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Alex Murdaugh admitted he lied to investigators when he said he was not at the scene of the killings of his wife and son minutes before the state says the murders took place in June 2021.

Alex Murdaugh took the stand to testify in his double murder trial Thursday morning, as he and his defense attorneys work to convince a jury he is innocent in the

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They discussed topics including what Murdaugh's demeanor was like on the night of the murders, the roadside shooting incident and evidence collected from the scene.

Alex Murdaugh took the stand to testify in his double murder trial Thursday morning, admitting he lied to investigators when he said he was not at the scene of the

Charges against paul, i was so -- i kept everything very close in the civil case. it was danny and his office that was doing it. i had that document prepared, handwritten in the neatest handwriting i could make because a secretary other than mine or a parallel other than mine was going to put that information into the final document. thats the document mark ball talked about he found on my desk. thats what was going to be, if necessary, used thursday. >> jurys heard about testimony of you steali...

Alex Murdaugh could possibly take the stand Thursday as the defense begins to wind down its case in his double murder trial.

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0 was doing it and i had that document prepared, handwritten in the neatest handwriting that i could make because a secretary other than mine, a paralegal other than mine was going to be the person who was going to put those -- that financial information into the final document. and thats the document that mark ball talked about that he found on my desk whenever it was that he found it. so that is what was going to be, if necessary, what was going to be used thursday. >> the jury has heard about...

0 talked about that he found later in my office. and it was tight -- it was handwritten, ready to be tightened up by, you know -- because of the charges against paw, i kept everything close in the civil case, it was danny in his office that was doing it, and i had that document prepared, handwritten in the neatest handwriting that i could make because a secretary other than mine, a paralegal other than mine was going to be the person who was going to put that financial information into the final...