of y'all watching, but we only got 1.3k likes.
We should have 1800 likes on this thing.
All right.
And to this end means that's necessarily the movement of the shooter.
Gotcha.
All right.
You said that when she suffered that first fatal wound, in your opinion, I mean, she would have been over and perhaps been on her hands and knees.
Is that correct?
Yes, sir.
All right.
I'm going to get down to my hands and knees.
And if you could come around here and kind of show me where the trajectory of that wound would have gone, the first wound that was fatal for Maggie Murdock, I guess.
All right.
So, guys, all right.
Just a recap real quick here.
So she gets shot twice.
Okay.
She gets shot in the, it looks like the abdomen and the leg or the thigh.
All right.
Obviously, at this point, you're going to fall right to the ground.
Your leg's going to give out.
You know, you get shot in the stomach.
You're like, oh, God, you're going to hunch over.
Right.
So now we're going to go into the demonstration of what occurs after Maggie hits the floor.
Come behind me.
Yes, sir.
In full detail.
We show an excerpt of it from the other one, but now we're going to see full detail.
So the shooter sees her and shoots her.
At this point, she's probably pleading, please don't kill me, please don't kill me, etc., etc.
And, you know, this just think about the callousness you have to have to be able to walk around and shoot the individual again from the back.
You probably don't want to look at her as he did this.
The shooter was right here, approximately right here.
All right.
And show us the trajectory as it went through Maggie into her brain.
Yes.
It burnt or brazed her stomach outside to inside, went through the end of her breast, into her jaw, and then into her brain.
And what would have been the effect on her once that shot was suffered?
She would have immediately fell down with the front of her body.
All right.
And that is the position her arms were in the original crime scene photograph.
And while I'm down here, so I don't have to get up again.
Tell me about the fatal shot, the position of the shooter, and the evidence in the case.
The second shot was not as close, but it still wasn't a long distance.
It was approximately here into the crown of the head.
Bam.
So he walked, he shot her up front, right?
So he shoots her up front twice.
Bang, bang, right in the ab and in the leg.
Goes behind her, shoots again.
Then he walks in front of her and shoots her a third time, guys.
All right.
And obviously, you know, he's doing maybe one or two taps as he's doing this.
So this is wild, right?
Probably didn't want to see her.
She was looking at him, saying, Don't shoot me.
Goes behind her, shoots her.
She falls on the floor at that point because it hit her brain.
So at that point, all motor function is pretty much gone.
And then he has to do obviously the final and comes and shoots her from the front.
Sick bastard.
Sick fuck.
Yeah, bro.
Holy.
Now, I also want to let y'all know that at this point, him and his wife were not living together and they were having marital issues, guys.
They definitely were.
He actually called her to go see her.
See him.
Good point.
Yes, that is true.
She had, he had called her because they had not been speaking.
She was living at another house at the time, guys.
And he called her.
I think it was to go see his dying father, correct?
Yes.
One of his dying parents.
Both of his parents are old and sick.
So, no, Randolph is that.
That's who it was.
Yes, right.
Okay.
So that's who he wanted her to go see.
And she went and she showed up.
And this is what ended up happening.
And use the dial stick to show that injury that Maggie suffered.
Hey, Angie, can you do me a favor?
Can you go ahead and do what you do best and grab the crime scene photos for this?
And we'll put them in the description for them.
Yeah, sure.
We'll get you guys the unedited crime scene photos.
I won't be able to show them here, but I know some yellow are probably requesting them.
So Angie, we'll go ahead and dig them up there.
You guys, yeah, you sick bastards.
She's good at finding them.
In out in that line.
Okay.
Thank you.
Bam.
And that explains the shooting.
Okay, guys.
Now you guys know in graphic detail how it was done.
All right.
So the other thing I want to go over with y'all is we're going to go over the phone data, which was very important.
Okay.
Deleting phone calls, text messages, all that blah, blah.
So let's go into it.
All right.
Welcome back to Long Crime, everybody.
I'm Jesse Weber, and thanks for joining us.
We're waiting to jump back live into the Alec Murdoch trial, the man accused of murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul on their property in June 2021.
Right now, it is all about the defendant's cell phone.
And I want to break that down.
I'm joined by two special guests.
I think we're working on getting forensic death investigator Joseph Scott Morton.
And if you guys were watching Fed It, y'all already know the importance of cell phones and how critical they are to investigations.
Okay.
It's a big reason why serial killers back in the 70s, 80s, and 90s weren't getting caught like that.
Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, etc.
They were able to do all this craziness because the advent of the modern cell phone was not around to track these sick fucks down, but now they are.
Okay.
Cell phones is the reason why YMW Melly is going to go to jail.
All right, guys.
Very powerful evidence because it could pin you down literally to the foot.
But right now, we do have with us criminal defense attorney and host of the Defense Diaries podcast, Bob Mata.
Bob, good to see you.
Thanks for coming on.
So we've heard a lot of interesting testimony today about Alec Murdoch's cell phone, something that is usually attached to us.
We've learned about A, which I thought was really interesting, that the calls that he allegedly made to Maggie were wiped away from his call log.
The reason we know those exist, because if you look at her call log, they exist.
That's A. B, we learned about the recorded steps with the phone, which A, you know, it makes me wonder if these steps were happening when he said he was taking a nap at the house and why there are so many steps at really curious moments, and also about how many messages he read and when he read them.
What are you taking away from this testimony?
To me, it's the strongest evidence they put forth so far.
I mean, it's damning in the sense that it looks like there's way too much going on.
You know, I mean, when you look at the amount of steps that were taken, it just doesn't look like the guy was calling his wife.
So it's going to be problematic.
I mean, they're going to have to try to dismantle the defense.
It's going to have to try to dismantle what's going on with this because.
And again, another reason why this is so critical, guys, why the phone information stands even stronger is because he claimed that he was not there.
It stinks of impropriety, to say the least.
And I'm a defense attorney.
If I was his attorney, I'd be concerned about that.
But, you know, they can't be shocked about it either.
This isn't as much as his attorney seemed to have a hard time understanding yesterday during the testimony exactly what the codes meant.
You know, this isn't a shock for them.
I'm anticipating that they'll have some kind of way to try to offset what I consider to be very damaging evidence.
So, again, just to give you an idea, Joseph, 74 steps recorded between 805 and 809.
283 steps recorded between 902 and 906 is when we believed after the killings happened.
And then at 908 is when Alec Murdoch texts his wife saying he's going to go see his mother.
What stands out to you?
Well, I think that, you know, it does.
Our colleague mentioned smacking of impropriety.
You know, you begin to think about his actions certainly leading up, but then afterwards, you know, and what, how, how in the world would these things be wiped on his end?
I do know this.
I've gotten a peek at potential witness lists in this case, and it is rather robust on the defense's side relative to electronic evidence.
