Murdaugh Murders Podcast - Who Killed Maggie & Paul? Part Two (S01E26)

Episode Date: January 5, 2022

Almost seven months after Paul Murdaugh and Maggie Murdaugh were murdered in Colleton County, South Carolina, multiple sources close to the investigation said physical evidence directly ties Alex Murd...augh to the double homicide. We've been told that this evidence is substantial, serious and directly links Alex to this gruesome crime.  And that is a BIG deal.  In this episode, Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell reveal new information in the case as we put everything we know into context.  Do all roads lead to Alex? Also on this episode, we hear from South Carolina attorney and lawmaker Justin Bamberg again — who has stepped into the arena as a voice for victims.  And a special thank you to our sponsors: Cerebral, Betera, Aura Frames, Hunt-A-Killer, Bannon Law Group, Nature's Highway CBD, and others. Pre-sales for Murdaugh Murders Podcast merch is now live at MurdaughMurdersPodcast.com/MERCH. All net proceeds from merchandise sales are donated to victim-focused charities like Hopeful Horizons and others on a regular rotation. Hopeful Horizons is a children's advocacy, domestic violence and rape crisis center.  The Murdaugh Murders Podcast is created by Mandy Matney and produced by Luna Shark Productions. Our Executive Writer is Liz Farrell. Founding Editor of contributed to the reporting in this podcast. Advertising is curated by the talented team at AdLarge Media.. Find us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/MurdaughPod/ https://www.instagram.com/murdaughmurderspod/ As you know, we are a mission-driven podcast - we expose the truth wherever it leads.  In 2022 we plan to commission up to 5 different stories for deep-dive investigations. We're seeking investigators, journalists, arm-chair detectives and others to tell a story they've always wanted to share in order to expose the truth wherever it leads. Cold cases, active investigations, crimes and corruption is our aim and we want to help you blow the lid off of the next big story. We fund your project, you tell the story - we just help you along. Visit MurdaughMurdersPodcast.com/truth for more details. For current and accurate updates: Twitter.com/mandymatney Support Our Podcast at: https://murdaughmurderspodcast.com/support-the-show Please consider sharing your support by leaving a review on Apple at the following link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/murdaugh-murders-podcast/id1573560247 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:01:25 In the past seven months, we have learned a lot about the circumstances surrounding the Murdock family around the time of the murders. And it's time that we put all of that into context. Just like Fitznews has been told from the beginning, all roads lead to Ellic. My name is Manny Matney. I'm the news director at Fitznews.com, and I've been investigating the Murdock family for almost three years now. This is the Murdock Murders podcast with David Moses and Liz Farrell. Happy New Year, MMP fans.
Starting point is 00:02:11 With your support and encouragement, we were able to do amazing things in 2021. We launched social media pages on Facebook and Instagram recently. And just for a reminder, please follow us by searching Murdock Murders podcast on Facebook and Instagram, or click the links in the episode description. We have lots of exciting giveaways coming up and new announcements that you will not want to miss. So be sure to check out those social media pages. In 2021, we invested in equipment, programs, and people so we can deliver a better listening experience to our audience. I am so thankful to work with amazing people at both Fitznews.com and on this podcast.
Starting point is 00:02:54 We are proud to have helped grow Fitznews.com through our reporting. Fitznews is truly South Carolina's best hope for keeping its public entities and agencies held accountable. If you haven't already, please go to Fitznews.com and subscribe to the latest news on this case and others. And finally, we're very proud that we connected with advertisers who believe in our mission to expose the truth wherever it leads. Good journalism is expensive. It takes time and a lot of resources. Please know that these products and services believe in our mission and for that we are so grateful. We plan to continue this trend of delivering better episodes with more in-depth coverage on all of these investigations and plan on providing answers, enclosure to victims in each case this year.
Starting point is 00:03:44 So keep listening and let us know what you think so we can continue to get better. And on that note, we are so grateful for our listeners and our supporters. We are grateful for you for listening to us right now. So thank you. We want to start out this episode by saying that we heard you. Listeners told us they wanted an update in the murder investigation of Maggie and Paul Murdock. Well, we got one for you and it is serious. After seven months, we too were wondering what the holdup was at the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
Starting point is 00:04:22 So Liz Farrell, Will Folkes and I, all at Fitznews.com, went back to our sources with some information that we've been hearing for months that there was direct physical evidence that placed Eliq Murdock at Moselle at the very moment his wife and son were murdered. Turns out this is absolutely true according to our sources. And that is a big deal. We can't say what that evidence is exactly, but we have been told that it is substantial and I would not be reporting it right now if it wasn't. However, direct physical evidence sometimes isn't enough to hang a case on. So in this episode, we're going to take you through everything that we know about the murders. We're going to talk about the surrounding circumstances, possible motives, theories and evidence.
