I admire the composure of the first witness in the face of such an arrogant, condescending, bumbling defense attorney.

I’m a retired nurse who has dealt with addicts, they will do anything to get a fix and not go into withdrawal. But, I don’t believe that Alex could have been taking $50,000 worth of anything and be able to function where his partners/friends would not have noticed. Actually I don’t think he would have lived long.

As a former Rehab RN, The medical team would not talk with anyone unless it was subpoena required. He had an Attorney with him during this questioning.

The defense is worried! That's why he is getting so angry with the witnesses. Because they cannot change and explain all the evidence against Alex.

He managed to call every lawyer he knew to be with him when the police were there but he couldn’t call Maggie’s sister or parents.

His attorneys should be requiring him to stand up when the jury enters and leaves the courtroom. This is terrible!

I loved the way the data witness wouldn’t let defense get to him. He was awesome. Alex’s team are so screwed and they know it.

If Alex wasn’t involved in the murders why is he denying being at the kennels even when Snapchat video proves he was there? He could have simply said he’d forgotten being there due to shock, drugs anything but keep denying it!

Ew. "Call me, babe." He's disgusting. Texting his dead wife after he murdered her-calling her "babe." He's gross. All the evidence adds up. He's a guilty murderer.

I doubt if anything could get me to laugh if I was innocent of killing my wife and son. I'd be sick to my stomach 24/7. Laugh it up Alex.

It's astounding how quickly Murdough's demeanor changes based on testimony! His non verbal cues are very telling. For instance, we've seen him sob (with no tears) while listening to testimony about Paul and Maggie, glare at the caregiver and their housekeeper, avoid all eye contact with his sister in law, and he's very somber and looks a bit panicked before the agent event starts showing his activity that day!

The defense really seems like its just badgering the state's witnesses to me

I really liked the last witness! The key moment to me was when he said, "If you're just seeing your wife and son for the FIRST TIME murdered, how could you be making calls? Because he was there for the murders he knew already what they looked like!

The GM testimony is the GOLD of this entire case of murder

That detailed timeline made me really emotional. A breakdown minute by minute until their phones “locked for the last time” 😢 How is that man just sitting there with no emotion?? That had me tearing up 🥲

As a nurse, I have HUGE complications with what he has stated thus far. A coroner can be an elected official with NO medical, legal, or law enforcement experience whatsoever! That is a problem and he does not make medical sense to me at all. He does NOT know anything with which he is supposed to be giving an expert testimony to. This is NOT good for the defense.

This phone data is damning. Watching the replay and I just don’t see how the defense is going to manipulate their times of death. They went radio silent shortly after that kennel video. So sad. I can’t imagine what their last thoughts were knowing someone who they loved was doing this to them.

I don't know about you guys but this trial is the most interesting and fascinating trial I have seen in years.

1:32:36 the deafening silence after Harpootlian just made his client AM seem even worse a character than we thought!

To me, Defense is badgering the witness and making suppositions about the data!

2:19:43 the look the defence attorneys give each other when the GM data shows AM accelerated his car after he passed the point where Maggie’s phone was found 2:25:04 AM looks startled at the detail of this data

Alex knew that he had to explain two things on his body that can be detected: blood and GSR. From the get-go he staged a lot of "info" on the 911 call by telling the operator he touched the bodies by checking for pulse. And secondly by going home to get a gun he had 'alibi for GSR' of having touched a gun. Not mentioning the fact that he immediately and repeatedly named the boating incident as reason for the murders. His first questions to police "are they really dead" is part of his set-up to appear shocked and distressed and "I can not believe it"... This man is a narcissistic charismatic sociopath, a master actor and a pathological liar who got away with all his conniving most of his life. His crying in the police interviews and in court is part of his 'setup to convince of innocence' and also crying for himself for being caught and for the life he'd lost. The boating accident and its upcoming court cases was the main trigger to explode his rage, and his lying stealing house of cards came tumbling down together with his empty pocket and financial can of worms. He craves the life he had from the inside of his jail cell and he knows his performance in court is his last desperate chance to act out his innocence...

I like how defense attorneys pretend like it was not their job to have asked technnical expeet witnesses those exact questions while the expeet was on the stand the day before

really bad day for the defense.

Data witness is incredible! That’s the way you do it!!!

So...AM pulls up to the kennels, supposedly not knowing what is inside, and the 911 call takes place 20 seconds later??? The only reason that would happen is that AM already knew they were dead. He just sat in the car and called.

He googled a restaurant???? Whilst standing over his 'loved' ones corpses??? GUILTY as F*CK!!!

So happy that the prosecution got a chance to pull this info out of the bag at the end of this trial.Hes gonna go to jail for these murders.

If I were in AMs shoes watching this guy share the last precise movements of my dead spouse and child I wouldn’t be able to keep it together. It seems like this is the first time AM has perked up……attorney mode trying to come up with a lie to explain this evidence. The defense team looks deflated…..even their objections sound deflated

I am so very thankful that Paul took that dog video and AM did not realize it! Where would we be without it ?

Ew, the way AM smiled at the jury... he's so manipulative!

