1 00:00:07,966 --> 00:00:09,843 [melancholy music plays] 2 00:00:12,512 --> 00:00:14,514 [overlapping chatter] 3 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:24,524 [woman 1] All right, there are news people here. 4 00:00:25,108 --> 00:00:30,572 It is the auction of Alex Murdaugh's stuff. 5 00:00:31,489 --> 00:00:32,323 We're here. 6 00:00:33,241 --> 00:00:34,492 There's the turtle lamps. 7 00:00:36,161 --> 00:00:37,829 {\an8}And some of Maggie's dishes. 8 00:00:38,580 --> 00:00:40,749 [auctioneer] Twenty-five. Got to be able to get 25. 9 00:00:40,832 --> 00:00:43,001 Twenty-five, got to be able to get 25, and 30... 10 00:00:43,084 --> 00:00:45,712 {\an8}[woman 2] Hundreds of items are here at the Liberty Auction House, 11 00:00:45,795 --> 00:00:47,922 and they are set for auction this Thursday. 12 00:00:48,006 --> 00:00:51,259 Owners say they are expecting the largest turnout they've ever seen. 13 00:00:51,342 --> 00:00:53,970 About 700 people registered 14 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:58,183 {\an8}to bid on items from the Murdaugh's now infamous Moselle property. 15 00:00:58,266 --> 00:01:01,311 {\an8}But there was one piece of decor in particular 16 00:01:01,394 --> 00:01:03,438 {\an8}that caught the eye of many people. 17 00:01:04,022 --> 00:01:07,108 {\an8}I'm over here by the, um, turtle lamps. 18 00:01:07,192 --> 00:01:08,610 {\an8}We could not leave without one. 19 00:01:09,819 --> 00:01:11,446 {\an8}[Morgan] When the auction was going on, 20 00:01:11,529 --> 00:01:14,199 {\an8}I saw they were selling off Ms. Maggie's turtle shells. 21 00:01:14,282 --> 00:01:17,368 And, like, she collected them, and she had them just, like, hanging. 22 00:01:17,452 --> 00:01:18,870 Ms. Maggie knew how to decorate. 23 00:01:18,953 --> 00:01:21,748 That house was so, like, welcoming and cozy, 24 00:01:22,415 --> 00:01:26,252 and every little detail was perfect. 25 00:01:26,336 --> 00:01:29,005 {\an8}Ms. Maggie put so much, like, thought behind it. 26 00:01:29,089 --> 00:01:31,257 {\an8}It broke my heart just to see it sold. 27 00:01:31,341 --> 00:01:33,885 [auctioneer gabbles] 28 00:01:35,345 --> 00:01:38,014 [auctioneer gabbles] 29 00:01:38,098 --> 00:01:41,851 [man] So guys, here it is, Maggie Murdaugh's bicycle, along with more... 30 00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:45,730 There's a pair of Alex's coveralls. 31 00:01:45,814 --> 00:01:47,816 [melancholy music continues] 32 00:01:49,442 --> 00:01:51,569 [woman 3] The day before the auction, 33 00:01:52,362 --> 00:01:53,988 I was able to go in, 34 00:01:54,572 --> 00:01:57,742 and they allowed me to scout out the merchandise. 35 00:01:59,702 --> 00:02:05,375 {\an8}One of the more eerie things that I purchased was a vacuum cleaner. 36 00:02:05,458 --> 00:02:09,587 The vacuum cleaner was about $50. 37 00:02:09,671 --> 00:02:11,089 But, eerily, 38 00:02:11,172 --> 00:02:17,637 it comes with an original vacuum bag that is very full. 39 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:22,517 I've been tempted to open it to see the content, but I have not yet. 40 00:02:24,435 --> 00:02:29,983 At the time of the auction, the auctioneer, he held up a camera bag, 41 00:02:30,066 --> 00:02:33,695 started the bidding, and I just kept my card up 42 00:02:33,778 --> 00:02:36,197 and never knew till the very end 43 00:02:36,698 --> 00:02:41,536 that 704 was the winner of this camera bag. 44 00:02:41,619 --> 00:02:43,037 It wasn't until later 45 00:02:43,121 --> 00:02:46,082 that I took the memory card in their camera 46 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:51,588 and started to see the images were actually on there, 47 00:02:52,088 --> 00:02:56,676 of vacations and parties at home. 48 00:02:58,428 --> 00:03:04,017 Most of the images do seem to be that of happier times. 49 00:03:04,809 --> 00:03:07,228 It's hard to imagine for anyone 50 00:03:08,271 --> 00:03:14,819 that a husband would murder his wife and son in such a brutal way. 51 00:03:15,737 --> 00:03:18,948 I'll be honest, I found it hard to believe myself. 52 00:03:21,784 --> 00:03:22,827 [music fades] 53 00:03:22,911 --> 00:03:25,580 Especially after seeing the photos. 54 00:03:34,672 --> 00:03:36,674 [tense music plays] 55 00:03:55,568 --> 00:03:56,444 [agent 1] Nope. 56 00:03:57,612 --> 00:04:00,740 -Those aren't the same. -[agent 2] This is what's in the pump. 57 00:04:00,823 --> 00:04:02,075 [agent 1] This was in the pump. 58 00:04:04,744 --> 00:04:06,704 [agent 2] I found, uh... 59 00:04:08,915 --> 00:04:11,501 .300 in another box. 60 00:04:12,335 --> 00:04:14,254 [agent 1] Didn't find any cocaine or nothing. 61 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:17,882 [agent 2] We ain't here for dope. We got a homicide. 62 00:04:18,716 --> 00:04:20,718 [tense music continues] 63 00:04:22,220 --> 00:04:23,096 [agent 1] Yeah. 64 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:27,183 [agent 2] Yeah, .300, yup. 65 00:04:31,187 --> 00:04:36,693 [Blanca] I got a call from Alex. I believe it was 6, 6:30 in the morning. 66 00:04:37,443 --> 00:04:39,237 He sounded like he was upset. 67 00:04:42,490 --> 00:04:45,952 {\an8}He said, "B, they're gone, they're gone." 68 00:04:47,203 --> 00:04:50,540 {\an8}And, uh, I said, "Well, what do you mean they're gone?" 69 00:04:51,082 --> 00:04:53,293 He said, "They're dead, B." 70 00:04:54,127 --> 00:04:55,211 I said, "What?" 71 00:04:55,962 --> 00:04:57,380 "Maggie and Paul are dead." 72 00:04:59,048 --> 00:05:00,133 I went into shock. 73 00:05:02,427 --> 00:05:04,387 Alex said, "B, are you there?" 