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>> i could see his brain all -- and i ran over to maggie and -- actually, i think i tried to turn paul over first. >> alex mourmurdaugh. >> double murder mystery. >> the evidence will show he was there. >> he would be covered in blood. >> there was no blood. >> for the first time, those closely tied to this shocking st story sit down together. >> every lawyer at this table is on trial. >> its a good feeling to be connected to the power. >> until it comes back to bite you. >> powerful f...

what is your emergency? >> this is alec murdaugh. i need the police and ambulance immediately. >> alex murdaugh. >> double murder mystery. >> soon to be on trial. >> alec murdaugh facing charges accused of killing his wife and son. >> this trial will be one of the most watched since o.j. >> for the first time those closely tied to this shocking story sit down together. >> every lawyer at this table is on trial. >> its a good feeling to be conn conn connected to the power. >> until it c...

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Into all of this? >> john, you had the first story that revealed that maggies cell phone had been found in the woods? >> right, about a half a mile away from the moselle estate. >> moselle is what they call the 1700-acre hunting property where the murdaughs had a home. >> it added to the strangeness. why should somebody -- a killer apparently -- take the cell phone and drop it a half a mile away or a mile away? by the side of the road. >> the feeling in the community, whoever killed the murdaugh...

>> you stayed friendly or in touch with him over the years? >> absolutely. i got wedding gifts from him. i gave him gifts. i went out of town and stuff he liked, i knew it, i brought it back. i mean, we were friends. i trusted him. >> alex murdaugh wasnt just a resident of hampton. alexs great-grandfather, grandfather, and father, randolph murdaugh iii, had all been the countys district attorneys or what they call solicitors. >> being a solicitor in south carolina is one of the most powerful pos...

Better than you. >> you stayed friendly or in touch with him over the years? >> absolutely. i got wedding gifts from him. i gave him gifts. i went out of town and stuff he liked, i knew it, i brought it back. we were friends. i trusted him. >> alex murdaugh wasnt just a resident of hampton. alexs great grandfather, grandfather and father, randolph murdaugh iii, had all been the countys district attorneys or what they call solicitors. >> being a solicitor in south carolina is one of the most powe...

Maggie and paul? what is it that has surprised you the most? what still shocks you? >> liz was one of the first people that called me that morning. speechless, absolutely. >> unbelievable. >> i started making calls because i was worried that right from that moment that already this is being covered up. >> the coroners office tells us preliminary results show both died from gunshot wounds. >> there were many thoughts that filled my mind. a mother and her 22-year-old son shot to death with two dif...