Starting point is 00:05:12 So due to the unforeseen amount of crimes that we've uncovered during the course of this podcast, it's been a long time since we've talked about the double homicide. I figured we could all use recap. So here we go. 52-year-old Maggie Murdock and her 22-year-old son Paul Murdock were found dead on their 1700-acre painting property in Collison County, South Carolina, around 10 p.m. June 7, 2021. Paul Murdock was killed by two shotgun blasts, one to the chest and another through the arm and head. Maggie Murdock died of multiple gunshot wounds by a semi-automatic rifle. The bodies were found near the dog kennels on the Moselle property by Alec Murdock, who called 911 at 10.07 p.m. Soon after they arrived on scene, the Collison County Sheriff's Office asked the South Carolina law enforcement division to take over the case due to both the complexity of the investigation and the agency's multiple ties to the Murdock family.
Starting point is 00:06:16 Sled agents arrived on scene at 11.47 p.m., more than an hour and a half after Alec first called 911. And remember, Maggie Murdock's phone was discovered by law enforcement on a rural road outside of Moselle on the day after the double homicide. Fitznews founding editor Will Folkes exclusively reported that Alec Murdock was a person of interest in the murders, which was later confirmed by one of Alec's attorneys, Jim Griffin, in an interview with Fox Carolina News this past October. During that same interview, Jim also told viewers that Alec had no motive to kill Maggie or Paul. We begged to differ, Jim. In the past two weeks, there have been a crazy number of reports with big screaming headlines about how Maggie left all of her assets to Alec, as if this were the smoking gun that clearly implicates him in her and Paul's deaths. But lawyers we've spoken to have told us there really is nothing out of the ordinary with that. It's pretty standard. Husbands typically leave their assets to their wives, wives typically leave their assets to their husbands, and if both have died, they leave their assets to their kids.
Starting point is 00:07:29 And if the kids are minors, the assets go into a truss for them. The will doesn't really do anything for us, so we're thinking it's much more important to focus on the events of what led up to Maggie's and Paul's deaths. So the walls began closing in on Alec in 2019 with the Mallory Beach lawsuit. Alec had just hired two of the state's most expensive attorneys to defend Paul after Paul was charged with three felony counts of BUI. Incidentally, these are the same two attorneys who are now defending Alec. Paul's case was not only high-profile, it was destined to be drawn out for years and incredibly costly. At this very same time, however, Alec was putting out the word to the Beach family attorney, Mark Tinsley, of good and good law firm in Allendale, that he was flat broke and therefore wouldn't be able to offer a settlement, never mind pay, whatever a jury decided his liability to be. Of course, the Murdochs didn't appear to be all that broke, on the outside anyway.
Starting point is 00:08:23 As we all know now, they definitely weren't. One thing we want to note here is that in 2019, sources had told us that Maggie and Alec were headed toward divorce, but the boat crash and Paul's situation derailed their plans. More recently, sources have told us that shortly before Paul's and Maggie's deaths, a realtor had shown them houses for sale in the Hilton Head Island area. Also something we want to note here because it's important when we're talking about Alec's situation leading up to the murders, Paul's reckless behavior didn't seem to change at all after the boat crash. In fact, he seemed to learn nothing from the whole experience and was becoming an even bigger liability for Alec. The summer after the crash, we heard from people who had seen Paul out partying, drinking and boating around Edisto Beach. And up until his murder, Mandy and I received regular reports of Paul's excessive partying and drunken outbursts in and around the Low Country area and in Columbia. In the meantime, the public was calling for justice for Mallory, and people were starting to talk more about the shady boots way the Stephen Smith case was handled.
