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Watch live courtroom coverage aboveMurdaugh Murders TimelineWatch the initial interview Alex Murdaugh gave investigators after his wife and son were killedJury hears emotional Alex Murdaugh interview recorded days after his wife and son were killedUpdate 4:41 p.m.: Court has resumed.Will Loving, a friend of Paul’s, is taking the stand. He is discussing the specifics of Paul’s rifle.Update 4:26 p.m.: Court is in recess for 10 minutes.Update 3:58 p.m.: Under cross examination, Gibson said Paul and Alex had a very good relationship.Gibson said he was free to come and go at the Moselle and Edisto properties, and the same was true of all Paul’s friends.Update 3:14 p.m.: Rogan Gibson has taken the stand. He said he grew up with Paul Murdaugh and considered the Murdaughs a second family.He said he often went hunting with Paul and discussed Paul’s rifle being stolen.Gibson said he left his dog at the Murdaughs’ kennels and Paul called him the night of the murders from that part of the property. Gibson said the Snapchat video Paul took that night was intended for him.He never heard from Paul after that, nor Maggie. He heard about their deaths the following day.He said he went to Moselle the following day, to the dog kennel, to retrieve his dog. Afterwards, he was interviewed by law enforcement.Days later, he said he met with other members of the Murdaugh family and said he believed Alex was with Paul and Maggie in the video. While Alex was in the room when Gibson said that, Alex did not deny the accusation.Update 2:44 p.m.: Court has resumed.Update 1:20 p.m.: Court is in recess for lunch and will return around 2:30 p.m.Update 11:55 a.m.: Dove is now under cross examination.Update 11:25 a.m.: Dove is being questioned about Paul Murdaugh’s cell phone records and the activity of the phone the night of the murders.Dove testifies that Paul’s camera came on at 8:44:49 p.m. It was on for roughly 50 seconds.The location plotted to Moselle Road, near a building with a red roof.Alex cried in the courtroom as the video was played.Dove testified he heard three voices in the video.Update 11:20 a.m.: Court has resumed.Update 11 a.m.: Court is in recess for 15 minutes.Update 9:40 a.m.: SLED agent Britt Dove is back on the stand, discussing Maggie Murdaugh’s phone.He is also discussing Alex Murdaugh’s phone and believes calls placed the night of June 7 were deleted from the phone before it was seized as evidence.Dove is giving testimony about the steps recorded by the phones, and at what times, the night of the murders.Dove suggests there are calls missing from Alex’s call log the night of the murders, including calls he made to Maggie, which they found on Maggie’s call log.”So those calls were deleted, right?” the prosecution asked.”It would appear that way,” Dove replied.Dove pointed out he didn’t receive Alex’s phone until September 2021, three months after the murders. He doesn’t know when the calls were removed.Alex received texts in a group chat around 8:31 p.m. night of the murders, some of them regarding his dad in the hospital. He didn’t read the texts until the next day, according to call log.According to Dove, on average, Murdaugh usually would read his texts within 3 to 5 minutes, or 30 to 40 mins. “Within an hour.”Update 9:35 a.m.: Court is back in session.Initial report: It was an active day 7 of Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial, with the defense most notably going back to a moment that a witness claimed he might have heard Murdaugh confess to killing his son.Below video: SLED agent: Alex Murdaugh said ‘I did him so bad’ about his son Below video: Cell phone data, records detailed at Alex Murdaugh murder trialTwo moments drew large reactions from the crowd. The first, a slowed down video of an interview Murdaugh had with investigators just days after his wife and son were gunned down in June 2021.The defense and prosecution went back and forth about whether the interview could be slowed down for the jury. The prosecution objected, but ultimately their request was overruled.Below: Alex Murdaugh is interviewed by detectives following double murderThe part of the interview was questioned because SLED Agent John Croft said he believed he heard Murdaugh say “I did him so bad” in reference to his son, Paul.The video was played once in regular speed and once slowed down. “After seeing the video, what do you think he said?” Murdaugh’s attorney Jim Griffin asked.”I think he said ‘I did him so bad,'” replied Croft.Below: Video of Alex Murdaugh and the Murdaugh family arriving to court TuesdayThe prosecution then called three more witnesses to the stand, including an analyst from Verizon Wireless to discuss cell phone records of Alex, Maggie and Paul. We also heard from two digital forensic analysts and their efforts to unlock Paul’s cell phone.Below video: WJCL Special Report: The Trial of Alex Murdaugh
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Update 4:41 p.m.: Court has resumed.