I think that that's something that we're going to be seeing because, you know, as was mentioned, this is a fire that the defense is going to have to put out.
They're going to have to address it.
And one other thing, prosecution is going to have to do a very good job of keeping this very simple, not getting into the weeds with a lot of the technical data, but really preaching to the jury about what this means in a very basic level.
I agree with you.
And talking about one of the complications for the prosecution's case, we don't have the murder weapons, right?
Those murder weapons weren't recovered.
That brings me to John Beddingfield, who actually assembled certain weapons for the defendant.
Now, before you say, oh my goodness, what are you talking about?
Well, this is a family that had a lot of weapons on their property.
So the idea put forward by the prosecution is we might not have the murder weapons, but I tell you what we do have.
We can match the ammunition that was found near the bodies with the ammunition that was found on different parts of the property.
And we can make the assumption that the family murder weapons are the murder or the family weapons are the murder weapons.
Let's go back to John Bettingfield.
This is him actually being cross-examined by the defense from yesterday.
Let's listen to where they went.
You mentioned that you and Alec Murdoch are relating?
Is that how are you related?
Our grandmothers were sisters.
And does that make and you're, I'll call us second cousins.
We're cousins.
Your fathers were first cousins, right?
Correct.
Okay.
And you spend over the years, you spend time with Alec and the boys?
I have.
Not a lot with Alec, mostly with John Marvin.
And you go, have you been camping with Alec and the boys?
I think that big, dad used to host a big camp every year.
I have.
And you've been fishing with him?
Not much.
Been hunting with him?
No, sir.
Not Alec.
Okay.
I have with John.
Right.
You've known Alec for quite some time?
My entire life.
Are you a gift of some $8,000 is a pretty nice gift for two boys, right?
Yes, sir.
Did you ever observe Alec around the sons, what kind of relationship they had?
I have.
And how would you describe their relationship?
It was always good.
I mean, when he called me, he was excited about getting these for his boys.
And it was a big Christmas for them.
Yes, sir.
All right.
one second is it um less expensive to buy a 300 blackout directly from palmona state armory rather than have you build one It can be, depending on configuration.
And all the any accessories that get added.
Okay.
We're looking now at the first page.
Now describe to the jury what that is, please.
That is a canceled check from Ellie for the original two firearms.
For the original two?
Yes, sir.
And what's the price on that, please?
I can bring it to you.
I got it.
$9,188.
All right.
And what's the date on those expensive guns?
Matt, please.
I'm sorry.
What's the date on that?
12, 23, 16.
And is this a record that you kept in accordance with your FFL obligations?
The check.
No, sir.
We retrieved that from my bank.
Yeah.
All right.
The second page of this exhibit, you recognize that.
Tell me what that is, please.
That is the check for the third replacement 300 blackout to Maggie Murder.
That's the check she wrote to me.
All right.
What's the amount on that one?
$875.
All right.
So the first one for two of them was $9,188, correct?
Yes, sir.
And the second one, it's only $875.
Is that right?
Yes, sir.
My man spent over $10K to make this happen.
Holy.
The difference between those, that the second one didn't have the optic and didn't have the suppressor.
More of the difference.
Yes, sir.
Okay.
All right.
We'll talk about that in a second.
But right now, I want to bring in Lauren long crime correspondent Gigi McKelvey, who is outside of that courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina.
Gigi, it's good to see you.
What a morning, right?
I mean, what did you take away from, and what did you learn that we didn't know before about Alec Murdoch's phone?
Good morning, Jesse.
Well, we've learned that Alec largely deleted most of the calls he made that night, except for one to Rogan, who had his dog there at the kennels.
Other than that, it seems every other phone call he made was deleted from his cell phone.
And what about the tracking location?
Because I thought the amount of steps were interesting.
They went through a whole list of timeframes and how many steps.
And obviously, it's not an exact science, but it does tell us something.
And the things that I'm thinking about, well, how does that match up to what his alibi is, which is he never went down to the kennels.
He fell asleep after dinner, right?
That says the last time he saw his family was dinner.
Then he goes to visit his mother, then tries to call Maggie, then comes back, goes to the kennels and discovers the body.
What does the tracking of the steps on the cell phone tell us?
Well, what's interesting to me is the most steps that he took was between 9.02 and 9.06 p.m., which is when he says he left to go see his mother.
That was 283 steps.
Apparently, he said he leaves the house, gets in his car.
It's a lot of steps from the house to the car, it seems.
And everybody kind of was looking around thinking, yeah, that's a long distance to walk just to go to your car.
Gotcha, bitch.
There was also information I thought it was interesting about what his general activity is in terms of when he reads messages, which I got to tell you, I didn't even know there was a science to it, but I'm sure if you look at anybody's cell phone, there's probably a pattern.
There was a pattern with him.
Is it any different during the night in question?
It is.
They said that normally he would read text messages anywhere between 5 to 40 minutes after they were received.
But the group text, which involved the condition of his father being in the hospital, wasn't read until the next day after the murders.
So walk me through this.
I've been of the opinion that the prosecution has done a really strong job of showing when these killings happened.
Can you walk us through based on what we've seen so far in this case, including today, can we be definite?
Are we pretty sure that the killings happened at around 8.50 p.m.
Well, yeah, because what you have is Maggie reading her last text at 8.49 p.m. and 27 seconds.
Paul's last text that he read was just 30 seconds or so after that, and then no more activity from either phone.
So it lets you know sometime after 8.49 p.m. is likely when those murders occurred.
And we have Alec leaving the house at 10.06.
Okay.
And that is.
9.06.
I'm sorry.
Right.
And I think he calls 911, what, an hour later at 10.06 or something like that.
So walk me through why it's so important they're leading up.
See how the timeline doesn't make sense, guys?
They died at around 8:50 p.m., but he didn't call the police until over an hour later.
And all these steps in between.
What was he doing?
To this, because what the big finale is, not even the big finale, but like the crescendo of their case is going to be that video from Paul.
That video that was taken on his phone.
What time was that video?
Is it 8.44?
Is it 8.47?
I can't seem to recall.
And on the video, is allegedly you can hear Alec Murdoch with him at the kennels, which would contradict what he told police, but also place him at the crime scene.
Walk us through what we should expect from the timing of that video and why it's important.
Well, that was around 8:44 that Paul took that cell phone video of his friend's dog.
Now, here we have the last text being read just a couple of minutes after that, then no activity.
So you have a three or four minute window there where we know Alec is there by the dog kennels at 8:44.
And within three or four minutes, the last texts are read by both Maggie and Paul, and no more activity from their phone.
So I think it kind of starts to get a picture of exactly when those murders could have allegedly happened at the hand of Alec Murdoch.
Gigi, what's the environment like in the courtroom?
I mean, are the jurors?
And I would say it's the most accurate because the reality is people are glued to their phones.
