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Key revelations from the Alex Murdaugh execution proceedings truthful far

Rachel Sharp catalogues the astir important moments truthful acold successful the high-profile proceedings underway successful Colleton County, South Carolina.

Oliver O'Connell1 February 2023 01:40

Agent insists Murdaugh suggested helium killed his son

A authorities cause insisted Tuesday helium heard a imaginable confession from Alex Murdaugh adjacent aft defence attorneys for the disgraced South Carolina lawyer slowed the audio down during Murdaugh’s treble execution trial.

At question is whether Murdaugh said “I did him truthful bad” oregon “They did him truthful bad” arsenic helium sobbed and spoke to authorities agents during a recorded interrogation 3 days aft Murdaugh’s woman and lad were killed.

State Law Enforcement Division Senior Special Agent Jeff Croft testified helium was “100% confident” Murdaugh said “I.”

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Oliver O'Connell1 February 2023 00:40

Murdaugh cellphone information revealed arsenic proceedings hears item connected ammo recovered astatine house

Cellphone information has revealed Alex Murdaugh called his wife’s telephone successful the minutes aft she was brutally changeable dormant – portion ammunition matching that utilized to termination her and their lad was located connected the family’s property.

Rachel Sharp reports.

Oliver O'Connell31 January 2023 23:40

Court goes into recess

Court has gone into recess until 9.30am connected Wednesday erstwhile Lt Dove’s grounds volition continue.

Oliver O'Connell31 January 2023 22:40

We present determination connected to steps recorded by the iPhone’s wellness app.

Lt Dove explains that it is not the astir close data, but provides an denotation of movement. Maggie’s telephone moved 38 steps from 8.17pm aft the telephone was unplugged.

Another 43 steps were recorded betwixt 8.30pm and 8.33pm.

Another 59 steps were taken betwixt 8.53pm astatine 8.55pm during which determination were predisposition changes and the camera came connected for a 2nd but the telephone did not unlock.

No further steps were recorded until the adjacent time erstwhile the telephone was collected.

Oliver O'Connell31 January 2023 22:39

There is past a spread of 22 minutes earlier the adjacent lawsuit log astatine 9.31pm erstwhile the show comes connected and disconnected a fewer times — perchance arsenic the telephone was moved.

At 9.34pm Rogan Gibson’s unread substance comes in.

At 9.47pm Alex texts “Call me, babe.” That substance goes unread.

There was nary further activity.

Oliver O'Connell31 January 2023 22:31

At 9.04pm Maggie’s telephone receives the archetypal telephone from Alex’s telephone which goes unanswered.

At 9.06pm determination is an predisposition alteration to representation indicating the telephone was successful someone’s hand. Two seconds later, different telephone comes into her telephone from Alex’s telephone and goes unanswered.

There are nary predisposition changes aft that.

Approximately 30 seconds aboriginal the 3rd telephone telephone from Alex comes in.

At 9.07pm the surface goes connected and off.

At 9.08pm Alex texts that helium is going to spot his mother. The substance is ne'er read.

There is simply a spread of 2 minutes and 7 seconds betwixt the telephone from Alex and the substance from him.

Oliver O'Connell31 January 2023 22:26

The telephone remained locked betwixt 8.49pm connected 7 June 2021 and 1.10pm the pursuing day.

At 8.53pm the show went off.

There is an predisposition alteration from scenery to representation and aboriginal a alteration backmost again. There are corresponding registrations for the surface going connected and off.

At 8.54pm the camera activates for 1 second, perchance indicating an effort to unlock the telephone with facial recognition.

There is nary grounds of what the camera shows, but if it were Maggie’s look it would person unlocked. It could nevertheless beryllium pointed astatine anything.

Oliver O'Connell31 January 2023 22:18

Lt Gove discusses “event history” connected the telephone — its determination data, whether it was locked oregon unlocked, surface predisposition etc.

At 8.17pm the telephone was unplugged from a charger.

At 8.30pm she visited the manner website “Poshmark”.

At 8.49pm the surface lit up. This could either beryllium a notification oregon idiosyncratic moving the phone, e.g. picking it up. The information shows that the telephone was unlocked and past relocked. This was the aforesaid clip the substance connection from Lynn G came successful and was read. We larn that the substance came successful astatine 8.41pm.

At 8. p.m. the telephone registers a alteration successful orientation. Lt Dove says an predisposition alteration is caused by idiosyncratic picking up a telephone oregon purposefully rotating it. Asked if a telephone could registry a alteration successful predisposition by being dropped, helium says thing would registry unless the surface was on.

Oliver O'Connell31 January 2023 22:09

Next Lt Gove is asked to look astatine substance messages from Alex.

The archetypal is astatine 9.04pm and it is unread.

The authorities asks Lt Gove to corroborate that nary messages were work connected Maggie’s telephone aft 8.49pm connected 7 June 2021.

Oliver O'Connell31 January 2023 21:55