--
-- HOW
-- HOW THE STATE IS TRYING TO SET
UP A MOTIVE.
THE COURTROOM WAS FORCED TO
EVACUATE IN THE MIDDLE OF
TESTIMONY THIS AFTERNOON --
IN THE ALEX MURDAUGH MURDER
TRIAL
TRIAL
TRIAL THIS IS VIDEO OF PEOPLE LEAVING
THE COURT-
THE COURT- AFTER THERE WAS REPORTED TO BE A
BOMB THREAT.
BOMB THREAT. BUT BEFORE --
AND AFTER THAT --
WHAT
WHAT THAT
WHAT THAT MOTIVE THERE FOR MUCH MORE IN TODAY'S TRIAL IN THE TESTIMONY WHEN I WANT TO BRING
IN OUR TRIAL ANALYST REPORTER
KIM BERNARD FIXTURES HERE IN
GREENVILLE THINK AS ALWAYS FOR
JOINING US GREAT TO START OFF-
BEFORE THAT BOMB THIRD FORTY ONE
EVALUATE WE'RE HEARING A LOT
ABOUT GSR GUNSHOT RESIDUE IN THE
JACKET IT SEEMS LIKE THE
PROSECUTION WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE
AS MUCH HEAD WAS THEY WANTED
BECAUSE THE DEFENSE SEEM TO
COUNTER WELL IT JUST SEEMS LIKE
SOMEBODY WHO OWNS A LOT OF GUTS
WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE AWAY FROM
THAT SAID BOTH SIDES MADE REALLY
GOOD POINTS I THINK THE TAKE
AWAY FROM THIS MORNING'S
TESTIMONY WAS. NUMBER ONE YOU
CAN'T REALLY DETERMINE THE AGE
OF THE GUNSHOT RESIDUE SLEDDING
KNOWLEDGE IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE
IT'S OLD RESIDUE ON A RAIN COAT
FROM A FAMILY THAT OWNS A LOT OF
FIREARMS THERE WAS MUCH ADO
ABOUT YOU KNOW ONE PARTICLE
VERSUS THIRTY EIGHT PARTICLES
WHAT SUBSTANTIAL WHAT ISN'T AND
CERTAINLY THE DEFENSE TO MAKE
MUCH HEADWAY WITH THE EXTRAS I
THOUGHT THEY WOULD. BUT I THINK
SHE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED. THERE
COULD HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM
ANYWHERE. YES IT MAY NOT BE AS
SUBSTANTIAL AS THE STATE LED ON
TO BEGIN WITH AND WE CERTAINLY
CAN'T SAY HOW LONG IT'S BEEN ON
THE RAIN COAT. ALL AND THEN WITH
JIM GRIFFIN MAKE A REFERENCE TO
WHAT HE THE RAIN COULD ONCE ONCE
THEY THREW IT ON THE TOP OF. YOU
KNOW BUT WHAT THE SHOT GUN.
WHICH CAUSED A LITTLE SOMETHING
THERE THE CORN FOR A MOMENT
BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW ABOUT WHAT
WAS BUT- IT WAS AT SOME POINT WE
DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS G. S. R.
CAME FROM OR HOW LONG IT'S BEEN
THERE SO. IT AGAIN I THINK IT'S
FURTHER CONFUSE THE JURY OKAY I
KNOW THE TRUTH OKAY IT CAME AS
FAR AS THE TESTIMONY AFTER. THE
BOMB THREAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET
BACK IN THE COURTROOM WITH HER
FOR PARALEGAL SHE HAD SAID THAT
SHE WAS A BIG CHANGE IN HIS
DEMEANOR AFTER THE BOAT LAWSUIT.
IT GOT WORSE SHE SAID THE
BOOKCASE WAS CONSUMING HIS LIFE
WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST TAKEAWAY
FROM THE PARALEGALS TESTED THE
PARALEGAL OBVIOUSLY HAD A
CONNECTION TO HIM. THE EXCHANGE
DIES SEVERAL TIMES I'M NOT I'M
NOT IMPLYING A RENT ROMANTIC
RELATIONSHIP BUT- SHE FREELY
ADMITTED YOU DEVELOP A
RELATIONSHIP OF SOMETIME BUT-
THEY HUMANIZED OR THE DEFENSE
DID VERY MUCH. VERY MUCH SO THEY
SAID HE PUT FAMILY BEFORE
BUSINESS. HE WOULD STOP IN
DEPOSITIONS TO TALK TO HIS
FAMILY. HE OWN FATHER LONG WOULD
CALL THE SECRETARY TO GET IN
TOUCH WITH THEM AND- YOU APPLY
YOUR EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES. AND
I'VE BEEN IN. MY WIFE'S FAMILY
FOR FORTY EIGHT YEARS MY FATHER
WAS NEVER CALLED ME AT WORK. ALL
HE WOULD NOT KNOW MY SECRETARY'S
NAME. BUT SHE MADE HIM. A HUMAN
BEING WHAT APPEARED TO BE A GOOD
FATHER. WHEN HE WENT ON TRIPS HE
TOOK HIS WIFE WITH THEM OR MADE
IT A FAMILY TRIP. WHAT BOTHERS
ME AND WE'RE- THE PROSECUTION
MIGHT POINTS. IS THAT SNAPCHAT
VIDEO AT I BELIEVE. EIGHT FORTY
FOUR. RIGHT SHE POSITIVELY
IDENTIFIED HIS VOICE. AND IS THE
JURY GOING TO FORGIVE HIM.