So if the phone locks and it hasn't been open for a significant amount of time and you know the individual that was deceased in that period of time, it's fair to say at that point, it's probably closer to the time the phone locked that that individual probably may have been incapacitated.
Okay.
So, and then on top of that, you know, you have the forensics that show how long they had been at the time of death.
You got the bullet trajectories, you got the wounds, et cetera.
And then you got his multiple steps in the area contrary to what he had told the police.
This is this case, guys, is heavily circumstantial.
And what does a circumstantial case mean?
It means that on one piece of evidence alone, it's not enough.
However, when you go ahead and put all the pieces of evidence together, it starts to create a puzzle for you.
And it illustrates what more than likely happened and how whatever was purported to have been happening to have happened could not have happened.
So in this case, your boy Murdoch says, I wasn't there, blah, blah, blah.
But you find out that he was lying.
Okay.
Well, the fact that he was lying shows that he's not credible, which we're going to talk about here in a second when he takes a stand, which was definitely.
I was going to ask you to write that down.
Yeah, we're going to play some of that as well.
But the point is, is that circumstantial evidence, a lot of the times, what it does is it paints a picture that it could not have been except for this scenario that we're displaying for you guys here, because all this evidence by itself might not be strong enough, but it is significant and irrefutable.
And we'll put together with other pieces of circumstantial evidence.
It paints the picture, right, and unlocks the real story of what happened, contrary to what the defendant is saying.
That's the power of circumstantial evidence.
You look at the YMWMLE case, which I suggest you guys should all go watch that as well.
Very similar case where he's denying killing his two friends, but when you look at the bullet wounds, the bullet trajectory, the lies that they made, the witness testimony, et cetera, it all contradicts the physical evidence.
So you don't have to have a murder weapon, guys, a lot of the times to be able to prove that someone committed the act.
Paying careful attention to this cell phone evidence.
Sometimes it can be a bit dry.
Sometimes you can see jurors kind of fading interest and, you know, not falling, you know, hopefully not falling asleep.
Do they seem attentive?
They seem very attentive.
It's a little hard to keep up with the times because they're being said so quickly, but they are all ears.
Nobody has really moved.
Everybody's kind of just sitting in their seat, hanging on every word of this expert.
Very intriguing stuff.
And now we actually have a display in the courtroom.
We can see the non-graphic exhibits.
But yeah, I mean, it's really starting to put a little bit of that picture together, at least nailing down the time of those murders, we think.
I'll tell you, I think today was more interesting than yesterday.
There's only so much more.
I could hear about 300 blackout rounds and different kinds of ammunition.
It's important, but again, you don't have the murder weapons.
It's kind of remember what the purpose of it was.
This is fine very fascinating.
And the reason why they suck so much on the 300 blackout guys, probably wondering, why do they care so much about this 300 blackout?
Because it's a fairly rare round that isn't used often.
Let's, Gig, thank you so much.
I know you have to jump back in the courtroom.
Appreciate reporting.
Great reporting as always.
We're going to take a quick break.
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So this is Alex Murdoch taking a stand, guys.
And this is an excerpt from him taking a stand, which I tell y'all all the time, taking a stand as a defendant is one of the dumbest things that you could do, quite frankly, very stupid.
But at the end of the day, the defendant ultimately chooses if they want to take the stand, which he chose to take the stand.
Stupid.
As a lawyer, I don't know why the hell he took the stand, but I guess he probably looked at it like, yo, it's a hell of Mary.
Let me get on the stand anyway because I want to be able to give the jury my take on the situation.
But what does that do?
That opens them up to cross-examination from the prosecution, which is typically where you take a big L. You stupid.
Yeah, really.
Mr. Murdick, is that you?
So this is the defense counsel.
This is on direct on the kennel video at 8:44 p.m. on June 7th, the night Maggie and Paul were murdered.
It is.
Were you, in fact, at the kennels at 8:44 p.m. on the night Maggie and Paul were murdered?
I was.
Okay, so this is a defense by the strategy by the defense.
They know that the prosecution is about to attack the hell out of him and call him a liar.
So they're getting ahead of it and they're saying, Okay, tell us, were you there?
Yes, you were.
Now they're going to ask him more than likely, and I haven't even seen this, so I'm just predicting here.
Let's see if I'm right.
They're going to probably ask him an open-ended question and ask him in his own words to explain why he lied so that he can give a sympathy-based response to the jury.
Remember, guys, the jury are human beings.
Okay.
If you can appeal to the feels, you might be able to go ahead and beat the real, which in this case, we know that this dude killed his family.
So let's keep going.
Did you lie to Sled Agent Owen and Deputy Laura Rutland on the night of June 7th and told them that you stayed at the house after dinner?
I did lie to them.
Did you lie to Agent Owen and Agent Croft on the follow-up interview on June 10th that the last time you saw Maggie and Paul was at dinner?
I did lie to them.
Bumble.
And in the interview of August 11th, did you tell Agent Owen and Agent Croft, did you lie to them by telling them that you were not down at the kennels on that night?
Yes, Alec, why did you lie to Agent Owen, Agent Croft, and Deputy Rutland about the last?
Now, this is where the defense is going to go ahead and posture and make a stand for why he lied to defend against the prosecution's eminent beating that they're about to give this guy on the stand.
Last time you saw Maggie and Paul, as my addiction evolved over time, I would get in these situations or circumstances where I would get paranoid thinking.
And it could be anything that triggered it.
It might be a look somebody gave me.
It might be a reaction somebody had to something I did.
It might be a policeman following me in a car.
That night, June 7th, after finding Mags and Paul, Paul Paul.
Don't talk to anybody without Danny with you.
All my partners were just repeatedly telling me that.
I had a deputy sheriff taking gunshot tests from my hands.
I'm sitting in a police car with David Owen asking me about my relationship with my wife and my son.
And all those things coupled together after finding them, coupled with my distrust for Sled, caused me to have paranoid thoughts.
Normally, when these paranoid thoughts would hit me, I could take a deep breath real quick, think about it, reason my way through it, and just get past it really quickly.
On June the 7th, I wasn't thinking clearly.
I don't think I was capable of reason.
There's his son in the shower right there, Buster.
And I lied about being down there.
And that is not a joke.
That is his real name.
And I'm so sorry that I did.
I'm sorry to my son, Buster.
I'm sorry to grandma, Papa T. I'm sorry to both of our families.
Most of all, I'm sorry to Mags and Pawpaw.
I would never intentionally do anything to hurt either one of them, ever.
ever did if you continue lying after that night did you not Once I lied, I continued to lie, yes, sir.
Wow.
So, just to sum this up for y'all, the reason why he lied was because he was on the drugs, paranoid, and didn't trust the sled agents.
That is why he lied to law enforcement.
Yeah.
Boom, bucka!
You know, oh, what a tangled web we weave.
once I told a lie and I told my family I had to keep lying.
Alex, tell the jury what happened on the evening of June 7th, starting when you met with Paul.
