Juro’s Get to See Alex Murdaugh’s Third Police Grilling

South Carolina prosecutors on Wednesday confirmed jurors Alex Murdaugh’s third police interview, by which the disgraced lawyer is seen aggressively grilling investigators concerning the standing of his spouse and son’s homicide investigation earlier than being confronted with the wild inconsistencies in his alibi for that night time.

Within the August 2021 interview, which was launched for the primary time, Murdaugh was compelled once more to stroll by means of his model of the night time when his spouse, Maggie, and his son, Paul, had been fatally shot on the household’s looking property. Not like his two prior interviews, nonetheless, South Carolina Legislation Enforcement Division (SLED) brokers grill Murdaugh a few video that exhibits him on the canine kennels minutes earlier than the homicide, ask about how lengthy he visited his ailing mom, and inquire concerning the whereabouts of two “household weapons” used within the crime.

All through, an often-emotional Murdaugh doesn’t appear shocked by the pointed questions—and even that his spouse and son have been killed together with his household’s personal firearms.

“So that you consider I am supplying you with an inconsistent reply,” Murdaugh mentioned at one level to Particular Agent David Owen, the lead investigator within the homicide case, when requested concerning the timing of his 911 name.

“No, I am simply attempting to wrap my thoughts round it,” Owen solutions.

In return, Murdaugh is seen quizzing investigators concerning the standing of their investigation, together with whether or not they had concluded who was killed first within the June 7, 2021, murders; if his spouse and son had lived after they had been initially shot, and whether or not there was multiple murderer.

“I want to know precisely what occurred,” Murdaugh stresses at one level within the interview.

“Me too,” Owen shortly replies, prompting Murdaugh to start out crying.

Essential proof towards Murdaugh

The interview is an important piece of proof for the prosecution as a result of it exhibits the primary time SLED brokers requested Murdaugh direct, confrontational questions two months into the investigation. It was additionally the final time SLED brokers had been in a position to ask Murdaugh questions with out the presence of a protection legal professional. Simply weeks later the 54-year-old was arrested in a botched assisted suicide scheme for a hefty insurance coverage payout.

Prosecutors allege that Murdaugh enlisted the assistance of a distant county, Curtis Eddie Smith, to fatally shoot him within the head on a Lowcountry backroad in order that his solely surviving son, Buster, might obtain his $10 million insurance coverage payout. Protection attorneys on Wednesday admitted that their shopper “did not intend to nonetheless be alive” after the Sept. 4, 2021 plots.

After Choose Clifton Newman secured the protection a essential win by barring proof concerning the Labor Day capturing from the homicide trial, prosecutors known as Owen to the stand to debate the ultimate interview earlier than Murdaugh’s arrest. The extra contentious interview is ready to be among the many final piece of proof jurors will hear within the prosecution’s case that Murdaugh fatally shot his spouse and son in a deranged try to garner public sympathy and squash questions on his years-long scheme of stealing thousands and thousands from his former legislation agency and purchasers.

Murdaugh has pleaded not responsible to 2 counts of homicide and two counts of possession of a weapon throughout the fee of a violent crime in reference to the double murder. His protection attorneys have argued that Murdaugh had no motivation to homicide his household and that prosecutors haven’t any concrete proof tying him to the grisly murders that captured nationwide headlines.

Owen informed the jurors on Wednesday that his staff had ready to confront Murdaugh with a number of items of proof that they had uncovered throughout the first time months of the investigation that poked holes in his alibi. Among the many inconsistencies: Murdaugh’s work keycard confirmed he left work later than he initially mentioned; a video Paul Murdaugh despatched his pal, Rogan Gibson, minutes earlier than his homicide the place it’s believed Murdaugh might be heard within the background; and that Murdaugh had stayed at this mom’s home for less than 20 minutes as a substitute of the 45 minutes he beforehand claimed.

Is it Murdaugh’s voice on the video?

“I’ve acquired info that Paul was on the telephone and Maggie was heard within the background and also you had been heard within the background, and that was previous to—,” Owen asks within the video performed in court docket, earlier than Murdaugh cuts him off.

“Rogan Gibson requested me if I used to be up there. He mentioned he thought it was me,” Murdaugh responded, prompting Owen to ask if he was the voice within the video.

“At 9 o’clock? No sir. Not if my occasions are proper,” Murdaugh mentioned.

Later within the interview, Owen requested Murdaugh if there have been any lacking weapons from his looking property. At first, Murdaugh solely mentions three weapons—earlier than finally mentioning the semi-automatic rifle prosecutors allege was used to fatally shoot Maggie.

“I additionally perceive {that a} .300 was used that night time….certainly one of which was misplaced a very long time in the past. However I am telling you now that I’m sure that we changed that gun,” Murdaugh mentioned within the interview. “However I am telling you now that I’m sure that we changed that gun.”

Murdaugh then shortly flipped the interview to ask Owen questions concerning the ongoing investigation, the place the SLED agent admits that the investigators aren’t as far alongside as that they had hoped.

“We could actually by no means know who was first. However I feel that was Paul for the straightforward indisputable fact that if he noticed his mom getting shot, he would not have run to that feed room,” Owen mentioned within the video, earlier than later admitting his staff had no substantive leads. “No, sir. Like I mentioned, the one DNA we now have is household and shut pals.”

Towards the top of the interview, Owen bluntly requested Murdaugh whether or not he killed his spouse and son. Murdaugh responds “no” earlier than insisting that he doesn’t know who did.

“Do you suppose I killed Maggie?” Murdaugh requested, prompting Owen to throw his fingers up within the hair.

“I’ve to go the place the proof takes me,” the SLED agent responded. In court docket, Owen mentioned that at the moment within the investigation, Murdaugh was the “solely recognized suspect at the moment.”