I don't doubt Alex was "angry," meaning that Paul and Maggie had dealt him some narcissistic injury. But in my view it's important to remember that criminals are not wired like the average person. AM is capable of utter depravity even before we get to the murders. He appears to have no conscience. I doubt that he can bond to other people in the way that most of us understand. So his "anger" or any other emotion is not likely what any of us would feel. To put it bluntly, normal people can be really, really angry without blowing the head off a family member.I think Paul finding those 'bags' of pills in Alex's computer bag and calling him out on it by text "we need to talk'" started the anger ball rolling. Then Maggie's phone showed she was looking up the kind of pills so they were going to confront him in May.
How dare they question him when they benefit by the very means that he provides for them kind of thing IMO.
omg!! Put hand in armpit.... Are you kidding me?! That's it?!!
Either that or airplane mode.
I wondered if that was some code related to a drug drop? delivery? pick up? MOO?Your wife and son are dead beside you. Good time as any to check out a bikini clad image.
Business as usual.
JMO
Ok this makes perfect sense to me now...he's heavy metal...I totally get where his court persona is coming from now. A real shredder, take no prisoners. Why it's almost like there could be a heavy metal Alice Cooper Welcome to My Nightmare vibe behind the courtroom scenes...Did somebody say Let’s Rock and Roll ?!
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Thank you, thank you for this info. I had an inkling of him leaving and an orientation change having occurred in close proximity to that. Maybe the 9:06:20 orientation change is when AM took the phone off his seat as he was driving out so he had it ready to toss?No, it does not. But I don't think it matters. This is what I understand:
The last orientation change for MM's phone was at 9:06:20 PM.
OnStar shows AM left 4147 Moselle Rd for Almeda at 9:07:06 PM.
From 9:07:00 PM until 9:31:44 PM MM's phone was locked and the screen was off.
The state's last phone expert (from yesterday or the day before) testified that the program on Maggie's phone would not record orientation changes that occur while the phone is in that state (locked/screen off). Therefore, the lack of an orientation change in MM's phone from 9:07:00 PM until 9:31:44 PM (while AM was leaving and off the Moselle property) does not mean that it wasn't thrown on the side of road during that time period. JMO.
I wouldn't doubt it, that and maybe a fun play time planned too, JMOI wondered if that was some code related to a drug drop? delivery? pick up? MOO?
It told me a lot about Alec and this family that they CALLED Buster and let him drive (the 1-1/2 - 2 hrs?) from Rock Hill over to Moselle after he was told about the murders. I never understood why one of the brothers or close family friend didn't go over there to get him.Alec calls the neighbor kid. As one does. Did he call Buster? Make sure he was safe? Make sure someone was with him before delivering the horrible news? When/how did Buster find out?
Poor Alec prolly didn't get to eat all day.
JMO
And he was a kid who had been raised by a narcissistic, addicted, conscience-less criminal father who didn't allowed him to experience consequences. So it's not surprising that he abused alcohol and had behavioral issues.Agree. For years, all we had to go on was PM's partying ways where he'd become abusive and offensive while drinking so it was good to hear about the sober, human side of PM.
More specifically, the individual that Ronnie (law firm partner) described as especially good with children, and the grandson who was generous with the time he spent with his elderly, (dementia), grandmother while feeding her ice cream.
Hmm, Hard to say. Unless PM confided in NT about the drugs or asked him questions, I’m not sure he would want to cause a family conflict. Or jeopardize his job .Do you think that Paul’s friend who was a runner at the law firm that was cashing checks for AM shared those stories with Paul who also shared them with his mom?
Ok this makes perfect sense to me now...he's heavy metal...I totally get where his court persona is coming from now. A real shredder, take no prisoners. Why it's almost like there could be a heavy metal Alice Cooper Welcome to My Nightmare vibe behind the courtroom scenes...![]()
It's an act -- part of his methodology. OMO.Why does DH always seem so ill prepared?
If there was no one really close by to notify BM and his girlfriend, I can understand calling him because news travels very fast. It would be awful for BM to find out from television or social media.It told me a lot about Alec and this family that they CALLED Buster and let him drive (the 1-1/2 - 2 hrs?) from Rock Hill over to Moselle after he was told about the murders. I never understood why one of the brothers or close family friend didn't go over there to get him.The poor kid. I can't imagine his experience that night.
Worst case send one of their LE friends to fetch Buster to assure his safety while they determined if a weapon-wielding mad man was out gunning down Murdaughs.
MOO.
Your wife and son are dead beside you. Good time as any to check out a bikini clad image.
Business as usual.
JMO
I just timed myself normally pacing around the house and I took 70 steps in 50 seconds. So you could take about 253 steps pacing around the house in a little less than 3 minutes to make the phone calls to Maggie, get in the car and drive away--unless I have my math wrong. I think he did it, but this could easily be explained by the defense I think.I'd add to this that from 9:02 to 9:06 his phone moved at 70 steps per hour, which was much faster than he'd walked at all that day. So if he woke from a nap and then decided to go to see his mom what was this hurried 4 minutes moving before he gets in the car? He was also texting and calling Maggie many times during this time.
Exactly -- who could he rob next?!! Poor AM, his hamster wheel was spinning faster than he could keep up.On top of everything else, he must have been very upset with MM disposing of all his oxycontin, especially if he was spending all that money for them. Just one more thing to add to his panic and anger.
Think the footprint expert may have been put off until next week so they didn't have to pay him over a long weekend. That's probably why we ended up with arm pits v. rectums.So what happened to his expensive foot wear witness??