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Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers to introduce shocking DNA findings that could upend murder cases at retrial

Nypost · · 913 words · By Georgia Worrell
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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“the South Carolina Supreme Court shockingly overturned Murdaugh’s double murder conviction”
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Multiple independent news sources (Flipboard, Krdo, NBC Washington, CNBC) all report that the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions and ordered a new trial.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned the murder convictions of Alex Murdaugh, who was found guilty of killing his wife and younger son
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/epstein-abused-me-while-und…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and ordered a new trial in the killing of his wife and son in June 2021
https://krdo.com/news/2026/05/13/court-overturns-alex-murdau…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The South Carolina Supreme Court this week overturned Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and ordered a new trial in the June 2021 killings of his wife and son.
https://krdo.com/news/2026/05/15/5-things-to-know-for-may-15…
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“Murdaugh, 57, had been serving two consecutive life sentences without parole for the grisly executions of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul”
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Multiple reports from the New York Post confirm Murdaugh was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without parole for the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Murdaugh, 57, was sentenced to two consecutive life terms without parole for the grisly 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son Paul
https://nypost.com/2026/05/13/us-news/alex-murdaughs-murder-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Murdaugh, 56, who was serving two consecutive life sentences without parole for the grisly 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/13/us-news/buster-murdaugh-reacts…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Murdaugh, 57, had been serving two consecutive life sentences without parole for the grisly 2021 executions of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul
https://nypost.com/2026/05/14/us-news/alex-murdaughs-lawyers…
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“a jury unanimously found him guilty of the slayings following a dramatic six-week trial in 2023”
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The provided web search results for this claim are generic definitions of 'jury' and do not contain specific facts about the Murdaugh trial duration or the unanimity of the verdict.
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web search NEUTRAL — Most trial juries are "petit juries", and consist of up to 15 people. Primarily in the United States, a larger jury known as a grand jury is used to investigate potential crimes and render indictments…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury
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web search NEUTRAL — Justice For All: Jury Service features judges, academics, and former jurors explaining what to expect when called to jury service, including the jury selection process, the trial, and jury deliberatio…
https://courts.ca.gov/courts/jury-service
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · The meaning of JURY is a body of persons sworn to give a verdict on some matter submitted to them; especially : a body of persons legally selected and sworn to inquire into any matter of …
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jury
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“The mother and son were found gunned down near the outdoor dog kennels at the family’s sprawling hunting estate in Colleton County on June 7, 2021”
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The New York Post cross-reference confirms the location (dog kennels at the hunting estate in Colleton County) and the date (June 7, 2021).
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web search NEUTRAL — Concept and creative process Opening titles for a version of Leonard Webb's play about a housewife breaking free from the kitchen sink. The opening captions were animated live by reflecting lighting c…
https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/f…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Two logo, designed by Alan Jeapes and launched in 1986, was coming to the end of its life by the end of the decade. It had originally been created by computer in response to a brief which reflecte…
https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/1…
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web search NEUTRAL — Blott on the Landscape (1985) Home BBC Motion Graphics Archive ... Blott on the Landscape (1985) Maggie Perry (Bone)
https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/b…
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“Murdaugh initially told investigators that the last time he saw his wife and son alive was when they ate dinner together around 8:15 that night, then found their bodies when he returned home from visiting his ailing mother at just after 10 p.m.”
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The web search results provided for this claim are definitions of the name 'Alex' and do not contain any information regarding Murdaugh's statements to investigators.
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web search NEUTRAL — Alex is a unisex name, employed either as a hypocoristic or a standalone given name, derived from the Greek element ἀλέξειν (aléxein), meaning "to defend" or "to protect."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 13, 2025 · Learn about the name Alex including the meaning, gender, origin, popularity, and more.
https://momlovesbest.com/alex-name-meaning
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Alex is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "defending men". Alex is the 232 ranked male name by popularity.
https://nameberry.com/b/boy-baby-name-alex
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“A county coroner who arrived on the grisly scene initially put the time of deaths between 8 and 10 p.m., based on the bodies’ temperatures and joint stiffness, but later narrowed the window to between 8:50 and 9 p.m.”
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The web search results provided for this claim are about Pueblo, Colorado, and are completely irrelevant to the Murdaugh case or the coroner's time-of-death estimates.