74 00:05:06,097 --> 00:05:09,017 I was like, "Yeah, I'm... I'm... I'm here," 75 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:12,812 and he says, "There's probably gonna be a lot of people coming by the house." 76 00:05:12,895 --> 00:05:17,066 He said, "You mind straightening up? You know, cleaning up a bit?" 77 00:05:17,775 --> 00:05:21,487 I said, "Well, let me know if there's anything else I need to take care of." 78 00:05:23,448 --> 00:05:25,325 I had to change hats at that point 79 00:05:26,075 --> 00:05:28,911 and, um, do what I had to do. 80 00:05:30,288 --> 00:05:33,708 He asked if I could straighten up, 'cause there were gonna be people coming over, 81 00:05:33,791 --> 00:05:37,211 and, you know, her mom and her sister and her dad were coming. 82 00:05:38,755 --> 00:05:42,175 You know, I just wanted to make sure everything was straightened out 83 00:05:42,258 --> 00:05:45,428 just the way Maggie always made sure when they were coming to visit. 84 00:05:48,514 --> 00:05:51,893 Before I went, he said, "Don't go in the kennel side." 85 00:05:51,976 --> 00:05:55,605 "Go in on the other side because there's a lot of SLED agents out there." 86 00:05:58,441 --> 00:06:00,985 When I arrived, there was a crew working out there. 87 00:06:03,905 --> 00:06:05,073 Nobody said anything to me. 88 00:06:05,156 --> 00:06:08,618 Nobody called me to say, "Hey, what are you doing?" 89 00:06:09,452 --> 00:06:10,578 I walked straight, 90 00:06:11,454 --> 00:06:14,123 got out of my truck, walked to the front door, 91 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:16,042 unlocked the door, went in. 92 00:06:19,295 --> 00:06:22,006 I turned and I walked towards the kitchen. 93 00:06:22,799 --> 00:06:25,301 I looked and I was like, "I wonder where the pots are?" 94 00:06:25,385 --> 00:06:27,804 'Cause they weren't in the sink. 95 00:06:27,887 --> 00:06:29,847 And I opened up the refrigerator, 96 00:06:30,598 --> 00:06:35,019 and all the pots and the pans were in the refrigerator with the lids. 97 00:06:36,187 --> 00:06:37,980 And I was like, "That's odd. They..." 98 00:06:38,523 --> 00:06:39,440 "They don't..." 99 00:06:40,149 --> 00:06:41,025 "They don't do this." 100 00:06:42,735 --> 00:06:44,570 As I went through the kitchen, 101 00:06:45,113 --> 00:06:48,783 and I went to the left, I noticed her pajamas 102 00:06:49,617 --> 00:06:53,663 in the middle of the doorway, laid out neatly. 103 00:06:55,248 --> 00:06:57,834 -[man] Was that unusual? -[Blanca] That was very unusual. 104 00:06:58,334 --> 00:07:00,711 She wouldn't lay her clothes out like that. 105 00:07:01,462 --> 00:07:03,756 Not in the middle of the door like that. 106 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:06,092 He shouldn't have been worried about a house being tidied. 107 00:07:06,175 --> 00:07:10,179 {\an8}I just thought it was strange that he asked her to come over to tidy up. 108 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:11,973 {\an8}Kind of like cleaning up the crime scene. 109 00:07:12,056 --> 00:07:14,058 [tense music plays] 110 00:07:18,521 --> 00:07:20,231 {\an8}The next morning, Moselle was a free-for-all. 111 00:07:20,314 --> 00:07:22,567 There were people all out at the crime scene. 112 00:07:24,777 --> 00:07:27,363 Including John Marvin, the youngest of the brothers. 113 00:07:28,906 --> 00:07:30,032 [agent 2] How you doing, sir? 114 00:07:30,825 --> 00:07:33,953 [attorney] Did SLED agents come through and search it while you were present? 115 00:07:34,036 --> 00:07:36,831 [John Marvin] They did. I don't know how long I'd been back up there. 116 00:07:36,914 --> 00:07:41,919 {\an8}They came and... And we kinda talked in the, uh, playroom. 117 00:07:42,003 --> 00:07:44,338 I think someone described it as "the gun room." 118 00:07:44,881 --> 00:07:50,386 Um, yeah, they talked about they needed to come in the house and search for things. 119 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,726 They will bring the, um... bring Paul and Ms. Maggie back home. 120 00:07:56,809 --> 00:08:00,229 'Cause there are two people, it will take a little bit longer. 121 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:01,731 They will be able to return. 122 00:08:03,065 --> 00:08:05,985 [attorney] How long did you stay down adjacent to the crime scene? 123 00:08:06,068 --> 00:08:08,196 -Do you recall? -[John Marvin] Quite some time. 124 00:08:08,696 --> 00:08:10,615 [attorney] What was Alex's condition? 125 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,243 Oh, he was... he was just broken. I mean, distraught. 126 00:08:14,327 --> 00:08:17,747 Everybody was. There were a few other people there, but... but he just... 127 00:08:17,830 --> 00:08:20,458 All we did is hugged and cried. I mean, we didn't... 128 00:08:20,541 --> 00:08:22,210 I don't even know that we talked. 129 00:08:25,796 --> 00:08:28,257 [attorney] Did you eventually go down to the kennels? 130 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:32,470 [John Marvin] I did. I needed to see for myself what... what had gone on 131 00:08:32,553 --> 00:08:35,014 and just, you know, just kind of take it in. 132 00:08:35,723 --> 00:08:37,600 I will say this. Before I went, 133 00:08:38,434 --> 00:08:42,063 I was... I was unsure whether I was allowed to go, 134 00:08:42,146 --> 00:08:44,065 because I knew it was a crime scene. 135 00:08:45,233 --> 00:08:48,528 And so I reached out to a friend of mine in law enforcement. 136 00:08:49,445 --> 00:08:53,241 {\an8}Uh, I believe it was Michael Paul had given the... the okay to go there. 