Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in the killings of his wife and son.
After 19 months of speculation, prosecutors finally laid out their evidence Wednesday that Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son as they opened the double murder trial for the disgraced South Carolina attorney.
"There's no direct evidence. There's no eyewitnesses. There's nothing on camera. There's no fingerprints. There's no forensics tying him to the crime. None," defense lawyer Dick Harpootlian said. Murdaugh, 54, is standing trial on two counts of murder. If convicted, he faces 30 years to life in prison.Alex Murdaugh story: Key dates in investigations into prominent South Carolina family, murders
Waters said Murdaugh told investigators he was never at the kennels before finding his wife and son's bodies near them after spending an hour away from the home checking on his mother, who has dementia.Disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh will not face death penalty in trial for wife, son's deaths Harpootlian said all this was grasping at whatever evidence might make Murdaugh look guilty and ignoring what didn't fit the theory that he did it.Murdaugh murders: Alex Murdaugh's attorneys say investigators manipulated, destroyed evidence
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