Starting point is 00:09:21 Because Alec was claiming to be poor, Tinsley decided to call his bluff and began formally demanding proof of Alec's financial situation. In the fall of 2020, Murdoch's attorneys made it clear to the court and to Tinsley that Alec had no intention of answering any of the questions he was being asked, calling the questions irrelevant and immaterial. He wasn't going to share information about his checking and savings, his retirement accounts, the properties he owned or had an interest in, his stock holdings, his life insurance policies or his investments. And he certainly wasn't going to provide the name of the person who prepared their taxes for the past three years. As we now know, he apparently had a lot of reasons not to share that information. The pressure on him to open his books kept increasing though, and a hearing was scheduled for June 10th when the judge would hear arguments in the Beach family's motion to compel Murdoch to show them his money. Also looming out there, Maggie and Paul could be sued at any moment by the Beach family for their rolls in the boat crash, and Alec knew this. But first, the absolute worst was starting to happen.
Starting point is 00:10:21 Around April 2021, word began to spread that Randolph Murdoch, the family patriarch, the revered and powerful former solicitor, who put bandages over the good old boys' cuts and scrapes and bandanas over the eyes of anyone who witnessed their falls, had terminal cancer. Shortly after, sometime in May, Alec's law firm allegedly discovered a check on his desk that led them to believe he had stolen money from them. At some point after that, the firm hired a forensic accountant in Columbia to take a deeper dive. Then, on June 7th, just three days before his financial reckoning in court, Alec told investigators he had come home to find his wife and son murdered. And we'll be right back. From the beginning, we have been working off of a timeline that I'm not sure that we can rely on, that Paul and Maggie Murdoch were murdered between 9 and 9.30 p.m. on June 7th, 2021. It's suspicious because it's based off of the Colleton County Coroner's account, which likely relied on when Alec said he got home, which we all know that we cannot trust. Remember, at the time, a lot of public officials in the area feared the Murdoch family and would have never second guessed anything they said.
Starting point is 00:11:51 So the chances that local officials took Alec at his word to establish a timeline is pretty high. Let's look at the science of this real quick. When a person dies, rigor mortis, or a stiffening of the muscles, starts to set in. This becomes detectable usually within two to four hours of a person's passing and can take up to 18 hours to fully set in. A coroner can determine whether it started by trying to move the person's jaw or their fingers to see how much resistance there is. If it hasn't set in, they can generally guess that the person died within the past two to four hours. Generally speaking, coroners aren't making official declarations on time of death like this one did, and they're definitely not using narrow timeframes like this one did. Unless investigators have already established a timeframe based on when the person was last seen alive.
Starting point is 00:12:39 So according to Alec, he arrived home around 10 and discovered the bodies. Let's assume there was no rigor mortis at that point based on the coroner's estimate that they died shortly beforehand. This means they could have died much, much sooner than the coroner said. And again, we keep going back to the fact that we cannot trust anything here, especially when it comes to the local first responders. And despite the fact that the Murdoch camp claimed that Alec had a rock solid alibi, he does not. And if he actually had a rock solid alibi, we really haven't heard it. So 10 days after the murders, Alec's brothers John Marvin and Randy Murdoch spoke to Good Morning America, who reported that Alec took his father to the hospital that day on June 7th.
Starting point is 00:13:28 Then he checked on his mother at her home in Hampton County before returning home to Moselle, where he allegedly found the bodies. That is not an ironclad alibi by any stretch of the imagination. We have heard that Randolph was actually released from the hospital that night, not taken to the hospital. And based on conversations that we've had with sources, we have reasons to question Randolph's release from the hospital. Was it actually authorized by medical personnel or was something else going on? If Alec was actually on camera at the time that the murders allegedly occurred, why haven't his bulldog defense attorneys released that footage? Or at least told us about it. Was he ever really at the hospital that day?
Starting point is 00:14:15 There's something really off about this hospital story, and we plan to get more details about that soon. When Alec's attorney Jim Griffin was interviewed by Fox Carolina in October, Griffin claimed that his clients' whereabouts were completely accounted for during that 9 to 9.30 window that night, which is also, again, the window that we cannot trust. The transcript of that interview reads, And I can assure you that we have Alec's whereabouts accounted for completely during that period of time that night. He is sitting on the bedside of his mother at her house when the coroner says these murders happened. She has dementia.
