Alex Murdaugh trial | Two shooters? Defense expert says yes | full video 

That is a good point

Easily.

What a good point Geah AM has it all covered to be a murderer Hes a layer,done prosection A hunter Believes hes above the law And a serioise addiction to money & so so cunning & people espeically average locals terrified of the Murdoch's

In fairness, I have hunted a bit, I have never hunted wit two guns for that reason, is there some reason to do that?

@The Stig O.P. was referring to the range of guns hunters become proficient and familiar with.

...Law enforcement are PROFESSONALS...just because questions may arise...AFTER THE FACT...does not mean the crime scene was contaminated...there are still two dead bodies...blood everywhere...and Alex said that he "checked" them for pulse/for signs of life...why weren't his tracks there...or blood on his shoes....

They were friends of the murdaugh and cover for their miss deeds

Seems McAllister who was tasked with investigating the house and JM got all chummy an on first name basis did a lousy lazy job! She did not swab the drains on a property where a double homicide was just committed! Lazy an incompetent! That is investigation 101! No excuse for the crappy work at the house!

Absolutely finally someone said this! There sloppiness could end this case in a hung jury or an acquittal.

unfortunatly , they did'nt test that golf cart for evidence of that.

I think that’s why the garden hose was not put back properly because Alex had used it to spray off the golf cart. The man that cared for the Murdaugh’s dogs testified that he always put the garden hose back a certain way each time.

Check the bathroom drain to find blood residue.

Yes! Why did they never check the tub for blood?

Yeah because the thing you do is wash off the evidence and get rid of the clothes after killing your Pau Pau and Mags.

She should not be up there asking any sought of questions at all , she a real air head!

Isn't she with the prosecution? I think so.

Just her holding her hand like she's holding a hand gun while talking about the shutgun made me lol

Amateur wanting to be in the spotlight

I think she’s actually pretty smart but she talks like a truck stop waitress and her make-up, clothes and hairstyle seem to be straight out of a vampire movie. Wonder if I could get her phone number by calling the SC AGs office…? Sorry, just felt the need to lighten it up a bit. She probably only dates attorneys.

That made me laugh!

If it was a contact wound then why no powder on the skull fragments .

I believe the most severe sentence for the financial crimes is 30 years. He will plea deal for 20 and be out in 10

@@sittingindetroit9204 oh noooo he’s looking at more than 30 yrs this is all federal & he’s going to do every single day.

@@IceWataJ3 99.99% of the time all sentences run at the same time and federal does have early release programs

If he gets off he’ll walk on financial crimes also. They will be paid.

​@@IceWataJ3 he's looking at 100 yrs with.all of the financial crimes. I'm assuming he'd only spend a 1/3 of that. Depending on sentencing and if he behaves himself he may get good time 2 for 1 or however it goes. So I'm not actually sure how much he'd fully spend. 🤦 He'll die in prison more than likely.👍

Exactly!! And yes, he thought about this for a while b4 doing it. Sickening

As a woman, familiar with firearms, I’ve been at the range 100s of times shooting long guns (both shotguns and various rifles. We often practice transitioning between different weapons platforms in case of jams, running out of ammo, etc. I can tell this expert dude has not done those drills. It is not hard, especially for someone familiar with both weapons.

@@jennywilliams531 I think the attorney friends and the cops are covering for him from the beginning of that 911 call. So much evidence wasn't collected or done! Down to simple things like collecting his clothes, etc.

@@AlpacaRenee Totally agree, especially if he was prepared, had rifle on sling, etc!

because of the timing and space between Paul and Maggie. Listen again to the expert ..there is now some doubt if it was alex and thats all it will take

He should be charged with contempt of court.

I agree my husband is a hunter he said if your good with guns this would be nothing to pull off shooting two different guns from ground or the golf cart.

She addressed him as doctor when he is not doctor. That was kinda bad looking on her part.

Yes! She obviously didn't "get" the fact that he was talking about a contact shot not one shot at close range.

​@@imliz100She miscalled him Doctor on purpose to discredit him in a roundabout way.

@@iLoveChrisSmoove bush league move on her part. Plus, her cross of him was a joke.

You are just mad because you will never get to date her.

