re: Investigators When they KNEW Murdaugh lied (Page 112)

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The officer doing a solid job by not letting the defense twist his testimony.

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As someone who knows nothing about the case and the evidence in trial is the only thing I'm basing my opinion off of...

This officer has only given the lay of the land of the scene of the crime and the prosecution still has a long way to get to 'he did it beyond a reasonable doubt'... but they still have a long way to go so let's see how they get there

Quite frankly the only thing that's caught my attention was potentially exculpatory fresh tire tracks in the mud were not tended to & they didn't make an effort to preserve them

Also... it took 20 minutes for the officers to arrive on scene to a murder call while running code... I know I'd be all cried out by the time they arrived and probably every possibility as to what could've led to it would've run through my head in those 20 minutes

One of the deputies is now testifying

Jesus Christ

Going from made man famous mega lawyer in your state to the point where you’re pointing a shotgun at your son’s head is an unimaginable journey

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He is also set to go to trial for his financial crimes.

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The plus is that even if he is found not guilty in this case, he will still be in jail for the financial crimes.

Defense is trying so hard to blame LE about the evidence being compromised on scene.

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But why after those 20 minutes after seeing the bodies and taking their pulses, would you repeatedly ask the officer if they were dead?

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Confirm his suspicions?

Either way... would probably be inconsequential to me... people grieve differently and it doesn't help put a gun (or 2 guns in this case) in his hand and pulling the trigger(s)

ETA: but like I said before... these officers seem to just be laying out the crime scene and the prosecution is saving the better evidence for while they're putting out the actual story of the incident to the jury

There's still lots to come from the prosecution and I'm ready to hear it

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ETA: but like I said before... these officers seem to just be laying out the crime scene and the prosecution is saving the better evidence for while they're putting out the actual story of the incident to the jury There's still lots to come from the prosecution and I'm ready to hear it

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Agree. This is the appetizer. Prosecutor is setting the scene. I think he did a great job with his questions to the witnesses and his presentation was good. Unlike the defense, he didn’t babble and randomly jump all over the place. However, I think the defense did a good job questioning the way evidence was preserved. I think he stretched a little too much at times trying to shift blame on LE handling the crime scene. Prosecution hasn’t really dived in any evidence but the defense has already gone on the offensive. It will be interesting to watch. It might be bad to say but I want to see the body cam footage. I know they won’t because it’s graphical but maybe they will release an edited version one day.

Watching these trials... esp the Rekieta & crew trial coverage streams... is really getting me jaded to questions about a suspect's reactions in those moments right after

Before I would look at it with an adversarial eye to the suspect... now I'm like we all handle shock & grief differently let's move on please

B/c I've watched enough trials now to see the prosecutor will make your reaction in the immediate aftermath the 'wrong' reaction to the jury 100% of the time

Guessing this guy will hang himself when this is all said and done.

Defense gonna hammer the shite out of this dude about the tire tracks

He's seemingly confirming there's an unknown set of tire tracks right by the bodies which wasn't investigated further... and it was this guy's job to preserve them

To me... with no knowledge of the situation at all... it's a giant red flag in the investigation and thus the prosecution's case right now