I've been at work that day, a fairly normal day.
Let me start in the morning or sure, start in the morning.
Just a regular morning.
Maggie was leaving to go out of town.
She was going to a doctor's appointment.
All right.
So, yeah, I just pulled this story, right?
Now we're going to go ahead and go into the cross-examination from the prosecution.
It's a 22-minute video, but we're not going to play the whole thing.
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Everybody, to understand, I do not dispute that I stole money that was not my money.
That I misled people to do that.
That I misled people that trusted me.
Alec Murdoch on the hot seat under cross-examination.
Is he telling the truth or is he lying?
The jury will have to decide.
And here's the problem when you take the stand when you've already been proven to be a liar.
All your testimony is going to be considered what?
Stop the cow.
I'm Angella Lee.
You're no longer a credible witness.
And welcome to Law and Crime Sidebar Podcast.
One of the first things that Creighton Waters, the Assistant Attorney General representing the state of South Carolina, did when he was cross-examining Alec Murdoch.
Assistant Attorney General, that's like the second guy in charge of all prosecutions in the state of South Carolina.
Was ask him about his claim that he didn't trust Sled, and that's why he lied about being at the kennels on the night of the murders.
It's curious because the Murdoch family has basically been a part of law enforcement for a century in the area.
Murdoch was a volunteer assistant solicitor and carried a couple of badges, one belonging to him and one belonging to his grandfather.
He was asked about carrying one when he and his dad showed up at the hospital on the night of the boat crash involving his son Paul.
I'll show you what's been marked as States 569.
And do you recognize the person on the right in that image?
No, sir.
You don't recognize that?
I don't recognize him.
No, I'm asking about that.
Oh, me?
Is that you?
Yeah, it looks like me.
All right.
What's hanging out of your pocket in plain grave?
Looks like a badge.
You didn't recall that until I just showed you that picture?
No, sir, I did not.
Your honor, offer states 569 in the evidence.
A minute.
So now he's starting to destroy his testimony.
Oh, you don't trust police, but you're walking around with a badge.
Gotcha, bitch.
Here we go.
That's you in the white shirt.
Is that right?
Yes, sir, it is.
And this is the badge hanging out of your pocket.
You remember which, is that correct?
Looks to be, yes, sir.
Which badge is that?
Which one of the two?
Do you remember?
No, you can't tell from here.
Okay.
Why'd you have it hanging out of your pocket like that?
I don't remember having that.
I don't know.
You don't remember that?
I don't remember that.
No, sir.
Did you generally walk around with your badge hanging out of your pocket?
Generally speaking, no, sir, I did not.
Or only when you wanted some advantage from it.
Did I want some advantage from wearing it like that?
Did I hang it out of my pocket when I wanted an advantage?
Yes.
I may have.
I certainly may have.
What advantage did you want?
When?
Then.
I don't even recall this, Mr. Waters, but if I was wanting some advantage as you say it, I guess, and I don't remember this, but I guess I would want, you know, as I said, a badge has a warming effect with other law enforcement.
And so if I was seeking any advantage, as you say, then I guess that would be what it was.
All right, so we got the badge.
See how we danced around it, but he basically came to the final conclusion: like, I want preferential treatment because I'm a Murdoch.
Maybe accidentally hanging out of your pocket, you won't concede that you did that purposefully.
I mean, Mr. Waters, if you want me to say I did that on purpose, I don't have a problem with that.
I'm saying I don't remember that.
All right.
So can I tell you that I did that on purpose?
No, sir, I can't.
Can I say that this happened by accident?
No, sir.
I can't.
What I can say is I don't remember it, and that's not how I would normally, you know, that's just not something I did.
That's not a normal thing.
So I don't know.
When asked by Creighton Waters, Alec Murdoch says he was aware there was a criminal investigation underway into the investigation of the boat crash and the claim that Alec Murdoch tried to influence the witnesses, the victims of that boat crash, by getting them to not talk to law enforcement, among other things.
Another really big moment on cross-examination happened when Alec Murdoch claimed that he wanted to meet with law enforcement after his arrest to tell them about his opioid addiction and other things involving the financial crimes.
But Creighton Waters said there was no such meeting requested.
Alec Murdoch didn't want to do that, and he simply changes his story to fit the evidence.
And Mr. Waters, just to be clear, I was begging for a meeting with y'all to try to bring this to a close to talk to y'all about everything up until the time that y'all charged me with hurting Maggie and Paul.
Now, after that point in time, I stopped.
Obviously, that you were begging for a meeting, and information, but you admit information was never conveyed that you wanted to change your story after multiple interviews with law enforcement about what happened that night, including the most important fact of all, which is when the last time you supposedly saw your wife and son alive was.
I don't know exactly what was conveyed or not because to you, because I wasn't part of it.
All I know I was trying to do was to sit down.
I understood to bring all this to a close, that y'all would want me to sit down and go through all of these financial things, all of these things that I've done wrong, and to try to bring that to a close.
Yeah, he yeah, Sarah stop the cap.
He ain't doing that, he's a lawyer, he knows anything that he says, so police will be used against him in a court of law.
He's not stupid, he ain't doing that.
I was repeatedly trying to sit down with y'all.
The reality is, Mr. Murdoch, is the reason why no one's ever heard that before is because you had to sit in this courtroom and hear your family and your friends one after the other come in and testify that you were on that kennel video.
So, you, like you've done so many times over the course of your life, had to back up and make a new story that kind of fit with the facts that can't be denied.
Isn't that true, sir?
No, sir, that's not true.
You've done that over and over again over the years with all of this that we've been calling, haven't you?
I've done what over and over again.
The second that you're confronted with facts that you can't deny, you immediately come up with a new lie.
Isn't that correct?
Mr. Waters, as we established I have lied many times, but I can't sit here and tell you that what are you talking about?
Facts that I can't deny.
That I would disagree with that proposition that you're putting out that that was what I did all the time.
In doing that, I admit, again, that I have lied to people that trusted me.
So we can agree that the prosecution and law enforcement and so many of your friends and family heard for the first time your story about the kennels yesterday after all these weeks of testimony.
Can we agree on that?
Law enforcement, my partners, and my friends heard me say that for the first time.
Yes, I agree with that.
I think everyone watching this case has been wondering where did all of the money go?
The between $8 million and $10 million that Alec Murdoch has admitted to stealing from clients as he's testified.
He was questioned about his lifestyle and whether or not he considered himself living a wealthy lifestyle.
Would you concede with me that not all of this money was going to pills at this point in time?
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All this stolen money.
No, I doubt that it was.
Okay.
And it was being used to support your wealthy lifestyle.
Well, I haven't looked at all these documents to know exactly what was being spent where, but here's what I do know.
I know that I was making a bunch of money and I should have had more money than I did.
And I know that I was spending a bunch of money on pills.