137 00:08:54,575 --> 00:08:55,868 [attorney] Was it cleaned up? 138 00:08:56,369 --> 00:08:58,329 Um, no, Jim, it was not cleaned up. 139 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,415 When you're talking about a massive bloody crime scene, 140 00:09:01,499 --> 00:09:04,168 {\an8}the State will pick up a lot of the costs 141 00:09:04,252 --> 00:09:05,711 to clean up your crime scene. 142 00:09:06,629 --> 00:09:10,424 Those services were offered to the family, and they were turned down. 143 00:09:10,925 --> 00:09:14,971 [John Marvin] I saw blood. I saw brains. I saw pieces of skull. 144 00:09:15,471 --> 00:09:17,807 I don't know what I was... It was terrible. 145 00:09:18,724 --> 00:09:21,686 And for some reason, I thought it was my... 146 00:09:22,812 --> 00:09:26,649 Something that... that I needed to do for Paul, to clean it up. 147 00:09:28,150 --> 00:09:30,278 It felt like it was the right thing to do. 148 00:09:31,445 --> 00:09:32,697 I felt like I owed him. 149 00:09:35,116 --> 00:09:37,118 [tense music plays] 150 00:09:41,747 --> 00:09:43,332 [Kenneth] In my humble opinion, 151 00:09:43,833 --> 00:09:47,628 the... the job of an independent expert is to tell the truth, 152 00:09:47,712 --> 00:09:49,755 as much as you know it, 153 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:53,968 and convey that evidence to the men and women of the jury. 154 00:09:54,051 --> 00:09:57,346 And it doesn't have to be the magic fingerprint machine 155 00:09:57,430 --> 00:09:59,140 or the magic footprint machine. 156 00:09:59,223 --> 00:10:01,934 You know, you can do a lot with good camera gear 157 00:10:02,018 --> 00:10:05,271 and a measuring device and, uh, good documentation. 158 00:10:06,647 --> 00:10:08,733 The evidence will point you in the right direction. 159 00:10:08,816 --> 00:10:12,903 It's just whether you make the right inference or not is what counts, 160 00:10:12,987 --> 00:10:16,490 and I... I believe we saw some of that in this case. 161 00:10:18,743 --> 00:10:20,828 [Alan] As we got further into the investigation, 162 00:10:20,911 --> 00:10:23,289 the defense's theory of the case was presented to us. 163 00:10:23,372 --> 00:10:25,625 They tried to prove, because there were two guns, 164 00:10:25,708 --> 00:10:28,336 {\an8}Alex Murdaugh could not have been the singular killer. 165 00:10:28,419 --> 00:10:30,671 {\an8}There had to be two shooters. 166 00:10:30,755 --> 00:10:31,839 I was frustrated by it, 167 00:10:31,922 --> 00:10:35,343 so I started talking to Kenny Kinsey if it was even plausible. 168 00:10:36,344 --> 00:10:37,845 [Kenneth] I went to the scene. 169 00:10:38,387 --> 00:10:40,973 My job was to verify what was reported. 170 00:10:42,099 --> 00:10:44,644 What is the order of the shotgun wounds to Paul? 171 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:47,480 Where's the shooter positioned? 172 00:10:47,563 --> 00:10:50,858 I was hired by the AG to answer those questions. 173 00:10:52,443 --> 00:10:54,654 They knew there were not one but two guns there 174 00:10:54,737 --> 00:10:58,282 because of the different shell casings found on the ground. 175 00:10:58,366 --> 00:11:02,370 There's a couple of ways to look at it, but I do believe there's one shooter. 176 00:11:02,453 --> 00:11:03,954 I think if it was two people, 177 00:11:04,038 --> 00:11:07,333 it would have been a lot more efficient than the way it was carried out. 178 00:11:10,795 --> 00:11:14,298 A re-enactment's gonna show the things that you can prove. 179 00:11:16,592 --> 00:11:17,843 It had to happen this way 180 00:11:17,927 --> 00:11:20,888 because you've got all this circumstantial activity. 181 00:11:21,514 --> 00:11:26,102 I didn't create this, but I have seen similar animations. 182 00:11:26,185 --> 00:11:29,105 This one is pretty historically accurate. 183 00:11:32,108 --> 00:11:35,111 In my opinion, Paul was the first victim. 184 00:11:37,738 --> 00:11:40,700 He was a capable young man, pretty strong. 185 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:42,493 To be frank and honest, 186 00:11:42,576 --> 00:11:45,287 I think he would have fought back if he wasn't first. 187 00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:50,459 He certainly wouldn't have let his mother be victimized 188 00:11:50,543 --> 00:11:52,837 without at least trying to fight back. 189 00:11:53,671 --> 00:11:56,674 He was standing about midway in the feed room. 190 00:11:57,967 --> 00:12:01,137 He was initially shot one time. 191 00:12:01,220 --> 00:12:05,558 He walked toward the door of the feed room. 192 00:12:06,642 --> 00:12:08,728 Whoever pulled the trigger on that shotgun 193 00:12:08,811 --> 00:12:12,690 was probably greatly surprised that Paul was still standing. 194 00:12:12,773 --> 00:12:16,152 So at that point in time, you've got one option. 195 00:12:16,235 --> 00:12:19,905 Use the second shell that's in the shotgun to finish the job. 196 00:12:21,157 --> 00:12:23,993 Paul received that second and fatal wound 197 00:12:24,076 --> 00:12:27,955 as his upper body was just outside that doorway. 198 00:12:29,623 --> 00:12:31,751 The second victim was Ms. Maggie Murdaugh. 199 00:12:32,877 --> 00:12:36,046 She was not killed with the same weapon that Paul was killed with. 200 00:12:36,130 --> 00:12:39,925 She was shot with a rifle. A .300 Blackout, specifically. 201 00:12:40,718 --> 00:12:44,388 The circumstances from where they found Ms. Maggie 202 00:12:44,472 --> 00:12:47,600 would tell you that she was going towards that feed room. 203 00:12:50,060 --> 00:12:52,062 Ms. Maggie encountered the shooter. 204 00:12:53,606 --> 00:12:56,650 We don't know which shots hit Ms. Maggie, 205 00:12:56,734 --> 00:12:59,278 but we know that three of them were non-fatal. 