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

[Katrinepa]

I wish I didn't have dark thoughts about her death, given what happened regarding the lawsuit afterwards.

For her body to be exhumed means nefarious death. She loved and cared for that family, and she was done wrong by them. No excuses!

 

[girlhasnoname]

In my opinion I think we can agree (do I sound like DH there?) that the crime scene investigation was lacking in some areas. However, it does not negate all the other evidence, and as a juror it would not cause me to vote not guilty just because the CS investigation was less than perfect.

Ewww those words make me all stabby hah. I do agree, between the inexperience and the special treatment afforded to the Murdaugh man, it was lacking in some areas. But, nowhere near beyond a reasonable doubt IMO. No crime scene is perfect.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1628502886765166594

 

[Elley Mae]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1628500020361134089

States phone forensics guy is sitting like 4th row back dark hair mustache beard, taking notes. The guy with like 47 pages of credentials.
Lol

 

[Aquarian]

That's a really interesting point. Opiates would, IMO, dull the sense of cunning (strategizing, working a scheme, conning, stealing, grifting, etc). Perhaps that's the reason opiates were his preferred drugs (his own attempt to avoid having to actual change his stripes, but instead to dampen down the irresistible urges that his genes gave him...to steal, deceive, etc).

Paul was about to be on trial for homicide, had an alcohol problem, was reckless, etc. BM cheated enough in law school to get kicked out. AM - well, we know what he's capable of. Sounds like there are likely more generations of antisocials on this family tree.

If PM and MM had found AM's main stash of pills, the ones he replenished from, he must have been furious. And out of control, mentally as the need to secure the means of his addiction became paramount. We don't know how many pills this was, but a "bag" had to be quite a few - his mental insurance policy, and it was Librium that he also had (I've seen two different versions of what the other pill might be), that would serve the same purpose. Indeed, some people take benzos in order to wean themselves off opiates, usually repeating a cycle.

He probably saw those as his "happy pills" that kept him from being a raging homicidal maniac from day to day.

JMO

Do you think they talked pills that day, or was this just a plan he had already and it was business as usual for MM and PM?

 

[Gardenista]

I wish I didn't have dark thoughts about her death, given what happened regarding the lawsuit afterwards.

Paul's gf said Gloria found bags of pills under Alex's bed in 2018 and she fell Feb 2, 2018. It's awfully suspicious.

 

[Boodles]

BMixon called AM at 3:58pm asking him to come check on his mom. AM was approximately 10 minutes away at this point, but he didn’t see a need to go check on her until approximately 9:22pm…

After his nap

 

[Katrinepa]

https://twitter.com/AveryGWilks

The defense calls its eighth witness, Barbara Mixson, one of AM’s mother’s housekeepers and caregivers. She is 71. Still cares for Libby Murdaugh. Mixson was also called out on Murdaugh’s roadside shooting confession video for (allegedly) selling Murdaugh pills.

Mixson testifies she knows AM as well as one of her kids. Griffin: Do you love him like one of yours? Mixson: “I sure do.” Mixson testifies Maggie was like a daughter and a friend. They spoke every day.

Mixson testifies she called AM on the afternoon of 6/7/21 to ask him to come by Almeda later on that day because his mother was agitated after Randolph Murdaugh III (her husband) was taken to the hospital. That call was at 3:58 p.m.

“She was crying a lot. I couldn’t get her to eat. She was just agitated," Mixson said of Libby Murdaugh.

Griffin elicits testimony from Mixson that she worked 6/14/21-6/16/21, around the time Shelley Smith says she saw AM carry a “blue something” into Almeda. Griffin: “Did you see a tarp opened up anywhere in Miss Libby’s house?” M: “No, sir.” Not on a rocking chair? “No, sir.”

Griffin: Have you ever seen a blue tarp laid out? Mixson: “I’ve never seen a blue tarp laid out at the house.” Mixson steps down.

