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

[Skigirl]

So disgusting that AM told sled that Barbara Mixon sold him drugs.

 

[Luna20]

Yesterday Randy and JM had their young children with them. I suppose it was to support Buster on the stand. I didn’t see them today.

Missed the last witness but at what point is the issue of AM being at the kennels going to be hashed out?

 

[justtrish]

So disgusting that AM told sled that Barbara Mixon sold him drugs.

Knowing what we know now about how she worked for his family for so many years, I might believe she gave him some of her medication or something like that. We know he's a manipulator. I can see him asking or knowing she took xyz or had access to xyz and asking for some or even in some disgusting round about way suggested he was in pain over something or other and she offered. She sounds like she genuinely loved him, Maggie, the boys and his entire family. I hate that the defense put her on the stand. It seems like she could be viewed in a way as a mother figure to him.

 

[Edvis]

So why do you think Alex took her phone? Was he trying to get into it? Was it laying on the gator (or go cart) she rode down in that night and he picked it up before he murdered them so she couldn't call for help? Did he forget he had it and then tossed it as he realized it would track all the way to Almeda with him. Strangers/revenge killers wouldn't take her phone so it's odd that he would stage that. It is one thing that is out of place and would have been better if he left it on her/with her/wherever it was. Was it an accident and he realized he had it and just tossed it out?

We know his intent seemed to be to blame someone seeking revenge for the boat accident. Was that always the plan or did he have some other plan in mind?

Believe he was trying to access it like he tried with PM's phone then placed it back on PM. AM running around trying to tidy up after as quickly as possible shoved her phone in a pocket, forget about it till headed down the road, tossed where found. Just a thought of a scatter brained man trying to get out of the area to fulfill his alibi.

 

[Love Never Fails]

So disgusting that AM told sled that Barbara Mixon sold him drugs.

Maybe she did. Maybe that’s why she agreed to testify the way the defense told her to.

 

[justtrish]

Yesterday Randy and JM had their young children with them. I suppose it was to support Buster on the stand. I didn’t see them today.

Missed the last witness but at what point is the issue of AM being at the kennels going to be hashed out?

I think the defense is ignoring that elephant. If Alex takes the stand tomorrow, I think it's safe to say that Elephant will have to be addressed.

 

[BUF]

I missed most of the cell witness this afternoon. Anything major in it? Has defense finished with direct and prosecution done with cross? TIA

Now we are just waiting to see if Alex will testify tomorrow? TIA

 

[Loveallmyhorsesdogsandcats]

I would love a read on the jury after todays testimony, were they paying attention to the "experts"?

Me too, the "experts" demeanor/testimony was so dry almost as if they were uninterested/bored being there.

 

[bestill]

I missed most of the cell witness this afternoon. Anything major in it? Has defense finished with direct and prosecution done with cross? TIA

Now we are just waiting to see if Alex will testify tomorrow? TIA

I think my biggest take away was that Maggie's phone turned on 2 minutes before AM's gps showed him driving by where her tossed phone was later located. Timeline is too tight.

 

[justtrish]

So if Alex doesn't take the stand, who do you think will be up tomorrow?

The fact it's being mentioned that tomorrow could be Alex leads me to believe they are going to rest soon. If not Alex, then who would be likely to be able to help him? They had a long list of potential witnesses, but if there is talk of Alex going tomorrow, are they not calling the others? Would they call his siblings instead and would that help?

 

[Gardenista]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1628556370042667008

 

[MassGuy]

I'm shocked too. I'm personally not looking forward to having to sit through hearing the stories this lying lier who lies is going to tell.............I'm sure it will be infuriating.

It could be the nail in his coffin; it should be. The prosecution just has to be ready to nail his .

 

[clearskies1]

I think on rebuttal we'll hear from the State's cell phone expert again -- saying MM's phone could (easily) be tossed without the backlight coming on. JMO.

 

[Loveallmyhorsesdogsandcats]

So why do you think Alex took her phone? Was he trying to get into it? Was it laying on the gator (or go cart) she rode down in that night and he picked it up before he murdered them so she couldn't call for help? Did he forget he had it and then tossed it as he realized it would track all the way to Almeda with him. Strangers/revenge killers wouldn't take her phone so it's odd that he would stage that. It is one thing that is out of place and would have been better if he left it on her/with her/wherever it was. Was it an accident and he realized he had it and just tossed it out?

We know his intent seemed to be to blame someone seeking revenge for the boat accident. Was that always the plan or did he have some other plan in mind?

Good questions, I think most likely your suggestion that he did not mean to take it with him and tossed it. I think he tried to get into Buster’s phone and check Maggie’s phone too. His numerous calls to Paul’s friend immediately after the 911 call are so incriminating, the friend had text Maggie when Paul did not respond.

