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One of the most media cases in the USA of recent times came to an end this Friday, because the lawyer Alex Murdaugh was found guilty and will receive two life sentences for the murders of his wife, Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, and their son, Paul Murdaugh.
What happened to Alex Murdaugh?
Alex Murdaugh, 54, is the scion of a wealthy and powerful family in South Carolinaas Alex Murdaugh’s great-grandfather, grandfather and father were elected area attorneys for more than eight decades and he was following in the same footsteps.
Murdaugh was having financial problems with your law firm, where he was accused of diversion of resources. However, this action went into the background after the June 7, 2021 in a kennel, he killed his 52-year-old wife and 22-year-old son.
He sought to divert attention and seek the compassion of the public in his case, although although there was no direct evidence, a Snapchat video of his son on the night of the murder where the voices of all three are heardwas one of the most decisive things through the 800 tests, 75 weeks and six weeks that the trial lasted.
At first, Alex pleaded not guilty and lied to authorities by claiming that he had not been at the scene of the crime. Later he changed his version, assuring that he had not done it and that he did not remember due to the painkillers.
“I didn’t kill Maggie, and I didn’t kill Paul. I would never hurt Maggie and I would never hurt Paul, never, under any circumstances,” he said during one of the hearings.
Notably Maggie was murdered with a Blackout rifle and Paul with a shotgunboth owned by Alex, who had used them on previous occasions and could not explain how they disappeared from the house.
The Murdaugh case crossed borders
Due to the media coverage of the case, both Netflix like HBO They released a documentary to portray this chilling story, which also grabbed the main front pages of the media in the United States.
