In SC Murder Conviction an Investigator Says Evidence Doesn’t Add Up

Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Matt Harris and Seton Tucker

True Crime

4.0 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On July 23, 2021 in a bar located in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Evan Hawthorne and Larry Vaughn, were involved in an altercation that seemed to stem from a disagreement over who had worse PTSD. The next day Hawthorne would be arrested for murdering retired Rock Hill police lieutenant Larry Vaughn. Evan Hawthorne would eventually be sentenced to life in prison. Pete Skidmore, a private investigator with over 32 years of experience in criminal investigations joined Impact to discuss some of the problems he had with the investigation and the trial. Skidmore covers the key aspects of the case, including the initial altercation, the investigation process, and the critical role of video evidence. Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present from the southeast region of the U.S. Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company. Look for Impact of Influence on Facebook and Youtube. Please support our sponsors. Elevate your closet with Quince. Go to Quince dot com slash impact for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.7	My lead investigator, Alex Tyndall, was going through the video,
0:48.3	and we're about maybe two weeks out from going to trial.
0:52.8	We've been working the case for close to four years at this point,
0:56.9	and he catches something on the video that he's watching.
1:00.1	Somebody's body cam was picking up.
1:04.4	She leans over the body and bends over.
1:09.6	And you can kind of see maybe she gets something out of his pocket and she looks back and says,
1:13.0	do you all need this cell phone? And they say, yes. So she gives them the cell phone. Then you see
1:20.6	her bend over on the other side and she says, what about this knife? At that point, that's when the body cam cuts off.
1:31.3	This is the voice of a private investigator hired by Evan Hawthorne's family.
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