Law&Crime Sidebar - Alex Murdaugh Family Murders Timeline Detailed to the Minute — Who’s Lying?

Episode Date: February 11, 2023

Prosecutors in Alex Murdaugh’s trial presented a timeline of events they believe happened the night the disgraced lawyer’s wife and son were murdered. Using data from cell phones and vehicles, coupled with firsthand testimonies, prosecutors hint they know when the disbarred South Carolina attorney killed his family. The Law&Crime Network’s Angenette Levy breaks down the Murdaugh murders timeline, as told by prosecutors, detailed down to the minute.LAW&CRIME SIDEBAR PRODUCTION:YouTube Management - Bobby SzokePodcasting - Sam GoldbergVideo Editing - Michael DeiningerGuest Booking - Alyssa FisherSocial Media Management - Vanessa Bein & Kiera BronsonSUBSCRIBE TO OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Court JunkieObjectionsThey Walk Among AmericaCoptales and CocktailsThe Disturbing TruthSpeaking FreelyLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lawandcrimeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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June 7th, 2021 is the day that we've heard from the testimony that Alec Murdoch was confronted at his law firm about missing money. It was $792,000. in missing fees. Prosecutors say Murdoch murdered his wife and son to buy time so his financial misdeeds would not be discovered. We now have additional information about the timeline that night based on cell phone records, videos, and data from Alex Murdoch's SUV. Let's look first at that Snapchat video taken by Paul Murdoch that showed Alec Murdoch standing near a tree. The testimony we've heard so far revealed that that video was actually recorded at 7.38 p.m. then uploaded to Snapchat at 739, but published 16 minutes later at 7.56 p.m. In that video, Alec Murdoch is wearing what

looks like brown loafers, a blue shirt, and khaki pants. Then at 8.44 p.m., Paul Murdoch records a 50-second video of his friend Rogan Gibson's dog Cash down at the kennels. Take a look. Quit, Cash. Come, quit. It's okay. Come here. Come here, Cache. Come here, Cache.

Come here, Cache. Hey, he's got a bird in his mouth. Baba. Hey, Baba. That's a guinea. This is a chicken. Come here, Baba. Come here, Cache.

Come here, Baba. Cache, quit. quit. Four witnesses have now testified that Alec Murdoch, Paul Murdoch, and Maggie Murdoch's voices were all on that video of Cash the Dog at the kennels that night, despite Alec Murdoch telling people he hadn't been down to the kennels. Did he say whether or not he had gone down to the kennels with Maggie and Paul before he left to go to Almeda after 9 p.m.? That came up in one of the conversations and he specifically said that he did not.

Sadly, Paul never sent that video to Rogan Gibson. The last time Paul ever reads a text on his phone is at 8.48 and 59 seconds. Maggie read a group text from John Marvin 22 seconds earlier at 849 and 27 seconds. Then Maggie and Paul's phones lock. Phone records show Maggie missed a call from Alec at 904 and 23 seconds. Then a second missed call nearly two minutes later at 906. Records from Alex's SUV show he started the vehicle at 906 and 49 seconds and moved it out of park one second later. At 908, Alex's record show, he sent a text to Maggie that said, Going to check on M. Be right back. That's his mom. Maggie never read that text. At 922 and 45 seconds, Alex SUV goes into Park, presumably when he arrives at his mother's home. Caregiver, Shelley Smith said Murdoch was wearing a t-shirt,

shorts, and clothsperry-type shoes when she saw him that night. Listen to what she said about that visit. How long did he stay in the room with y'all? I say y'all, for the record, you and Ms. Libby, I apologize. About 15 to 20 minutes, 20 minutes. Now let's listen to what Shelley Smith said Alec Murdoch told her at his father's funeral. Did Alex Murdoch all ask you to tell somebody how long he'd been there? He said, someone asks you, I mean 30 to 40 minutes.

That's what he said. Miss Shelley pretty much got that time right for the visit, according to the SUV records. 21 minutes after the car goes into park status, the SUV leaves park at 9.43 and 5 seconds, then goes into park and back out of park. Cell phone records show at 9.45 and 32 seconds, Maggie Murdoch's phone missed a call from Alec and a text nearly two minutes later that said, Call me, babe. At 10 p.m., Alex SUV goes in and out of park several times. Maggie misses a call from him at 10.03. The car goes in and out of park several more times. as Alec Murdoch calls 911 and then 911 at 1006.

The car appears to be in park during that 911 call. Another interesting note, Alec Murdoch was wearing gym shoes when deputies arrived that night, not those claust sparries that Miss Shelley Smith said he had on when he visited his mother's home. And that's it for this edition of Law and Crime Sidebar Podcast. It is produced by Michael Dininger and Sam Goldberg, Bobby Zoki is our director of YouTube. Alyssa Fisher is our booking producer. And Vanessa Bine and Kiera Bronson handle our social media.

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