Transcript for Murdaugh defense criticizes police investigation
BROUGHT THERE, AND THEY INTEND
TO COMPLY FULLY WITH THE DOJ
REVIEW.
>>> WE TURN NOW TO THAT DRAMATIC
NEW TESTIMONY IN THE TRIAL OF
THE ONCE PROMINENT SOUTH
CAROLINA ATTORNEY ALEX MURDAUGH.
ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE
AND SON.
THE DEFENSE TODAY GRILLED AN
INVESTIGATOR OF WHAT SHE DID AND
DID NOT FIND AT THE HOUSE THE
DAY AFTER THE MURDERS.
AND NEW QUESTIONS TONIGHT THE
PROSECUTION RAISING ABOUT A
PIECE OF VIDEO FROM THE SAME DAY
OF THE MURDERS.
HERE'S EVA PILGRIM.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE
DEFENSE TEAM FOR ALEX MURDAUGH
PRESSING A STATE INVESTIGATOR TO
ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT SHE DIDN'T FIND
WHEN SHE SEARCHED THE MURDAUGH
HOME, THE DAY AFTER PAUL AND
MAGGIE MURDAUGH WERE SHOT TO
DEATH AT THEIR DOG KENNEL ON THE
FAMILY PROPERTY.
>> YOU'RE TELLING THIS JURY YOU
SAW NO EVIDENCE OF BLOOD,
TISSUE, OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD
INDICATE SOMEBODY HAD SHOWERED
OR WASHED OFF OR BATHED TO
REMOVE EVIDENCE OF A CRIME FROM
THEM?
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US?
>> YES, SIR.
THERE WAS NOTHING VISIBLE TO ME.
>> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS HAD A
SEARCH WARRANT, BUT DIDN'T
EXECUTE IT.
INSTEAD, THEY WERE ESCORTED
AROUND THE PROPERTY BY THE
FAMILY'S LAWYER AND ONE OF
MURDAUGH'S BROTHERS.
>> MULTIPLE FAMILY, CLOSE
FRIENDS, WERE AT THE HOUSE.
>> AND YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE
TO ASK ALL THOSE PEOPLE TO
LEAVE?
>> SOME OF THEM WERE VERY UPSET.
>> Reporter: IT COMES AFTER THIS
NEWLY RELEASED SNAPCHAT VIDEO
SHOWS ALEX MURDAUGH PLANTING
TREES ON THE PROPERTY ON THE
SAME DAY AS THE MURDERS, WEARING
A DIFFERENT OUTFIT THAN THE
CLEAN WHITE SHIRT AND SHORTS
HE'S WEARING WHEN POLICE ARRIVED
LATER AT THE GRISLY SCENE.
MURDAUGH TELLING THEM HE TOUCHED
THE BODIES BEFORE CALLING FOR
HELP.
>> AND I RAN OVER TO MAGGIE
AND -- ACTUALLY, I THINK I TRIED
TO TURN PAUL OVER FIRST.
>> DID YOU TOUCH MAGGIE AT ALL?
>> I DID.
I TOUCHED THEM BOTH.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE JUDGE
IS WEIGHING WHETHER JURORS WILL
HEAR EVIDENCE ABOUT
ALEX MURDAUGH'S ALLEGED
FINANCIAL CRIMES AS A POTENTIAL
MOTIVE.
WITH THE JURY OUT OF THE ROOM,
THE CFO FOR HIS LAW FIRM
DESCRIBING HOW MURDAUGH
ALLEGEDLY STOLE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FROM HIS CLIENTS AND LAW
PARTNERS.
SHE SAYS SHE CONFRONTED HIM THE
DAY OF THE MURDERS.
>> HE TURNED AND LOOKED AT ME
WHEN I CAME UP AND SAID, "WHAT
DO YOU NEED NOW?"
AND GAVE ME A VERY DIRTY LOOK.
I TOLD HIM THAT I HAD REASON TO
BELIEVE THAT HE HAD RECEIVED THE
FUNDS HIMSELF AND THAT I NEEDED
PROOF THAT HE HAD NOT.
>> Reporter: AND THAT MOMENT
JURORS DIDN'T SEE TODAY COULD BE
VERY SIGNIFICANT, IF THE JUDGE
ALLOWS IT TO BE PRESENTED TO THE
JURY.
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