Coached! Shelley Smith's brother is in Law enforcement and very credible IMPOV! Sad they put her through this BS. Sadly, she depends on this job, and I am sure truly cares for at least some in the family. I'm sure she doesn't intend to be dishonest, but if someone repeats a story enough times, she will believe it too. MOO

 

[Wallendo]

Although the defense harps on how much the defense experts are paid by the defense, we need to remember that all of the state's experts are paid by the state, and those employed by the state not only get paid, they get benefits.

Harpootlian mentioned in a pre-trial article that they had spend over $100,000 on expert witnesses. He kept mentioning how expensive it was to fly in the shoeprint expert. It doesn't look like they got their money's worth. I'm sure they spent some money on a blood splatter expert who wasn't needed, however. Somehow I keep thinking that AM diverted some of that to a private account.

 

[clearskies1]

Very good cross by Meadors -- getting Mixon to admit she met with him a few weeks ago and did not tell him about the alleged convo she had with Alex on June 7 asking him to come over to check on his mother. JMO.

 

[10ofRods]

That's what I figured, but it seems the state always points out how much they're being paid as if it's some slight against them or the case.

Well, it certainly needs to be known. None of these expert witnesses would testifying out of the goodness of their heart and their appreciation of AM. And, I truly believe if you're a good shopper with a generous wallet, you can find an expert to say almost anything (like the mechanical engineer willing to postulate tiny assassins without full information on the movement of humans or the conditions of their bodies as they moved). I personally found it disgraceful that a mechanical engineer would even be weighing in on projectiles. And acoustics (I'd trust an Acoustics Engineer - or a Physicist who studies acoustics, but there's no particular training within a course of study of mechanical engineering that makes a person so generally expert on the things to which that man testified).

IIRC, being an expert witness was the man's main job. IMO, the best experts are ones known in their field independently and who only do the occasional gig in court. Everyone gets paid, of course, but getting a lot of money from one client is a big red flag, to me. I wish we knew more about that, in this trial.

JMO.

 

[Katrinepa]

Well that's that. I hope Ms. Barbara is remembered in Mrs. Libby's will...jmo

Me too, but I'd bet not, as she probably was just told to sign whatever by her sons/husband, before she became legally incompetent MOO

 

[Love Never Fails]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1628502886765166594

Wait. I thought AM said in his statement to LE that he did have dinner with Maggie and Paul. Yet Mixon said Maggie never called her back regarding dinner?

 

[Cindizzi]

Wait. I thought AM said in his statement to LE that he did have dinner with Maggie and Paul. Yet Mixon said Maggie never called her back regarding dinner?

She said Maggie was going to cook dinner for everybody On Wednesday 2 days after the murders.

 

[Aquarian]

Wait. I thought AM said in his statement to LE that he did have dinner with Maggie and Paul. Yet Mixon said Maggie never called her back regarding dinner?

That was for an upcoming day for HER family

 

[Katrinepa]

Well, it certainly needs to be known. None of these expert witnesses would testifying out of the goodness of their heart and their appreciation of AM. And, I truly believe if you're a good shopper with a generous wallet, you can find an expert to say almost anything (like the mechanical engineer willing to postulate tiny assassins without full information on the movement of humans or the conditions of their bodies as they moved). I personally found it disgraceful that a mechanical engineer would even be weighing in on projectiles. And acoustics (I'd trust an Acoustics Engineer - or a Physicist who studies acoustics, but there's no particular training within a course of study of mechanical engineering that makes a person so generally expert on the things to which that man testified).

IIRC, being an expert witness was the man's main job. IMO, the best experts are ones known in their field independently and who only do the occasional gig in court. Everyone gets paid, of course, but getting a lot of money from one client is a big red flag, to me. I wish we knew more about that, in this trial.

JMO.

AMEN! Shady, Slimy, Underhanded use of someone Non Qualified in All they asked questions about.

 

[bestill]

Me too, but I'd bet not, as she probably was just told to sign whatever by her sons/husband, before she became legally incompetent MOO

Sadly so many of these domestic workers spend their lives working for these wealthy families and are left a pittance by the family when they pass.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1628506639308300294

 

[Love Never Fails]

She said Maggie was going to cook dinner for everybody On Wednesday 2 days after the murders.

Oh thank you.

 

[Cindizzi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1628506782703185921