Alex Murdaugh’s Double Murder Trial Nears Conclusion After Two Days of Testimony

Alex Murdaugh has concluded his two-day testimony in the South Carolina double murder trial of his wife and son. On Tuesday, the court heard from the final rebuttal witness, Kenneth Kinsey, a crime scene forensics expert. He criticized the methodology of a defense expert who said the shooter had to have been between 5-foot-2 and 5-foot-4 in height.

State prosecutors rested their rebuttal case after calling six witnesses to contradict parts of Alex Murdaugh’s defense. Ronnie Crosby, Murdaugh’s former law partner, had a testy exchange with defense attorney Dick Harpootlian. Kinsey also criticized another defense expert’s theory that there were two shooters, saying the analysis that led to that determination was “preposterous.”

The judge agreed with a defense request to let jurors ride 40 minutes to see the sprawling Colleton County property where the Murdaughs lived. Alex Murdaugh is charged with killing 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh and 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh near kennels on the property on June 7, 2021.

The double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh is nearing its end after two days of testimony from the defendant. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson questioned Murdaugh, and the court heard from six witnesses who contradicted parts of his defense. Kenneth Kinsey, a crime scene forensics expert, was the final rebuttal witness and criticized the methodology of a defense expert who said the shooter had to have been between 5-foot-2 and 5-foot-4 in height. He also criticized another defense expert’s theory that there were two shooters, saying the analysis that led to that determination was “preposterous.”

The judge agreed to a defense request to let jurors ride 40 minutes to see the sprawling Colleton County property where the Murdaughs lived. The trial is expected to conclude soon, and the jury will decide whether Alex Murdaugh is guilty of killing his wife and son on June 7, 2021.