I think it’s also perfectly feasible he used two weapons. Guns were everywhere. In the hands of usually drunk and stoned people. It’s unbelievable to me they had any guns or were allowed any guns at all. It’s disgusting the accessibility of buying guns there.

Never! Most of them do not have common sense! BOTH SIDES TRY TO PICK DUMMIES! TO WIN THEIR CASE!

He's even admitted to being a liar.

With all due respect, sorry, but not on this. There is no way physics will agree that blowback is going to send pellets in the opposite direction with enough velocity to lodge in wood and dent metal. This is total hogwash. Blood and biologic material can be sent in reverse because they are at a state of rest. The impact will impart kinectic energy from the pellets and the escaping gas into the target starting a chain reaction of millions of collisions. The net result is blow out(dominant) and blowback. The energy of the blowback comes from the kinetic energy of the pellets and the escaping gas. This can send particulates back but NOT pellets! Why? It's because the pellets have velocity(1400 fps) and thus momentum which must be conserved. In other words, BEFORE the pellets can change direction, they must shed this momentum! Some net force must shed their kinetic energy to bring them to a halt and then some some net force must accelerate them in the opposite direct! Blowback will NOT achieve this! Impossible. There is one and only one way, and that's for these pellets to experience a near-elastic collision with the head. This WILL NOT HAPPEN because skulls break, tissue gives, and the head is able to move under heavy applied force. All these things shed kinetic energy from the pellets and are directed elsewhere, primarily out and forward. The only way a pellet can do a 180 is to hit something hard like metal straight on. If the target does not move and give and neither will the pellets, then you will havr a near-elastic collision. It's not because some of this kinetic energy will be converted to heat and sound. What is left will result in an impulse(large force applied over very short durstion) event that will be capable of sending the pellets 180 degrees in the opposite direction with high velocity. Again, neither target nor pellet cannot deform and the target must not budge at all. This is the only way. Shooting a head from behind will NEVER send pellets flying back 180 degrees as this guy says. Bones and other biologic, sure, BUT NOT PELLETS! The evidence at the feed clearly proves the shot was into the feed room not out of the feed room. A head shot from behind will first shatter and compress into brain causing it to explode in all different directions. The pressure would blow the skull up and out and back(blowback). The exit would blow his face off. High velocity blood splatter would be all in the concrete. His claims are BEYOND RIDICULOUS! The brain would be unrecognizable. Paul's was still intact with just a small exit hole at the bottom. How? He should have tested his theory before making such a ludicrous claim. He has no credibility after this absurd claim. "Expert" is a relative term. He may be an expert in the eyes of non-gun owners and non-physics people, but not when you know physics and known guns all your life. It helps but you don't even need to know physics. Just be very versed with firearms. There were men on this jury, men from hog country. Men who have been around guns all their lives. They weren't going to let these two defense "experts" or should I say snake oil salesman sell them snake oil! They know a ruse when they smell it and that's all this was, a ruse to trick jurors who lacked the knowledge. They figured, the word "expert" would scare these jurors into believing anything! You could smell their BS from miles away. Total BS this guy and their forensic pathologist. Nothing against you, just calling them out for who they are. Cheers!

I feel sorry for him for taking such a famous case then. His credibility will be seriously damaged.

Yah. That was very telling. Why would he come up with that comment, other than as a slip of his own projection.

If a prosecutor thinks a crime out for a long time, there’s no catching him. He’d know to not break Maggie’s routine by asking her to come to the property especially since she might tell someone he asked her to come. He’d make sure to not touch the phones, He’d set up a trail hinting that someone invaded the property like a break in the fence or shoe tracks.from bigger shoes than his. He’d mention to friends a few days prior that he’s worried there’s a drifter or kids accessing his property, maybe even call the cops to report it.

@Jake Stroll your point? (and WHY a 'prosecutor'?) Alex isn't one, so I'm not sure where you're going with this?

Technically, a law degree is a doctorate degree. It's literally called a Juris Doctor. Lol

I believe it was a contact shot to the head

Whoever shot Maggie couldnt shoot worth a crap

I was liking the prosecutor until he crossed Alex...it is almost like he is trying to lose

@@MsSassySean When the good ol' boys all know each other, God only knows what subterfuge is at play.

not so slick...BOTH weapons used were from his property.

