Murdaugh's legal team demands answers about possible police accomplice

Summarised from Independent World's report · Updated 16 Oct, 10:45 · Archive

Alex Murdaugh's lawyers demand answers about whether a police officer helped conceal evidence in the murders of his wife and son.

Alex Murdaugh's legal team is demanding answers about whether a police officer helped conceal evidence in the murders of his wife Maggie and their younger son Paul, who were shot dead at the family's Colleton County estate in June 2021. Murdaugh, 58, is expected to stand trial again in April in South Carolina after his original 2023 convictions were overturned earlier this year. The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a court clerk had improperly influenced jurors by instructing them to scrutinise Murdaugh's body language during the original trial.

Defense attorneys say prosecutors previously suggested that a police officer who was friends with Murdaugh arrived at the family's property before other law enforcement and might have helped him conceal bloody clothing or the murder weapons used in the killings. Neither the clothing nor the weapons has ever been recovered. As both sides prepare for the retrial, increasingly hostile legal filings have exposed disagreements over potentially crucial evidence. Murdaugh's lawyers argue that any evidence suggesting another person was involved could undermine the prosecution's account of the murders.

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In this story: Alex Murdaugh · Maggie Murdaugh · Paul Murdaugh · South Carolina · Colleton County

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