Will Loving, a friend of Paul’s, is taking the stand. He is discussing the specifics of Paul’s rifle.
Update 4:26 p.m.: Court is in recess for 10 minutes.
Update 3:58 p.m.: Under cross examination, Gibson said Paul and Alex had a very good relationship.
Gibson said he was free to come and go at the Moselle and Edisto properties, and the same was true of all Paul’s friends.
Update 3:14 p.m.: Rogan Gibson has taken the stand. He said he grew up with Paul Murdaugh and considered the Murdaughs a second family.
He said he often went hunting with Paul and discussed Paul’s rifle being stolen.
Gibson said he left his dog at the Murdaughs’ kennels and Paul called him the night of the murders from that part of the property. Gibson said the Snapchat video Paul took that night was intended for him.
He never heard from Paul after that, nor Maggie. He heard about their deaths the following day.
He said he went to Moselle the following day, to the dog kennel, to retrieve his dog. Afterwards, he was interviewed by law enforcement.
Days later, he said he met with other members of the Murdaugh family and said he believed Alex was with Paul and Maggie in the video. While Alex was in the room when Gibson said that, Alex did not deny the accusation.
Update 2:44 p.m.: Court has resumed.
Update 1:20 p.m.: Court is in recess for lunch and will return around 2:30 p.m.
Update 11:55 a.m.: Dove is now under cross examination.
Update 11:25 a.m.: Dove is being questioned about Paul Murdaugh’s cell phone records and the activity of the phone the night of the murders.
Dove testifies that Paul’s camera came on at 8:44:49 p.m. It was on for roughly 50 seconds.
The location plotted to Moselle Road, near a building with a red roof.
Alex cried in the courtroom as the video was played.
Dove testified he heard three voices in the video.
Update 11:20 a.m.: Court has resumed.
Update 11 a.m.: Court is in recess for 15 minutes.
Update 9:40 a.m.: SLED agent Britt Dove is back on the stand, discussing Maggie Murdaugh’s phone.
He is also discussing Alex Murdaugh’s phone and believes calls placed the night of June 7 were deleted from the phone before it was seized as evidence.
Dove is giving testimony about the steps recorded by the phones, and at what times, the night of the murders.
Dove suggests there are calls missing from Alex’s call log the night of the murders, including calls he made to Maggie, which they found on Maggie’s call log.
“So those calls were deleted, right?” the prosecution asked.
“It would appear that way,” Dove replied.
Dove pointed out he didn’t receive Alex’s phone until September 2021, three months after the murders. He doesn’t know when the calls were removed.
Alex received texts in a group chat around 8:31 p.m. night of the murders, some of them regarding his dad in the hospital. He didn’t read the texts until the next day, according to call log.
According to Dove, on average, Murdaugh usually would read his texts within 3 to 5 minutes, or 30 to 40 mins. “Within an hour.”
Update 9:35 a.m.: Court is back in session.
Initial report: It was an active day 7 of Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial, with the defense most notably going back to a moment that a witness claimed he might have heard Murdaugh confess to killing his son.
Below video: SLED agent: Alex Murdaugh said ‘I did him so bad’ about his son
Below video: Cell phone data, records detailed at Alex Murdaugh murder trial
Two moments drew large reactions from the crowd.
The first, a slowed down video of an interview Murdaugh had with investigators just days after his wife and son were gunned down in June 2021.
The defense and prosecution went back and forth about whether the interview could be slowed down for the jury. The prosecution objected, but ultimately their request was overruled.
Below: Alex Murdaugh is interviewed by detectives following double murder
The part of the interview was questioned because SLED Agent John Croft said he believed he heard Murdaugh say “I did him so bad” in reference to his son, Paul.
The video was played once in regular speed and once slowed down.
“After seeing the video, what do you think he said?” Murdaugh’s attorney Jim Griffin asked.
“I think he said ‘I did him so bad,'” replied Croft.
Below: Video of Alex Murdaugh and the Murdaugh family arriving to court Tuesday
The prosecution then called three more witnesses to the stand, including an analyst from Verizon Wireless to discuss cell phone records of Alex, Maggie and Paul. We also heard from two digital forensic analysts and their efforts to unlock Paul’s cell phone.
Below video: WJCL Special Report: The Trial of Alex Murdaugh
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