Ms. Russon's tweets for the day:
Buster Murdaugh gets settled in court behind his dad.
The woman with Buster in the black & white top is his girlfriend Brooklynn White.
Yesterday an email was sent to the judge from a Chris Wilson complaining about a violation of court order prohibiting the disclosure of the identity of jurors. Judge Newman says he did not respond. Now attys are huddled looking at the email.
Attorney Joe McCulloch today sitting on the prosecution side. He was asked by a reporter yesterday on why he sat on defense side to which he replied this isn't a bride/groom situation...however he's switched sides today. He's suing
#AlexMurdaugh/estate repping a boat crash vic
Three camera shots on
@LawCrimeNetwork
and on our YouTube live stream.
Sgt. Daniel Greene is the first witness. We expect to see bodycam footage from when he arrived at the scene.
Alex Murdaugh wiping away tears. Sgt. Greene talking about arriving on the scene of the murders of his wife and son.
Alex Murdaugh with his head down appearing to cry as the sergeant describes the blood around the bodies of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh. "Appeared to be a large amount of blood around each of them as well as brain matter.”
NOTE: Judge's order that we are not allowed to show crime scene/bodies, etc... Therefore, we cannot show this bodycam footage.
Alex Murdaugh is crying on the bodycam footage. One of the first things Murdaugh brings up is the boat crash. "I know that's what this is"
"They aren't dead, are they?"
#AlexMurdaugh cries. Sergeant testifies he never saw tears. Murdaugh is on the phone with his brother and says, "Maggie and Paul are dead."
Now back from break. Dick Harpootlian getting ready for cross-exam and as you can see,
#AlexMurdaugh has a lot to say to him before he begins.
Harpootlian begins cross-exam by asking Sgt. Greene why he didn't return his many voicemails. Greene says he never got any.
Now back from break. Dick Harpootlian getting ready for cross-exam and as you can see,
#AlexMurdaugh has a lot to say to him before he begins.
Harpootlian begins cross-exam by asking Sgt. Greene why he didn't return his many voicemails. Greene says he never got any.
Sgt. Daniel Greene testifies about finding disgraced lawyer
#AlexMurdaugh's dead wife and son at their South Carolina home.
LISTEN: 911 call made by
#AlexMurdaugh. "It's bad.." Dispatch: Did they shoot themselves? Murdaugh: Hell no!
LISTEN: 911 call made by
#AlexMurdaugh. He tells the dispatcher that he's on his way back up to the house to get a gun "just in case."
Pool photog catches tears falling from
#AlexMurdaugh's face this morning during testimony.
As is pretty typical in trials, the prosecution is going in chronological order starting with the 911 call and first responders.
There is a lot of communication going on between
#AlexMurdaugh and his attorneys during the showing of crime scene photos, specifically shoe impressions. Remember, Murdaugh was an attorney, he's very active in his defense.
We will get redacted versions of the bodycam footage shown in court today in
#AlexMurdaugh either tonight or tomorrow. Once we receive we will publish on
http://lawandcrime.com and our YouTube.
"OBJECTION! ...If he's going to pursue this FRIVOLOUS line of questioning I'd ask that the jury be excused." - Dick Harpootlian objects. Judge sustains it, Harpooltian thanks the judge. Judge Newman: "I don't need to be thanked for any ruling."