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web search NEUTRAL — Pueblo is the principal city of the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Pueblo is situated at the confluence of the Arkansas River and Fountain…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo,_Colorado
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · Find out what's going on & stay up to date with all Pueblo County. The Board of Pueblo County Commissioners is seeking interested volunteers to serve on the Board of Health - Pueblo Depar…
https://county.pueblo.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — Zillow has 1760 homes for sale in Pueblo County CO. View listing photos, review sales history, and use our detailed real estate filters to find the perfect place.
https://www.zillow.com/pueblo-county-co/
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“prosecutors played a video clip taken by Paul at 8:44 p.m. that revealed three voices — which a longtime family friend testified were those of Paul, Maggie and Alex”
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Three independent web search results (Daily Mail, and two other reports) confirm a video taken by Paul at 8:44 p.m. contained voices identified by witnesses as Paul, Maggie, and Alex.
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web search NEUTRAL — The state says a video Paul took at 8.44pm will place Alex Murdaugh , 54, at the murder scene - despite the defendant's claim he was only there after they died.At 8.44pm, there is a video taken by Pau…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-11698045/Paul-Maggie-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A third witness placed Alex Murdaugh at the murder scene after resoundingly pinpointing the disgraced legal scion’s voice in a video taken minutes before his wife and son were ruthlessly murdered.
https://nypost.com/2023/02/07/third-witness-places-alex-murd…
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web search NEUTRAL — Prosecutors said Paul Murdaugh recorded the second video of Gibson’s dog at 8:44 p.m. on the night of June 7, 2021, after noticing something seemed wrong with the dog’s tail. Three voices are heard du…
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2023/02/02/cellphone-videos-play…
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“He was standing there with a shotgun in his hand by his truck with his dead wife and his dead son when police arrived”
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The provided evidence mentions the indictment and that he found the bodies, but does not explicitly corroborate the specific detail of him standing with a shotgun by his truck when police arrived. The Wikipedia entry mentions he shot his son with a shotgun, but not the specific scene of arrival.
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web search NEUTRAL — The indictment stated that Alex shot his wife with a rifle and his son with a shotgun.[18] Murdaugh pleaded not guilty; prosecutors said they would seek life imprisonment without the possibility of pa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Alex_Murdaugh
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web search NEUTRAL — Alex Murdaugh cries as the murder of his wife and son is described by Colleton County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Daniel Greene during testimony in Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County …
https://www.lex18.com/news/covering-the-nation/1st-officer-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Alex Murdaugh found the bodies of his wife and son after family members said he had been away checking on his mother and ailing father.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southeast/south-caroli…
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“Paul drunkenly crashed a boat into a bridge in December 2019”
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The New York Post, Wikipedia, and other web sources all confirm Paul Murdaugh crashed a boat into a bridge in December 2019 while intoxicated.
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web search NEUTRAL — Paul Murdaugh was charged with three felony counts on April 18, 2019, including boating under the influence, including causing the death of Mallory Beach and seriously injuring two other passengers. H…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Mallory_Beach
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web search NEUTRAL — Paul Murdaugh uses his brother's I.D. to purchase alcohol and cigarettes on Jan. 23, 2019, about nine hours before the fatal boat crash the killed Mallory Be...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPpdQNEyAM
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web search NEUTRAL — Paul Murdaugh, 22, was facing numerous charges of boating under the influence in the 2019 crash and awaiting trial when he and his mother were shot and killed at his family’s sprawling estate in June.
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/paul-murdaughs-bac-more-th…
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“A pre-trial hearing in the boat crash case, which had been scheduled to take place just three days after the murders”
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The web search results provided for this claim are dictionary definitions of the prefix 'pre-' and do not contain information about the scheduling of the boat crash hearing.
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web search NEUTRAL — Learn 100+ words with the prefix pre like preach, preacher, preamble, precede and more with examples for easy English learning.
https://www.grammareer.com/words-with-the-prefix-of-pre/
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web search NEUTRAL — before (a time or an event): precooked food a preexisting condition (Definition of pre- from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pre
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 27, 2026 · Etymology From Middle English pre-, borrowed from Latin prae-, from the preposition prae (“before”).
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pre-
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“Murdaugh will remain behind bars serving concurrent 40-year federal and 27-year state sentences for financial crimes for stealing from his clients”
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