Hmmm... I'm thinking it more likely that if what appeared to be a tarp (in Ms. Smith's eyes) was carried inside the house by AM from outside wadded up in his arms, it follows that this plastic might later be found wadded up on the floor of a closet. In other words, I would not expect to find that same piece of plastic inside a storage container covering up dishes inside a storage container. However, I wouldn't be surprised to find that same plastic bundled up on the closet floor.
I believe it was the rain poncho that AM was carrying and not the tarp. JMO
2/6/23
Next witness: Kristin Moore
Now on the witness stand for the State, Kristin Moore, a SLED special agent and crime scene investigator.
Moore recalling the search of Murdaugh's parents' house looking for a blue tarp material.
She says she found a blue tarp in a closet in a second floor bedroom. Tarp was in a storage container. There were miscellaneous dishes under the tarp.
Moore says they continued to search, and found a blue raincoat in a coat closet on the second floor.
Moore confirms the rain coat was "jammed down" and "balled up" in the closet as opposed to hanging up like the rest of the coats. State introduces photo of Moore removing the blue rain coat from the closet.
Moore says the state tested the rain coat for suspected blood, and it was negative.
Savanna Goude was questioning for the State. She has nothing further. Jim Griffin now cross examining for the Defense.
Griffin brings up the blue tarp SLED seized along with the rain coat. Moore isn't aware of any tests for blood being done on that tarp the way they were for the coat. She says she didn't personally test if for anything.