Here is my speculation on the timing / order of the murders, based on my analysis of the photos and what’s been reported, especially:
+ PM was discovered partially inside the kennel
+ PM captured AM + MM speaking prior to the murders
+ MM left her car running and was planning to follow AM to the hospital
I suspect that Paul was tending to a dog on the far side of the kennels (area furthest from the foreground of photo A below), as its the only place I think that PM would have been even remotely concealed given how open the kennels appear.
MM parked her car somewhere along the driveway that begins in the bottom right corner of photo B and extends to the building with the red roof. I think that MM knew that PM was at Moselle, and at the kennels, which is why she went there upon arrival. I believe that PM arrived first, then MM. Maybe / likely they interacted before AM arrived.
So, at the start of the altercation, PM is close / inside the far end of the kennels (facing away from the driveway) and MM tells AM she’s at the kennels and watches him approach. MM and AM begin to talk, and something causes PM to pay attention. Perhaps MM and AM begin to argue, or I think it is even possible that MM asked PM to listen in on her conversation with AM, given she ‘felt it was fishy’ that AM asked her to meet at Moselle. This is when the recorded conversation takes place.
I suspect that AM has the shotgun, and has brought it for the purpose of killing MM. He doesn’t pass PM, as he arrives from the house-side, and doesn’t know PM is there - and he’s focused on MM.
AM gets aggressive with MM, or brandishes his gun, and PM yells or otherwise makes his presence known. AM shoots his son, still semi-in the the kennel with the shotgun he had planned to use on MM. MM is momentarily frozen, shocked. This gives AM the time it takes to grab the rifle (hanging up somewhere in the kennels?) and then shoot MM and she begins to run away.
I might be way off - but this is one of the only configurations I can think of that fit the setting and the facts we know.
Photo A: Kennels
(Photo link:
PICTURED: Dog kennels where Alex Murdaugh's wife and son were killed)
I suspect that PM recorded from the far side, and AM and MM were in the foreground area. I think MM was killed near the foreground, and PM towards the back.
Photo B: Moselle Aerial
(Photo from same link as above)
I don’t think that the red dot above is accurate to where the bodies were found, as the kennels are clearly (per photo C) almost adjacent to the building with the red roof, to the right of the red roof in this photo.
Photo C: Kennels from above (red roof building and driveway shown in the bottom right corner of photo B)
(Photo link:
Investigators release timeline of events in Murdaugh murder case)
This photo is similarly oriented to photo A. I suspect MM was found near the white van