The first witness in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial will take the stand today after jurors heard gruesome details about the victim’s brutal injuries in opening statements.
The high-profile trial will resume in Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, at 9.30am on Thursday morning where prosecutors are expected to play a 45-minute bodycam video from a police officer who responded to the grisly murder scene on 7 June 2021.
The footage will be played in its entirety, with prosecutors urging jurors to watch Mr Murdaugh’s behaviour.
The disgraced legal scion, 54, is accused of gunning down his wife Maggie, 52, and son Paul, 22, at the family’s estate. He denies the allegations.
During opening arguments on Wednesday, both sides described in harrowing detail the victims’ injuries with Mr Murdaugh breaking down in tears as his attorney said Paul’s head “exploded like a watermelon” after being hit struck by a bullet.
The murder trial is only one of Mr Murdaugh’s legal troubles after his life has dramatically unraveled in the last 19 months.
Now, the once powerful attorney is embroiled in a string of scandals including a botched hitman plot, multi-million-dollar fraud schemes and a series of unexplained deaths.
