I was disappointed with how the shooting is portrayed. Because of this Hulu dramatization series, I recently listened to a lot of testimony to better understand the number of gunshots, and the timing. The portrayal omits the cruelty that Alex inflicted on Maggie.
The portrayal of the two shots to kill Paul were accurate. There was one shot to the shoulder, he stumbled to the door of the feed room. He was looking down, to his left, and in the direction of the shooter - based on angle of bullet through his shoulder and head - and he was then shot a second time. He brain was blown out of the top-back of his head. There were bits of brain on the top of the door. The rest of his brain fell on the ground. Paul knew that his father shot him before he died.
Maggie's death was different than portrayed. She was walking/ running (?) towards the feed room. While she was less than 3 feet from Alex, she was shot in the leg. From the same distance, she was shot through the torso - hitting her kidney. She doubled over in pain and most likely fell to her knees. Alex then walked around behind her and shot her - probably in a kneeling position. That shot was from under her torso, through her breast, and into her head. When she was flat on the ground, Alex walked around in front of her again, and shot her in the back of the head (into her neck/ shoulder area). It's speculated that the shot through her hand/ wrist happened when she was doubled over, although it could have been the first shot. Alex circled her as he shot her 4-5 times.
In the dramatization, it is portrayed as rapid shots. Phone time-lines show a 5 minute gap between phone use, phone movement, and phone immobility, suggesting that the 6-7 shots occurred over a period of up to 5 minutes.
I'm not sure which direction Alex walked (to Maggie's right or left), but this is the order of shots.
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