Sorry not found.

So, you’d find him not guilty under reasonable doubts then?

Agree. I also noticed that Alex looks very unwell. First day of trial he looks like he's sick coming down with flu.

@@usaloveme Maybe he will die of COVID

This. His lies make me think he’s guilty but there’s enough reasonable doubt in the States theory of crime that it will either be a hang jury or a not guilty. Both the investigators and the prosecutor have bungled this thing. The prosecutor should never have asserted he was the lone shooter.

​@@jakestroll6518 lol nice take bro

He's a sociopath...did you see when he turned into a skinhead in jail??

That is what I thought also, but then look at the Chris Watts case. How did he smother his 2 little girls and throw them into 2 seperate oil tanks?

Look at Todt trial

Look at Todt case

Paul was a consummate bad-seed fuckup drunkard! His stupidity and weakness fucked the entire family's social standing and money. I suspect Alex felt hatred for Paul. Eliminating him was cathartic.

Emo black outfit. Ironed hair

This guy is an idiot. How do you shoot someone in the top of the head with a 4 foot shotgun? And how does the brain pop out the top and leave blood at the top of the door?

@@FC2ESWS did you forget that the guy is on the ground at that time. Try to keep up. Also with a shotgun stuff goes everywhere you should have seen some of the stuff that blew around when hit with shot I have.

Except he was very wrong 😂

@@kole0429 except americans are very very dtoophed

Problem, if the shooter was behind him as this guy states, then why no blood from the shooter, if the pellets dented the door, surely would have penetrated the skin. Maybe even killed the shooter?

but paul’s head shot was contact. the gun was against his head.

Wonder why the prosecutor never talked about the golf cart AM said he used to get to the kennel?

@@georgewashington6681 That’s only if you believe the defense’s pathologist. The medical examiner who actually performed the autopsy concluded it was a close-range shot, not a contact shot.

@@georgewashington6681 killer had to make sure his dead! Terrible!

Follow the body language guys. They tear this apart. Alex is faking according to the expert analysis.

Alex looked ill today.

He’s weaponising his own self pity , to make it look like grief ! Believe me , I think the only person he feels sorry for is himself

He is very well rehearsed!

@@lyndafarley9167 Happens when you sell your soul!

But it went through the fleshy bit and not bone so that is not relevant .

So agree, from the baby voice to her un prepared questions for witness - she has all the depositions, reports... do the work find the holes. You are so right. It is diversity in action oops they missed someone from a minority group.

Yea but she stayed at holiday inn express last night

Is someone banging that girl??? Why would she be given a cross-examination opportunity in such a high profile case?? Clueless. Out of her league. Destined for the public defender's office defending shoplifters, if even that.

Disagree. She destroyed him. (1)He admitted he is not a doctor, (2)saw only what the defense provided, (3)only saw the scene Friday and then discovered the pellet defects in the upper portion of the door, (4)no defects at the bottom of the door where the pellets supposedly exited Paul's shoulder, (5)unwilling to write a report, (6)made him admit he hasn't seen evidence the footprints were Paul's, (7)made him say that shotgun pellets change course and head immediately in reverse. Laughable. She completely showed him as the buffoon he is. All done in an innocent sweet Southern accent dripping with sarcasm. Even her facial expressions were perfect.

I love her southern accent. But dressing and looking emo or from the Ring horror movie is unflattering.

Hey! Hey! Hey!

He told 911 he checked to see if they were breathing, yet there was no blood on his body or clothing. How is that possible?

@@sportsmediaamerica Paul's arms were under his body suggesting he was be holding his shoulder wound. Where was Alex looking for his pulse? he would have had to go on his knees to try to attempt to lift him. Problem is jury has to explain why there is no reasonable doubt.

His lack of emotional pain made me think he was involved

@@isblessed5785 he has cried almost everyday throughout this case. What are you missing?

He prob. has police and sheriff as contacts in his phone, all he needed to do was click once.

Excellent point. Evidence tampering much????

yes, I agree.

He should relive it everyday for the rest of his life.

Didn't you mean, "Paw Paw" the endearing name he referred to him as?

