IT IS DAY THREE IN THE TRIAL AGAINST DISGRACED SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY ALEX MURDAUGH. HE’S ON TRIAL FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING HIS WIFE AND SON MAGGIE AND PAUL MURDAUGH. TODAY – THE JURY HEARD FROM 3 MORE OF THE STATE’S WITNESSES – ALL THREE WORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. OUR BROOKE BUTLER WAS BACK IN THE COURTROOM FOR US. SHE CONTINUES OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE LIVE FROM THE COLLETON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. BROOKE – PROSECUTORS PRESENTED NEW VIDEO TODAY. YEAH – A FEW HOURS AFTER PAUL AND MAGGIE MURDAUGH WERE SHOT AND KILLED – A SLED AGENT PULLED MURDAUGH – MURDAUGH’S PERSONAL ATTORNEY – AND A COLLETON COUNTY DETECTIVE INTO HIS CAR – AND CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW ON CAMERA. WE GOT A COPY OF THE VIDEO FOR YOU. TAKE A LOOK – IN THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO – YOU CAN SEE MURDAUGH IS VISIBLY UPSET. HE APPEARS TO CRY – AS HE TELLS INVESTIGATORS WHAT HE SAW BEFORE CALLING 911. LATER ON – MURDAUGH CALMS DOWN – AND TELLS INVESTIGATORS HOW HE REACTED UPON DISCOVERING MAGGIE AND PAUL. <> 2:49 I THINK I TRIED TO TURN PAUL OVER FIRST UM 2:54 YOU KNOW I TRIED TO TURN HIM OVER AND I DON’T KNOW I FIGURED IT OUT 3:00 HIS CELLPHONE POPPED OUT OF HIS POCKET 3:04 I STARTED TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT, THINKING MAYBE, BUT THEN PUT IT BACK DOWN QUICKLY. 3:10 :37 DID YOU TOUCH MAGGIE? I DID. I TRIED TO DO IT AS LIMITED AS POSSIBLE. BUT I TRIED TO TAKE THEIR PULSE ON BOTH OF THEM.” :51 NOW TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT MURDAUGH’S CLOTHES IN THIS VIDEO. THE PROSECUTION – AND DEFENSE ATTORNEYS – BOTH NOTED TODAY HOW CLEAN MURDAUGH’S CLOTHES APPEARED THAT NIGHT. THE PROSECUTION SUGGESTED – IF MURDAUGH REALLY CHECKED PAUL AND MAGGIE’S PULSE…OR TURNED PAUL OVER – HE SHOULD HAVE SOME BLOOD ON HIM…CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD THAT SURROUNDED THEIR BODIES. BUT…THE DEFENSE – TOOK A DIFFERENT STANCE. <> 4:57 WHEN YOU WEER AT THE SCENE, WHEN YOU FIRST GOT THERE, DID YOU SEE ANY FOOTPRINTS IN THE BLOOD? NO. DID YOU SEE ANY KNEE PRINTS IN THE BLOOD? NO. 5:09 DET RUTLAND 5:13 DID YOU SEE WHAT APPEARED TO BE BLOOD ON ALEX MURDAUGHS HANDS? I DID NOT. ON HIS ARMS? NO. ON HIS SHIRT? NO. ON HIS SHORTS? NO. ON HIS SHOES? I DID NOT. 5:23*** DET RULAND 1:01 TO YOUR VISUAL EYE IT DID NOT LOOK LIKE HE HAD JUST BLOWN HIS SONS HEAD OFF IN THE CONFINES OF THE FEED ROOM WITH SPLATTER EVERYWHERE? ISN’T THAT CORRECT? I DID NOT SAY THAT 1:14 JIM GRIFFIN IN THE VIDEO – YOU CAN HEAR INVESTIGATORS ASK MURDAUGH IF HE KNOWS OF ANYONE WHO WOULD DO THIS TO HIS WIFE AND SON. HE TELLS THEM HE CANT THINK OF ANYONE SPECIFICALLY – BUT DOES MENTION HIS GROUNDSKEEPER… HE ALSO AGAIN MENTIONS THE BOAT WRECK AND HOW PEOPLE HAD BEEN THREATENING HIS SON. BROOKE – I IMAGINE THIS WAS ANOTHER TOUGH DAY FOR JURORS… THEY AGAIN SAW SOME INCREDIBLY TOUGH IMAGES TODAY. YEAH ANCHOR. THEY HAD TO LOOK AT PICTURES OF PAUL AND MAGGIE’S BODY. AS THOSE IMAGES WERE SHOWN – I SAW A COUPLE JURORS ROCK THEMSELVES – ANOTHER – HAD A HAND UP TO THEIR FACE. BACK TO YOU. BROOKE THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN DOT LIVE … ON OUR WEBSITE … WJCL DOT COM. OR FOLLOW THE TRIAL ON THE GO … BY DOWNLOADING OUR WJCL 22 NEWS APP. AND MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE VERY LOCAL APP …. TO WATCH ANYTHING YOU MISSED FROM OUR NEWSCAST. FOR EXAMPLE … HEAR FROM THE DEPUTY FI

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Murdaugh Murder Trial: State’s witnesses take the stand describing what they saw at crime scene

Alex Murdaugh is on trial for the double murder of his wife and son, who were killed in June 2021.

Updated: 5:14 PM EST Jan 27, 2023

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Court will resume Monday at 9:30 a.m. Check back to watch live footage. On Friday, the jury in the trial of Alex Murdaugh heard from three law enforcement personnel who painted a picture of what they learned the night of the murders and at the crime scene.Murdaugh Murders TimelineWatch the initial interview Alex Murdaugh gave investigators after his wife and son were killed See evidence presented in the first day of the Alex Murdaugh murder trialBelow video: Evidence from day 1 of witness testimony in Alex Murdaugh murder trialDuring Friday’s court proceedings, the jury also saw a 30-minute interview Murdaugh had with SLED and Colleton County investigators just hours after the bodies of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were found.Below video: Alex Murdaugh, Murdaugh family arrive to court Friday Detective Laura Rutland of the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office took the stand first and spoke to her initial involvement in the case the night of the murders, her arrival to the crime scene and meeting with Alex Murdaugh.Rutland said Murdaugh said he tried to check his son’s pulse. The prosecution noted that Paul Murdaugh’s hands were underneath his body, with a pool of blood around him, yet Alex Murdaugh had no sign of blood on his clothes or person when law enforcement arrived. Below video: WJCL Special Report: The Trial of Alex Murdaugh

Court will resume Monday at 9:30 a.m. Check back to watch live footage.

On Friday, the jury in the trial of Alex Murdaugh heard from three law enforcement personnel who painted a picture of what they learned the night of the murders and at the crime scene.

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Below video: Evidence from day 1 of witness testimony in Alex Murdaugh murder trial

During Friday’s court proceedings, the jury also saw a 30-minute interview Murdaugh had with SLED and Colleton County investigators just hours after the bodies of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were found.

Below video: Alex Murdaugh, Murdaugh family arrive to court Friday

Detective Laura Rutland of the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office took the stand first and spoke to her initial involvement in the case the night of the murders, her arrival to the crime scene and meeting with Alex Murdaugh.

Rutland said Murdaugh said he tried to check his son’s pulse. The prosecution noted that Paul Murdaugh’s hands were underneath his body, with a pool of blood around him, yet Alex Murdaugh had no sign of blood on his clothes or person when law enforcement arrived.

Below video: WJCL Special Report: The Trial of Alex Murdaugh