And I know that, you know, I just, I don't remember in 2011 if those land, I just can't remember those land deals, but you know, if I spent money on other things, I don't dispute that either.
I just haven't looked at the records.
Okay.
But you would at least concede that the money you were stealing was going to support your ever-expanding wealthy lifestyle.
Would you concede that?
That all of the money I stole any of it, Mr. Murdoch.
Any of it?
Yeah, I would certainly agree that there was money that didn't go to buy just pills.
All right.
And you would concede that even though you were generating millions of dollars in fees, that was not enough for you.
Would you concede that?
If by concede that, you mean, was I also stealing money that I shouldn't have?
Yes, sir.
I agree with that.
I've said that repeatedly.
We know that Alec Murdoch has stolen from many clients.
One of them was a teenager.
Creighton Waters questioned Alec Murdoch about that.
Let's talk about.
Let's start with Natasha Thomas.
Do you remember her?
I do.
How old was she when she became your client?
I'm not sure.
She was young.
She was a teenager.
I'm not sure, but I know she was young.
She was underage, correct?
Yes, she was underage.
I do believe that.
All right.
I know that.
And can you tell me what the uh she was injured in this wreck with uh in an automobile wreck, correct?
Yes.
And the company Michelin, that was uh one of the uh defendants for an alleged tire issue.
Is that correct?
That is correct.
All right.
And do you remember how much Natasha Thomas got in that particular case?
And I can show it to you on 334.
Do you remember how much she got?
As a gross settlement, I believe it shows two million dollars.
Two million dollars.
All right.
And how much were your, or PMPED's fees that would be attributed to you out of that $2 million?
$800,000.
Eight hundred thousand dollars.
Yes, sir.
All right, excuse me.
Yes, sir.
All right.
And so that would be $800,000 in fees that would get attributed to you.
That has nothing to do with the money that you subsequently stole from that teenager.
Correct.
Now, look.
Oh, man.
There's no sign else.
Catch it, bitch.
The 800,000 is different from money that I stole.
Yes.
That's correct.
All right.
So you got $800,000 attributed to you with the firm, but that was not enough.
You also stole money from that teenager.
Is that correct?
That is correct.
All right.
When you did that, did you sit down with her much as you sat down with this jury and explained to her what was going on while you were stealing her money?
That would be the normal process, but nope.
I certainly don't remember specifically doing it.
That would be the normal process, correct?
That would be.
It may be a little different with a teenager, but certainly, I mean.
You would sit down with them across the table and go through these documents, correct?
That would not be abnormal, yes, sir.
All right.
And then you would try, you would explain to them what was going on and how they were getting everything they were entitled to, correct?
If I was the one doing it, yes, sir.
And you would look them in the eye while you did that, correct?
It wouldn't be unusual for me to look them in the eye.
While you were doing some fast talking to a teenager, correct?
I certainly was not telling her the truth.
I don't know if I was talking fast or slow, but I wasn't telling the truth.
Creighton Waters, that boy took the money from her, bro.
Also asked Alec Murdoch about what he was doing the weekend before the murders.
And basically, Murdoch and his wife Maggie were in Columbia for a baseball game, but Alec Murdoch was spending a lot of time in the hotel.
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And Waters suggested he may have been doing that because he was agitated.
All right.
Tell the jury, where were you when these sets were taking place?
I was in the hotel.
And what city were you in?
Columbia, South Carolina.
All right.
I'm not exactly sure where they were when they first started, but they would have been somewhere between a hotel, a restaurant, and the ball field.
All right.
But when you send this text on June 6th at 1141, you say y'all in seat already, correct?
Yes, that's what I did say.
All right.
And they say, yeah, Maggie says, yes, we like these seats.
Is that correct?
All right, that's correct.
I didn't notice that.
So at that point in time, they are in the ballpark.
All right.
And then you respond better than last night.
They extended checkout to one.
Gonna come then.
Is that correct?
That's what that text says, yes, sir.
All right.
So you're back at the room.
Is that right?
Yes, sir.
Later on, you text after she asked you to bring a charger and says, Muggy, you text, I'm dreading it.
See you in a little bit.
Is that correct?
That's what I said, yes, sir.
She responds, don't come, but then asks about the charger and says it's hot.
Is that correct?
Mr. Watson, yes, I assume you were reading it exactly so.
Yes, sir.
She eventually responds, not crowded, but not the place to come if you don't feel well.
Very hot and muggy.
We are inside, sitting at the bar, very nice indoors.
Is that correct?
That's what it says, yes, sir.
And then you respond, value by accident.
They are making me leave, so I'll see y'all in a food few.
Is that correct?
That's correct.
And who was making you leave where?
It was past checkout time at the hotel.
After you've gotten an extended checkout, correct?
It appears so.
And the reality is, is that you were in that hotel suffering from withdrawals when that's going on.
Is that correct?
I was beginning to, yes, sir.
And the reality is, is that your wife and your son were on you at that time period because they had found pills just a few weeks prior.
No, sir, that's not correct.
Then Creighton Waters moved on to the lead up to that kennel video on the day of the murders.
The all-important.
Which is not true because they definitely did see the pills and Paul had texted him saying, Hey, mom found the pills and she's not happy.
So that was from him.
Kennel video taken at 8:44 p.m.
Murdoch talked about eating dinner with Paul and Maggie before Paul and Maggie went down to the kennels.
And what did you do after that?
I came back out, sat down on the couch to eat dinner.
About what time was that?
A few minutes later, I mean, it didn't take me long to shower.
And you say Paul was already eating at that point?
He was.
You say he left first.
What I said is he got up and he finished eating and he left our immediate vicinity.
Now, I don't believe he left at that point, given what I've looked at time records.
And I believe that he was around the house for a little bit longer.
And just to be clear, but I didn't see him.
All of this detail was people were hearing for the first time yesterday, like we talked about before, correct?
Say that again.
All of this detail that we're going through right now is not anything that you related before.
We're all hearing this for the first time yesterday.
Objection, Your Honor.
Fifth Amendment Privilege.
Objections overruled.
So, yes, I did not tell law enforcement.
that's his future.
Actually, I don't think law enforcement asked me what I did when we first went to the house, but I clearly lied to law enforcement about what I said yesterday.
Okay.
And all of this, the last time you saw your, supposedly saw your wife and child, all of this detail.
You as a lawyer and a prosecutor didn't think that was important to offer on your own?
No, I think it's important.
You told this jury how cooperative you've been and how much information you want to provide, but you left out the most important parts, didn't you?
I left out, I left out that, I sure did.
You don't consider that one of the most important?
I think it's important.
Now, since the murders happened, Alec Murdoch has never mentioned being down at the kennels with Paul and Maggie.
But on the stand, he had to admit it because his voice is on the video.
We've all heard it.
That kennel video happened and was taken by Paul at 8:44 p.m.
Nobody knew about that video until March of 2022, almost a year after the murders.
