Alex Murdaugh: 'THAT'S NOT ME" in Damning Video

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Another bombshell in the courtroom today as Judge Clifton Newman ruled that testimony regarding Alex Murdaugh's alleged roadside shooting. September 2021, Murdaugh claimed he asked another man to shoot him so his surviving son could obtain millions in life insurance.

Judge Newman ruled that the roadside shooting would be a “bridge too far” and “does not meet the logical relevancy test.”

In testimony today, the jury in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial saw more footage of Alex Murdaugh's interviews with state investigators. SLED agent Lt. David Owen testified about his question in of Murdaugh. Owen said at the time Murdaugh was “the only known suspect” in the case. The footage shows Murdaugh being confronted with inconsistencies in his statements: specifically that Murdaugh claimed he ate dinner with his family, took a nap, and then drove to his mother's. He said he discovered the bodies when he returned.

Regarding the video taken by his son, Murdaugh denies that it is his voice in the video. Murdaugh tells Owens that at 9 p.m. he was not at the kennels. The fact that Murdaugh had changed clothes was also brought up.

Maggie Murdaugh's sister testified that Alex never seems scared while everyone else was. She also testified that her sister thought Murdaugh had an affair 15 years ago.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

Mark Tate - Trial Attorney- The Tate Law Group
Dr. Angela Arnold -Psychiatrist and Expert in the Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women; Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Emory University
Chris McDonough - Director At the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective and Host of YouTube channel- ‘The Interview Room’
Dr. Michelle DuPre - Former Forensic Pathologist, Medical Examiner and Detective: Lexington County Sheriff's Department; Author: "Homicide Investigation Field Guide" & "Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide;" Forensic Consultant
Anne Emerson - Senior Investigative Reporter, WCIV ABC News 4 (Charleston, SC), Host of Award-Winning DAILY Podcast: "Unsolved South Carolina: The Murdaugh Murders, Money and Mystery;” Twitter: @AnneTEmerson

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0:00.0	Music
0:06.0	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
0:07.0	Hi everybody, the courtroom is on its lunch recess and jurors have just filed out of the courtroom.
0:22.0	And now this is what has happened today.
0:25.0	First of all, I don't want to be the one to tell you. I want you to hear it from the judges' mouth, himself, in our cut 7.
0:33.0	Well the financial evidence was allowed on the issue of motive.
0:42.0	This evidence I find goes beyond motive or is not evidence of motive.
0:53.0	And I believe this, as I stated, will be a bridge too far. It does not meet the logical relevancy test.
1:02.0	I agree with the defense that it would be a miscible perhaps if the trial was the trial on the financial theft issues but not on the murder.
1:18.0	So I grant the motion to exclude this evidence at this time.
1:26.0	Okay, what did the judges say?
1:29.0	He is saying that the testimony of Curtis Edward Smith, aka, cousin Eddie, about the roadside shooting where Murdoch allegedly agreed to have Curtis Edward Smith shoot him in the head.
1:44.0	So his son, his only surviving son, Buster Murdoch, can get millions and millions of dollars of licensure.
1:51.0	That's not coming in. He ruled it out. Newman has ruled out the roadside shooting evidence.
1:59.0	Got an old star panel but first I want to go to Mark Tate trial lawyer joining us from this advantage or restriction.
2:05.0	Not too far from the call to county courthouse, you can find him at TateLoggroup.com.
2:10.0	I will tell you what he just did. He split the baby. That's what he did because there's a lot of ways the roadside shooting could have come into evidence.
2:20.0	For instance, hey, this guy Murdoch, he is not afraid to pull gun if it means money in his pocket.
2:28.0	That's what he did on the side of the road with cousin Eddie and that's what prosecutors are saying he did to his wife and son.
2:34.0	That's how I would have tried to get it in, forget the financial motive. It is copycat. Same thing he had done. He did to his wife and son.
2:43.0	That's how I would have argued it. No matter who argued it till they're blue in the face, I don't think Newman was going to let it end.
2:50.0	Ever he's splitting the baby. He let in the financial testimony and now he's excluding something. He's balancing out the scales. What do you think?
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