Key takeaways:
- Jury of seven men and five women convicted Alex Murdaugh of two counts of murder, as well as two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
- Lead prosecutor Creighton Waters expressed satisfaction with the verdict, citing the Snapchat video that placed Murdaugh near the scene of the crime.
- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson spoke on the moments in the high-profile trial that sealed Murdaugh’s fate, citing the kennel video as “Paul speaking from beyond the grave.”
Today, a jury of seven men and five women convicted Alex Murdaugh, a 54-year-old disgraced Lowcountry lawyer, of murdering his wife, Margaret, 52, and son Paul, 22, at their hunting estate in rural Colleton County, South Carolina in June 2021.
The jury took less than three hours to convict Murdaugh of two counts of murder, as well as two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
Lead prosecutor Creighton Waters expressed satisfaction with the verdict, saying that the Snapchat video that placed Murdaugh near the scene of the crime was the final “nail” that sealed the case. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, appearing on NBC’s “TODAY” show Friday morning, spoke on the moments in the high-profile trial that sealed Murdaugh’s fate.
Wilson said that the kennel video, which was not discovered until months after the murders occurred, was “basically Paul speaking from beyond the grave.”
Murdaugh is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday. If convicted, he faces life in prison without parole. The case has garnered national attention due to the prominence of the Murdaugh family in South Carolina’s Lowcountry.
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