Alec Murdoch says that he took that chicken out of Bubba's mouth and then went straight back to the house.
Prosecutors, though, say five minutes later, Paul and Maggie were murdered.
Listen to Alec Murdoch's explanation.
Oh, it is going to be good down there for a couple minutes.
I think you've said now before you get off the golf cart about, yes, sir.
All right.
And where do you go at that point?
I take the chicken from Bubba.
All right.
So you get up.
Well, I mean, Bubba's, you know, Bubba's come out there with this chicken.
Showing us a chicken.
And I take the chicken from Bubba.
Bubba came up to the golf cart.
He came up by the golf cart.
He came up to Maggie and I, which I was on the golf cart.
She's by the golf cart.
I mean, he's not coming to the golf cart, but he's coming to us.
Is this during the kennel video or is this after the kennel video?
Well, no, you hear Maggie say he's got a chicken.
That's what she's talking about: Bubba caught a chicken.
All right.
All right.
So is the kennel video still going on before you go get the chicken?
I mean, you've heard it, correct?
You've heard it in this courtroom.
I don't know exactly.
I don't know exactly, but in close timing to Bubba coming out of those woods with the chicken, I got up and took the chicken from him.
So, did you say goodbye according to your new story?
Did I say goodbye?
Yeah.
Did you talk to them at all, or did you just get the chicken, put it on there, jump on there, and just take off?
I wouldn't have just gone off.
I mean, I would have said, I'm leaving.
Okay.
Did I say goodbye?
Bye.
And again, I mean, there would have been some, you know, there would have been some exchange.
I'm not staying here.
What was that exchange?
I mean, you have you've had such a photographic memory about these new stories.
What happened here?
It's not, I can't tell you the exact words.
You don't remember your conversation after you put that chicken up.
Did y'all talk about the chicken?
No, I don't think we did.
Did you talk with Paul about Cash's tail after the chicken?
Yeah.
No, I know I didn't do that.
Did you tell Maggie I'm going to go check on him at that point?
No, I don't.
I don't think I'm going to tell Maggie out here if they're going to go back.
I certainly would have said something to that effect.
All right.
So, unlike everything else for the news story, you just can't recall what that would have been.
Well, you know, I mean, you're making that categorization.
I think there's other things about that that I can't remember.
But if the question is, can I remember exactly what words I used when I gave Maggie some salutation when I'm leaving?
I can't tell you what those were.
But it would have been something to the effect of I'm leaving.
All right.
Okay.
But you would concede that there was man.
It's over nine chosen these lie levels.
There's at least some conversation that you wouldn't have just put the chicken on there and jumped ran back to the golf cart and taken off.
Without talking to Maggie, I would have never done that.
And that's it for the top.
Incredible.
All right.
So, needless to say, my boy ended up getting, you know, found guilty.
Okay.
Let's read the verdict here.
Hold on.
Docket number 2022 GS 15-00592, the state of South Carolina, County of Colleton, in the Court of General Sessions in the term of 2022, July.
The state versus Richard Alexander Murdoch, defendant, indictment for murder, SC code 16-3-0010, CDR code 0116.
Okay.
Guilty verdict signed by the four lady 3223 Docket number 2022-GS-15-00593.
The state of South Carolina, County of Colleton, in the Court of General Sessions, the July term of 2022.
The state versus Richard Alexander Murdoch, defendant, indictment for murder, SC code 16-3-0010, CDR code 0116, verdict guilty, signed by the four lady, date 3-2 of 23.
Docket number 2022-GS15-195.
The state of South Carolina, County of Colleton, Court of General Sessions, July term, 2022.
The state versus Richard Alexander Murdoch, defendant.
Indictment for possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
SC code-16-23-0490.
CDR code 0549.
Verdict guilty.
This is why you don't listen to Pop Smoke before you kill your family.
A pop-up could go retarded.
Signed by the four-person of the jury.
Date 3-2-23.
Docket number 2022 GS-15-00594.
The state of South Carolina, County of Colleton, Court of General Sessions, July term, 2022.
The state versus Richard Alexander Murdoch, defendant.
Indictment for possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
SC code 16-23-0490.
CDR code 0549.
Verdict guilty.
Signed by 4% of the jury.
3223.
He was like, guilty on all counts.
Fuck.
Bro, this is what happens, man.
My man was playing fucking Pop Smoke Invincible.
I feel invincible.
A pop-up could go retarded.
And then he just goes in and starts shooting crazy.
Next thing you know, you know what I'm saying?
He thought he was invincible.
Next thing you know, South Carolina's like, nah, bro, you are not invincible.
Denied.
Yeah, facts.
You're going to jail now.
Denied.
Oh, Lord.
And then it gets even crazier.
He gets sentenced.
Hold on.
Prison today, the morning after the jury found him guilty of murdering his wife and son.
It took drawers.
My bad, guys.
Let me share screen.
Less than three hours to hand down their conviction.
Less than three hours.
Conviction.
But what was it like inside the jury?
That was easy.
It's Alex Murdoch as you've never seen him before in a prison jumpsuit and flip-flops and shackles.
And he went down swinging, still insisting he's innocent of the crime that shocked America.
I'm innocent.
He still got that pop smoke playing in his head.
I feel invisible.
I would never hurt my wife, Maggie, and I would never hurt my son, Paul Paul.
Murdoch's son.
Buster and brother John Marvin were in court as Judge Clifton Newman blasted the disgraced attorney.
You've engaged in such duplicitous conduct here in the courtroom.
He's telling the judge, wait, wait, what the fuck?
Here on the witness stand.
And I know you have to see Paul and Maggie during the night times when you're attempting to go to sleep.
I'm sure they come and visit you.
All day and every night.
And then Judge Newman said, and I bet you remember the last time they looked you in the eyes.
I got chills down my spine.
The judge gave Murdoch a chance to say more.
I respect this court, but I'm innocent.
The judge wasn't having it.
It might not have been you.
It might have been the monster you become when you take 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 opioid pills.
Then the sentence.
He even said the judge is like, maybe it wasn't you.
It was the guy after.
Yeah, he was listening to that pop smoke before he did.
Telling you, man, I sentence you for the term of the rest of your natural life.
And we did file the inside edition.
I spoke exclusively to Judge Newman today.
Enjoy the media.
Enjoy it, everyone.
It's been a great experience.
For me, not so much for some others.
Today, we're getting a fascinating look inside the jury room.
After six weeks of testimony, it took less than three hours for them to announce the guilty verdict.
Juror Craig Moyer spoke to goodness.
Yeah, that's fast, bro.
Morning America.
Did you feel like he was a liar?
A good liar.
Not good enough.
He says the juror's initial vote was nine guilty, two not guilty, and one not sure.
What was your vote?
Guilty from the start.
Yes.
He says it only took about 45 minutes of discussion to reach a unanimous verdict.
He says this was the most crucial piece of evidence.
