Court will resume Monday at 9:30 a.m. Check back to watch live footage. On Friday, the jury in the trial of Alex Murdaugh heard from three law enforcement personnel who painted a picture of what they learned the night of the murders and at the crime scene.Murdaugh Murders TimelineWatch the initial interview Alex Murdaugh gave investigators after his wife and son were killed See evidence presented in the first day of the Alex Murdaugh murder trialBelow video: Evidence from day 1 of witness testimony in Alex Murdaugh murder trialDuring Friday’s court proceedings, the jury also saw a 30-minute interview Murdaugh had with SLED and a Colleton County investigator just hours after the bodies of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were found.Below video: Alex Murdaugh, Murdaugh family arrive to court Friday Detective Laura Rutland of the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office took the stand first and spoke to her initial involvement in the case the night of the murders, her arrival to the crime scene and meeting with Alex Murdaugh.Rutland said Murdaugh said he tried to check his son’s pulse. Murdaugh also said he tried to turn Paul over. The prosecution noted that Paul Murdaugh’s hands were underneath his body, with a pool of blood around him, yet Alex Murdaugh had visible no sign of blood on his clothes or person when law enforcement arrived. In his cross examination of Rutland, defense attorney Jim Griffin asked Rutland, “Did he look like someone who had blown his son’s head off?”Rutland responded, “I can’t say for sure.”Griffin also said, “So we don’t know how tried to turn over, how the phone popped out, and where on Paul’s body he attempted to check the pulse. Correct?”Det. Rutland said, “Correct.” Below video: WJCL Special Report: The Trial of Alex Murdaugh
Court will resume Monday at 9:30 a.m. Check back to watch live footage.
On Friday, the jury in the trial of Alex Murdaugh heard from three law enforcement personnel who painted a picture of what they learned the night of the murders and at the crime scene.
Below video: Evidence from day 1 of witness testimony in Alex Murdaugh murder trial
During Friday’s court proceedings, the jury also saw a 30-minute interview Murdaugh had with SLED and a Colleton County investigator just hours after the bodies of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were found.
Below video: Alex Murdaugh, Murdaugh family arrive to court Friday
Detective Laura Rutland of the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office took the stand first and spoke to her initial involvement in the case the night of the murders, her arrival to the crime scene and meeting with Alex Murdaugh.
Rutland said Murdaugh said he tried to check his son’s pulse. Murdaugh also said he tried to turn Paul over. The prosecution noted that Paul Murdaugh’s hands were underneath his body, with a pool of blood around him, yet Alex Murdaugh had visible no sign of blood on his clothes or person when law enforcement arrived.
In his cross examination of Rutland, defense attorney Jim Griffin asked Rutland, “Did he look like someone who had blown his son’s head off?”
Rutland responded, “I can’t say for sure.”
Griffin also said, “So we don’t know how [Murdaugh] tried to turn [Paul] over, how the phone popped out, and where on Paul’s body he attempted to check the pulse. Correct?”
Det. Rutland said, “Correct.”
Below video: WJCL Special Report: The Trial of Alex Murdaugh
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