Not sure.
Paul and his uncle switched vehicles because Paul's grandfather was going to hospital. The uncle drove Paul's truck to Almeda, Paul drove his uncle's truck to Moselle. Paul's truck broke down on the side of the road around Almeda/Moselle. Where was the uncle's truck parked in the morning? That's the truck that Paul had, and the truck that should have been at the kennels - since Paul always drives to the kennels. Was the uncle's truck at the cabin? That might explain 283 steps. Did I read upthread that Paul didn't have a truck at the kennels?
How was Paul lured to Moselle? Perhaps the plan was for Paul to have dinner with mom and sleep at the Moselle cabin, switch trucks in the morning when he went to work for his uncle? or Paul went to Moselle because his mother would be there? or Alex told Paul to show up to discuss his fat feet?
Maggie was asked to go there that day, there was no pre-plan. Maggie was unsure, and discussed it with her sister before deciding to go. Her sister encouraged her to go, which means that Maggie was reluctant to go. That means that Paul had to be arranged first, then Alex had to guilt Maggie into showing up using Paul as incentive.
... trying to make it make sense
AM's misrepresentation of
taking off work early because PM was coming home, implying the pair had a leisurely afternoon of farming together-- which could not be further from the truth, made for some confusion here.
From AM's interviews, we know that PM did not attend the baseball tournament weekend with his parents and brother, and girlfriend, and spent Sunday night sleeping at John Marvin's residence (Bellinger Bluff Rd. Okatie), NOT to be confused with JM's Hunting Lodge aka Greenfield located about 3 minutes from his parents at Alameda.
JM's residence in Okatie to Alameda is more than an hour's drive. It follows that the truck exchange took place at John Marvin's residence at Okatie.
From the June 7,
Timeline by S/A Rudofski, SLED, we know that AM arrived at Moselle at about 6:42 PM, and PM arrived shortly after around 7:04 PM.
From AM's testimony at trial, AM states PM arrived at Moselle driving John Marvin's truck because they exchanged vehicles for Monday.
AM provided they rode the property to inspect the sunflowers at Dove Field, and check on the corn and fruit trees -- including the leaning tree where PM took the video of AM.
When JG asked AM how they got to Dove Field (to see the dead sunflowers), AM reluctantly replied they drove the black truck, explaining this truck was personally known to AM as "Buster's truck." [AM sharing irrelevant details].
Relative to the truck exchange between PM and John Marvin, we have no idea of the hour the exchange occurred but if John Marvin was driving RM3 to Savannah, GA for a morning appointment with the pulmonologist, it was likely early, and probably before PM left for work at John Marvin's business.
We know that RM3 was admitted to St Joseph hospital in Savannah following his appointment with the pulmonologist and John Marvin was most likely still in Savannah or heading back to Okatie in PM's truck when PM arrived at Moselle at 7 pm driving John Marvin's truck.
From the testimony by CCSO's Jason Chandler, we know that PM's F250 truck was not on the property when police arrived even though AM told police that PM most likely drove his truck to the kennels. [AM knew that PM did not have his truck at Moselle and lied to investigators].
After repeatedly telling investigators PM drove the missing F250 to the kennels, investigators issued a BOLO for PM's F250 truck -- suspecting the assailant(s) drove away in PM's truck.
Police located the truck in the morning parked off Hwy 63 around 9:45 AM. It was then learned that John Marvin was driving PM's F250 to the emergency at Moselle when it broke down, and he left it on the Hwy.
Murdaugh Murders Timeline of Events S/A Rudofski, SLED:
6:42:54 PM – Alex Murdaugh’s suburban arrives at 4147 Moselle Rd (GM/OnStar)
7:04 PM – Paul Murdaugh at residence at 4147 Moselle Road (com.appl.routined/Cache.sqlite database and contained Lon/Lat coordinates) (PM Extraction)
Very early, AM tried to confuse LE about another important detail! Having better recall of AM's 2-day testimony, a couple of things didn't pass the smell test so I went back to read the first couple of days of testimony and found a couple more things AM lied about -- most likely to interfere...
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