SC - Paul Murdaugh & mom Margaret Found Shot To Death - Alex Murdaugh Accused - Islandton #33

[Ceska]

So the FAMILY was cleaning up the crime scene area? Did I hear that right?
I hope the State has a field day with that.... nothing like trying to remove evidence/contaminate a crime scene, intentionally.

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

This oughta be good. This is the brother who was supposedly seen taking multiple guns out of the Moselle home.
And isn't he the brother who also went to boat crash scene and took the boat out of the water (why didn't LE do that?)....
Hoping the State has CW cross-examine.

Maybe this witness, his brother, on cross also ought to be asked whether he owns guns. And how they are stored. And are they accounted for as well. Stored locked?

And I will offer up, I don’t know the answer to any of those questions….. so maybe better not asked?
IMO

 

[girlhasnoname]

Whaaat? So JMM *cleaned up* the crime scene???

I'm just...incredulous. How can that be legally acceptable? What about "preserving the evidence"? (But...I'm no lawyer. Something here just "feels" really weird.)

Someone, please, correct me, since I'm sure I heard something wrong here...

The next day, after the bodies were removed.

 

[justtrish]

I owed him? Odd statement.

I understand this. He loved Paul. I can see that he loved him and was close with him. He didn't want to leave what was left of Paul out there like that. I can understand the statement from that standpoint. He loved him dearly and he felt he owed it to him to not leave his remains splattered everywhere.

 

[StarryStarryNight]

This is ridiculous. They are trying to blame SLED for not cleaning up the crime scene. There are companies that clean up crime scenes. This family was dripping in police buddies and should have known this.

 

[rescuemom]

God bless him, he was right to clean it up </3

here we go the crime scene was a mess and SLED didn't do a good job

 

[Gardenista]

If the crime scene was released, it was fine for him to clean it up. There are companies that are usually called in to do this, though.

 

[makayla]

I believe this family sticks together no matter what! I feel slightly sorry for JMM because he’s going to protect his brother for sure (that’s the family history and dynamic), but he does appear to have real feelings. Even though he’s very talkative I think he’s doing his best to stand up for AM. I couldn’t do that if I had a sibling, but this family appears to be determined to hang on to whatever is left of the Murdaugh legacy, come hell or high water. I have seen families like that, but it’s not something I condone.

 

[QB2022]

Now if my loved one had been brutally murdered I'd be questioning why the hell 24 hours later the crime scene was ready to be cleaned up. I'd feel I'd owe it to them to make damn sure the evidence and investigation had been done properly. Cleaning up would not be my big concern..

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

So no one in LE asked any close family members if they could locate her phone via a "Find My Friends" app, and Buster wound up locating it via the app on his phone? Buster didn't even have the mindset to think of that himself until John Marvin prompted him? Unbelievable.

 

[jennyjenny]

good detective work JMM ... LMAO

 

[Gardenista]

Major scamarama vibes from this guy.

 

[Love Never Fails]

This family really covers for each other! I hate JM’s testimony. JM over explains everything just like AM does. Cries one minute. Laughs next. Wish he would put that tissue up!!! I’m sure it’s dry.

 

[Tiger Stripes]

Just an observation. If my family had a tragedy like this we wouldn't be blowing up the phone calling people until we all were together and had an idea of what was going on. When my dad died suddenly a few years ago, we didn't call anyone. My mom called my sister and me, we rushed to be with her and then we gathered our wits about us and started calling others the next day. This blowing up everyone's phone is weird to me and folks converging in the middle of a crime scene is too.

(SBM) "folks converging in the middle of a crime scene..."

Yes, agreed. What's wrong with this picture? A double homicide, multiple individuals with backgrounds in LE and law school, and all of them just tromp, tromp, tromping around -- and through -- the middle of the crime scene?

Mind-boggling.

 

[sunshineray]

Yeah I'm not buying the bit about the two SLED agents, who he don't know who they were, saying naww we don't need your app, we got it handled so THEN he went to the Solicitor guys. He went to them first, right off the bat. JMO

 

[Chelly]

Is there anything suspicious about John Marvin's story of the truck he was driving breaking down? He had to leave truck en route and get a ride to Moselle with the person following him? I've often wondered about this story, but maybe it's factual.

 

[CityKid]

Am I the only one seeing what looks like pockmarks or something on AM's face? This is from the first night's questioning.
EDITED to add, could those marks be where the buckshot hit him?

Alex Murdaugh sobbed, wore clean shirt as he recalled discovering bloodied bodies: video

In an interview with Colleton County Sheriff’s Detective Laura Rutland after claiming to have found the fatally shot pair, Murdaugh said he touched the boy’s pulse but realized he was gravely injur…

nypost.com

 

[passionflower]

I remember seeing him wander over to the defense lawyers last week as court finished for the day. He was smiling and laughing as he headed over. He chuckled with them and they were having a good, fun ol' time. I saw him smiling often in court. Does he understand this a murder trial for two of his loved ones?
Golly gee.

A very ODD family IMOO

 

[Gardenista]

Am I the only one seeing what looks like pockmarks or something on AM's face? This is from the first night's questioning.

Alex Murdaugh sobbed, wore clean shirt as he recalled discovering bloodied bodies: video

In an interview with Colleton County Sheriff’s Detective Laura Rutland after claiming to have found the fatally shot pair, Murdaugh said he touched the boy’s pulse but realized he was gravely injur…

nypost.com

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I actually went back this morning and rewatched the video and saw what you are seeing.

 

[makayla]

I think it’s only fair that RM testify as well …. I want to compare all 3 brothers