That boy is creepy, not stoic. They care more for Alex than they do for Paul and Maggie is why they can sit behind Alex day after day and not just break down and go up wipe that smug look off his face.
@@LO-en6is lets not bring hearsay in here. 🙄 I think he's off some, which comes with the territory, but rumors are annoying. Bring your proof if you have any.
It's suspicious AF that he called all those people to the crime scene when he supposedly didn't know if there was still an active shooter there still. If he didn't do it, then how did he know the killer was gone and not hiding waiting for him to show or in his house 🤔 that's something I can't over look. As well as his clothes being spotless but he "checked the Bodies for a pulse" with the amount of blood there and 🧠 matter there's no way he could have walked away spotless. Also I think he took Maggie's phone because he tried to delete the texts about him asking her to come to Moselle and to cover the fact she didn't stay the night the night before.
@@lindahaggard6416 I've seen reports where the towns people (alot atleast) think he's guilty, of their setting it up or pulling the trigger himself. I mean his best friend didn't know he was addicted to pills (and possibly selling them to his lawyer buddies) and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars . His family knew about the pills, Paul being the "little detective" and all, but they kept it inside the house no one outside of the home knew, but no one in the home knew about the stealing. No one knew this dude at all. Which makes me think if the prosecution asked the house keeper the right question we would have found out more of what's going on behind closed doors. 🤔
if you watch the body behaviourist panel. They are spot on with alex on the fact that there is no sense of urgency in his interrogation of finding the killer because alex knows there is no other killer other than himself and the person who was helping him. Alex is too busy telling his story in a calm way and providing evidence to deter police from finding the killer. He tells them straight away that it was related to the boat accident as a fact when police first arrive on scene , and in car cam he says this again , then he also gives another deterrent of the boy they hired to work on the farm. When they ask alex about the guns , he gives information of how the gun was stolen and the fact that guns where everywhere in the property. Another thing to point out, when police ask for real information alex is not able to provide it if it is relating to himself such as time of anything . admitting he was at dog kennel, what time he was at dog kennel ,when he was asleep, when he and paul got home, when his wife got home, how long he rode with paul in the car, how long he was at work, what time he left for work, what time he left work, where is buster . But will give a long story and more detail of the boy ther hired, the boat accident and talk about the guns and everything else. Also in the car police cam alex attitude changes from his fake nice man to a irritated man as soon as when alex is asked to check what time he called maggie to let her know when he left to go to his mothers place which was at 9.06 pm and the time he called 911 which is 10.05 pm. And this is the point where alex starts to look at all the phone calls and time stamps and then realizes that they don't make sense and when the female officer in the back seat asks for the time of the call , alex responds with an irritated attitude towards her.
When did he call to check on his other son? If you thought the murders were a hit job wouldn’t you call your other son to check on him right away. Idk it’s hard to imagine what you would actually do, the scenario is so unrelatable for most people.
I'm confused. Didn't Alex ask Maggie to come over to the house to ride with him to visit his dying father? Why did they never go to see his father then? So he asked Maggie to meet him there and then went into the house and went to sleep, woke up and left, without her, and went to see his mother instead (still didn't go to see his father)? Plus, he never seemed afraid for his own safety. If someone had just slaughtered your family, you would think you'd have your head on swivel, completely nervous that they might still be there. Even while standing there talking to police, I'd be on high alert!
@@Roxie174 Maggie came home to visit with Alex's dad at his home in Almeda but then he was hospitalized late in the afternoon. Maggie didn't visit typically with Alex's mom who didn't recognize others secondary to her late stage dementia. Maggie's sister reported that Alex visited his parents home at least once a day sometimes twice.
The father was taken to hospital for last time while Maggie was traveling to hunting property…she was not so keen to visit the mother due to her advanced Alzheimer’s but was closer to the father but then he had been removed from his home…
You are less confused than you may think. alex lured wife and son into position for his solution to all his current and previous crimes against the Law as well as his Crimes against Humanity. baby boy buster is the jr. version of his self serving despicable father.
