My statement was not a general one but only aimed at past precedent in Hampton/Colleton/Beaufort counties.
Did LE follow the rules in the SS investigation ? The boat accident ?
Not likely according to what I've read so I wouldn't expect them to toe the line in the Murdaugh murder case.
I wonder if LE has been able to interview AM?
Initially, there were reports that he was a POI. That information was followed by the brothers holding their TV interview. They offered no reward at that time, but did offer some other information.
They asserted that AM has an air tight or rock solid alibi. Was that the point of doing the interview…to counter the POI statement? To get their version out there…?
They revealed that PM was being threatened by strangers on social media. Was that to deflect suspicion onto these social media avengers?
Watching it again, everything said seemed to be intended to remove the family from all suspicion. They were just regular people, no dynasty with special power. The family had exerted no special influence for PM etc. PM and MM had no enemies.
They never said AM had been interviewed.
Has LE retracted that AM is a person of interest? Have they stated that he indeed has an air tight alibi?
I will admit…everything can be seen as just a grieving family wanting to make a public statement…and their grief was palpable. But, unfortunately, we also have to look at past practices in regard to this family.
I’m reminded how PM called and RM and AM immediately went to the hospital after the boat crash and prevented statements from being taken.
When AM called his brothers to come to this crime scene, were they functioning in the same way…to prevent AM from being questioned?
Several weeks after the boating accident, media reports stated PM still had not been interviewed. Has AM? Or is this contributing to what COULD be interpreted as another delay?
Delay. Lots of that in the past.
Another “new” report I was just reading on wistv.com goes into this new info released by foi order rehashes the highway patrol report on the Smith case. It mentions the M name several times but I noted with interest that they tried to contact someone in the M family and were unsuccessful. I find it strange that the state police weren’t able to make in person contact with someone that they wanted to. It reads like they called to no answer and that’s it. I hope I’m as lucky if they were looking for me.
Another example. ‘Gee, we called, no answer…so that’s that. ‘
And once again, never interviewed.
I may be totally wrong on my cynical view of this investigation. But it’s hard to read how cases were handled in the past and have absolute faith in how they are proceeding now.
I wonder if the people who live in that area, who live within and under the system there as it exists, have confidence that justice will be served?
My cynical and befuddled opinions only.
