SC - Paul Murdaugh & mom Margaret Found Shot To Death - Alex Murdaugh Accused - Islandton #25

[Luna20]

I’m sure DH wants to bite this guys head off! He has done the best so far out of all of the other witnesses. His responses are astute.

 

[Aquarian]

Who was the videographer he texted/called?

Idk, but wasn’t it about a woman in a bikini? Did I hear that right?

 

[Megnut]

Your wife and son are dead beside you. Good time as any to check out a bikini clad image.

Business as usual.

JMO

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1626660648334643201

 

[Cindizzi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1626678087046815796

 

[Cindizzi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1626679530868953100

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1626659297039093765

 

[Luna20]

“Every day is a new day” Hahahaha! Love this guy!

 

[Cindizzi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1626679801657364480

 

[Gardenista]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1626680137327562760

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/AveryGWilks

Court is back in session.

On cross-examination, defense attorney Phillip Barber establishes with Rudofski that Murdaugh’s trip to Almeda took 16 minutes and his trip back took 18 minutes. SLED agents did a test drive between Moselle and Almeda, and it took them 17 minutes, 35 seconds.

Barber: Is it unusual for someone on a straightaway to give it a little bit of gas? (Trying to explain the 80mph timestamp on the way back) Rudofski: “A little bit of gas.” But you’re talking about a 55 mph road at night with deer around.

Barber establishes with Rudoski that Murdaugh didn’t slow down or speed up in any significant way shortly after 9 p.m. as he passed the spot on Moselle Road where agents later found Maggie’s phone. Barber says the car is on a “gentle acceleration.” Rudofski agrees.

Barber is trying to establish that AM’s headlights were illuminating Maggie and/or Paul’s bodies as he drove up to the scene. Trying to explain why Murdaugh called 9-1-1 so quickly, some 20 seconds after getting there. Rudofski is not cooperating, says he wasn’t there.

Barber: “Presumably he knows something is horribly wrong.” Barber asks if it is reasonable that a person could see something was wrong, get out of their vehicle, check both bodies and call 911 in 20 seconds.

Rudofski: “I’m here to testify on this data, not a hypothetical. I think you’re asking the wrong person.” Barber: “Fair enough.” We move on.

Barber is asking Rudofski a lot of questions about the significance/relevance of certain types of data that were included in the timeline. Rudofski is making clear he’s just the guy who assembles the timeline, not the expert who can tell you what every piece of it means.

Rudofski: “It’s just data that I plotted. … You can take that however you want.”

SLED test drove between the Moselle kennels and main house. It took 1 minute, 15 seconds

Barber is now trying to establish that if AM had killed Maggie and Paul, he would have had to accomplish a lot of cover-up in a very short timeline

Barber establishes that AM’s first call after hanging up with 9-1-1 was his brother Randy. His second was to his brother John Marvin.

Rudofski says he finds it odd, as an investigator, that AM's third call was to Paul's friend Rogan Gibson. Barber points out that Paul's phone, which AM looked at, had missed calls and messages from Rogan. R: "I would have been in a state of shock.”

Barber says the fact that AM was googling a restaurant in Edisto Beach in the minutes after finding the bodies shows he was in shock, or “fat-fingering” his phone.

Barber is repeating over and over that AM's phone was recording steps during a period shortly after 9 p.m. in which Maggie's phone is not recording steps.

Barber: “Do we have any evidence that her phone and his phone ever moved together?” Rudofski: Says he would argue that at 9:06 p.m., the same person has both phones. He notes that Maggie’s phone was picked up (changing orientation) 2 seconds before AM called Maggie’s phone.

But if nothing else, Barber is getting Rudofski to reiterate that different people can look at the same data and draw conclusions. I imagine we will hear from defense witnesses in the coming days who will draw conclusions from this data that contradict the state’s witnesses.

Barber shows Rudofski a text AM sent to Maggie on 5/7/21. “I am very sorry that I do this to all of you. I love you.” Barber: “So his family was aware of his drug issues, correct, from the texts.” Rudofski says Maggie didn’t respond to that text.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1626681705951281153

 

[Seattle1]

Then where is Busters “Aha!” moment? You know the one where he realizes his dad is a .

Good to see you here @Love Never Fails.

I think AM has narc qualities similar to Salida's BM where a narc only needs one child as that extension of themself and any additional child is just a spare-- easy collateral. I don't doubt that PM was closer to his mom in the way MM2 was closer to SM. Here, according to AM, PM was the irresponsible, costly child whereas the firstborn was being raised in AM's image. MOO

 

[Chelly]

Good Grief ! Mr Barber asking nothing but nit picky questions on cross of this time line data expert. Defense has scored no points and looks silly attempting to trip up the witness.

 

[General wooster]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1626679801657364480

You think?

 

[justtrish]

I know we can't say for sure what we would do in a crisis, but calling my sons friend is the least of my worries. I feel like calling Maggie's sister/BIL, Alex's brother and/or Buster or calling someone to go to Buster to tell him would be just about the end of what I feel is normal. Then those people can notify everyone else that needs to be told. Look at how many people are showing up at the house that night. THAT is not what they needed to happen, yet that is what Alex felt needed to happen so they could all contaiminate the crime scene of course. Ridiculous.

 

[Cindizzi]

The 43 page condensed SLED timeline:

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/postandcourier.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2b/62bdba22-aefb-11ed-a88c-538e3291ccb1/63efd9a2ea409.pdf.pdf

Source:

Live: SLED agent in Alex Murdaugh double murder trial lays out timeline from day of slayings

A SLED agent is going through a timeline he made compiling various phone data. It is the first time prosecutors have provided jurors with a visual timeline of the family's

www.postandcourier.com

 

[General wooster]

Good Grief ! Mr Barber asking nothing but nit picky questions on cross of this time line data expert. Defense has scored no points and looks silly attempting to trip up the witness.

That is all that they have. Classic desperation defense.

 

[10ofRods]

So Alex is a family annihilator isn’t he? All about money. Ugh.

That's how I see him. It's even possible that Paul was in fact his preferred child, and Buster was not as much on his mind. Who knows? We do know that family annihilation is often the result of both a desire for vengeance (everything bad that happens is THEIR fault and the personality is rage-filled and vengeful) and for what the killer thinks is "compassionate" (life is going to be awful for them, now that we are going to be disgraced/poor/embarrassed/humiliated etc, so I'll just spare them the misery).

This second type of family annihilator often plans to kill themselves too. In fact, suicidality can be the thought that sets the cycle in motion, perhaps daily or many times a day. The wish to annihilate oneself, though, rapidly cycles through "and take them with me," which obviously has to be done first. Of course, there are the ones who drive the whole family off a cliff as a solution to that. I think Chris Watts considered it, but quickly realized he couldn't do it (just like Alex, if in fact he ever felt suicidal).

Here's an article on the homicide/suicide pattern:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1088767907306993?journalCode=hsxa

And here's a more general article about familicide:

Family Annihilation: The Crimes and Psychology of Familicide | Crime Traveller

Examining familicide cases while exploring the psychological profiles and possible triggers of individuals who carry out these horrific acts.

www.crimetraveller.org

Grim stuff, but makes up something like 75% of mass murderers (when 3 or more are killed).

 

[Edvis]

That is all that they have. Classic desperation defense.

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