Absolutely I’ll be terrified, Alec was waiting with his son and wife’s bodies. I’ll be shitting myself thinking someone’s in the woods with a gun. Why haven’t we heard the prosecution ask about asking Maggie to come over? Why was she there? Alec set Maggie and Paul up?
Actually, ‘Buster’ lives up to his name - he already gave one on-the-stand witness his middle finger ‘salute’ and was admonished by the court for doing so. Total attitude with zero regard for his murdered mother and brother. Not one tear. Suddenly he realizes - his entire inheritance and allowance are about to be seized by the state. And his face reddens and tears fall. Cry me a river.
Buster looks like as if he doesn't care. The whole trial he has been sitting there like he is watching TV in a pub and eating. When they spoke about his brother and maggie he didn't flinch, didn't cry, didn't look angry, looked at the photos as if they were someone else's family. Buster doesn't look scared for his life that the "murderer is out there" to kill him and his father too. The reason why he is so calm as well is that he knows that his father did it and he was involved as well. I want prosecutors to interrogate buster because i am sure he is in on it with his father. If you watch other family killings which are horrific like this they can't barely hold themselves together. There is something wrong with buster.
Last I learned from jail calls with Buster is how annoyed he seems with dad. It is like he has better things to do than listen to menial jailtalk complaints. And dad was paying someone 30 grand to try to get him into law school after kicked out to cheating. Buster is not into law school nor being a laywer. For one, his name is worse than mud!
I don’t think Buster was involved but I do believe he knows his father did this. My take is he feels good riddance to his father. He is responsible for taking his mother and brother away from him. Then there is whatever us left of the estate. Buster probably wants to be done with this trial and his father to move on to some sort of life.
Anyone saying there is not enough evidence clearly us out of touch with reality. A child could see this man is guilty and us being helped by a number of law enforcement, lawyers, and cowardly corrupt family members!!!
you should never be on a jury. Alex did not do it, his psycho son buster did. the only so-called alibi for Buster is his uncle who said he was away at school (and assumed) he was there then too when he called him to tell him about the murders. Nobody else saw Buster near the time of the killings. What does makes SENSE is: Buster, the dad's prize entitled brat did it. The dad was caught off guard and immediately tried to cover it up for him. THAT is why Alex was not prepared. He would have planned it out much better. Much better. And THAT is why he couldn't say he was at the kennel. The videos that day prove the mood of the three that day. And the kennel video also, proves their demeaner just minutes before. And it just does not fit. But, what was Buster's mood, thoughts, and actions that day? His attitude in court, lack of emotion, flipping off witnesses and his past. Paul did say at 0.21 slow speed "buster" real quick and low but I think there is a dog with that name. But many have heard a fourth voice. I hear a very distant low fourth voice the mom seems to be listening to and talking with. It doesn't make sense for Alex to have done it. And his actions and story to attempt to cover up what did take place was not planned ahead of time by him. He was caught off guard. Buster is also known in that town as having killed Stephen Smith July 8 2015.
Psychopathy runs in the family. I think that Maggie was going to leave which is why he shot her, he waited a few moments and then shot her in the head. I think he was talking to her before the second shot. I cannot see how he gets away with this, the evidence is so strong. Alex is a psychopath. Everything he has done thus far shows that he fits the mould: manipulation, theft, disregard, recklessness, and superficial charm. He has been involved with so many shady events, from the housekeeper's death to the boating accident. Her death started the insurance claim that he embezzled money from her son. That has to raise a lot of questions.
That son and family seemed so nonchalant about it all. Never see emotion from the son at all that indicates how sad or disturbed he was about his own mother and brother. It’s weird.