Of course he meant no one else was there when he was there that he knew of. Common sense tells us hes meaning he didn't hear anything before he left. 👍

Ya that tells us he didnt see anyone but not that he did the shooting .....thank gawd ur not on the jury. Just cuz he says nobody was there doesnt mean they wernt hiding somewhere....and if it was the one who lost his gf in that boat, then perhaps mr shooter is attempting to let him live in the pain of losing his spouse and child.....

@@rainbowbridgerestoration979 😂😂😂...I realize he is GUILTY after hearing all the evidence 🧾. But again,what I'm saying is ,AM isn't going to straight out mean there wasn't any killers there at any time dumbo. Because That would be him telling on himself.

He also said the dogs were running around (one was catching chickens) and they didn't detect anyone else there either. For the people saying someone could be hiding somewhere, sure you can hide from a human, but the 5.2 people was able to hide from all their hunting dogs too? Also, please go see how tall "the one who lost his gf" is -you can also go check how devastated he was about Paul's murder, because he lost his girlfriend, but he was one of Paul's best friends too. Maybe learn a bit more about what you want to talk about before you talk about it so people won't know that you don't know what you talk about.

@@rainbowbridgerestoration979 Thankfully you’re not on this jury because you have to look at the facts, not make up ideas.

😃 The Ring

Team Creighton especially the Morticia today are the worst prosecutors ever, the jury cannot convict on the basis the State is incompetent

Yea his explanation completely goes against physics

You bet. And yes, he should lose his ability to testify.

According to his theory the killer would have had to be standing behind Paul for the shot to enter his head and come out onto Paul’s left shoulder . Paul was hardly going to kneel down and allow the killer to go around him . The shot gun has a long long length to position in contact the top of the head .

Where did Paul end up, head is not in the door entrance we see this from bloody photos 1st shot if five feet in feed room, he travels five feet SHOT again, his feet end up in the door way. Paul has no knee abrasions so this shot is not TOP of his head. EXPERT never explains how blood got on to the right wall shared with the kennels (not the window wall) OH a massive explosion but the skull/brain remain in chunks. Have to agree with you David. For $8K I will shift the facts any way you want it explained, because I am a respected expert. My my.

You should contact the prosecution an let them know ur available to give ur expert opinion 🤣

Trying to throw the jury off!

​@@olivegreen337 I don't think they were trying to throw the jury off, State needed a murderer so they used Alex being a liar & theif and made him a Murderer, I think Alex is Innocent

@@jackieyoungblood0777 WHAT???

The guy is a joke

Expert witnesses charge a ton more than this guy is charging. That’s what is shocking me.

He is the cheapest expert witness I've ever seen in a case of this magnitude.

No one else when he was there!! If that statement was a confession than why are we here. Please don't sit on a jury

​@@patriciagallace5065 cause Connecticut residence don't rip ppl off like other states. He's also one of the most educated, he worked minded dr lee and has a law degree

I think someone was hiding in the cabin and knew Paul was going to be in town.

Yes. Paul walked toward his father believing it was an accident. SHOCKING. Maggie more then likley saw dead Paul too. Alex was upset for a long time because of the boat accident & "little detective" messing around in his stuff. Remember Chris Watts who pretended to be a good family man but secretly hated them all. He felt like a loser next to his upbeat popular wife but he earned the bulk of the money. Psychos.

He was shot in chest end up in arm/ shoulder

@@lyndafarley9167 Alex got both of then there, was the only other person at scene & the only 1 to walk away!

Revenge killing for the boat accident

i don’t believe he was the killer 🤷‍♀️

Not necessarily. Dogs eye vision is not so great. If the dogs are focused on Paul and Maggie playing with them killers could have set up a hide spot until Alex left. I say check Paul's text and question his buddies who knew where he was heading. Word spreads. If an angry former friend or ally of Mallory wants revenge -- well... There ya have it.

Where was the cabin? Was it near the kennels?

Even if the dogs were agitated, the two victims wouldn’t link it to an intruder. They’d assume that they’d found another chicken or were fighting among themselves. That’s the problem with having so many dogs in on3 place. They cease to be an alarm coz they’re always barking

That explains the short trajectory and the shell casing all lined up and spaced apart. AR can shoot fast and so he was on the move.

The 5"2 belief is not a fact by the defenses scientists.

