Pressed about various phone calls he made after the killings, Murdaugh insisted that he was not trying to establish an alibi. “I can tell you for a fact that the person or people who did what I saw on June 7, they hated Paul Murdaugh,” he testified. Waters later pointedly asked Murdaugh if he was a “family annihilator?”“You mean like did I shoot my wife and my son?”“Yes.”“I would never hurt Maggie Murdaugh. Murdaugh testified he’d spoken to one of her caregivers earlier that day who asked for him to stop by. An emotional Murdaugh admits financial faultBefore Murdaugh testified Thursday, a motion from the defense to limit the scope of questioning he would face was denied by Judge Clifton Newman — in particular, allegations of financial wrongdoing.

Source: CNN February 25, 2023 15:59 UTC