Prosecutors performed the 911 tape, questioning first responders on the scene.

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The fourth day of the Murdoff homicide trial continued with an examination of Alex Murdoff’s 911 calls and rounds of questioning from the prosecution and protection for the primary officers to reach on the scene that evening.

Traces of questioning and reveals of proof point out that the water close to Paul Murdoff’s physique, in addition to tire tracks and footprints, could maintain vital clues about who killed the Mordoffs.

The primary witnesses of the day had been Tinish Bryson-Smith of Hampton County 911 Dispatch and Angela Stallings of Colleton County Dispatch/Colleton County Sheriff’s Workplace. Each witnesses testified about receiving the 911 name from Murdaugh on the evening of June 7, 2021, and prosecutors performed the unredacted 911 tape publicly for the primary time.

For the primary time, the general public hears the unedited 911 name, which is frantic and graphic at occasions. When the 911 dispatcher requested Murdoff if Maggie and Paul had shot themselves, he replied “Oh no, hell no!” Murduff additionally advised the dispatcher that each victims had been shot within the head, there was “blood in all places” and “I may see his mind.”

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The primary testimony and proof was introduced Thursday within the Murdoff homicide trial, and the morning session targeted on two Colleton County Sheriff’s Workplace officers who responded to the scene of the killing in Moselle.

Sergeant Daniel Inexperienced and Corporal Chad McDowell took the stand Thursday morning. Greene was the primary individual to reach after 911 was made to Murdoff and located Murdoff and the physique.

Key highlights of the testimony of each Greene and McDowell offered some perception into Murdoff’s conduct and laid the inspiration for the state’s case—that Murdoff killed his spouse and little one with “malicious premeditation.”

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Inexperienced testified that Murdoff, shortly after officers arrived, started telling police that the murders had been associated to a deadly boating accident in 2019 and a wrongful-death lawsuit involving his son, Paul, who had acquired threats. He shortly volunteered the occasions he got here and left crime scenes, and his alibi — that he was visiting his sick mom — with out even being questioned by legislation enforcement.

Each officers testified that Murdoff had a loaded shotgun on the scene, they usually each testified that a number of 300 Blackout rifle casings had been discovered on the scene close to Maggie Murdoff’s physique.

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On cross-examination, Murdoff’s protection attorneys targeted totally on questioning the integrity of the crime scene and police investigation. That focus has centered on whether or not officers did sufficient to protect forensic proof like tire tracks and footprints — proof that would lead police to different suspects.

Different testimonies and proof present extra details about the homicide. Each Paul and Maggie had been discovered face down in swimming pools of blood, surrounded by shell casings close by. Because the graphic testimony and video had been introduced, Murdoff seemed again and have become distraught. For the second day in a row, her son, Buster, and a number of other siblings had been within the courtroom.

The morning turned hectic at occasions with quite a few objections from counsel. At occasions, Murdoff’s lawyer Richard Harputlian was disorganized and unprepared, whereas prosecutor Creighton Waters shortly provided his cross-examination in an orderly, environment friendly trend.

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