I think if Maggie found out Alex was fired due to his embezzling after never getting over his affair, that would be the last straw for her and most women. The kids are grown and in college, it's the perfect time for couples who've struggled to stay together to go their separate ways. Maggie just wanted the 30 million dollar wrongful death lawsuit to 'go away' as she confessed to a confidant. She wanted to sell everything, pay off the suit$ and start over. Alex lost his bar license so starting over doing what? and she never worked. I think Alex killed her before she found out. I think he killed Paul to make Paul's criminal case 'go away' as you can't prosecute a dead person. No conviction, no stain on the family name.
Pauls criminal case would not disappear, it would just be transfered to the family. I heard lawyers say this. So this would not have been a motive to kill Paul. And Alex being a lawyer would know that. I think you may have a point about him being afraid that Maggie find out about the firing. Or maybe she did find out and she confronted him about it? This law firm was almost like family to them. They were partners in the firm, and very good friends as well. So maybe she was told by a friend working at the firm.
I've been trying to find a way to word this question the last couple of days myself. They said all that was left of Paul's head was his face, so if Alex "turned him over", to me that sounds like he was face down, ie saw that his head was blown off- nm the fact Alex admitted he saw Paul's brain by his feet.
How would any other killer know that Paul was in that feed room and go there speciefically to get him first? Wouldn`t the killer go to the lodge where Maggie was assuming the family would be there? How would it be possible that any killer would drive up to the property and Paul being in the feed room not hearing a vehicle approaching and stepping outside the feed room to check who is comming to the property? There was no other killer than the accused himself, period.
I think he took Maggie’s phone because.. He erased stuff off his phone & he tried to erase the same calls off hers so they would match up. I don’t think he thought there was anything on Paul’s phone that would be damning to him .. ironically there was.
And apparently he did not have password to unlock PM's phone (he kept that very secret according to witnesses). PM's phone battery may have been dead when someone placed it on his backside. The police on scene stated they went to put it in Airplane mode (as is standard practise to preserve data) but found it had dead battery and they could not do airplane mode. This was just after 10:15 pm or so.
Buster was very stoic? Buster along with the rest of the family are a bunch of sociopaths and have no feelings whatsoever. I’ve never seen him cry once over the death of his mother and his brother.
If I was juror, I would find him guilty based on 4 things - 1) Paul’s Snapchat video 2) Mother’s caregiver saying he asked her to say he had been there longer than he was and visiting ailing mother at that late hour, which was out of norm 3) If he didn’t do it, why has he not been screaming from the rooftops to try and find the real killers? The family is wealthy so they could’ve even offered a reward. 4) since there’s so many questions about the clothes, why did he not give the clothes he had on in the first Snapchat video rather than have everybody questioning the change of clothes.
@@Accuratetranslationservices same here. He may have done it or been present when it was done, but there’s not enough evidence to put him away for life they need some physical evidence and it appears they made little effort to obtain it. Shot with 2 different guns and they can’t find either one?, didn’t seize all his clothing on day 1?, didn’t cordone off house as part of crime scene (as all of mozelle was a crime scene)?, didn’t check house drains, sinks and sewers for blood?, didn’t preserve immediate crime scene for footprint, tire-prints and other evidence (trampled all over it in the first hour)?, apparently did a very limited search for potential other perps telling the community “it’s safe, there’s no killer on the loose?, one can go on and on and on. It’s a mess of an investigation so they’ve had to focus on character assassination through harping on his other crimes and lies for weeks and trying to link “he is a horrendous thief, liar and drug abuser, therefore he is a murderer”. In the public’s eye and in “online chats” they have been a roaring success at convincing most that since he did A, B, and C, it’s therefore obvious that he is a murderer because most murderers are this type person. Most murderers thieve and lie, but most liars and thieves are not murderers. This seems to have gotten lost in the character exposure party & circus. Kept hoping they would eventually circle back to further murder evidence but other than the stupendously complicated timeline that will confuse the jurors, they never circled back. And the motive is irrelevant but extremely weak all the same. Murder your family to distract the public and LE from your financial crimes for a few weeks? That’s a nutty motive as such a move would bring pressure to bear like never before and no intelligent psychopath would choose such an idiotic method to divert attention. He may have killed them, but they have screwed up monumentally in their attempts to prove it. Sad.