The kennel video that placed Murdoch at the scene minutes before the murders.
Murdoch admitted on the stand that it was in fact his voice, despite earlier denials that he was there.
When he said it was him, were you surprised?
I was very surprised.
We spoke to prominent jury consultant Dr. Joe Ellen Demetrius.
I really believe that maybe not consciously, but subconsciously, these jurors probably had the thought that, you know, this man has pulled the wool over our eyes and other people's eyes for years, and now it's got to stop.
The jury's quick decision caught everyone by surprise.
Breaking news coming into the situation room right now: the jury has reached a verdict in the Alex Murdoch murder trial.
Guilty verdict.
As soon as the verdicts were read, Murdoch was slapped in handcuffs.
He mouthed, I'm sorry, I love you to Buster, who showed zero emotion.
Then damn.
Wow.
Bro, I think he knows his dad did it, bro.
I think he knows.
He popped that park and we're retorted.
Yeah, he just knew that.
He knew it, bro.
Murdoch was led away.
We were all stunned by how quick this verdict came in.
The one thing that I said to you on the set yesterday is: I'm not certain what the verdict is, but I'm certain that they're going to deliberate for a while.
I thought the timing was either shocking, actually.
And there's an intriguing what-if question today regarding the jury.
According to one published report, the juror who was removed at the 11th hour yesterday could have caused a hung jury if she had remained.
She said he was not guilty, and there was nothing anyone could do to change her mind.
Bro, of course, it's a female man.
Bro, guys, book in stores.
Why women deserve less, bro?
Because they go with their feelings instead of what's really going on.
Book is in stores.
Why women deserve less?
You can get it in paperback or hardcover.
Currently in stores right now.
Or yeah, get the hardcover, guys.
It's a lot better.
It's better quality.
And it's also on Kindle for 10 bucks if you want as well.
If you're, you know, one of them boys, if you know what I'm saying, or if your money's tight.
And audible version coming very soon.
But this is why, bro, real talk, man.
Yeah, listen.
Can't be emotional.
I just have a question.
Does those jury can ever get bribed?
It's happened before, yeah.
Because for being so wealthy, you think that he will pay some people, right?
Yeah, it could be.
Yeah.
So it's happened before where there's been like jury tampering for sure.
It's definitely happened before.
So, yeah.
Guys, get the book.
Why would we deserve less?
All right, guys, for jurors like this that aren't able to divorce their emotions from facts.
The report claims she was dug in.
She would have hung the jury.
She didn't express an opinion to us.
She said she was open.
She had made up her mind.
Several of the jurors returned today to watch the sentencing.
And as they left, they were applauded by bystanders.
Morocco's lawyers say they plan to appeal.
Yeah, everybody knows.
Yeah, of course they're going to appeal.
But, all right, guys, that summarizes the entire case.
Angie, what are your final thoughts?
Well, they didn't mention, we didn't mention the allegations that were on Buster.
I don't know if you know, but like people were thinking that he killed a teenager back in 2015.
Ah, yes, yes, yes.
Yes, the guy that was found on the side of the kid that was found on the side of the road that they were also able to attribute.
So, how many deaths is that?
We got the mother and the son.
We got the girl on the boat.
We got the housekeeper.
And now we got this fifth guy, which we didn't cover because it didn't have too much to do with this story.
Yes.
But yeah, there was a random, there was a teenager that was found, a young man found on the road awkwardly, and they weren't sure if he got hit by a car or if he was murdered.
But that also was tied back to the Murdoch as well.
Yes, so I left that out because it wasn't really too relevant to the story.
But what are your final thoughts, Angie?
No, people think that he did it, but yeah, I mean, that's why it's called like the mortal murders.
But yeah, I don't know, man.
Yeah, I mean, it's obvious.
Like any other case, it's another family.
Anahalaters.
Anahala.
What's the word?
Annihilators.
I can't even say it, but yeah.
He's another one.
Fair enough.
All right.
I'll read these chats real quick and then we'll close this thing out.
Let's see here.
It's Dutch Boy.
We'll make a bullet travel like this.
Is it the bone?
I don't know.
That was probably when you explained like that question was answered.
Hey, Myron, big fan of the show.
Was wondering if you could cover the Marcus Wesson case in Fresno, California.
Actually, I was reading that case.
Yes, man.
Antony Carrillo, man, I'm disgusted.
This case is so crazy.
Okay.
Look it up.
Brian and Edge.
Hey, yo, Edge, put down in your book, Ash Vlogs by Nextball.
I'm sure the chat can agree on this.
Right.
Again, guys, like, don't put requests on the chat.
I mean, you can, but, like, I wouldn't remember, so it's better if you leave it on the comment section.
Uh, are you doing any more serial killers?
Also, yeah, Golden State Killer is probably going to be next.
Yes, Golden State Killer is probably going to be the next one.
Golden State Killer?
Yeah, unless there's something else that's higher up on the total poll.
Of course, we have Ed Gain and Edmund Kemper, which I've been telling you we do.
We need to Edmund Kemper.
Ed Kemper.
And Ed Kine.
Okay.
I don't know who Ed Camper is.
What about who's up?
Who's up higher on the list?
Golden State Warrior or Berkowitz?
What?
Berkowitz is the son of Sam.
Yes, yes.
He's also on the list.
What was your question?
No, I said who's higher on the list?
Like, do they want Golden State Killer first or Berkowitz, son of Sam?
Probably the Golden State Killer, yeah.
Maybe, you know what?
Maybe I'll do a poll right now.
Can you do a shit?
Okay, I'll do a poll.
Hey, Myron, I've watched your podcast for two years, and I think I thank you for everything you've taught me.
Never a Ninja Watcher, thank you for the video.
FNFM also on College Body Get a Second Job.
Good stuff, my friend.
Chief Keith goes, Momo Murda, tell me what you're going to do when there ain't nowhere to hide.
Y'all missed my Espaniel Super Chat.
Did I?
I don't think so.
99 Financial Crimes.
99 financial crimes, but his family ain't one.
By the way, the Pocket Town is a Chicago gang slash hood.
Michael Mee Stroke, thank you very much for a dollar.
Jiru, any tips to not be shy when speaking to new people?
Just do it often and you'll get used to it.
And then I think we're caught up here with the chats.
Cool.
And then let me do a quick poll for y'all real fast.
Let's see here.
You know, I'll give you guys a chance here.
I will do a couple of polls and I'll get it going right now.
Start a poll.
So I'll give you guys a couple questions.
A couple ones.
Next serial killer.
Okay.
We're going to go son of Sam.
Okay.
Who's the other one?
Son of Sam.
Ed Guine?
Ed Kemper.
What?
Ed Camper?
Camper.
Yes.
Ed Kemper?
Ed Edmund?
Kemper.
Okay, Ed Camper.
Okay.
And then who else is another one that people want?
And too many.
