Caregiver of Alex Murdaugh's Mother Testifies 

Me too. Lord have mercy. Sweet Woman.

Very well stated. I agree 1,000,000%

Absolutely right! Salt of the earth is so accurate

Oh she knew! She was taking notes from the start and suspicious of him. She gave many details and even called her brother after Alex showed up. She was the eyes and ears of that house when she worked her shift. Don’t mess with The Help!

​@@bamazing2731 AMEN!!

I suspect to give comfort that she had family support to help ease her

She looked nervous so my guess is to show her the support

That's what I thought..why do that???

Miss Shelly will be okay, she is principled and so honest. She will always follow her principles whatever it takes ♥️

I agree she seems terrified. Almost as if she has been threatened 😢

Right? He was seriously irritating the crap out of me asking her the same damn questions. She's a sweet person. I would've gotten aggravated with him and probably said "I just answered you."

Really?! She didn’t seem clear on her answers/facts at all. Defense team did a good job(or I should say she did) at casting doubt. Her answers have changed over time and didn’t make sense/add up.

@@RedHeart1right?! I’m sure she’s a great lady but she was not a good witness

Not at all!

He sure did

SMH

Hilltop - just give it a rest. Appears she's telling truth.

Agree. Unprofessional and he should retire imho.

She probably sleeps in and out throughout the day & night anyway

Alzheimers patients sundown at night. It's not the time to visit them.

VC why would that happen now? She already spoke. Besides if they're evil it will be revealed.

I think Libby passed away..so I doubt she is still with the family.

Why wld you even tell someone that ?? He's a manipulator.

@@flowforever9084 Manipulator, thief, liar, murderer.

I assumed he was trying to make her comfortable and "warm her up" with some easy questions--until he started grilling her about the game show. Like who the hell would know how long a game show has been on the air?

Exactly. How rude.

Wonder whose money he was going to use

@@BrendaR667 😂😂😂 Exactly!

AND he “reminded” her that he was friends with her boss at the school. That’s some mafia talk.

Susan - yes! Right I agree. But there's more.

Annette - nah. He's being a lawyer and actually nice towards her. I've experienced worse.

No way

Nah...not my impression..he is just bold, to the point and doesn't hold back. Normal for a criminal defense attorney.

I'm a black lawyer. I think he is handling her in a slightly patronizing manner used by some white southerners toward older black people.

I think the fact that Alex telling her he had been there longer the than he had, the night of the murders and the fact it disturbed her enough to tell her brother about it, helps the prosecution.

@@rosg1746 - agree. This Def helped prosecution that she called her brother. She said it made her nervous.

What?! Who wouldn’t be anxious and nervous for one having to talk in front of all these people but to have to talk and try to recall all of these events for a murder trial! How awful

Then did he leave them at his mother’s house?

And then just left them there?

AM used it as cover (as a shield) from blood 🩸 spatter. While he shot PM & MM.

I believe she thought the big blue raincoat that happened to be covered in gunshot residue that he brought to his mom’s that night was a tarp bc it was all bundled up.

Source ?

How did he dispose of the guns and clothes?

Bc Alec is his nickname. I lived in SC for about 10 years growing up, and I never heard a tarp called a tart. I think the defense atty was a little nervous to start off and was mispronouncing some words. This is a huge case for SC.

If you ain’t from South Carolina you wouldn’t know why they call him that it’s his nickname …

Yes, definitely conflicting info and I'm thinking most ppl just gave up! Including the lawyers

Lol. She does, evidently.

He's not as smart as he thinks. He's on trial

Who wouldn’t be scared? She is made to testify in a terrible murder trial that’s being videotaped etc everyone watching. Everyone there. Who wouldn’t be nervous

Who remembers everything anyways even with sleep? Those little details who remembers that? And I think she did a great job remembering most things so I don’t know what your talking about

Gun shot residue

Nothing.

Because his son, Paul’s trial for driving under the influence causing the death of Mallory Beach was coming up, and his wife Maggie & Paul were also being sued for the same boat accident. He had most of his property under Maggie’s name, and they were about to lose everything, in addition to him being under massive debt. This is just a small capsule of his family’s many problems, including his vast financial crimes that were being revealed, his son Buster’s possible involvement in the brutal murder of a classmate, the possible involvement of his sons in the death of the family housekeeper/nanny. Killing Maggie & Paul makes the criminal & civil trials go away.

@@anniejewkes5506 Who shot him in the head?

Insurance money He was desperate

@@flowforever9084 they didn’t have insurance policies

Because Alex wanted her to lie and say he was at the house 30-40 minutes when it was actually only 20 minutes. To confirm his alibi time frame.

Why did she cry? She’s nervous, scared, upset over the terrible murders all that brings stress sadness and grief. She is being made to testify and talk in front of all these people

No doubt in *my* mind. The Snapchat video seals it for me.

Unfortunately I agree. The case is too complex, it’s hard to prove the motive. If he gets off… Buster should run for the hills.

@@IndianOutlaw1870 - snap video was near 8pm. Did AM take a nap after? Possibly. Did AM witness the murder? Possibly. Did AM pull trigger? Doubt it

@@IndianOutlaw1870 please explain why the tree video proves to you his guilt?

interesting theory. there is no doubt he owed a lot of ppl a lot of money. Where did it all go? Perhaps he owed money to non traditional lenders.

@@galaxygrl1047 don't forget his financial crimes. Stealing from clients! This could be a local who decided to take revenge and murder the family. Crazy case. But it'll be a movie soon.

That is a huuuuge stretch. If you’re just watching this trial and haven’t been reading the local news for the past 3 years, you can’t really make a judgement on what has been revealed so far. This story goes back to the 2019 boat crash, in which Alec tried to frame his son’s friend for the crime. There were going to be obstruction of justice charges against Alec & possibly his father, as well as charges against Paul for a death while he was driving a boat under the influence. This is the main motive for the murders. Alec’s financial house of cards was tumbling down bc of Paul’s upcoming trial later that year. And Maggie was also going to be sued, and she owned most of their properties. He was facing losing everything. And the tarp was actually the blue rain jacket covered with gunshot residue that he brought to his mother’s house. On top of that, his multiple financial crimes were being exposed. In addition, there was a lot of talk that the sons may have caused the death of his housekeeper/nanny. His oldest son, Buster, has been mentioned many times through crime tip lines regarding the brutal murder of one of his classmates, Stephen Smith. The Murdaughs have been committing & getting away with crimes for decades. I have zero sympathy for Alec. He’s been handed everything his entire life and has gotten away with these crimes for years. He killed his wife and son because of greed. This was the only way he could protect his assets. He’s an awful awful man.

I think she passed

That's what I wanna know, too. 🤷🏻‍♀️