SC - Paul Murdaugh & mom Margaret Found Shot To Death - Alex Murdaugh Accused - Islandton #28

[detectivewannab]

Watching a little late/catching up from this morning......

This prosecution cross of Mark Ball is extraordinary in the way this witness basically hoodwinked the defense into thinking he was on their side and then BAM!

This is beautiful. Alex is MAD AS HELL! I love it.

Waiting for them to give out the best performance award and of course MVP. Lol

 

[girlhasnoname]

I like Greene. He was very attentive to details, although encumbered with a bumbling deputy who seemed to need elementary training in starting and enforcing a log about who entered a crime scene. Greene noticed and provided first documentation of the tire marks, bullet casings, footprints at corner of shed (based on a deputy’s report to him), holes in the back of the feed shed window, and various other important elements of the scene. And he secured Alex’s shotgun and was asking the right initial questions of Alex. (ETA: And he did all that in less time than the 21 minutes that AM visited his sleeping mother that night.)

I’d elect him to replace several of the officers who arrived later and started tromping all over the scene, lifting the sheet over PM, etc. and doing nothing to keep parties OTHER than LE distanced from the scene.

And he can personally escort me anytime.

 

[Spyderlady]

I'm baffled -- Surely AM's attys knew what Mark Ball was going to say when he was cross examined. Surely they knew he was NOT going to lie when questioned by the prosecution.

 

[girlhasnoname]

I don’t think it’s a hearing problem. I think it’s an attention span issue. Unless they’re talking about him, he zones out.

Narcs do that. MOO

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

Just out of curiosity, since AM’s acts revealed the extremely weak internal controls where client funds were concerned at PMPED for approximately 12 years, was any kind of independent audit ever done to determine all other client funds handled by all other partners during that timeframe were properly allocated?

Or, is the Bar, community, and state of SC content with reliance on those attorneys’ reputation and trustworthiness that this wasn’t a common occurrence at PMPED?

Would lead one to wonder. And also wonder whether the state or locales there have an ’Office of Disciplinary’ council or the like to examine such scenarios within the legal community?

 

[girlhasnoname]

Hypothetically speaking, if there were other shooters at Moselle that night that did this and AM wants to tell his story to the jury, why wait? He's had years to tell his truth, he could have probably negotiated with the State and this would have never gone to trial. JMO

I think something sneaky this way cometh......

Alex has had years to perfect his version, might he even suggest he was protecting 'someone else'? Kinda like JB did in the Casey Anthony case, I expect something crazy to come out of Alex IF he takes the stand.

MOO

 

[TTF14]

Waiting for them to give out the best performance award and of course MVP. Lol

Yes lol! I hated this guy when the defense started out with him. What a performance! And then, yes, the MVP!

 

[bestill]

Interesting on L&C Joe McCullough said he's still in the "hung jury" camp.

 

[Cindizzi]

I'm baffled -- Surely AM's attys knew what Mark Ball was going to say when he was cross examined. Surely they knew he was NOT going to lie when questioned by the prosecution.

I’m wondering if some of MB’s opinions changed from watching the trial thus far. Witnesses have not been sequestered.
Just a thought
JMO

 

[clearskies1]

Absolutely brilliant! And planned along with Mark Ball, I'm sure. Brilliant.

Yes. MB dropped the first bomb when he said on direct exam that he mistakenly thought he knew Alex and that the Sept 4 stealing revelation changed everything. Waters took the ball and ran at that point. JMO.

 

[girlhasnoname]

Interesting on L&C Joe McCullough said he's still in the "hung jury" camp.

Agreed, he is Dick's old law partner. He did say it was a huge gamble to put Alex on the stand in his opinion.

MOO

 

[Cindizzi]

In case you missed this morning ( like me ) and catching up over lunch break:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1628462743555645446

 

[Sunshynn]

I'm baffled -- Surely AM's attys knew what Mark Ball was going to say when he was cross examined. Surely they knew he was NOT going to lie when questioned by the prosecution.

He was clearly very angry and hurt over AM's misdeeds with the money and, maybe, when he agreed to be a Defense witness he thought he could put that behind him.
But, seeing AM's smug face in front of him might have brought those feeling to the forefront and he pulled the ol' switcharoo when having AM front and center.
MOO.

 

[bestill]

He was clearly very angry and hurt over AM's misdeeds with the money and, maybe, when he agreed to be a Defense witness he thought he could put that behind him.
But, seeing AM's smug face in front of him might have brought those feeling to the forefront and he pulled the ol' switcharoo when having AM front and center.
MOO.

Agreed, and also that fact that a couple of weeks ago they had another party come forward that AM had stolen from, probably wondering how many more are out there. I think he's very bitter that the partners are having to make these crimes good and an over a century old law firm had to be dissolved. You could see his anger.

 

[Cindizzi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1628436657585197059

 

[Betty P]

Just dropping this in here. Interesting timing. Comes from the new Netflix docu.

Paul Murdaugh's girlfriend says he beat her and pinned her by throat

Morgan Doughty, who broke her silence and appeared in the first episode of the new Netflix documentary 'Murdaugh Murders,' described Paul as an abusive partner who would often drink.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Elley Mae]

He was clearly very angry and hurt over AM's misdeeds with the money and, maybe, when he agreed to be a Defense witness he thought he could put that behind him.
But, seeing AM's smug face in front of him might have brought those feeling to the forefront and he pulled the ol' switcharoo when having AM front and center.
MOO.

I got the same impression when Jeanne Seckinger testified I don’t think ppl from the firm are happy with his actions stealing from the clients is stealing from the firm, so his stealing affected their payouts in Dec. and the firm (has now paided the clients and are still paying some.

I wouldn’t hold back either if I worked there.

Jmo

 

[TTF14]

Just dropping this in here. Interesting timing. Comes from the new Netflix docu.

Paul Murdaugh's girlfriend says he beat her and pinned her by throat

Morgan Doughty, who broke her silence and appeared in the first episode of the new Netflix documentary 'Murdaugh Murders,' described Paul as an abusive partner who would often drink.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I'm finding so many witnesses saying what a good kid he was and the whole "all kids mess up" verbiage quite disrespectful to Mallory Beach. It feels like "yeah, he killed someone....eh, he was still a good kid." Her family must be livid.

 

[clearskies1]

Lindsey Edwards Interview: Former Sex Worker Details Forced Encounters With Alex Murdaugh - FITSNews

There's a bigger story here, though ...

www.fitsnews.com

"According to Edwards, Murdaugh choked her to the point she nearly blacked out, gagged her, beat her and pulled clumps of hair from her head – trauma she willingly relived on our cameras in the hopes of making sure it doesn’t happen to anyone else."

 

[Batman's Mommy]

Am I the only person dreading this witness’s testimony? IMO, he almost fell asleep when he was giving his credentials…

And also, he is a ”multi-tool” witness, from what I could gather. I’m not sure what I dread most, his testimony or having to listen to DH for the rest of the afternoon.

JMO. moo