 

[Walela]

I am so far behind reading everyone's posts..thanks for keeping it exciting. Re the cell witness believing Maggie’s phone was ditched on the side of Moselle Road between 9:06:12 p.m. and 9:06:20 p.m., and AM driving by that spot two minutes later. Were they doing the time warp again (...it's just a jump to the left and then a step to the right)?
jmo

 

[BUF]

It could be the nail in his coffin; it should be. The prosecution just has to be ready to nail his *advertiser censored*.

I think Waters is ready for this

 

[Katrinepa]

Well I believe the prosecution's argument is that he purposefully turned off his phone (or left it back at Moselle) so he couldn't be tracked.


I don't think the backlight turning on means that someone necessarily touched the phone at that time. There are a lot of things that can trigger the backlight, for example an app notification.

Since both the state and defense apparently agree that MM's phone was at the side of the road by then, I don't think it either exonerates or implicates Alex.

I only have a Flip phone, and have never texted, as I want to hear the intent/feeling in a voice talking to me. Mostly children and friends, so no Bother. Try it. I wish I could go back to my Landline, but it became too expensive. OTOH, when 9/11 hit, and me being from NY, the only phone that worked was the Landline!
Being from NY, I was worried about my cousins, 2 working in the City! One Cousin worked in World Trade Center Building 7, but thankfully was not on the Shift at that time, and So Grateful! Many who worked in the Trade Centers, some who had to go back in, as my cousin did, to reconnect/ construct basic Lifelines, Electrical etc, today have many health issues. Not on Topic, but many states are struggling in one way or another.
It makes me SOO angry and sad they were not able to contribute to their Community overall going forward. Thank you for Your Service, but you should

If AM takes that stand, I think it will be a huge mistake. I think it will seal his fate and remove any reasonable doubt. There is just no way he can charm or lie his way out of this. No amount of tears. I have faith that the jury is going to see right through him, given all they've already heard.

Who on the defense team thinks this a good idea? Is AM going to appeal based on his crappy defense? Is that the long range plan with these inept "experts" and the defense witnesses who end up favoring the prosecution?

Also of note, of course I would love to see AM testify. I don't think he interprets "under oath" like us plebs may, though.

moo

No such thing as one better than another! We are all equal under the law, though in too many instances, the law is Not Applied Equally, and Much Less for those who can not Afford Equal Treatment Applied to them.
Too many buy their Not Guilty Verdict....Sickening. Karma will atone.

 

[Loveallmyhorsesdogsandcats]

I think on rebuttal we'll hear from the State's cell phone expert again -- saying MM's phone could (easily) be tossed without the backlight coming on. JMO.

Agree, I bet the jury is at home tossing their own phones to see what happens. Mine did not come on.

 

[Zoe]

Interesting. I have Raise to Wake turned on my iPhone 14 Pro, and I just did some tests:

• If the phone is lying flat and I pick it up from the top so that the phone is at a 45 degree or greater angle, the phone wakes up.
• If I pick up the phone but keep it parallel to the ground, the phone does not wake up.
• If I pick up the phone from the bottom, it does not wake up, even when the phone is at a greater than 45 degree angle.
• If I pick up the phone so that one side is higher than the other, the phone does not wake up.

In other words, for the Raise to Wake feature to function when the phone is lying flat, the top of the phone must be higher than the bottom. If it's picked up in any other manner, the phone does not wake up.

I even tried throwing it and the phone didn't wake. (Not a significant distance, just a short toss onto my couch.)

Anyone with an iPhone want to try and replicate my test?

My iPhone 13 does the same thing with respect to picking it up - if the top of the phone is higher, the Raise to Wake feature is activated. Next, I tossed my phone about 10 feet across the room several times. I tossed it frisbee style and my phone did not light up when it landed flat on the couch. I tossed it end over end and, surprisingly to me, when it landed flat, it did not light up. On either toss, if it landed at an angle with the top of the phone up against the back of the couch or if it bounced causing the top part of the phone to be momentarily higher than the bottom, the phone lit up. My husband looked over at me and asked, WHY do you keep throwing your phone around the living room? I explained the situation and he commented, well, if I was going to throw it out a window, I wouldn’t hold it by the edges, I’d pick it up and hold it like I would a ball but my finger would touch the screen and wake it up. Huh…he’s right.

Side note - hubby thinks I’m a bit crazy for being so immersed in this case. However, every day when he comes home his first question is, so, what’s happening with “your” case today?

 

[bestill]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1628556370042667008

https://public.doc.state.sc.us/scdc-public/inmateDetails.do?id=%2000347816

He's from Hampton and was in Ridgeland and now is in Broad River. Wondering about the connection