THIS IS ON WADE HAMPTON BOULEVARD.
BOULEVARD. INVESTIGATORS FOUND HER SON
TODAY IN ASHEVILLE. HE
INVESTIGATORS FOUND HER SON TODAY IN ASHEVILLE. HE'S NOW IN
CUSTODY IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
FOR THE FIRST TIME-
THE JURY IS HEARING DETAILED
TESTIMONY ABOUT ALEX MURDAUGH
THE JURY IS HEARING DETAILED TESTIMONY ABOUT ALEX MURDAUGH'S
ALLEGED FINANCIAL CRIMES-
AS HE STANDS TRIAL FOR THE
MURDERS OF HIS WIFE AND SON.
THE JUDGE RULED YESTERDAY THAT
HE *WILL ALLOW THE JURY TO HEAR
ABOUT ALLEGATIONS MURDAUGH WAS
STEALING FROM HIS LAW FIRM AND
CLIENTS-
CLIENTS-
CLIENTS- TODAY
CLIENTS- TODAY'S TESTIMONY FOCUSED ON
THIS EVIDENCE-
THIS EVIDENCE- IT REVEALED THESE ALLEGED CRIMES
TOOK PLACE OVER YEARS-
THE PROSECUTION CLAIMS MURDAUGH
WAS ABOUT TO BE CAUGHT-
SO HE KILLED MAGGIE AND PAUL TO
CREATE A DISTRACTION-
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK IN COURT
RIGHT NOW-
RIGHT NOW- MURDAUGH
RIGHT NOW- MURDAUGH'S FORMER LAW PARTNER IS
TESTIFYING-
TESTIFYING- WE HAVE THIS LIVESTREAM AT FOX
CAROLINA DOT COM-
EVEN THOUGH MURDAUGH HAS NOT
BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY OF THE
FINANCIAL CRIMES-
FINANCIAL CRIMES- THE JUDGE ALLOWED THE JURY TO
HEAR THIS TESTIMONY BECAUSE OF
THE PROSECTION
HEAR THIS TESTIMONY BECAUSE OF THE PROSECTION'S ARGUMENT *THIS
CREATED MOTIVE-
CREATED MOTIVE- FOX CAROLINA
CREATED MOTIVE- FOX CAROLINA'S JUSTIN DOUGHERTY
IS HERE TO BREAK DOWN WHAT THE
JURY HEARD IN COURT TODAY.
ONE OF THE WITNESSES WHO
TESTIFIED TODAY-
TESTIFIED TODAY- IS THE C-F-O FOR MURDAUGH
TESTIFIED TODAY- IS THE C-F-O FOR MURDAUGH'S
FORMER LAW FIRM-
SHE SAID ON THE STAND MURDAUGH
WAS STEALING FROM THE FIRM AND
HIS CLIENTS-
HIS CLIENTS- SHE
HIS CLIENTS- SHE'S SAYS SHE
HIS CLIENTS- SHE'S SAYS SHE'S HAUNTED BY HIS
ACTIONS-
ACTIONS-
ACTIONS- AND FELT DEEPLY BETRAYED-
JEANNE
JEANNE
JEANNE SECKINGER TESTIFIED BEFORE THE
JURY TODAY-
JURY TODAY- AND SHE
JURY TODAY- AND SHE'S KNOWN MURDAUGH
PERSONALLY SINCE THEY WERE
TEENAGERS.
TEENAGERS. SHE TESTIFIED THE ATTORNEYS AT
HIS LAW FIRM ACTED AS A
BROTHERHOOD-
BROTHERHOOD- AND THE FIRM LARGELY OPERATED ON
TRUST-
TRUST-
TRUST- SHE SAID SHE STARTED TO REALIZE
THERE WERE SOME DISCREPANCIES IN
HOW MURDAUGH WAS HANDLING HIS
LEGAL FEES WITH CLIENTS-
SHE ASKED MURDAUGH ABOUT MISSING
MONEY SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE
MURDERS--
MURDERS--
MURDERS-- BUT HE HAD TO LEAVE TO BE WITH
HIS FATHER WHO WAS IN THE
HOSPITAL-
HOSPITAL-
HOSPITAL- SECKINGER TESTIFIED-
SECKINGER TESTIFIED- THE MURDERS STOPPED THEIR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FEES-
After the murders happened, was
any body at all concerned about
getting the truth for those
missing fees after the murders
happened?