BECAUSE HE IS A LAWYER. OR NOT
BEING PRECISE PRONOUNCING IT
CORRECTLY OR UNDERSTAND THAT
POSSIBLY HE WAS HYSTERICAL AND
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING.
BUT THEY THEY'RE KEEP. HAMMERING
THAT SNAPCHAT VIDEO. AND THAT'S
A QUESTION THAT'S A LEGITIMATE
QUESTION THAT I WOULD HAVE I WAS
SITTING ON A JURY. IF HE LIED
WHY YOUR TIME AT THE VIDEO WHERE
IT WAS AT THE DOG KENNELS THERE
YOU HEARD HIM IN THE BACKGROUND
YOU CAN HEAR HIM SAY IT WAS A
CHICKEN. ROUTE BEGINNING WITH
HIS WIFE RIGHT. OR ANYTHING YOU
THINK THAT'S KEY IS BECAUSE THAT
KIND OF COUNTERS HIS POINT WHERE
HE SAID HE WAS NEVER AT THE
KENNELS. BUT THERE WE'VE HAD
SEVERAL PEOPLE EVEN PAUL'S BEST
FRIEND SAY HE'S A 100% CERTAIN
AS ALEX'S VOICE CORRECT IN THE
IN THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO COME
BACK AND ANSWER THAT BECAUSE- HE
MAY. HE MAY SIDE OR THEY MAY
IMPLY THAT HE MISSPOKE ON HIS
WAY OUT. HE WOULD BOTHER KENNEL
AND YELLED OUT OF THE TRUCK THIS
IS WHY I SAID I TOLD IT WAS
GOING TO GUYS KNOW WITH CHICKEN.
SO MAYBE HE DIDN'T SAY THAT
MAYBE DIDN'T STOP TALK TO HIM HE
JUST RAN THROUGH IT I DIDN'T.
SEE THEM I DIDN'T TALK TO HIM OR
WHATEVER. I COULD BE HE WAS
BEING SLACKER NOT CHOOSING HIS
WORDS CAREFULLY. BUT WITH A
LAWYER JURY'S GONNA HAVE A
PROBLEM WITH THAT. OKAY A GREAT
SOMETHING ELSE TOO THAT WE HEARD
FROM THE DATA FROM MURDOCH'S S.
U. V. VERY INTERESTING NINE OH
SIX VEHICLE STARSHIP IN A PARK
NINE TWENTY TWO SHIFTED IN THE
PARK. WE REALLY GET THIS KIND OF
MINUTE BY MINUTE PLAY OF WHEN IT
WAS PARKED WHEN IT WAS OUT OF
PARK. NOW IT'S ALL VERY
INTERESTING BUT DOESN'T PROVE
ANYTHING. SO I THINK IT
CERTAINLY SUPPORTS WHEN THE
VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND DRIVEN
AWAY AT NINE OH SIX PM. AND
THEY'RE GONNA. TRY TO CORRELATE
THAT THE CELL PHONE DATA.
PROSECUTION GO SAY HE WAS ON THE
MOVE PROBABLY WITH THE PHONE
DEFENSE GONNA SAY IT THE EXACT
SAME TIME ON THE PHONE WAS A
HALF MAGGIE'S ROSE HALF MILE THE
ROAD. COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE WITH
THE SUBURBAN WASN'T NINE OH SIX.
BUT I WAS VERY INTRIGUED BY THE
DATA. LOOK CLOSER TO THE NINE
FORTY FOUR. YOU KNOW TEN PM OUR-
YOU SEE THIS VEHICLE GO. PARK
DRIVE. PARK DRIVE PARK DRIVE
PARK DRIVE PARK TRUCK. AND I'M
SET TO GO. YOU KNOW. THAT'S VERY
CURIOUS TO ME. BECAUSE IT
ASSUMING HE HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH THIS. AND HE HAS JUST
DRIVEN UP AND FOUND THE BODY OF
HIS WIFE AND SON. IN THIS
HORRIBLE STATE. DEFENSE IS
CERTAINLY GONNA SPEND THAT TO
SAY HE WASN'T A COMPLETE AND
TOTAL TAILSPIN. COMPLETE NUTTER
PANIC. HE HAS LOST ALL SENSE OF
TIME AND SPACE. HE DIED HE CAN'T
EVEN GET HIS CAR TO GO ANYWHERE
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT
HE'S DOING ANYMORE. HE'S LOST AT
THAT POINT. YOU KNOW IT IS SO
SHOCKING IT IS COMPLETELY
UNNERVED HIM. AND THEY COULD USE
THAT TO POSSIBLY EXPLAIN WHY HE-
DIDN'T ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THE
EVENTS THAT EVENING. HE IS
HYSTERICAL SO IT COULD PLAY THE
DEFENSE'S FAVOR. IF YOU LOOK AT
THAT DATA I MEAN IT WAS
INTRIGUING TO ME SURE. SURE
WE'RE ALSO NATASHA TIES IN TO.
WHY HE WOULD NOT BE SPEAKING
CORRECTLY HE WAS IN A PANIC. I'M
REALLY INTERESTED TOMORROW TO
SEE IF THERE IS ANY GPS. AND
THAT CAR. BECAUSE IF IT DOES. IF
THAT CAR SLOWED DOWN OR STOPPED
AND I CAN SHOW THAT. NEARER
MAGGIE'S PHONE WAS. THE DEFENSE
HAS A HUGE PROBLEM BUT I'M NOT
SURE WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS STAGE
I WON'T KNOW UNTIL TOMORROW BUT
THAT'S A BIG QUESTION FOR
TOMORROW. CAN WAIT AND