SC - Paul Murdaugh & mom Margaret Found Shot To Death - Alex Murdaugh Accused - Islandton #27

[Derph]

I'm gonna puke with this Aww shucks we're just one big happy family! Yeah Bill this guy looked you in the face for years and stole millions from under your nose.

 

[Ceska]

"He was pretty good at hiding who he was....".... I love it!!!! My neighbors heard me laughing at that!

 

[makayla]

Ooooooh. Knife to the heart of the defense -- basically saying he thought he knew Alex until the Sept. 4 theft issue. JMO.

I’m hoping CW jumps on that comment during cross

 

[Edvis]

Lots of Masks covering truth, and red noses too.

Bet if I swung in on a trapeze, no one would even take notice.

 

[Loveallmyhorsesdogsandcats]

Organizing Alex‘s office and files just to help, not have client files setting out. There’s no way his motive did not also involve looking any incriminating information and hiding it. Mark Ball tried to help AM move and hide assets from Tinsley.
Mark is another close associate who had no clue as to the supposedly extremely heavy drug use.

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[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/AveryGWilks

The defense calls its fifth witness, Alex Murdaugh's former law partner at PMPED, Mark Ball. Ball now works with the Parker Law Group. He has been a lawyer for 33 years.

Ball testifies he and AM have known each other for 34 years. They worked together for more than two decades. Their families were close.

Ball testifies he arrived at Moselle around 10:50 p.m. on 6/7/21, about two hours after the slayings. He pulled up to the scene and parked behind a police car. There were no barriers or roadblocks anywhere. Ball said he told law enforcement they needed to block off the scene.

They still didn’t block it off, Ball testifies. “People just kept piling in. More and more people kept showing up.” An hour and a half later, "there were a good many cars up there.”

Ball testifies that law enforcement and first responders were walking all over the crime scene, including between the two bodies. It was intermittently raining, and water was draining off the top of the dog kennels onto Paul’s body and the concrete floor, Ball says.

Ball: “It’s a crime scene. You don’t want water dripping all over the place. But more importantly, I thought it was pretty disrespectful. Paul was a good young man. Quite frankly, it just pissed me off.”

Ball on Alex Murdaugh’s demeanor on the night of the slayings: He was beside himself. I tried to console him. AM kept saying: “Look at what they did. Look at what they did.”

Ball testifies SLED told the Murdaugh family and PMPED lawyers they could leave the kennel scene and go up to the Moselle main house. He asked if that was wise, and they said yes. Ball said he was concerned for two reasons. One, he didn’t know if it was even safe to be up there.

... or if the killer was still on the property. Two, he wasn’t sure anybody should be at the house. “Where does the crime scene start and stop?” Ball testifies when the family/lawyers arrived at the Moselle house, it didn’t look like SLED had been there yet to search the place.

Ball testifies they got up to the main house at Moselle around 1:30 a.m. or 2 a.m. They helped clean up the house, including putting away the pots and pans on the stove. (Murdaugh housekeeper Blanca Simpson testified earlier that it was eerie that the pots and pans were put away).

Ball: A piece of Paul’s skull the size of a baseball was lying on the ground. “It really infuriated me.” He asked SLED if they needed to collect some of that stuff. The agent said they had all they needed.

Ball testifies he told SLED he heard AM’s voice in the 8:45 p.m. dog kennel video. He says he recognizes AM’s voice, having known him for 34 years. Griffin asks if AM says “I or they” in the “I/They did him so bad” recording.

Ball: “It sounds like “they” to me. That’s what AM told me the night of the murders, too.

Ball testifies about the fatal 2019 boat crash cases. He says AM was much more concerned about the criminal charges against Paul than the civil lawsuit against the Murdaughs, which the family and PMPED lawyers thought was defensible.

Ball on AM: “The person I thought I knew loved his family or appeared to love his family very much. He’d take their calls. He’d do all of those things. After September the 3rd, I’m not sure I know that person. But he always seemed to be devoted.”

Ball on Paul: “Paul has been sort of demonized by this whole affair. It’s not fair.” Paul and other young people make mistakes. “Paul was a good kid. He was always polite to me.

Ball: The PMPED firm was like a family. “Unfortunately, Alex betrayed that when he stole the money.”

Griffin ends his questioning. Prosecutor Creighton Waters rises for cross-examination. First question: Waters: “He was pretty good at hiding who he really was, wasn’t he?” Ball: “Obviously.”

 

[Katrinepa]

Bet if I swung in on a trapeze, no one would even take notice.

Depends if you were wearing clothes or not-lol Maybe.

 

[clearskies1]

When your own witness blows up in your face. Unreal. JMO.