happened?
happened? we weren
happened? we weren't because we were
concerned about alex, he wasn
we weren't because we were concerned about alex, he wasn't
working a whole lot, he was
erratic, we knew he was taking
pills, we were just worried
about his sanity, so we weren
pills, we were just worried about his sanity, so we weren't
going to go in there and harrass
him about money when we were
worried about his mental state
and the fact that his family had
been killed
been killed THE PROSECUTION HAS SAID THEY
BELIEVE THE PRESSURE FROM THIS
QUESTIONING IS PART OF THE
REASON WHY MURDAUGH KILLED
MAGGIE AND PAUL-
SECKINGER DID SAY HIS CLIENTS
DIDN
SECKINGER DID SAY HIS CLIENTS DIDN'T KNOW MURDAUGH WAS
STEALING FROM THEM AT THE TIME
OF THE MURDERS-
THE DEFENSE USED THIS TO SAY-
MURDAUGH WAS *NOT
THE DEFENSE USED THIS TO SAY- MURDAUGH WAS *NOT* ABOUT TO BE
CAUGHT-
CAUGHT-
CAUGHT- clients weren
CAUGHT- clients weren't calling up
complaining around june 7th that
hey y
complaining around june 7th that hey y'all need to be looking at
alex because something is remiss
here, that wasn
alex because something is remiss here, that wasn't happening on
june 7th was it?
no and shamefully when we did
talk to clients they talked
about how much they trusted alex
and how much he thought of them
and how that they were shocked
and confused by how he had
manipulated and confused them
all those years
so it sounds to me like on june
7th you didn
so it sounds to me like on june 7th you didn't observe some
pressure cooker going off within
the firm about how alex was
handling his business
i don
handling his business i don't know about anyone else
handling his business i don't know about anyone else's
pressure cooker i know i was
putting pressure on him to get
the answers for the farris fees
SECKINGER SAID SHE PRESENTED
WHAT SHE FOUND TO THE LAW FIRMS
PARTNERS ABOUT THREE MONTHS
AFTER THE MURDERS-
AND AT THAT POINT THEY TOLD
MURDAUGH TO RESIGN-
WHILE THE COURT HAS HEARD FROM
WHILE THE COURT WHILE THE COURT
HAS HEARD FROM SECKINGER BEFORE-
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE
GOT
GOT TO
GOT TO HEAR HER TESTIMONY- I WANT TO BRING IN GRACE
SHE
SHE IS
SHE IS LIVE IN WALTERBORO TODAY- GRACE HOW WAS THE JURY REACTING
TO WHAT SHE SAID-
HOW DOES HER TESTIMONY COMPARE
TO OTHER WITNESSES WE
HOW DOES HER TESTIMONY COMPARE TO OTHER WITNESSES WE'VE SEEN?
THIS WAS THE JURY
TO OTHER WITNESSES WE'VE SEEN? THIS WAS THE JURY'S FIRST TIME
REALLY GETTING TO HEAR THE
BREAKDOWN OF ALEX MURDAUGH
REALLY GETTING TO HEAR THE BREAKDOWN OF ALEX MURDAUGH'S
ALLEGED FINANCIAL CRIMES.
THE WITNESS -- JEANNE SECKINGER
-- WORKED WITH MURDAUGH AT HIS
FORMER
SHE
SHE WAS
SHE WAS THE C-F-O -- IN CHARGE OF FINANCES.
OF FINANCES. BUT ALSO TESTIFIED TO BEING A
GOOD WE
BUT ALSO TESTIFIED TO BEING A GOOD WE'VE GOT REAL TIME UPDATES
OF THE TRIAL ON FOX CAROLINA DOT
COM-
COM-
COM- WE
COM- WE'RE ALSO STREAMING THE
STREAMING THE TRIAL ON