Starting point is 00:14:54 There's a house sitter or a caregiver with around-the-clock care, winning, and they're watching a game show and watching a game show on television. But despite what Jim says, this is not an ironclad alibi. In this version of the alibi that we're hearing, he mentions that Alec saw his mother, who has dementia, in a caregiver who is probably terrified of the Murdoch family, and a TV show that was on. If, for instance, Alec was caught on a ring camera outside of his mother's house at 9.15 p.m.,
Starting point is 00:15:26 you would think that he would have mentioned that. So what we're saying here is that Alec does not have a solid alibi. And if he did, and his attorneys didn't reveal it clearly and publicly while the whole world watches this case and questions Alec Murdoch, then his defense attorneys are worse than we thought they were. On top of the physical evidence that links Alec to the murders, there are a few other things we want to note about the crime scene. Let's start with the 9-1-1 call.
Starting point is 00:15:57 Mandy discussed the call with you guys in episode 6. When the episode aired, listeners noticed a peculiar detail. It seems like Alec says, For God's sakes, Paul, why did you get involved? Take a listen. Obviously, this raises a few questions, namely this one. Involved in what? We should also take a look at who was at Moselle after the call.
Starting point is 00:16:23 It's positively surprising that we haven't heard anything about photos from the scene being passed around over the past seven months, given the number of Bubbas with smartphones and poor judgment who stopped by the Murdochs for a looky-loo that night. There were so many people at the scene. Generally speaking, the number of people who should enter a crime scene is very, very small. Investigators are very cognizant of limiting every opportunity for evidence to get tainted. They are very careful not to allow anyone behind the tape who doesn't absolutely need to be there.
Starting point is 00:16:52 According to the crime scene log, a whopping 24 people went behind the crime tape when all was said and done. And here's the crazy part. Most of those on the list were with Colletin County Sheriff's Office, which is very disturbing given that they immediately handed this case over to Sled. They knew that Sled was on its way. They should have stopped what they were doing and stayed outside the perimeter until Sled could get there.
Starting point is 00:17:14 And how many South Carolina coroners does it take to declare two people dead? Turns out the answer is three. Three coroners went behind the crime scene tape. Three. We question whether they even needed to be behind the tape until after the investigators cleared out, especially because any one of the four EMTs who were behind the tape would have already been able to declare Maggie and Paul dead. And then there's the 14th Judicial Circuit Solicitor and his band of roving investigators.
Starting point is 00:17:40 For some reason, they were on the property that night and for days afterward and even got caught on camera chumming around with Elix's younger brother, John Marvin. Remember, these are Elix Murdoch's guys who were, as Fitznews later reported, apparently conducting their own shadow investigation to make sure Sled didn't mess up. Defense lawyers survive in the courtroom by throwing doubt on every piece of evidence presented. They only need to persuade one person on the jury that there's a problem with an investigation. Having so many Colletin County Sheriff's Office deputies, law enforcement officers who live and work in Murdoch country,
Starting point is 00:18:14 behind the tape is certainly something that Elix would like seeing. And one more important piece of information about the crime scene, the guns. Will Fulks at Fitznews reported early on that at least one of the weapons used in the double homicide belonged to, you guessed it, the Murdoch family. And we'll be right back. So let's talk about the summer of 2021 and where Elix was for a minute. Throughout the summer, I kept hearing reports on Elix whereabouts. We heard that he was having a good time in Key West in July.
Starting point is 00:18:50 Also in July, several people reported seeing Elix and his son Buster at the Governor's Cup fishing tournament in Edisto, South Carolina. On both occasions in July, Murdoch was described as carefree, having a good time, and specifically not someone his wife and son were killed. That's the language that was told to me. He was also told that he was not wearing a wedding ring, for whatever that's worth. Elix was spotted again on Hilton Head Island in August. This time, people told me that he looked like hell, quote unquote.
Starting point is 00:19:22 In fact, there were rumors about solicitor Duffy Stone, the prosecutor who took after Randolph the Third being spotted with Elix Murdoch on Hilton Head Island that same weekend at the trial lawyer's convention. Then, suddenly, just days after the convention, Duffy recused himself from the case, which was a really big deal at the time. In an August 11th letter to the South Carolina Attorney General, Stone asked Wilson to handle prosecution in the case, quote, considering the events of today's sled investigation, end quote.
Starting point is 00:19:56 However, he did not elaborate on his exact reason for stepping away in the case. We were told by sources close to the investigation that this indicated that sled was narrowing its investigation. Stone had a long list of conflicts of interest, starting with the fact that Elix had a special position in his office that allowed him to use a badge and lights on his car like he was a prosecutor. Previously, Stone justified his unusual involvement in the case by saying there was, quote, no clear suspect in the case.