He then stated that he got off it to rescue the chicken! Very little truth woven into his lies so hard to say what actually went down, but he admitted to being there & he himself stated most vehemently that he was the only one there, dogs did not alert to anyone else in area! 3 present, 2 gone & 1 walks away! Not hard to figure out!

@@martharoark4059 That was a barrel of nonsense defense brought to distract & confuse!

He's a liar, so what part of his story is to be believed..

The family has many enemies

That is the other thing that seems very odd. If you watch the testimony from his moms caregiver. The prosecutor said the investigation was prompted after she said told an investigator that Alex came to his mom's house with a rolled up tarp with a silver rifle sticking out. She flat out said no I didn't! She said he came to the house with a blue tarp rolled up in front of him in a ball. Then the prosecutor reads the report again and said the investigator clearly wrote she said a rifle. Then cut off realizing the investigator lied in his report.

Interesting how no one is considering that a man of Alex means may have hired someone and he didn't actually do the deed himself but knew it was going to happen.

Yeah he sure is innocent. FOH

With all due respect, how is it so obvious that he is not guilty? How so? Based on this "expert"? All the evidence points to AM. What doesn't? Please shed some light? If you believe this blowback theory, I'll be glad to discuss the physics of it because it is total hogwash. Is blowback real? Absolutely! Can it reverse a pellet traveling 1400fps in one direction 180 degrees back in the opposite direction and lodge it in in a door frame or dent metal? Absolutely not! Physics says it's not possible. What is it that propels these pellets? Expanding gases(energized atoms). Why are they expanding, because it's been heated(atoms have been given lots of energy exciting them). When they exit the barrel near an object(close range shot), they cannot expandxquickly enough in that direction so this expansion continues out and back towards the shooter. This is blowback! When a gas expands, it starts to lose pressure. Namely, these super excited atoms are allowed to travel in a larger volume and start to collide with other atoms, transferring energy in the process. Some of these atoms will travel back in the direction of the shooter and create a chain of colllisions that cascade back to the shooter. It's these atoms that must collide with the pellets to slow it to a and then accelerate it 180 degrees in the opposite direction at a high enough velocity in order to embed it in wood and dent metal. Can this air alone do this? Absolutely not as it is rapidly losing energy. The main reason it can alone is because the pellets LEAD THE GAS. It's the gas, the atoms behind it, that collide into it accelerating it forward. The only plausible way pellets can reverse direction due to blowback is if some pellets' momentum are retarded by tissue, allowing this gas to get behind it, and expand from behind, pushing the lodged pellet in the opposite direction, that of the shooter. If this were to happen the velocities would be so low, there is no way it could lodge in wood or dent metal at these distance. The only way a pellet could change direction and maintain hig velocities is if it experienced a near perfect elastic collission, something that isn't going to happen shooting at a head which has a layer of soft tissue and will crack and shatter. This is only possible if shooting at say something hard like steel. This is just not physically possible. You'd have to violate physical law to achieve this. A head shot at close range is NOT going to send pellets flying backwards at the shooter and lodging it in wood. Blood and bone fragments are possible because they are initially at a state of rest so they can be quickly accelerated in any direction. A pellet is NOT. It has been rapidly accelerated and has momentum which must be conserved. You cannot just change it's direction instantly with air pressure, especially the low pressure of a blowback. So no, this "expert" is simply speaking hogwash and they and he know it. The shot was into the feed room not out of the feed room. He's been PAID a large sum of money to provide an alternative theory, to create doubt and nothing more. They dont care if it's right ir wrong. As long as it creates doubt in one unsuspecting juror, he's earned his keep. They put on a show, much like a magic show. All they need is to create doubt in one person. That's it. They don't need to be right. They can be 100% wrong. As long as it muddies up one juror's mind, they win. Please do share why it seems so obvious he is not guilty? Is it the two guns? The low angle? Simple to explain. You live on farms like this, you have guns all the time. More than one gun. Each person their own. How can 6'4" guy shoot gun at such a low angle? It's a shotgun. You don't need to shoulder it. Shooting from the hip sitting in a side by side is 100% plausible and it is very comfortable. Point and pull, simple as that. Absolutely NO NEED to shoulder a shotgun to hit a target unlike a rifle. The 300 blacket was likely in the side by side leaning in a ready position or lying down. Doesnt matter. Both are easily accessible. The shooter does NOT have to plan to bring to guns. There are two guns by default. You shoot one, why reload when you have another eady to go at arms reach? He didn't have to bring two guns. He knew two guns would be available if he brings one. Two shooter theory is out the door. Ambush one, the second is gonna, try to flee. Grab the 300 which has more range and capacity. For those familiar with guns, this is like riding a bike. Nothing cumbersome. The defense wants to make it so but it isn't. Cheers!