206 00:12:59,361 --> 00:13:03,908 One to Ms. Maggie's left thigh and the one to her abdomen, 207 00:13:03,991 --> 00:13:06,619 which takes her down on her hands and knees. 208 00:13:07,495 --> 00:13:10,623 It's the first fatal one, delivered while she's down, 209 00:13:11,582 --> 00:13:13,959 that just caused her body to collapse. 210 00:13:15,127 --> 00:13:16,670 She never moved again. 211 00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:21,300 At that point, the shooter repositioned behind her. 212 00:13:21,884 --> 00:13:23,636 Although she was already deceased, 213 00:13:23,719 --> 00:13:27,431 the final shot was into the... the top of her head. 214 00:13:28,849 --> 00:13:31,644 The Murdaughs owned lots of weapons, 215 00:13:31,727 --> 00:13:34,146 and they owned several shotguns. 216 00:13:34,230 --> 00:13:38,734 They owned, in particular, several .300 Blackout rifles. 217 00:13:40,152 --> 00:13:44,490 {\an8}I think that the two weapons were intended to create this illusion, 218 00:13:44,573 --> 00:13:47,535 {\an8}to manufacture this alibi that "it can't be me." 219 00:13:47,618 --> 00:13:49,870 {\an8}"I couldn't have done it. It had to be two people." 220 00:13:56,877 --> 00:13:58,546 [reporter] Alex, how are you feeling today? 221 00:14:00,589 --> 00:14:04,051 [Valerie] During the trial, the defense wanted to send a message, 222 00:14:04,134 --> 00:14:05,845 to make sure that the jury knew 223 00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:10,099 that the Murdaughs were on Alex's side and behind him. 224 00:14:10,724 --> 00:14:14,019 {\an8}So the defense calls Alex's surviving son, 225 00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:15,980 {\an8}Buster Murdaugh, to the stand. 226 00:14:16,814 --> 00:14:20,776 {\an8}Buster, I want to now talk about the weekends leading up to June 7th. 227 00:14:21,277 --> 00:14:24,238 {\an8}If you could play defense exhibit 61, please. 228 00:14:24,321 --> 00:14:25,364 It's in evidence. 229 00:14:26,323 --> 00:14:28,492 [all on video] {\an8}♪ ...to you ♪ 230 00:14:28,993 --> 00:14:33,330 {\an8}♪ Happy birthday to you! ♪ 231 00:14:33,414 --> 00:14:38,460 {\an8}♪ Happy birthday, dear Alex! ♪ 232 00:14:39,378 --> 00:14:43,173 ♪ Happy birthday to you! ♪ 233 00:14:43,257 --> 00:14:45,634 -[Alex] Thank y'all so much. -[man] Yay! 234 00:14:46,302 --> 00:14:51,515 It was a normal Memorial Day weekend at Edisto with your family and friends? 235 00:14:51,599 --> 00:14:52,433 That's right. 236 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:54,476 Well, that's not true. 237 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,812 There was a lot going on at that time. 238 00:14:58,522 --> 00:15:00,983 One weekend prior to the murders, 239 00:15:01,859 --> 00:15:03,444 I had talked to Maggie. 240 00:15:03,527 --> 00:15:07,656 She said, "Paul got in trouble again." I said, "What do you mean?" 241 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:10,868 "He was on the boat with friends, and they were drinking." 242 00:15:11,827 --> 00:15:14,079 She said that they called Alex. 243 00:15:14,163 --> 00:15:17,041 She said, "I think he said he was gonna take care of it." 244 00:15:17,124 --> 00:15:19,126 [tense music plays] 245 00:15:19,209 --> 00:15:21,128 DNR had stopped him 246 00:15:21,211 --> 00:15:23,589 {\an8}with a boat full of people already drinking, 247 00:15:23,672 --> 00:15:26,383 {\an8}with a cooler full of booze, ready to go out on the water. 248 00:15:26,467 --> 00:15:30,262 DNR held him back and took all the booze off the boat. 249 00:15:30,346 --> 00:15:33,057 You would think someone who would be appearing in court 250 00:15:33,140 --> 00:15:37,227 to decide whether he'd be going to jail for killing someone from a boat crash 251 00:15:37,311 --> 00:15:38,437 just two years before 252 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:44,443 would not be still found on a boat partying. 253 00:15:44,985 --> 00:15:48,781 It makes you wonder if it was another pressure point for Alex, 254 00:15:49,448 --> 00:15:51,951 knowing that he couldn't control anything that Paul did. 255 00:15:53,118 --> 00:15:56,789 It just added to the pressures that were mounting up in Alex's life. 256 00:16:04,672 --> 00:16:05,798 [David Owen] All right, sir. 257 00:16:06,382 --> 00:16:08,258 Um, so when we spoke the other night, 258 00:16:09,176 --> 00:16:12,471 I got kind of a basic overview. 259 00:16:12,554 --> 00:16:16,684 -Yes, sir. -Um, and it was pretty traumatic. 260 00:16:16,767 --> 00:16:19,436 That's okay. I know you need to ask me. You ask me what you need to. 261 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,063 So I just... I want you to... 262 00:16:21,563 --> 00:16:23,107 Let's start Monday morning, 263 00:16:23,190 --> 00:16:25,067 and... and take me through your day. 264 00:16:27,444 --> 00:16:28,404 [Alex] Monday morning, 265 00:16:29,363 --> 00:16:30,280 I went to work. 266 00:16:33,575 --> 00:16:37,329 I left a little bit earlier than normal because my son Paul was coming home. 267 00:16:37,413 --> 00:16:38,622 [tense music plays] 268 00:16:39,957 --> 00:16:43,252 [Alex] We were gonna replant some sunflowers the next day. 269 00:16:48,424 --> 00:16:51,969 We rode the property, just... just bullshitting. 270 00:16:52,553 --> 00:16:54,013 Looking for hogs. 271 00:16:55,055 --> 00:16:56,765 Little bit of target shooting. 272 00:16:57,474 --> 00:17:00,227 I think he shot two times and I shot one time. 273 00:17:01,895 --> 00:17:02,771 [gunshot] 274 00:17:03,397 --> 00:17:04,940 [tense music continues] 275 00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:08,444 [laughter] 276 00:17:08,527 --> 00:17:09,653 [Alex] Better than it was. 277 00:17:11,113 --> 00:17:12,865 It was more than an hour, probably. 