Above: Live video from the Murdaugh courtroom Murdaugh Timeline This Snapchat video places Alex Murdaugh at the crime scene minutes before the murder, prosecutors say Video: Screenshots from Alex, Maggie Murdaugh’s cell phone shown to jurors during double-murder trialUpdate 1:07 p.m.: Judge says she willing to hear all the evidence pertaining to the case, the defendant’s state of mind and possible motives. But he hasn’t made a decision about what he will allow. The defense said involving all the alleged financial crimes could extend the trial by up to two weeks. Prosecutor Creighton Waters said that financial crimes are needed to explain Murdaugh’s motive for murder. The court is in recess for lunch and will continue at 2:15 pm with testimony unrelated to financial crimes. Update 12:57 pm: Seckinger has stepped down. The judge is deciding whether to allow the jury to hear her testimony. Update 12:16 pm: Court has resumed. Seckinger is being questioned by Jim Griffin, Murdaugh’s lawyer. Update 11:55 am: The court is in recess for 10 minutes. Update 10:30 am: Jeanie Seckinger, a bookkeeper at PMPED, now known as Parker Law Group LLP. stands. He said, according to the firm’s policy, all money from the client must be paid to the law firm and not to individual lawyers. He said that he has known Alex Murdaugh for about 40 years, and said that Murdaugh can bring seven figures in one year. he confronts Murdaugh about the missing charges in 2020 and Alex says he’s trying to put the money in Maggie Murdaugh’s name because of the boat accident legal issues. During the conversation, Alex received a phone call saying that his father’s illness was terminal. His conversation with Alex about the fees ended at that point. He said he heard rumors of the killing around 11 that night but received confirmation a few hours later from a partner at the law firm. A week later, he received an email from Bamberg County. Attorney Chris Wilson, said the missing money was in the belief that the law firm would have access to it at any time. He said in September, after Alex resigned from the law firm, Wilson admitted that he had no money. After investigating the missing money, he found many checks written out to “Forge Consulting” with Alex’s handwriting on the endorsement. He said on Friday, September 3, 2021, all partners except Alex and Randy Murdaugh, met to discuss the findings. from his research. Randy was then brought into the conversation. Alex was confronted, admitted to what he had done and surrendered. She said no announcement will be made until next week. This weekend Alex was found shot on the side of the road. Update 10:26 am: The judge addresses the jury, asking them to return to the jury room while the conversation about what evidence will be allowed in the trial continues. Update 10:14 am: Heidi Galore, from Snap Inc., has taken the stand. She is discussing the background of Snapchat and how data and records are kept. Update 10:11 am: The court has resumed. Update 10 am: The court is in a short recess. Update 9:40 am: The judge says he will temporarily allow the discussion of the alleged crime others involving Alex Murdaugh, as well as the boat accident that claimed the life of Mallory Beach, in order to show the motive or intent for the murders. The judge will determine later, outside the jury’s presence, whether to allow special. The line of questioning continues. Recap from yesterday: For the first time, on Wednesday, Murdaugh family friends took the stand in the double murder trial of disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh. They explained to the jury the type of relationship Alex and his. His wife and son, Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, before his body was found on the family property in June 2021. Moments before he was killed, Paul Murdaugh recorded a video for his friend, Rogan Gibson. Paul had been watching Gibson’s dog and sent him a video when he noticed something was wrong with his tail. In the video, you can hear three voices. Below: Snapchat video from Paul Murdaugh taken minutes before the double murders Prosecutors believe it was Paul, Maggie and Alex Murdaugh, all at the crime scene minutes before the murders. Gibson testified that he also believed that it was the voice of Alex, Maggie and Paul. But Alex previously told investigators he had been asleep at the time and hadn’t seen Paul and Maggie since dinner. When pressed on the matter, Gibson pointed out that neither Maggie nor Paul were pressured into the video. Gibson said he met with Murdaugh’s family the day after the murder and said he believed he heard Alex in the video. Gibson said Alex was in the room at the time and did not react to the statement. Below video: Rogan Gibson testifies He also told the attorneys that the Murdaughs had a good relationship with each other. Another friend of the Murdaughs, Will Loving, echoed that sentiment. He also testified that he heard Alex, Maggie and Paul voices in the video. Below the video: SLED agent: Alex Murdagh said ‘I did him so bad’ about sonAdditionally, a digital forensic expert broke down the data from Paul, Maggie and Alex’s phone. She said the last activity on Paul’s phone was recorded at 8:48 p.m., when he sent a text message. The last activity on Maggie’s phone was recorded at 21:06 when the phone changed from landscape mode to portrait mode. It was the same time Alex called Maggie to tell her she was going to her mother’s house. Below: Alex Murdaugh is interviewed by detectives after a double murder
Above: Live video from the courtroom
Updated 1:07 pm: The judge said he was willing to hear all the evidence related to the case, the defendant’s state of mind and possible motives. But he hasn’t made a decision about what will be allowed.