Did you really just say it's obvious he's not guilty? I am fascinated by the dumb people out in society today. I wish top scientists could study your brain

@@cwatson42785 Agree 💯. My eyes squint when I read comments that say *obviously* not guilty

No he's screwed. He had to admit in detail to all his financial crimes on the stand to save his ass in this murder trial so he left himself wide open to a long stint in a federal prison where you have to serve at least 85 % of the sentence. If he is found not guilty his best case scenario is a small chance he gets to taste freedom again as a very old man. I have a feeling it will be a mistrial and the state will retry the case

@@privard89 I can see a mis trial happening,. But yes I think his Days of peanut butter and banana sandwiches are over.

@@privard89 I stand corrected sir. I figured,. He'd roll over on the drug smuggling run by the state leaders. He'll most likely be shanked in the shower. Tied up lose ends.....

So he didn't hide his clothes.

He talks like he is all knowing and comes across as a little bit too slick and arrogant to me. His theory of Paul and the shooter trading places in the doorway seems preposterous as is his blowback theory.

Finally someone makes this observation 👍🏻

SLED DID A BAD INVESTIGATION OF THE SCENE OF THE CRIME PERIOD!

Yoshi had just couple of question fortold him what you talkin aboutshe could ask him a lot more but they don't have any question because he's legit

I think am stole. Paul's gun and shot him with it which is why he wasn't too concerned about it..that would be premeditation..besides all this all I can. Think about is particularly Maggie knowing it was Alec..begging for her life and knowing her son was blown away literally..what a horrible way to die. Maggie. Did not want to go there..perfect example of what a mistake we make when we don't listen to our gut.maggies sister will be haunted by this for the rest of her life.alec is guilty as hell.

She's "facedown" because after she got shot in the abdomen she keeled over dropping on a knee head facing ground and was shot in head from behind falling on her front

You need to go back and listen to the pathologist and the PhD forensic criminal gun expert testimony. You missed the trial. Before asking go watch.

Yeah, what's up with that? Money? All their friends are filthy rich.

My thoughts exactly. BOTH of these “.experts,” were paid much more that what they reported.

There should be a fine w/ him frolicking around the area

​@@jennywilliams531 RIGHT!! A BIG ONE

@@jennywilliams531crime scene was released

...don't forget that Alex said...under oath...that his son and brother LIED for him...at his instruction....

Brother didn’t know he was on drugs. I think it’s a smoke screen. Money hidden

Karma! DO NOT KILL ANIMALS FOR FUN!

Absolutely brutal. Both victims in different ways, but both brutal. I’m not a hunter personally though I’ve known many. And though I wouldn’t want to do it myself I can understand the part of the process where someone would hunt and truly make use of the meat (vs just hunting for sport so you can mount a head or make a rug- I do not understand that). However, I’ve never known anyone to shoot a buck at such close range - good luck getting that close to one, but that isn’t really the point. At close range the shot is so destructive it wouldn’t make any sense for a hunter. A shot like this is made out of anger and with the intention to do catastrophic damage.

That's what I'm thinking too !

I would think there would be blood in that water. No?

there was already water on the kennel cement before the murders.

It was raining

@@daviddennis2251 It was, but the hose was unraveled in the Cash video. Also, the water collected in a strange way as per the caretaker of the dogs TEM. The caretaker also said he wound that hose back up before he left that day---around 1630.

The guns and clothes were dumped somewhere at Almeida that night and disposed of later . He showered back at the house rinsed up the shirt and pants , left the Khakis on the floor and bagged the shirt and took it with him . The housekeeper washed the pants the next morning . Oh and he hosed off the surface blood after the killings at the kennels .