What he needs to do is jut come clean and admit that he did it……… the prosecution, the witnesses, all the expert testimony…… they’ve got him, and he knows it.

Never seen AM stand when jury enter or leave courtroom! As former prosecutor he knows how important it is to show the jury respect. More of his entitled behaviour!

7:59:26 Oh my. The way AM looks at Shalane Tindle is a bit disturbing. I had to watch it a few times.

That everlasting chewing…how rude to the jury.

Who in their right mind would hire this defense attorney, he is terrible!

A corner who is not an MD? “I have to go to work, this one’s yours??!!” WTF???

Edward had scissors for hands, this coroner had thermometers for hands! Unfortunately he does not have a medical degree to go along with those thermometer hands!

God the defense is horrible today

7:33:50 directed verdict arguments give us a good indication of how the closing statements will sound.

Her phone moved and they tracked it moving at the same time his vehicle moved and his own cell phone. That is 2 phones and a vehicle all moving towards his mother's house at the same time and direction. The State never focused on this and that seals the deal!!!!!

“It had whispered to him things about himself which he did not know, things of which he had no conception…and the whisper had proven irresistibly fascinating. It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core…” JOSEPH CONRAD - Heart of Darkness

Why did Alex go back to the house to pick up a gun during the 911 call, hasn't it been already established that he carried a gun in his car at all times ?

This is nuts! He's an attorney!! How does he think he would get away with this!!!

IF you believe that Alex did NOT commit these murders, you'd have to believe either a) the killer coincidentally showed up a moment after Alex left - assuming he was there up to the minute according to his recorded voice, or b) the killer was waiting for Alex to leave…. in which case he wouldn't have known Alex was going to leave at all. So why wouldn't the killer kill all 3? also: C) the murderer did not bring his own weapons and just happen to find both the family shotgun and AR D) there is no factual evidence, hereunto, that has presented on behalf of the defense to refute any possibility of Conclusion: Alex did the crime!

I think the smug attitude and condescension from the defense attorneys is going to work against their client. This guy needs some Geritol…STAT!

Who in the world would invite family over to later abandoned them in the middle of the night to do something else??

He didn’t toss Paul’s phone because he wasn’t concerned about what might be on Paul’s phone. Paul knew daddy was going to “fix” things for him, as always. Maggie was likely to have more information on her phone that would point to Alex having a motive to kill them in Alex’s mind. Alex didn’t know Paul had made the video of the three voices!

The defense attorney infuriating with the way that he spoke to the first Special Agent. 🤬

Alex acts like he knew the last witness on the stand. He’s enthralled with her. Bizarre behavior with the attention he’s showing and the smiles. 🤮

Having worked in NHS for 38 year witnessing death -up to one hour the body will stay warm -After one hour the body starts to cool down -Between 3 to 6 hours the body will start to stiffen And be cold to touch.(in my long term experience.)

He is guilty without a doubt. The onstar data and cell phone data are concrete digital print and the video Paul made. Thank God Paul and Maggie will have justice. I believe at this point he his connected to the other deaths.

Maggie finding his drug stash and his son texting him "we need to talk". Then you remember the roadside incident where he said to the agent while he was in rehab that he needed pills that morning and said he had withdrawal and that it's so bad you'll do anything to get more.

They’ve got him on the steps at the theorized time of the murders. Why was he running? If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck…it’s a murderer.

Man the amount of coughing in the audience 🤦🏼‍♀️ it’s distracting. Get out of the courtroom if you have a cough 🫠

Humor me... On the whereabouts of the weapons, clothes, and shoes... Did anyone hear at the trial (the one about the roadside shooting while AM was in the hospital being questioned by SLED) (I think yesterday). Something AM said about a piece of property that he owns (sounded like Hugie, off hwy 41 in Charleston) that "Eddie dug some ditches for him a couple months before the roadside shooting (close to the times of the murders). Could Eddie have helped AM bury those items in the ditches he dug? I think someone should go check those ditches Eddie dug.

Defense playing the funny guys trying the jury to get to like them and their witnesses

"I'm going to send the jury to the jury room"... "Kids, go to your rooms while Mom and Dad argue"

He’s calling Maggie’s phone to attempt to gain access to her phone, to erase evidence

When you have a defendant who is more or less a serial liar and fraudster, it tends to rub off on the defense attorneys. Unless they are very good lawyers, they come across as having no credibility and grasping at straws. The main problem for the defense is this; it is possible that Murdaugh hired someone to kill them, and then was present immediately thereafter; but there is no credible theory from the defense that someone else is responsible. It seem to me that if he was spending that much on drugs, he must have been distributing and reselling to others. But with his track record, how can the jury believe anything the defense says?

For being an attorney, he made a lot of mistakes! It is amazing what they can find out with all this technology today. I don't know how Buster can support him!

It's crazy how the detailed gps only came out because that one guy complained on the stand that GM was not cooperating

😲 that coroner..... I feel under the arm.. I'll call him next time I'm feverish.... 😐

Does a brain bleed make a person chew mints incessantly?

The defense team are nothing but bullies. I can’t stand any of them. And they won’t let witnesses finish their statements. Today’s witnesses and data to me prove he has been shady and knew the jig was up. His face while listening has been infuriating. He doesn’t seem fazed about details about Maggie. So heartless. 😢 I hope justice is served for them.