278 00:17:13,949 --> 00:17:15,034 Mama wasn't home yet. 279 00:17:15,117 --> 00:17:17,244 She had gone to a doctor's appointment. 280 00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:22,458 At some point, we were all back at the house together. 281 00:17:23,292 --> 00:17:24,793 Maggie had gotten home. 282 00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:26,462 [tense music continues] 283 00:17:29,006 --> 00:17:31,508 [Alex] We hung around the house for a little while. 284 00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:36,013 Maggie and Paul went to the kennels. 285 00:17:36,513 --> 00:17:39,266 Normal occasion, they would drive. 286 00:17:39,349 --> 00:17:41,393 Drive a buggy, drive a four-wheeler, 287 00:17:42,144 --> 00:17:43,562 or very common to walk. 288 00:17:45,105 --> 00:17:46,857 I stayed in the house. 289 00:17:46,940 --> 00:17:48,734 I was watching TV. 290 00:17:48,817 --> 00:17:50,778 I actually fell asleep on the couch. 291 00:17:52,404 --> 00:17:55,324 One of the first things I did when I got up was call Maggie 292 00:17:56,950 --> 00:17:58,702 because I was going to my mom's. 293 00:18:00,537 --> 00:18:02,831 I texted her at, like, 9:06. 294 00:18:04,541 --> 00:18:06,335 She didn't answer at that point, 295 00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:09,379 and I left to go to my mom's. 296 00:18:13,592 --> 00:18:14,676 Checked on my mom, 297 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:17,346 talked with Shelly for a few minutes. 298 00:18:17,429 --> 00:18:18,972 [tense music continues] 299 00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:21,141 [Alex] I left my mom's. 300 00:18:24,061 --> 00:18:26,021 I know I called some people on the way. 301 00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:28,315 I know I returned a call from my brother John. 302 00:18:28,899 --> 00:18:30,567 I know that I talked to Buster. 303 00:18:31,819 --> 00:18:32,820 I went back home. 304 00:18:33,529 --> 00:18:34,655 I got to the house. 305 00:18:35,364 --> 00:18:36,490 Nobody was there. 306 00:18:36,573 --> 00:18:38,325 I got in the car. 307 00:18:38,408 --> 00:18:39,868 I went back to the kennels, 308 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:43,914 and I saw Maggie and I saw Paul laying down. I knew... 309 00:18:45,833 --> 00:18:46,959 I knew it was bad, 310 00:18:47,543 --> 00:18:49,586 and I called 911. 311 00:18:54,508 --> 00:18:56,051 [Valerie] When the interview happened, 312 00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:58,470 Alex and his family were at John Marvin's property. 313 00:18:59,388 --> 00:19:03,725 As I understand it, Randolph had just left the hospital and went to see Alex 314 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:06,645 to give a word of encouragement and to check in on things. 315 00:19:06,728 --> 00:19:08,522 Randolph was very frail 316 00:19:09,857 --> 00:19:12,484 and was understandably very sad. 317 00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:17,239 While the interviews were being conducted, Randolph went home. 318 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:19,241 He died later that same day. 319 00:19:21,618 --> 00:19:25,247 You know, and that's devastating, not just for Alex, but the brothers. 320 00:19:25,330 --> 00:19:28,876 It was an immense catalog of loss in just a matter of days. 321 00:19:29,418 --> 00:19:34,756 All three, Randolph III, Maggie, and Paul, are buried on the same weekend. 322 00:19:38,093 --> 00:19:42,055 [Blanca] In my Bible, I still have her obituary. 323 00:19:42,556 --> 00:19:44,683 Maggie and I had a conversation. 324 00:19:44,766 --> 00:19:46,518 We were just joking around. 325 00:19:46,602 --> 00:19:48,812 We said when we get old and gray, 326 00:19:48,896 --> 00:19:51,148 Maggie said, "I'm gonna sing at your funeral." 327 00:19:51,732 --> 00:19:53,942 And I said, "Well, I'll sing at yours." 328 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:56,945 I said, "Whichever one. But we're gonna be old and gray." 329 00:19:57,696 --> 00:20:01,533 Um, I said, "We'll have plenty... plenty of time to learn the song." 330 00:20:02,117 --> 00:20:03,619 She wanted "Amazing Grace." 331 00:20:05,537 --> 00:20:06,455 And, um... 332 00:20:07,331 --> 00:20:08,498 And we left it at that. 333 00:20:12,419 --> 00:20:15,964 [Morgan] The night that he passed away, I didn't even know he had passed away. 334 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:19,426 I just remember I had just cooked dinner and I was just cleaning up, 335 00:20:20,552 --> 00:20:22,387 and, like, I had thought about Paul. 336 00:20:22,471 --> 00:20:24,431 [tense music plays] 337 00:20:24,514 --> 00:20:29,937 {\an8}And I felt like he would be, like, really glad to see where I'm at in life. 338 00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:32,189 {\an8}And then the next day, I woke up 339 00:20:32,272 --> 00:20:36,193 {\an8}and got the call from my mom that he had passed away. 340 00:20:39,321 --> 00:20:40,489 It sounds so crazy. 341 00:20:40,989 --> 00:20:43,283 I was like... I feel like he, like, visited me, 342 00:20:43,992 --> 00:20:46,328 I don't know, on his passing journey. 343 00:20:48,538 --> 00:20:49,581 [tense music fades] 344 00:20:52,626 --> 00:20:54,586 [train horn blares] 345 00:20:59,091 --> 00:21:02,803 [Valerie] After the funerals, late June, July, early August, 346 00:21:02,886 --> 00:21:06,139 {\an8}there was an early statement that there was no harm to the public, no danger. 