Has Alex Murdaugh's alibi fallen apart? Testimony, evidence contradict what he told investigators — Transcript
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- 0:02... OR CONCEALED IF THEY GET
- 0:02THE NECESSARY TRAINING.
- 0:03///
- 0:05NOW TO THE TRIAL OF ALEX
- 0:05MURDAUGH.
- 0:07AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS OF
- 0:08TESTIMONY .. THE
- 0:09PROSECUTION IS WRAPPING UP
- 0:10ITS CASE.
- 0:12TODAY - THEY PLAYED A NEW
- 0:13VIDEO FOR THE JURY -
- 0:14OUR BROOKE BUTLER
- 0:16REPORTS ... THEY SAY THE
- 0:17VIDEO REVEALS
- 0:18DISCREPANCIES ... IN
- 0:18MURDAUGH'S ALIBI.///
- 0:20(TAKE PKG)
- 0:21"YOU THINK I KILLED PAUL? I
- 0:23DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT
- 0:24POINTS TO ANYBODY ELSE AT
- 0:24THIS TIME."
- 0:25WEDNESDAY - PROSECUTORS
- 0:27PLAYED A NEW VIDEO FOR THE
- 0:27JURY.
- 0:29IT SHOWS A SIT DOWN
- 0:30INTERVIEW ALEX MURDAUGH
- 0:32DID...WITH SLED AGENTS IN
- 0:34AUGUST OF 2021.
- 0:37"I DON'T TAKE ANY PERSONAL
- 0:40OFFENSE TO YOU ASKING THESE
- 0:41QUESTIOSN - I UNDERSTAND.
- 0:42IN THE INTERVIEW - SLED
- 0:43AGENT DAVID OWEN ASKED
- 0:45MURDAUGH - WHEN? MAGGIE AND
- 0:49PAUL - WENT TO THE
- 0:52KENNELS..THE NIGHT OF
- 0:56THEIR MURDERS.
- 0:56?
- 0:59"I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WENT.
- 1:03I STAYED ON THE COUCH AND
- 1:05DOZED OFF."
- 1:07BUT... PROSECUTORS HAVE
- 1:09PREVIOUSLY PLAYED VIDEO
- 1:12FOR THE JURY...THEY SAY
- 1:15PLACES MURDAUGH AT THE
- 1:16KENNELS *WITH* PAUL AND
- 1:17MAGGIE - MINUTES BEFORE THE
- 1:17MURDERS.
- 1:19'HE'S GOT A BIRD IN HIS
- 1:19MOUTH! BUBBA'
- 1:20OWENS ALSO ASKS MURDAUGH
- 1:21ABOUT *THIS* SNAPCHAT
- 1:22VIDEO - PAUL RECORDED -
- 1:24HOURS BEFORE HE WAS SHOT AND
- 1:24KILLED.
- 1:25HE ASKS WHY MURDAUGH IS
- 1:26WEARING DIFFERENT CLOTHES
- 1:28- THAN WHAT HE WAS WEARING -
- 1:28WHEN INVESTIGATORS
- 1:29ARRIVED AT THE MURDER
- 1:30SCENE.
- 1:31"I GUESS I CHANGED WHEN I GOT
- 1:32BACK TO THE HOUSE."
- 1:34BUT IN HIS CROSS
- 1:35EXAMINATION OF AGENT OWEN -
- 1:36DEFENSE ATTORNEY JIM
- 1:37GRIFFIN POINTED OUT - SLED
- 1:38NEVER ASKED MURDAUGH FOR
- 1:39THOSE CLOTHES.
- 1:40"AT NO TIME PRIOR TO AUGUST
- 1:4211 2021 DID YOU ASK ALEX
- 1:43MURDAUGH WHERE IS THAT BLUE
- 1:44SHIRT WHERE ARE THOSE KHAKI
- 1:45PANTS WHERE ARE THOSE SHOES
- 1:47DID YOU NOT?" "NO SIR."
- 1:48HE ALSO CLAIMED THAT
- 1:48INVESTIGATORS WERE TOO
- 1:49QUICK TO IDENTIFY MURDAUGH
- 1:50AS A SUSPECT.
- 1:51"SLED AND THE COLLETON CO.
- 1:52SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
- 1:54FAILED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE
- 1:55STEPS TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE
- 1:58THAT COULD EXCLUDE ALEX
- 2:01MURDAUGH FROM THAT
- 2:01CIRCLE."
- 2:05JIM GRIFFIN ALSO NOTED THAT
- 2:06INVESTIGATORS FOUND NO
- 2:08HUMAN BLOOD - ON THE SHIRT
- 2:09MURDAUGH WAS WEARING - WHEN
- 2:10HE CALLED 911.
- 2:11"WOULD YOU AGREE WHOEVER
- 2:12MURDERED MAGGIE AND PAUL
- 2:13WOULD HAVE BLOOD AND
- 2:15BIOLOGICAL MATTER ON THEM
- 2:17FROM THE SHOTGUN BLAST THAT
- 2:19ESSENTIALLY BLEW PAULS
- 2:22BRAIN OUT. THEY WOULD HAVE
- 2:24SOME YES."
- 2:25(BROOKE LOOKLIVE TAG)
- 2:26WE SHOULD NOTE 0-
- 2:27THE VIDEO PALYED FOR THE
- 2:28JURY WEDNESDAY SHOWS
- 2:28MURDAUGH TOLD
- 2:29INVESTIGATORS HE WAS AT HIS
- 2:31MOMS HOUSE THE NIGHT OF THE
- 2:32MURDERS...FOR AROUND 45
- 2:33MINUTES TO AN HOUR.
- 2:34BUT MURDAUGH'S MOM'S
- 2:35CAREGIVER PREVIOUSLY
- 2:36TESTIFIED - HE HAD REALLY
- 2:38ONLY BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 20
- 2:39MINUTES.
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