The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. “It’s just trigonometry,” Mike Sutton said.ĭefense attorney Jim Griffin measures Alex Murdaugh during a break in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse on Thursday, Feb. He didn’t ask him if he thought his father was the killer.Īfter Buster Murdaugh testified, the defense called a forensic engineer who said that bullet casing locations and the angles of two shots fired at Maggie Murdaugh show the shooter was about 5-foot-2 (1.57 meters) tall or else holding the gun below their kneecap. Prosecutor John Meadors asked gentle questions of Buster Murdaugh in his cross examination, clarifying and emphasizing a few discrepancies in the testimony. Prosecutors have suggested Alex Murdaugh left the device behind so it wouldn’t be where the killings took place.Īnother agent testified that bullet casings found around the Murdaugh property had markings similar to those that held the ammunition killing Maggie Murdaugh. He testified that cell service at the family’s Colleton County home was spotty and that his father sometimes misplaced his phone. Alex Murdaugh smiled at him as he took the stand. He has been in the audience behind his father every day of the trial.

(Jeff Blake/The State via AP, Pool)īuster Murdaugh was one of the most anticipated witnesses. Murdaugh faces 30 years to life in prison if he is convicted.Īlex Murdaugh cries while listening to his son Buster Murdaugh testify during Alex Murdaugh’s trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., on Tuesday, Feb. Murdaugh, 54, is standing trial in the murders of his wife Maggie, 52, who was killed by four or five rifle shots and their 22-year-old son Paul, who died from two shotgun blasts on June 7, 2021, near kennels on their sprawling property in Colleton County.

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