And if you guys are wondering, Ed Guyne is who Texas Chainsaw Mascara was modeled after.
Well, we also have the Amazon Review Killer.
Okay.
I don't really know his name.
I don't know how Amazon Keller.
All right.
Yes.
Amazon Review Killer.
We have Aileen Wernos pending as well.
Yeah.
Let me put her in here.
Instead of that.
There are so many.
Okay, let's see what they say.
I don't even know who Ed Camper is.
Oh, no.
You do need to know, though.
You know what?
Let me put Golden Killer.
Co-Ed Killer.
Who's co-ed killer?
That guy was.
These are guys are way more famous.
These four that I'm putting.
All right, let's see what the audience says right now.
I just put the poll up.
Polas live, guys.
Poll is live.
Let's see what y'all say.
Holy shit.
Okay.
Okay.
I'm go.
I'm voting.
It's flying.
It is literally all over the place right now.
Let's go ahead and share the screen with y'all real fast.
What the chat is saying.
Real time.
Yes, real time, guys.
These are the ones that stay until the end.
Yeah, let's see here.
They gave Aileen Wordos the last.
They gave her zero, bro.
I guess women deserve less for real.
For y'all, okay.
Oh, wow.
Okay.
Y'all want Ed Guyn?
But it's the only woman.
And also, did you put Ed Kemper?
I'll keep it a thousand with y'all.
Alien Warnos has a way better story than Ed Guyne.
But if y'all want Ed Guy, we'll do Ed Guyne.
You didn't put Ed Kemper.
No, I didn't have space.
Right.
So I put the most faith.
These are these guys are probably of the serial killers left.
We already did the big ones.
Ted Bundy, all that shit.
But of the serial killers that are left.
I'm going to vote for Aileen.
Like, I already saw her story.
I think her story is better than Ed Guyne, to be honest.
But if y'all want, okay.
Well, women killers are way different from men killers.
Yeah.
For many reasons.
But basically, it's because women kill for a motive, men kill for compulsion.
So, yeah.
Yep.
Yeah.
All right.
Well, I guess in this case, yeah, it looks like it's going to be Ed Guine.
I did the Zodiac already.
I see some of you guys put Zodiac.
For all y'all that are screaming, Aileen, put a vote, bro.
Vote.
Y'all in the chat saying, Aileen, Aileen.
Then do click Aileen on the poll, man.
That's why it's there.
Trying to get y'all vote.
But it looks like Ed Guyne is the winner, man.
49%.
He's smacking everybody.
Nobody else can really compete.
Well, it's very famous.
He was, I think he was the one that spawned the yeah, yeah, he did play there.
Yeah, inspired the Texas Chainsaw Master.
I mean, very loosely, like Ed Guyne wasn't a big, humbling like retard, like, like, you know, running around with the actual chainsaw.
He was a retard, I think.
He was.
No, he actually wasn't.
He was.
That's what I'm saying.
Like, he was literally a retard.
No, he wasn't.
Oh, oh, the character in Texas Chainsaw, Leatherface, was.
Yes.
No, no, no.
The guy was had something in his mind.
He was just crazy after his mom died, but he wasn't retarded.
Was it?
Yeah, he just had like a downward spiral after.
I'll look it up though.
Or he could be like Murdoch.
He was the one that he has.
He's the one that's got a museum, right?
Let me check.
He might.
Yeah, it looks like Ed Guyan is number one.
All right.
Y'all want Ed Guyne?
All right, cool.
That's that's who's gonna be the next serial killer.
He's the one that's got a museum because he will make furniture.
Yeah, he made furniture with body parts.
Yes.
Yeah, that's that's where they took the leather face scheme from was like using body parts to accentuate the house and wearing it and shit like that.
Yeah.
So, all right, looks like it's Ed.
All right.
Y'all want to Ed?
Yeah, y'all have spoken.
Uh, all right, guys, with that said, man, we gave y'all a three-hour plus podcast, three and a half hours.
I need y'all to go ahead and like the video.
All right, we got 1,600 uh likes, but I know there's a bunch of you that haven't liked.
So if you guys start liking now, I'll probably hit 1,700.
Um, well, actually, Angie, I'll give you the last.
Well, before I give you the last word, get the book, Why Women Deserve Less.
We got three podcasts tomorrow.
I think one at five or six with Iso Kenny.
Then we got Walk of Flock of Flame.
Then we got a, and then we got obviously after hours, three podcasts in a row for y'all.
Like the video, go check out the episode I did with Nico that dropped early on Fresh Fit, and I did an interview with Sario Shooter.
So, yeah, man, content coming out all over the place.
We're going to go to Vegas next week.
We're going to do collabs with Graham Stefan and his boy and his brother, Jack Selby.
Oh, well, I break the computer.
Sorry.
We're going to also get with Ryan Pineda.
And then we're also going to go ahead and interview your boy Dan Blazarian.
Dom DeMonco.
And then also, we're going to go ahead and do an interview with Rolo Tomasi and Marco Chartain for Access Vegas.
Who works harder than us?
Nobody.
All right.
There's a reason why I talk my shit.
No one comes close.
We're the number one men's podcast in the fucking world.
All these other dudes are bums.
Y'all know it.
Y'all know what I'm talking about.
Asshole and bleach and moist loser and fucking fat back.
Bro, they are bums.
They don't even come close.
Bro, I put out more videos than them niggas on this channel, man.
Fuck out of here.
Bums.
Anyway, Angie, give you the last word.
Feel better with that.
Yeah, I had to just go on that rant because they've been going after Sneeko and it's annoying me.
Right.
Okay, good.
Yeah, guys, again, don't leave your request in the chat.
Leave it on the comment section, please.
And also, for those of you that have been requesting and have been DMing me, I have everything written down.
I've been reading all of your DMs and all of your comments.
I also catch the premieres with you, so I keep it be there in the chats with you.
Also, sharing my thoughts and everything.
And like, yeah, reading your opinions on everything.
And I'm also cooking something.
I don't want to drop, I don't want Myron to drop my Instagram anymore because you guys are weird as fuck.
And I don't want anyone else following me now anymore.
Yes.
So I'll probably just open a FedI account or another account.
Instagram is so angelic 2A.
send a dick pic yeah so i'll be clicking something and And y'all, that's it.
That's it.
Cool.
Cool.
All right, guys.
Like the video.
Catch you guys on the next episode of Fed.
Love y'all, man.
Gave y'all, we gave y'all a huge breakdown.
I'm gonna go ahead and go through and put the time stamps in this bad boy.
And yeah, hope you guys enjoyed it, man.
This is the best breakdown on the Murdoch case.
Detailed time stamps coming in, so you'll have a one-stop shop to get everything from A to Z. Love you guys, like the video.
I was a special agent with Homelands Investigations, okay, guys?
HSI.
The cases that I did mostly were human smuggling and drug trafficking.
No one else has these documents, by the way.
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