347 00:21:06,223 --> 00:21:10,769 {\an8}That was it. There was no details about how Maggie and Paul were killed, 348 00:21:10,852 --> 00:21:12,396 any possible suspects. 349 00:21:12,479 --> 00:21:13,522 It was just silent. 350 00:21:13,605 --> 00:21:15,274 [Alan] During the investigation, 351 00:21:15,357 --> 00:21:19,194 we were trying to put together Alex's timeline and confirm his story. 352 00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:23,115 He said he went to Almeda that night to visit his mother. 353 00:21:23,657 --> 00:21:25,993 The only other person he claims he spoke to 354 00:21:26,493 --> 00:21:29,871 was his mother's caretaker, Shelly, so we decided to contact her. 355 00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:31,957 [tense music plays] 356 00:21:35,669 --> 00:21:38,255 [Creighton] As a lawyer, we can make people testify. 357 00:21:38,839 --> 00:21:43,093 But we want people to get up and tell their part of the story 358 00:21:43,176 --> 00:21:47,055 and understand that they have an obligation to justice 359 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:51,935 and that justice depends on people willing to take that brave step 360 00:21:52,019 --> 00:21:53,895 and to get up there and tell their story. 361 00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:57,816 In this case, it's gonna be on, you know, national, international television. 362 00:21:57,899 --> 00:21:59,901 [tense music continues] 363 00:22:02,654 --> 00:22:05,490 [Shelly] Momma always said, "Tell the truth if it hurts." 364 00:22:08,618 --> 00:22:13,040 I'm grateful I had a good support team, my children, my son and my daughters. 365 00:22:14,541 --> 00:22:16,710 {\an8}My children were my lifeline. 366 00:22:17,878 --> 00:22:19,254 {\an8}[music fades] 367 00:22:20,047 --> 00:22:21,673 {\an8}[attorney] The State of South Carolina 368 00:22:21,757 --> 00:22:24,343 {\an8}will now call Ms. Michelle Smith to the stand. 369 00:22:26,845 --> 00:22:29,181 {\an8}[Shelly] My life changed when I took the stand. 370 00:22:30,557 --> 00:22:34,102 It taught me the true meaning of being honest. 371 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:40,067 Ms. Smith, please tell these folks about the night of June 7th. 372 00:22:45,155 --> 00:22:48,658 [Shelly] On June 7th, I came to work that night at Ms. Libby's house. 373 00:22:49,910 --> 00:22:50,952 Just a normal night. 374 00:22:52,162 --> 00:22:55,415 At about 9:30, Alex called me. 375 00:22:55,499 --> 00:22:57,834 He said, "Shelly, I'm outside." I was like, "Okay." 376 00:22:58,335 --> 00:23:00,253 I went to the back, let him in. 377 00:23:01,088 --> 00:23:04,383 Alex came to check on his mom, let her know his dad was in the hospital, 378 00:23:04,883 --> 00:23:05,967 but she was asleep. 379 00:23:08,136 --> 00:23:10,972 He was acting very strange. Like fidgety. 380 00:23:12,015 --> 00:23:14,518 So he watched a TV show with me for a little bit. 381 00:23:15,268 --> 00:23:18,021 He said, "I'm getting ready to go," and he left. 382 00:23:20,273 --> 00:23:24,778 The next day, after the murders, Alex came to the house to talk to me. 383 00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:29,658 He said that, "If someone asks you that I was there, 384 00:23:29,741 --> 00:23:32,160 just say I was here about 30 to 40 minutes." 385 00:23:32,244 --> 00:23:35,539 That's not true. He was here 20 minutes. 386 00:23:35,622 --> 00:23:36,998 What was he telling you about 387 00:23:37,082 --> 00:23:39,167 that he was at the house the night of the murders? 388 00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:41,837 That he'd been there 30-40 minutes. 389 00:23:42,838 --> 00:23:46,174 We're sitting there, and it felt like everyone was pulling for Shelly, 390 00:23:46,258 --> 00:23:50,137 'cause it was so visibly difficult for her to be up there. 391 00:23:50,846 --> 00:23:52,347 [attorney] Why are you crying? 392 00:23:54,641 --> 00:23:58,145 Because they're a good... a good family, and I love working there, 393 00:23:58,937 --> 00:24:00,564 and I'm sorry all this happened. 394 00:24:01,565 --> 00:24:04,734 I felt bad for Ms. Shelly. You could see that she was upset. 395 00:24:06,236 --> 00:24:08,905 {\an8}I just think that she was afraid to testify, 396 00:24:08,989 --> 00:24:11,450 {\an8}but she knew that she had to tell the truth, 397 00:24:11,533 --> 00:24:13,285 {\an8}and that's what she got up there and did. 398 00:24:14,161 --> 00:24:17,205 She didn't let Alex convince her on that time. 399 00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:18,457 She stuck to her time. 400 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:21,418 It became clear in the course of her testimony 401 00:24:21,501 --> 00:24:25,213 that she'd been very scared, and she'd confided in these family members 402 00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:27,883 that she had doubts about what Alex Murdaugh 403 00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:30,385 was asking her to say, and that's why they were there. 404 00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:34,514 We had a brother-sister conversation because he's a police officer. 405 00:24:34,598 --> 00:24:40,437 So like, "It's okay. You know, just tell the truth. You know, that's it." 406 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,355 "Just tell the truth. Be honest." 407 00:24:42,439 --> 00:24:44,483 [attorney] He wasn't there 30 or 40 minutes, was he? 408 00:24:44,566 --> 00:24:45,442 No. No. 409 00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:49,529 It was unbelievable to me. 410 00:24:49,613 --> 00:24:52,449 It became clear to us that Alex went over to Almeda 411 00:24:52,532 --> 00:24:54,075 to establish an alibi. 