Murdaugh Murders: Did Murdaugh Discard Bloody Clothes?

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🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The chief financial officer of Alex Murdaugh’s former law firm took the stand today, testifying that she confronted Alex about missing money the same day his wife and son were killed.

Jeanne Seckinger told the court that she and Alex discussed structured settlements regarding the boat crash involving Paul. Alex reportedly sent those funds to Forge Consulting and was putting money in his wife’s name. Alex allegedly said he was sending the money to Forge as a favor to a friend, Michael Gunn, who was a top employee there.

In February 2019, Paul reportedly crashed his boat into Archer’s Creek Bridge killing Mallory Beach. The teen was ejected from the boat; five other people aboard were injured. Paul was charged with felony boating under the influence.

Also, did Alex Murdaugh change clothes before police arrived at Maggie and Paul Murdaugh's murder scene? Paul Murdaugh's video shows his father in long pants and a colored shirt. The video of Murdaugh's statement with police show him in shorts and a white t-shirt.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

Aimee Zmroczek - Attorney for Curtis “Cousin Eddie” Smith, ajzlawfirm.com, Twitter: @azmroczek
Robert Crispin - Private Investigator, Former Federal Task Force Officer for United States Department of Justice, DEA and Miami Field Division, Former Homicide and Crimes Against Children Investigator, “Crispin Special Investigations” CrispinInvestigations.com, Facebook: Crispin Special Investigations, Inc.
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, DMichelleDupreMD.com
Kelly Skehen- Fox Nation Senior Producer

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0:00.0	What a morning in the courtroom.
0:14.9	I hope you've been listening to it live.
0:17.6	I'm telling you, you know, it's one thing to say, wow, Alex Mordog got disbarred or Alex
0:24.4	Mordog stole from his clients.
0:27.0	But when you hear that witness on the stand, I took down so many notes about how much
0:32.6	money he stole.
0:33.6	It was a very elaborate process where he would create a fake forge account, forges the name
0:41.6	of an actual business, but he created a fake forge account and he would funnel $279,000
0:49.2	settlement, $277,000, $750,000.
0:54.5	$183,000, I've got 20 settlements that he made, 20 awards for clients at least that all
1:04.1	went into his fake forge account and let me tell you something else.
1:08.8	That lady witness on the stand, there was no love lost between her and Alex Mordog.
1:15.4	She was ready to drop the hammer on him and I only wonder if the witness knew Maggie
1:21.8	Mordog.
1:22.8	Remember Maggie worked there in the office as a bookkeeper.
1:27.4	A lot more, a lot of arguing between the lawyers but boy, talk about motive for murder.
1:35.9	I'm Nancy Grace, this is Crime Stories, thanks for being with us here at Fox Nation and
1:40.3	Series XM11 with me and all-star panel to make sense of what we know right now.
1:46.2	But the big thing, the big bombshell, in addition to all of this financial misdoing leading
1:54.9	up to the murders of Maggie and Paul.
1:59.3	In addition to that guys, I consider this the single most important moment of the trial.
2:06.3	Finally, somebody stands up and says it was Alex Mordog.
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