 

[arielilane]

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[Elley Mae]

It’s like this guy is pitching for the wrong team.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/Angenette5

Ball: he said he ate dinner, laid down on the couch and went to check on M. Never mentioned the kennels. Ball says the dinner, couch and checking on M is what he said several times.

 

[makayla]

Defense May regret putting this witness MB on the stand!

 

[Edvis]

Depends if you were wearing clothes or not-lol Maybe.

Thought about it but going with the full body tights, stage name Twinkle Toes.

 

[MrsWatson]

Ball may just peel right out of the squadron here.

 

[makayla]

Witness MB talks too much which will get him into trouble!

 

[Edvis]

It’s like this guy is pitching for the wrong team.

Yup serval points he made got my eyebrows raising.

 

[clearskies1]

A stealth prosecution witness! JMO.

 

[Katrinepa]

https://twitter.com/AveryGWilks

The defense calls its fifth witness, Alex Murdaugh's former law partner at PMPED, Mark Ball. Ball now works with the Parker Law Group. He has been a lawyer for 33 years.

Ball testifies he and AM have known each other for 34 years. They worked together for more than two decades. Their families were close.

Ball testifies he arrived at Moselle around 10:50 p.m. on 6/7/21, about two hours after the slayings. He pulled up to the scene and parked behind a police car. There were no barriers or roadblocks anywhere. Ball said he told law enforcement they needed to block off the scene.

They still didn’t block it off, Ball testifies. “People just kept piling in. More and more people kept showing up.” An hour and a half later, "there were a good many cars up there.”

Ball testifies that law enforcement and first responders were walking all over the crime scene, including between the two bodies. It was intermittently raining, and water was draining off the top of the dog kennels onto Paul’s body and the concrete floor, Ball says.

Ball: “It’s a crime scene. You don’t want water dripping all over the place. But more importantly, I thought it was pretty disrespectful. Paul was a good young man. Quite frankly, it just pissed me off.”

Ball on Alex Murdaugh’s demeanor on the night of the slayings: He was beside himself. I tried to console him. AM kept saying: “Look at what they did. Look at what they did.”

Ball testifies SLED told the Murdaugh family and PMPED lawyers they could leave the kennel scene and go up to the Moselle main house. He asked if that was wise, and they said yes. Ball said he was concerned for two reasons. One, he didn’t know if it was even safe to be up there.

... or if the killer was still on the property. Two, he wasn’t sure anybody should be at the house. “Where does the crime scene start and stop?” Ball testifies when the family/lawyers arrived at the Moselle house, it didn’t look like SLED had been there yet to search the place.

Ball testifies they got up to the main house at Moselle around 1:30 a.m. or 2 a.m. They helped clean up the house, including putting away the pots and pans on the stove. (Murdaugh housekeeper Blanca Simpson testified earlier that it was eerie that the pots and pans were put away).

Ball: A piece of Paul’s skull the size of a baseball was lying on the ground. “It really infuriated me.” He asked SLED if they needed to collect some of that stuff. The agent said they had all they needed.

Ball testifies he told SLED he heard AM’s voice in the 8:45 p.m. dog kennel video. He says he recognizes AM’s voice, having known him for 34 years. Griffin asks if AM says “I or they” in the “I/They did him so bad” recording.

Ball: “It sounds like “they” to me. That’s what AM told me the night of the murders, too.

Ball testifies about the fatal 2019 boat crash cases. He says AM was much more concerned about the criminal charges against Paul than the civil lawsuit against the Murdaughs, which the family and PMPED lawyers thought was defensible.

Ball on AM: “The person I thought I knew loved his family or appeared to love his family very much. He’d take their calls. He’d do all of those things. After September the 3rd, I’m not sure I know that person. But he always seemed to be devoted.”

Ball on Paul: “Paul has been sort of demonized by this whole affair. It’s not fair.” Paul and other young people make mistakes. “Paul was a good kid. He was always polite to me.

Ball: The PMPED firm was like a family. “Unfortunately, Alex betrayed that when he stole the money.”

Griffin ends his questioning. Prosecutor Creighton Waters rises for cross-examination. First question: Waters: “He was pretty good at hiding who he really was, wasn’t he?” Ball: “Obviously.”

The Partners had to compensate their clients for the monies stolen. I'm sure they are all pissed off. Betrayal!

 

[Zoe]

Holy smokes...this IS a defense witness, right?!

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

That's right folks get yourself primed for another day and per several request have non - alcoholic refreshments for you as well. The ole crazy train is packed with coal for this trip and again security is in place to keep those pesky defense guys from trying to sneak on, let's ride Sleuths.

Thanks! And I would like a horse hair filled pillow for the evening please. Let’s not spare any expense on this voyage. I once traveled the Orient Express Simplon from Paris to Venice and up through the Alps. Not bragging, just recalling the memories and views fondly. It was the mid 1990s.