@@KayInMaine He used the cooler to get rid of his clothes. I also think that Maggie's prints were on the weapon because she picked up the gun after she saw Alex shoot Paul. Then that is when he shot her.
@@Accuratetranslationservices Please help me with this - why did Alex need to verbally establish a timeframe with his mother’s caregiver? What is the logical explanation of his behavior other than he was trying to establish an alibi? 🤔
The most likely reason Alex didn't toss Pauls's phone was so he could delete the video, by the time he figured out he couldn't access the phone, it was too late. How many lies does a person have to tell before he is a proven liar and you shouldn't believe a word he says?
He’s also been pushing the multiple shooters narrative since the beginning. If he’s guilty then using two different murder weapons was deliberate. Maybe only taking one phone was as well.
I haven't followed every thing ... so forgive me if I overlooked something ... but did Alex know his son was filming? Maybe he didn't realize there was a video?
Alec's voice is in the video, not he himself. Doubtful he even knew Paul had shot a video, Didn't take the phone since when it fell out the battery was so low he thought it was dead.
I'm just an outsider looking in but when Buster flipped the bird at the witness, that was all I needed to know about what kind of man he is. Also, and I have to say that I adored my father but if he had ripped off money from the families of the deceased, I sure wouldn't be sitting on the same side of the courtroom as he, much less the thought that he may have murdered my mother and baby brother. I just hope that the county rids themselves of all the crooks.
I agree Buster and Paul were definitely spoiled ENTITLED brats. But the phone conversations that Buster had with his, Father. Is somewhat telling. He is Hoping his Dad will walk… And seems to me he is appeasing his Father. BUT at the same time LOST his mother and Brother! . And Lots and Lots of Money!! Life will NEVER EVER be the same, Ever again! NO matter what the verdict is. IMO
@@Roxie174 I've sometimes wondered if Buster might have been considered as another victim that night!. Imagine the sympathy generated by the whole family being executed! But I think Buster was Daddy's favored child.
He actually didn’t flip a moth. He used his middle finger to rub his nose. He may have been doing that on purpose no doubt, but he didn’t just flipped him off. I think Buster is just like his father because he’s really raised like him but I’m sure his father has convinced him he has did not do this. It would be so hard to believe that your father did it when you so close to your brother and has a good marriage. What I’m confused about is, why would he lie about driving around the property with Paul all day? I don’t know the purpose of even saying that if it didn’t happen.
Alec kept Buster out of the line of fire because he said, "Buster is the son who is most like me." So as they say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. The psychopathy of this case is chilling.
it gets passed on via behavior. It is not genetic, the making of a psychopath is done at home, usually by people who are also, that way. No conscience, no compassion, just entitlement , making sure their personal needs are met, at any cost !
A drug addict will do anything for their drugs. If Maggie and Paul were preventing him from using, that is motive enough for him to kill them in anger. Why isn’t this being presented as a motive. My daughter was an addict, and she beat me up to get her purse that I took. It had her needles in it. She took a tall lamp and broke my door down to get to me. It was a display of unreal strength from a girl her size. My fear of her is so great that I pray she doesn’t take care of me in my old age. I hope I don’t even live that long.
Exactly. Use the zero contact rule and never look back. It helps to make a memorial cerimony of your time together and then put an end to it. Move away. Cut all ties. Live a new life.
Didn’t the prosecutor prove today that baggies phone was traveling at the same 45 mph speed as Alex’s suv. What more evidence does one need ontop of everything else.
He was at the scene of the murder and wasn't taking a nap. He only stayed at his mother's 20 minutes, not 45 to an hour. When he came back he was there 20 seconds before he called 911, not enough time to go check for pulses. And why would you even need to check for a pulse? They were obviously dead.