The defense said involving all the alleged financial crimes could extend the trial by up to two weeks.
Prosecutor Creighton Waters said a financial crime was needed to explain Murdaugh’s motive for the murder.
The court is in recess for lunch and will resume at 2:15 pm with testimony not related to financial crimes.
Updated 12:57 pm: Seckinger had resigned. The judge decides whether to let the jury hear his testimony.
Updated 12:16 pm: Court resumed. Seckinger was questioned by Jim Griffin, Murdaugh’s attorney.
Updated 11:55: The court is in recess for 10 minutes.
Update at 10:30 a.m.: Jeanie Seckinger, a bookkeeper at PMPED, now known as Parker Law Group LLP., took the stand. He said, according to the firm’s policy, all money from clients must be paid to the law firm and not to individual lawyers.
He said he’s known Alex Murdaugh for about 40 years, and said Murdaugh can make seven figures a year.
He said he confronted Murdaugh about the missing charges in 2020 and Alex said he was trying to put the money in Maggie Murdaugh’s name because of the boat accident legal issues.
He said he confronted Alex on June 7, 2021 about losing fees from the law firm. During the conversation, Alex received a phone call saying that his father’s illness was terminal. His conversation with Alex about fees ended at that point.
He said he heard rumors of the killing around 11 that night but received confirmation a few hours later from a partner at the law firm.
Weeks later, he received an email from Bamberg County attorney Chris Wilson, saying the missing money was a belief the law firm would have access to at any time.
He said in September, after Alex resigned from the law firm, Wilson admitted he had no money.
As he continues to investigate the missing money, he discovers numerous checks written to “Forge Consulting” that have Alex’s handwriting on the endorsement.
He said on Friday, September 3, 2021, all partners except Alex and Randy Murdaugh, met to discuss the results of their research. Randy was then brought into the conversation. Alex was confronted, admitted to what he had done and surrendered. He said no announcement would be made until next week.
This weekend Alex was found shot on the side of the road.
Update at 10:26 a.m.: The judge is addressing the jury, asking them to return to the jury room while they talk about what evidence will be allowed in the trial.
Update at 10:14 am: Heidi Galore, of Snap Inc., has taken the stand. He discusses the background of Snapchat and how data and records are stored.
Update at 10:11 am: Court resumed.
10am update: Court in short recess.
Update at 9:40 a.m.: The judge said he would temporarily allow discussion of other alleged crimes involving Alex Murdaugh, as well as the boat accident that claimed the life of Mallory Beach, in order to reveal a motive or intent for the murders.
The judge will determine later, outside the jury’s presence, whether to allow a particular line of questioning to take place.
Recap from yesterday: For the first time, on Wednesday, friends of the Murdaugh family took the stand in the double murder trial of disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh.
They explained to the jury the nature of Alex’s relationship with his wife and son, Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, before his body was found on the family property in June 2021.
Moments before he was killed, Paul Murdaugh recorded a video for his friend, Rogan Gibson.
Paul had been watching Gibson’s dog and sent him a video when he noticed something was wrong with his tail.
In the video, you can hear three voices.
Below: a Snapchat video from Paul Murdaugh taken minutes before the double murder
Prosecutors believe it was Paul, Maggie and Alex Murdaugh, all at the crime scene minutes before the murder.
Gibson testified that he also believed that it was the voice of Alex, Maggie and Paul.
But Alex previously told investigators he had been asleep at the time and hadn’t seen Paul and Maggie since dinner.
When pressed on the matter, Gibson pointed out that neither Maggie nor Paul were pressured into the video.
Gibson said he met with Murdaugh’s family the day after the murder and said he believed he heard Alex in the video. Gibson said Alex was in the room at the time and did not respond to the statement.
Video below: Rogan Gibson testifies
He also told the attorney that Murdaugh had a good relationship.
Another friend of the Murdaughs, Will Loving, echoed that sentiment.
He also testified that he heard Alex, Maggie and Paul voices in the video.
Below is the video: SLED Agent: Alex Murdaugh says ‘I did him bad’ about his son
Additionally, digital forensics experts break down data from Paul, Maggie and Alex’s phones.
She said the last activity on Paul’s phone was recorded at 8:48 p.m., when he sent a text message.
The last activity on Maggie’s phone was recorded at 21:06 when the phone changed from landscape mode to portrait mode.
That’s the same time Alex calls Maggie to say she’s going to her mom’s house.
Below: Alex Murdaugh is interviewed by detectives after a double murder