We just watched Alex go from smirking, looking smug, to slowly shrinking lower… and lower…. Until he is turtling and trying to make himself look much smaller. No attempt at emotion, jaw clenched consistently the last half of testimony, stone faced, red faced, tight lips, shifting uncomfortably, shaking his head, grabbing his glasses, wiping his face uncharacteristically, no movement except staring daggers into the screen. Also, if you want to look better to the jury, I advise you stand up when everybody else does. Show respect. The only time he shows “emotion” during the second testimony is when his attorney is attempting to get an answer regarding the witness who simply cannot give an answer to what he is asking based on the evidence in front of him.

Did she really just say she is a logistics coordinator and CALENDAR specialist!? 😂😂😂

You could almost hear a pin drop! That guy is awesome! Great witness 👏

he has been eating barbituates and opioids for 20 yrs did not stop him from going to court on behalf of clients.

I'm in shock just watching this case. I came home from Criminal Law class in 1st year crying, in shock and sat stunned on sofa before I could function. Knew I could never do criminal law, but this case fascinates, especially the digital evidence,

A coroner used the least accurate method of obtaining a temperature on 2 murder victims and Harpootlian actually uses him as a credible witness??? Even asks if they could've been alive at 10??!! He's more arrogant than I thought. He doesn't even realize how ignorant that made him look!

Gigi has been really great throughout this trial.

One thing I noticed that wasn't brought up in court was that on the way to and from Alameda (Mom's house), Alex avoided the intersection of Hwy 63 and 278, instead zig-zagging. Why?...becuase that larger intersection has a STOP LIGHT, and he was in a big hurry going both ways.

If Alex didn’t do the murders his alibi would most likely have been that he was visiting his daddy in the hospital. But if he was visiting daddy in hospital Maggie & Paul would have gone with him.

He threw Maggie’s phone because he knows there had been call logs and messages between his and her phone. He deleted loads of data off his so he needed to get rid of Maggie’s! He just didn’t think it would be found I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️

Hope the prosecution during closing brings out Alex visiting his mother with Alzheimer's after 9pm is very suspicious. Not a normal time to stop by. Clearly Ms. Shelly says Ms. Libby's bedtime is 8pm. Then he stays less time than it takes him to get there. This action alone stinks higher than any skunk he could've killed on the road going 80 mph. Alex is smart and manipulative, but unfortunately the digital data is smarter. May justice be served by Paul himself with the Snapchat video.

Buster shows no emotion that's odd. Witness testified that the blackout guns are loud. Why didn't Alex hear the guns

no medical degree armpit grandpa thinks they died 10 minutes later than we know they died, thermometers are more accurate than armpits

The defense constantly asks witnesses information to the wrong expert. The witness should only be providing answers to questions in the realm of the information in which they can testify to firsthand or as an expert. This is a ploy by the defense to try to manipulate and make it seem the witness doesn’t know their stuff or overlooked things. Makes me frustrated!

4:26:54 AM made 911 call just 20 seconds after arriving at the kennels 💥

Was he consuming AND peddling opioids? There is no way A.M. could consume 90 pills a day. SCLED has him right at the scene of his crime when Paul and Maggie were executed. They are both crying out for justice.

After listening to the time line again, when did these people eat? When did Alex take a nap? So many lies from Alex.

Why would Eddie be so quick to get rid of his drug customer?!

For the life path he created to become rich. He’s getting too much consideration with both sides in my view. He’s a huge embezzler and crook. A pathological narcissist lier. Lies to his wife, sons, family members and his law partners and staff. Why would anyone believe him about this murder. As far as I’m concerned the court system is so technically run now they can’t get to the truth of the matter before the judge.

I live in Canada. If you convert miles to kilometres Alex was doing about 125 km/hr down a rough country road. Our legal max here is 100 km/hr on our busiest highways.

Harpootlian is fumbling!

I love watching the mcgoo court shuffle . Let's see the footwear, is he wearing slippers?

Why wasn't he worried about killing Buster, as well?🤷‍♀️

he left phone at house during the murders

I'm tuned in so, let the coughing begin!!!

WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HEAR THAT CONVERSATION BETWEEN ATTORNIES BEFORE THE JURY CAME IN OMG

Did AM try unlock Maggie’s phone by holding it up to her dead face?

Prosecutor Waters reminds me of Richard Dreyfuss

Why doesn't data shows both phone travelling together

Why did Alex go back to the house to get a shotgun when he had a handgun in his car?

This witness is superb!

That Shalane girl whoever she is was extremely unprofessional! She couldn’t maintain eye contact and her blink rate was off the chart! Not sure what her deal is but she seems very useless for the defense.

Public statement. No danger to the public. Well.... Alex said it was revenge killers targeting HIS family, which means, NO danger to the public...

If you are a lawyer and you realize during trial the person is guilty is hard to keep representing your client?

If they were killed about 8:50. The movement on Maggie's phone could be from Alex waking to the vehicle to go to the house. It would not match up with his phone movements because he started using his at 902