Starting point is 00:20:26 So when Stone recused himself, many of us closely watching this thing on Ravel thought it had to be because his employee was now a suspect. Around the same time, behind the scenes, we kept hearing that an arrest was coming soon. While Duffy Stone recused himself on August 11th, the public was not alerted until August 25th. And behind the scenes, it was clear that pressure was building on Elix Murdoch. So just a week and a half after it was publicly known that Duffy Stone stepped out of the double homicide investigation,
Starting point is 00:21:04 Elix did something very stupid. And there is no allege with that sentence. Whatever Elix did on September 4th was very stupid and sent his life spiraling out of control. We're not going to talk about what actually went down on September 4th. We're not going to debate on whether or not Elix was shot, but we're going to talk about something we haven't talked about. The why.
Starting point is 00:21:29 Elix admitted to hiring Eddie Smith to shoot him on the side of the road in broad daylight on September 4th, 2021. He claimed that this was so his son could collect a $10 million insurance payout, one that he did not read the suicide clause on, according to his own lawyers. But the reasoning for the September 4 shooting makes sense to no one. Why would anyone commit suicide and leave their son who just lost their mother and brother in a horrific double homicide without any immediate family members and all for money?
Starting point is 00:22:06 And if Eddie Smith would have killed Elix and made it look like a random shooting, wouldn't that have left Buster scared to leave his home and fear that someone was after his family? Who would want that kind of life for their son? Which makes us wonder, why did Elix want it to look like someone was after him? Why did he set up a scenario going as far as allegedly slashing his own tires and lying to the police unless he had a good reason to make it look like someone was after his family?
Starting point is 00:22:40 What if Elix never actually intended on dying that day? What if he just wanted someone to shoot at him and make it look like people, perhaps drug traffickers, were after him and his family? And that leads us to the suspects and the theories. In the immediate hours after word got out about Maggie and Paul on June 8, those with deep connections to the Murdochs began to circulate, with a lot of certainty in some cases, that Paul and Maggie were killed by a groundskeeper at Moselle
Starting point is 00:23:15 after Paul had gotten into an argument with him over a hunting field getting seated too soon. In the meantime, people on the internet were speculating that the Murdochs were killed in an act of revenge for the boat crash, Stephen Smith's death, or Gloria Satterfield's death. And then, the Labor Day weekend situation happened. All of this leads us to wonder if this theory was leaked by the Murdoch camp to tie up sled and send armchair detectives in a new direction. Whatever Alec was planning on accomplishing on September 4, it backfired in ways that no one could have ever predicted.
Starting point is 00:23:49 In the next month, Alec's entire reputation crumbled in the public eye as we found out about his scheme to steal millions of dollars from clients, allegedly. During this downward spiral, an interesting story emerged from the Post and Courier in Island packet. Two newspapers whose coverage on this saga has noticeably favored Murdoch and his defense attorneys. The newspapers reported that a local gang called the Cowboys was being investigated by the state grand jury in connection with the Murdoch murder saga. Specifically, the newspapers reported that they were investigating if a trail of absurdly large checks Murdoch allegedly made to his drug dealers
Starting point is 00:24:33 linked back to this Cowboy gang. And then, like clockwork, soon after the story broke, lots of people on social media started to question if this gang was involved in the double homicide. All of this leads us to wonder if this theory was leaked by the Murdoch camp to tie up sled and send armchair detectives in a new direction. Finally, we need to talk about the few calls for justice from the Murdoch family. Typically, in a case like this, when nearly every major news outlet in the country is covering a murder, you usually hear the family on the news often calling for justice and accountability on behalf of their murdered loved ones.
Starting point is 00:25:13 But in this case, we barely heard from the family. A week after the murders, Fitznews founding editor Will Folkes pointed out that neither the Murdoch family nor PMPAD have offered any reward money for information leading to an arrest in the double homicide. Then, just a few days later, Randy and John Marvin suddenly appeared on Good Morning America and asked the public's help in finding Maggie and Paul's killer. This was the first and only time they did this. And again, we know everybody grieves differently,
Starting point is 00:25:46 but if the Murdoch family truly believed that a random person or gang targeted and killed two of their family members, wouldn't they want to publicly pressure law enforcement to solve the case? Wouldn't they be begging news outlets to continue to write about the double homicide to get answers for them? And then, there was that strange $100,000 reward they offered a few weeks after the double homicide to anyone who provided information on the murders of Maggie and Paul that led to an arrest. The award was announced by MP Strategies, a PR firm hired by the Murdoch family. But here is the thing, that reward expired on September 30th, which was really odd. And when it expired, the PR company working for the Murdochs released the following statement.