412 00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:55,911 He lied about the length of time he was there 413 00:24:55,994 --> 00:24:58,622 to make it seem like he wasn't home at the time of the murders. 414 00:24:59,122 --> 00:25:03,460 [Shelly] It seemed I was the only one that night that Maggie and Paul was murdered, 415 00:25:03,543 --> 00:25:06,505 so that's why Alex asked me, considered me to be the alibi. 416 00:25:08,256 --> 00:25:11,134 I couldn't believe it. It was... it was a shock. 417 00:25:12,052 --> 00:25:15,514 He thought I was going to be on his side, but I'm not going to lie. 418 00:25:22,103 --> 00:25:24,731 [Blanca] After the funeral with Paul and Maggie, 419 00:25:25,273 --> 00:25:28,151 Alex called me and said, "I need to ask you a favor." 420 00:25:28,235 --> 00:25:33,031 "I want to know if you and Michael," my husband, "can move into Moselle." 421 00:25:34,574 --> 00:25:36,993 At that point, he was staying in Almeda. 422 00:25:37,827 --> 00:25:41,456 We thought we were doing our part to help him out. 423 00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:46,878 That first night, it was kind of scary to stay out there. 424 00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:48,964 [Kenneth] The Moselle property, 425 00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:54,094 for some that have never experienced total darkness, 426 00:25:54,177 --> 00:25:56,763 this is a new definition of dark. 427 00:25:58,807 --> 00:26:03,103 [Blanca] Even though they put out a bulletin saying that there was no danger, 428 00:26:04,062 --> 00:26:07,190 we didn't know if somebody was gonna break in, thinking there was nobody there. 429 00:26:07,691 --> 00:26:09,401 We were still talking about 430 00:26:09,484 --> 00:26:13,488 just the devastation of the actual murders happening 431 00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:18,451 and nothing really being done as far as finding out who was involved. 432 00:26:18,535 --> 00:26:22,581 Would they still be looking out to search for Alex and Buster? 433 00:26:22,664 --> 00:26:27,419 But it seemed as if Alex and Buster were out living their life. 434 00:26:27,502 --> 00:26:31,798 I remember seeing them at Edisto on Facebook, 435 00:26:31,881 --> 00:26:36,303 and going on trips and boat tournaments down in Edisto for the summer. 436 00:26:36,386 --> 00:26:39,097 Just living life like normal. 437 00:26:42,642 --> 00:26:45,854 Alex gets back. He's tanned and has lost a lot of weight. 438 00:26:46,354 --> 00:26:49,149 Comes into the SLED office in Walterboro 439 00:26:49,232 --> 00:26:53,737 for what Alex has asked for, which is an update on the case. 440 00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:56,823 What they later say they think is an informational interview. 441 00:26:59,951 --> 00:27:02,579 Alex, I appreciate you coming in today. Um... 442 00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:05,165 -Glad to do anything. -I understand. 443 00:27:05,248 --> 00:27:08,752 Um, I know we got a lot to talk about. I know you have millions of questions. 444 00:27:08,835 --> 00:27:09,878 -Yes, sir. -Um... 445 00:27:11,379 --> 00:27:14,299 But before we get started with your questions, 446 00:27:15,508 --> 00:27:17,469 this has been going on for over two months, 447 00:27:17,969 --> 00:27:20,180 and we've done a lot of work. 448 00:27:20,263 --> 00:27:21,139 I know you have. 449 00:27:21,222 --> 00:27:25,018 [David] I've got some more questions that I need to get clarifications on. 450 00:27:25,602 --> 00:27:30,649 One thing that I'm trying to understand is your timeline. 451 00:27:31,399 --> 00:27:33,109 What time did Paul get home that night? 452 00:27:33,610 --> 00:27:35,820 Um, me and Paul... 453 00:27:38,281 --> 00:27:40,241 got there about the same time. 454 00:27:40,325 --> 00:27:42,327 [tense music plays] 455 00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:48,124 [laughter on video] 456 00:27:48,208 --> 00:27:49,250 [Alex] Better than it was. 457 00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:54,381 There is a video of, uh, you and him on the farm that night. 458 00:27:55,215 --> 00:27:57,467 And you were in khaki pants and a dress shirt. 459 00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:00,845 You were playing with a tree. 460 00:28:04,224 --> 00:28:06,851 -I don't remember playing with a tree. -[David] Yeah. Um... 461 00:28:06,935 --> 00:28:09,729 But, I mean, the... the question of that is, 462 00:28:09,813 --> 00:28:12,774 when I met you that night, you were in shorts and a T-shirt. 463 00:28:12,857 --> 00:28:15,402 At what point in the evening did you change clothes? 464 00:28:19,989 --> 00:28:21,074 I'm not sure. I... 465 00:28:21,991 --> 00:28:23,368 You know, it would've been... 466 00:28:25,161 --> 00:28:27,664 -Before dinner? After dinner? -No, it would have been... 467 00:28:29,416 --> 00:28:33,086 What time of day was that? I would have thought I'd already changed. [sniffs] 468 00:28:33,169 --> 00:28:36,464 Uh, there's not a timestamp on it, because there's so many posts. 469 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:39,634 Um, but I want to say it looks to be about dusk. 470 00:28:40,719 --> 00:28:42,846 So that would've been 7:30, eight o'clock. 471 00:28:44,472 --> 00:28:46,808 I guess I changed when I got back to the house. 472 00:28:49,185 --> 00:28:51,938 It was fascinating, 'cause David Owen was presenting him with evidence. 473 00:28:52,021 --> 00:28:55,734 "Yes, you were wearing something different than you were later that night." 