20 minutes to mom house driving 20 minutes with mom 20 minutes drive home....thats were the 45 to1 hour came from. When he drove down to the kennels he saw Maggies body as he approached her in the car. So he knew she was dead. the 911 dispatcher told him to check while on the call.
I doubt anyone would attempt to take a pulse from two dead bodies who had had both of their heads blown up.......sad to say, but this is the truth. Once you see someone's head has been blown away..that;s pretty much end of story.
My cousin was shot in the head and survived; granted they said he would be a vegetable for the rest of life but now he's just a disabled person... But he survived; on the scene he looked dead.. however; AM IS GUILTY AF
I think logic cannot be applied in a situation like this. Not saying he did or didn’t commit these murders, but simply, it’s a situation most people have never been confronted with and hopefully never will be. To assume that his reaction in this situation has to make any sense is a bit far off. It takes a lot to grasp a situation like this. Someone might say oh so and so is dead and two minutes later ask wether the person is really dead. When in shock people react in all sort of ways. Checking their pulses might be one such thing.
I still wanna know what Alex did with all of that money. He would be dead if taking that many pills. Was somebody extorting him about something even worse than this family murders?
I wonder the same; and if he was running 15k plus per week with a dealer- if that went unpaid, it'd be nothing for them to extort him/and off his wife and son just to send a message. Or even some kinda laundering situation. Too much money moving for it to not be involved.
I don't know about that. I had a pt once who was taking 90 mg of Oxycodone q 2 hours and Oxycontin 50 4 xtimes a day . He also was taking huge doses of other narcotics. He came in with constipation. When asked why he was on it he said "back pain". Our head doctor told him he needed to get off the drugs so he faked chest pain and went to another floor. I was simply amazed he was still breathing.
Why didn't he have blood when he turned Paul and take Maggie's pulse. Why did he go back to the house and clean up and change clothes? I think he was so grossed out with the pool of blood and the brain matter in the crime scene getting on him and his clothes. I hope all this will haunt him every night he sleeps.
@@KayInMaine Housekeeper stated she went to the home, as requested by AM , to tidy up. She found it strange that the food was put away. In the fridge, with lids on them. She stated it was unusual. The caretaker of the dogs and kennels, stated that, AM, Was Very Particular… I assume, He knew, LE was going to be inside the home, for an investigation, and did Not want pots and pans, sitting on the stove. That’s just my opinion.
I do not believe there were two people committing these murders. The timeline is very damning for Alec along with so many other things that implicate him. The over kill involved in the way Maggie and Paul, but especially Maggie, were murdered indicates to me that these murders were very, very personal.
The only reason that made me think it was POSSIBLE was bc we've already seen him once try to employ someone to do his dirty work for him..the whole side of the road stranger shooting him thing.. And while I know he's a weasel that would probably quite quickly point out somebody else if they had any part in it, but he can't do that at this point (IF that were the case..) because there's no way for him to point the finger at anybody else without implicating himself and how he would possess all that type of information. Idkkk. 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ P.S..but im with yall i think it was just him. Bc if he had an accomplice he probably could have taken his time more with his whole alibi thing....just stuff like that. I think it's all on him. He's used to thinking he's the smartest guy in the room & can get out of anything so why would now be different. Not to mention he was an active addict at this point.... totalllly diluting your reality into thinking "ok ya.. I got this. I know exactly what to do." and think you're so smart nobody will suspect.
The evidence can be denied for only so long. Buster is slowly realizing what his father did and why. The cumulative evidence, timeline and circumstances surrounding AM and the murders are completely damning!
@@annsmith3192 a little aggressive towards OP don't ya think? Why are you verbally attacking someone who didn't ask you for your input? Every single comment under this video, including yours btw, are speculative opinions. Calm down. It's not that serious.
I want to believe this also. His father is so good at manipulation and intimidation. I imagine Buster has had some concerns, but what can he really say and to whom? The only people he might’ve talked to are gone. BUT I do think he’s overwhelmed by all these facts. