State calls Tony Satterfield.
State your name again.
For the record, spell your last.
My name is Michael Sutterfield.
My last name is spelled
SATTERFIELD. How you doing
today? Can't hear you.
All right. Pull that mic till you just a
little bit close so we can hear you good.
How old are you? I'm 33.
All right. Where do you work?
I work at you from Morial hospital.
And where did you grow up in Hampton?
For the purposes of this hearing,
we're just on a hearing in front
of the judge to determine the
admissibility, some testimony.
So I'm just going to ask you a few questions,
not everything. I might ask you
if we're in front of the jury.
You understand that?
OK, speak up for us.
There's a court order everybody
needs to to hear hear you.
It was your mother, Gloria Satterfield.
Gloria Satterfield? Yes.
And is Gloria still with us?
She's not. And when did she pass?
February 26th, 2018, 2018. Yes, Sir.
And who did she work for when she passed?
Alex and Maggie marnot. OK.
And do you know Alec Murdoch? I do.
Do you see him here in the courtroom today?
I do. Can you point him out?
Yes. Right there. The
record reflect is done by the defendant.
I mean send camera. Yeah,
where is he? Where is he?
Pardon. Pointing out again.
Roy, can you tell me what jacket
he's wearing? A Navy blue jacket?
It does. Thank you, Aaron. Umm.
Over how long did your mom roughly
how long she worked for Alex, do you know?
20 some years maybe give and take.
I don't know that that years.
Just a little bit more
right into that MIC. There you go.
Just a little bit you need to get up on
the bike so we can hear you. Alright.
What did your mom do for Ellie?
She lived there. Housekeeper.
She babysat for them.
She cleaned their house.
I mean, kind of anything
else they kind of need.
She had been doing that for a long time,
yes. During the course of that,
you got to know Alec and his
family to some extent as well, yes.
Did you trust Mr. Murdoch? Yes.
What happened to your mom? She
fell and hit her head.
And where was she when she did that?
She lived at Allisons House in Brazil.
Yeah. That she passed right away.
Or does she live for a while? She
lived for a few weeks.
Does she ever able to say to you what
happened and how she fell or anything?
And if she would not?
After she passed, did you have
any conversation with Alec
about what to do about it?
I did. And what was the
conversation you had with Ellen?
I barely remember what it was like,
you know? Let me go after my insurance
company for this or whatever.
You know, kind of get these
medical bills and stuff paid.
OK. So he said he was going to go
after his insurance company. Yes.
And get medical bills for your mom.
Paid. Yes. Did he say he might get
any money for you and your brother?
Did he say how much that might be? No.
Ultimately, was there a lawsuit filed?
Yes. And he who did you consider your
lawyer was in all of this, Alex?
At some point in time,
did he bring another lawyer in? Yes.
And what did he tell you about that?
He said if I understood it correctly,
you know I can't do it myself because
conflict of interest, I'm going to
send you to my buddy Corey Fleming.
Corey Fleming? Yes.
Did he tell you anything about his
relationship with Corey Fleming
other than they were buddies?
Can you repeat question?
I'm trying to hear you.
Did he tell you anything more
about his relationship? Of course.
After he brought in Corey Fleming,
were you still communicating directly
with Alec about the case? Yes.
Who did you think your lawyer was?
Alex. The whole time, yes.
Did he ever bring in a person,
or did they ever bring in a
person by the name of Chad? Yes.
And you remember Chad's last name,
Westendorf.
And what did they tell you about Chad?
That he. Should be my PR.
Yes. Did you ever meet with Chad?
Yes. Did you meet with him a lot
or just one time I can think of?
Alec told you that he was going
after his insurance company.
Did he say how much that insurance was?
One of them that I know of was like
$500,000, and that's the only one.
That's the one he told you about.
There was also an umbrella policy
worth upwards of $5 million. No.
Never mentioned that to you, did. No.
Of course, indulgence one moment.
I'll show you what's been marked
as states 372 to your testimony
and just have you take a look at
that and do you recognize that
document? Yes. And tell me what that is.
That is a cover sheet that
affect that, Sam. Alex.
OK and what was what's the reason
that you sent that to Alex?
Something from the trailer company
and a medical bill, I believe.
And I just wanted to be sure
what I needed to do with
it. You've received some
paperwork about your mom.
It was a bill. It was a bill.
And who did you send that to?
Alex law firm. All right.
And why did you send it to?
Like Murdoch
could. He said if we got any
medical bills just for him,
to him. And I didn't know if
I needed to do anything with
it because you thought he was your lawyer.
You said your phone number on there,
but we blacked it out, correct?
As time went on, did
you have conversations with Elec asking
him about the case and what was going
on with the case or anything like that?
Yes. Not barely. Rarely,
but every few months or so.
And what would he tell you?
Just generally over
first it was hard hearted. Another lady
is making progress and kind of left
it in that he said it was hard but
they were making progress, yes.
Did he tell you anything about
whether or not you and your brother
were to get? Money. No medical.
Sales were paid that he was hoping that he
give you idea, any idea of the amount.
If I remember
correctly, one time he said.
Trying to get each of you
at least $100,000 a piece,
each of each of you and your brother.
At some point in time
that your family advise you that there
were some media reporting about a
settlement in the case. Yes, all right.
And at that time,
had you heard anything from
Alex or Corey or Chad or anybody
about a settlement in the case?
And what if anything,
did you do after your family?
Did they ask you to do anything?
Yeah, they said you might want to kind
of follow up on it and kind of see.
And did you make a phone call to Alec?
Yes. And what month was that in?
I believe the last time I
thought he was in June of 21.
June 21, yeah. Around the
time of the murders, yes. And
what did you ask him?
I can't believe what I asked him,
but it was still making progress.
And be ready to settle.
You know, by the end of the year you
told you I was still making
progress and you was hoping to
settle by the end of the year. Yes.
Did he tell you that they had already
gotten a settlement for $505,000?
Did he tell you that if they had already
gotten a settlement for $3.8 million?
Had he ever told you that there was
an umbrella policy for $5 million?
No. Did he ever mention to
you anything about forge? No.
Did he mention anything to you about
structuring any settlement? No. Did he?
You give him permission to steal your money?
Ultimately, in the wake of
all of this. You've
come to find out that there
was a settlement for $505,000,
correct? Yes. And it was diverted
by Alec Murdoch, correct? Yes. And
ultimately you've come to find out
that there was a settlement under the
umbrella policy for $3.8 million. Is that
correct? Yes. Or thereabouts.
Correct. And a large
portion of that was diverted
by Alec Murdoch. Is that right?
Did you ever get one cent from Elec. Murdoch
when he was still before all of this happened
and it took? After this happening
and Hook took a legal process
for that to happen. Is that right? Yes.
And ultimately as a your understanding
that he confessed judgment to
taking money for both of those,
is that right? In June of
2021, you made a call to him asking the
status of this case. Is that correct?
I can't remember if he called
me if I called him, but yes,
I told him in June 2021. You
talked to him and Jenna 2020, yes.
And there were reports in the media
about that settlement, correct? Yes.
Thank you. Thank you. And
please answer any questions the
defense has. OK. By the defense.
Good morning. I'm sorry,
good morning. All week. You.
You had a family member who saw an
article in. Somewhere. Do you know
remember where that article was?
I don't remember exactly where
they found it out or seen it at
OK, but but after that article
was published. That's when you.
Started making inquiries and
you contacted Mr. Murdoch?
Yes. Once they seen the article
or whatever, they'll let you
need to follow up on it now.
Yes. And I can't remember if
you called me or I called him
and did you do you know whether
you called him on the cell phone?
It was on his cell phone normally.
That's how I called him. Yes,
he called him on his cell phone.
Yes. OK and. His cell phone record
would reflect. How many times did you
call? What was that? How many
times did you call him like?
Once, twice, three. We talked
like three or four times.
You know, throughout the whole
year is 5, remember correctly.
And and when you called him after.
Reading some article about a settlement.
Do you know if that was before or
after Maggie and Paul were murdered?
It was around the time,
but I don't remember if
it was before or after.
All right. Thank you.
That's probably wrong. Thank
you. You may step down.