474 00:28:55,817 --> 00:28:57,694 "When did you shower? When did you change?" 475 00:28:58,194 --> 00:29:01,114 The most important night of your life, and Alex doesn't recall. 476 00:29:01,197 --> 00:29:03,199 [tense music plays] 477 00:29:04,325 --> 00:29:07,829 [Blanca] August 20th, 2021, Alex approached me. 478 00:29:08,788 --> 00:29:10,915 He said, "B, come in here. I need to talk to you." 479 00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:13,251 "Come here and sit down." And I was... 480 00:29:13,793 --> 00:29:17,130 First of all, for him to tell me to sit down and sit still... 481 00:29:17,213 --> 00:29:19,340 You know, he never stood in one place, 482 00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:22,177 and it was kind of hard to get a full conversation from him 483 00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:23,511 because he's always busy. 484 00:29:24,095 --> 00:29:26,598 When he asked me that, I was like, "Okay, I'm gonna sit down." 485 00:29:27,891 --> 00:29:30,185 So I sat down and I said, "What's going on?" 486 00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:33,813 He said, "You remember what I was wearing that day?" 487 00:29:34,397 --> 00:29:36,566 Meaning the day Maggie and Paul were killed. 488 00:29:37,650 --> 00:29:41,780 I found it kind of odd. I do remember what he was wearing. 489 00:29:42,864 --> 00:29:44,407 But I didn't wanna say anything. 490 00:29:44,908 --> 00:29:46,451 But he pressed on, you know, 491 00:29:46,534 --> 00:29:49,078 "You remember, you know, the shirt and this?" 492 00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:51,748 He said, "I just got a bad feeling." 493 00:29:52,832 --> 00:29:56,628 At that point, I didn't know what he was talking about, 494 00:29:56,711 --> 00:29:58,922 because I didn't know that there was a video. 495 00:30:00,548 --> 00:30:02,801 I just thought he was just grieving, you know. 496 00:30:03,551 --> 00:30:07,055 It still puzzled me a lot that he would ask me something like that. 497 00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:09,390 But it was just a feeling that I got 498 00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:14,562 when he made mention of that, you know, again and again. 499 00:30:15,522 --> 00:30:17,190 -A few more questions. -Okay. 500 00:30:17,899 --> 00:30:21,027 -Did you kill Maggie? -No. Did I kill my wife? 501 00:30:21,110 --> 00:30:22,570 -[David] Yes, sir. -No, David. 502 00:30:24,030 --> 00:30:26,950 -[David] Do you know who did? -No, I do not know who did. 503 00:30:29,202 --> 00:30:31,830 -Did you kill Paul? -No, I did not kill Paul. 504 00:30:32,455 --> 00:30:35,250 -Do you know who did? -No, sir, I do not know who did. 505 00:30:35,750 --> 00:30:37,418 Do you think I killed Maggie? 506 00:30:42,006 --> 00:30:43,842 I have to go where evidence and facts take me. 507 00:30:43,925 --> 00:30:44,968 [Alex] I understand that. 508 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:49,305 And you think I killed Paul? 509 00:30:49,389 --> 00:30:52,100 I have to go where the evidence and the facts take me, 510 00:30:52,183 --> 00:30:57,564 and I don't have anything that points to anybody else at this time. 511 00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:02,318 So does that mean that I am a suspect? 512 00:31:02,902 --> 00:31:04,404 [David] You are still in this. 513 00:31:08,157 --> 00:31:10,118 [Alan] Within a couple of days of that meeting 514 00:31:10,201 --> 00:31:11,953 with the senior leadership of SLED, 515 00:31:12,495 --> 00:31:15,582 his entire world was starting to unravel. 516 00:31:16,165 --> 00:31:18,251 [telephone rings] 517 00:31:18,835 --> 00:31:22,005 [man] A telephone conference interview of Alex Murdaugh. 518 00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:24,048 9/13/21. 519 00:31:25,049 --> 00:31:26,050 [Jim Griffin] This is Jim. 520 00:31:26,134 --> 00:31:30,096 [Ryan] Hey, Jim. This is Ryan Kelly and Jomar Albayalde with SLED. How are you? 521 00:31:30,179 --> 00:31:32,390 -[Jim] Hey, Ryan and Joe. -[Ryan] Yes. 522 00:31:33,224 --> 00:31:37,145 [Jim] We're in an office with Alex and Dick, 523 00:31:37,228 --> 00:31:41,149 and, um, I'm just gonna put the phone here on the table next to Alex. 524 00:31:41,733 --> 00:31:44,277 -[Alex] I was in a very bad place. -[Jim] What does that mean? 525 00:31:44,777 --> 00:31:47,780 [Alex] I thought it would be better for me not to be here anymore. 526 00:31:47,864 --> 00:31:51,743 I thought that it would make it easier on my family 527 00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:54,078 for me to be dead. 528 00:31:54,162 --> 00:31:57,248 -[Dick] So you decided to end your life? -[Alex] That's correct. 529 00:31:57,749 --> 00:32:00,668 I called Curtis Eddie Smith on the telephone. 530 00:32:00,752 --> 00:32:02,378 [Dick] Who's Curtis Eddie Smith? 531 00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:05,214 Eddie Smith was called "the fourth Murdaugh." 532 00:32:05,798 --> 00:32:09,052 He helped clean up whatever they needed cleaning up. 533 00:32:09,135 --> 00:32:11,596 Eddie Smith was rumored to be Alex's drug dealer. 534 00:32:12,096 --> 00:32:16,351 They were involved together in drugs, financial fraud, cashing of checks. 535 00:32:16,434 --> 00:32:17,810 Was he involved in the murders? 536 00:32:17,894 --> 00:32:19,896 [tense music plays] 537 00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:25,109 [interviewer] Did you shoot either of those people on the property of Moselle? 538 00:32:27,445 --> 00:32:28,655 [music fades] 539 00:32:31,366 --> 00:32:32,742 [tense music plays] 540 00:33:31,634 --> 00:33:32,677 [music fades]