Final Witness Testimony in Murdaugh Trial
Well testimony the Alec Murdoch murder trial coming to a close today the prosecution called their final witnesses to the stand and those came in Response to testimony from the defense's experts This is one of the last steps before the jury will begin deliberations to decide if Alec Murdoch is guilty of killing his wife Maggie and son Paul or If he's innocent now, we know the jury will visit the crime scene tomorrow But for more on today's testimony Fox guys grace Runko has been inside the courtroom since the trial began six weeks ago As she has more tonight from Walter Burrow the state breasted their rebuttal case today Being able to get through all six witnesses that they wanted to bring up to the stand and today We also got to see Attorney General Alan Wilson question a witness for the first time in this trial Wilson has been with the prosecution team every day since week two started and we've seen him talk with the other attorneys and in the last Week we've seen him misspeak many times with Dr. Kenneth Kinsey. He's the crime scene reconstruction expert for the state Kinsey testified almost two weeks ago But has been back in court listening to the testimony of the defense experts Wilson called Kinsey to the stand and he quickly Worked to rebuke the defense's claims that Murdoch couldn't be the shooter based on his height And that two people would have have to have been involved. Is it your expert opinion? that a Six-foot-four shooter cannot be excluded from the murder of Maggie and Paul I see nothing that could exclude a six-foot-four shooter. Can the defense Include to the exclusion of all other possibilities to shoot absolutely not the day started out though with a tense cross Examination of Ronnie Crosby. He's the former law partner of Murdoch now having to pay back millions of dollars that Murdoch allegedly Stole defense attorney Dick Harputley and asked Crosby if he's angry with Murdoch today What he's did to so many people. Yes I experienced a lot of anger, but you can't walk around with anger You have to find a way to deal with it and move forward and I have done that and if you suggest You are dead wrong if you think I've come in here and told this jury something because of money When we we're talking about two people who were brutally murdered then you're you're you're headed in wrong direction.
You think he did it? I Don't have I don't have an opinion. I don't have the benefit of the materials you have At the end of the day judge Clifton Newman gave the jurors instructions for their trip out to Moselle That's going to happen tomorrow morning. He says they're not to ask anyone questions while they're there Except for him and they are absolutely not to discuss the case with anyone in Walter Burrow grace ronkel Fox Carolina news And don't forget as this trial continues to enter its final days Make sure you say connected right here in Fox Carolina news You can find the very latest here on air also online at fox carolina.com. We also have a live blog and a chat room You can participate have a conversation with people also watching the trial you can continue to stream us anytime Roku Apple and fire TV.