86: A Forensic Expert Weighs In On Alex's Defense Motion

Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Matt Harris and Seton Tucker

True Crime

4.0 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Alex Murdaugh's defense team files a motion. The motion attacks the prosecution's expert and the spatter evidence. Joseph Scott Morgan, a forensic expert, discusses what is alleged in the motion. We learn things about the double murder investigation through the exhibits in the motion. Listen to Joseph Scott Morgan's podcast Body Bags. Our Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-murdaugh-family-murders-impact-of-influence/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Impact of influence the Murloc Family murders.
0:04.3	This is the unfolding story of a powerful South Carolina family, the mysterious deaths
0:09.0	they are linked to and our quest to bring you the truth.
0:14.9	Hello friend, it's Matt Harris and Seaton Tucker.
0:18.2	We're always so grateful that you spend time with us very, very much appreciated and if
0:24.0	you want to reach out, Murlocpodcast.com, Murlocpodcast on Facebook, Matt Harris podcasted
0:29.6	gmail.com to dive right into this almost a hundred-page motion that was made and presented
0:36.9	by Eric Murloc's defense team.
0:41.6	And there are a lot of things to hit.
0:43.3	We're going to talk with a forensic scientist a little bit later about the real specific science
0:49.1	that was done.
0:50.4	But this motion is to compel the state, the Journal of Material that would shed light on
0:54.8	why an expert witness changed his opinion on the presence of blood from high velocity
0:59.3	impact, spatter and a shirt worn by Murloc the night of the killings.
1:02.5	His name is Tom Bevel and the defense wants all of the exchanges and communication between
1:10.2	Bevel and the state.
1:12.1	Seaton, where do you want to start on this?
1:14.7	There is two motions, but we'll put them all together for the sake of this podcast.
1:19.9	So let's point to the motion and tell you why defense is having a problem with the test
1:28.8	and, as I mentioned, the guy changed his opinion.
1:32.2	Well, and the defense is also claiming that evidence was destroyed.
1:36.8	And by destroyed, they're not meaning that it was burned in the backyard or anything
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