WALTERBORO, S.C. (WCSC/Grey Information) - The trial of former Lowcountry lawyer Alex Murdaugh will start in Walterboro this week with jury choice set to start Monday morning.
Murdaugh can be tried for 2 counts of homicide and two weapons prices within the June 7, 2021, capturing deaths of his spouse, 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh, and their youngest son, 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh.
Murdaugh’s protection crew, attorneys Jim Griffin and state Sen. Dick Harpootlian, launched a joint assertion Sunday evening on the eve of the trial, stating that they might not present any additional statements or responses to something that happens through the trial “as a way to protect the integrity of the trial course of.”
“We're absolutely ready to problem the State’s allegations, and to exhibit the weaknesses within the State’s case earlier than a Colleton County jury,” the assertion learn. “Alex seems ahead to this chance to clear his title of those heinous prices in order that the Lawyer Normal can lastly start searching for the precise killer or killers of Alex’s beloved spouse and son.”
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Murdaugh advised investigators he found the our bodies of his spouse and son on the household’s searching property within the Islandton group of rural Colleton County after he returned from visiting his ailing father.
The investigation into their killings took many twists and turns with Murdaugh being indicted on scores of monetary crime prices. A Colleton County jury indicted him on the homicide prices in July of final yr, greater than a yr after the killings.
The indictments alleged he allegedly used two totally different weapons, a rifle on his spouse and a shotgun on his son.
He pleaded not responsible to the costs and has maintained his innocence.
“The proof, on this case, is substantial and all of it factors to Alex Murdaugh,” Chief Lawyer Creighton Waters stated.
The trial is anticipated to final roughly three weeks, about 3 times longer than most homicide trials within the state.
Jury choice might final for many of this primary week.