Starting point is 00:26:38 The transcript of that interview reads, We are disappointed that no one has stepped forward with any leads to solve the murder and claim the $100,000 reward. At this time, the family is evaluating what additional steps can be taken to solve the murders of Maggie and Paul. We haven't heard anything from the family or MP Strategies calling on justice in this case since they released that statement in September. On Tuesday, we reached out to sled officials who declined to comment on the status of the investigation. So what does all of this mean? Like we said, all roads seem to lead to Alec. And now that we know physical evidence directly links him to the homicides,
Starting point is 00:27:22 the only question we have now is when can we expect an arrest? So before we end this episode, we have an important update from last week's podcast about attorney Justin Bamberg taking on PMPED. Since the last podcast aired, I think people have started to look a little more at what's going on and how they were done by Alec and their situation. I've had multiple calls, but we have been retained to represent another five individuals over misappropriated money, including a couple of individuals for whom no indictments have been levied as of yet. Those people also have not actually even been given their money back. And that is something that we are presently working on. Okay, wow. So what Justin is saying here is that since the podcast aired, which was last Wednesday,
Starting point is 00:28:20 five alleged victims of Alec Murdoch have stepped up and hired him as their attorney. That is a total of seven clients for Justin Bamberg and his fight against the firm. And some of those victims haven't been included in the indictments yet, which means, as we already knew, that more financial charges are coming down for Alec. People in general have always had reservations. And it's, you know, well, I don't want my name in the newspaper or, you know, my loved one. And they mentioned, they mentioned my father who passed and it makes them nervous. Again, I think it is important when someone is a victim, who they are matters.
Starting point is 00:29:06 And the fact that you're not just a number, you're not just a victim number five or a Jane Doe with no identity. You, your loved one was a living, breathing person or someone who unfortunately passed away who was done wrong. And we want the public, we want society to understand that Alec wasn't stealing from numbers on a piece of paper. He was stealing from people whose lives were drastically altered because of his greed. And you don't have to be afraid. You don't have to be scared. You don't have to worry about backlash or someone bothering you or intimidating you, right? There are processes in place to protect you and victims of crimes in this state have certain rights under the South Carolina Constitution. There's a victims bill of rights and you have the right to be free from intimidation.
Starting point is 00:30:13 You have the right to be informed as to what's going on as the perpetrator is prosecuted by the state government. And I think that the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, I think that the South Carolina Attorney General's office has been doing a very good job. The victims' advocates that are at SLID and at the AG's office have been doing an amazing job in making sure that the victims of Alex's misdeeds and crimes are comfortable. And that's one thing that my office has been focused on in this process is, yes, we're pursuing claims against Alec Murdoch. We're pursuing claims against the firm and the banks involved, right? But we also want the clients to know and other people to know that there are people who have your back. You're not going at this alone. As I said at the beginning, I hope everyone had a happy holiday and a happy New Year.
Starting point is 00:31:37 We have loved hearing all of the stories about families getting together and talking about the podcast. We've heard about grandmothers and granddaughters bonding on a long drive while listening to the podcast. We heard one story about sisters reconnecting after years when one of them brought up the podcast over Christmas dinner. We love it. We are here for it and we are thankful for you, the listener, for being a part of this. Our audience is why we have been able to make such a huge impact and hold agencies accountable. You are the reason why we are seeing change unfold before our eyes. Thank you for listening and thank you for helping us expose the truth wherever it leads. There is so much more to unpack in the seven investigations related to Alec Murdoch.
Starting point is 00:32:26 We're only two work days into 2022 and I have been hit with non-stop, insane breaking news that I haven't all uncovered yet. We have so much more news on PMPD, Alex alleged financial crimes and a lot of other things that are happening behind the scenes. Stay tuned to fitsnews.com and the Murdoch Murders podcast for the latest updates in this case. See you next week. The Murdoch Murders podcast is created by me, Mandy Matney and my fiance, David Moses. Produced by Luna Shark Productions The Murdoch Murders

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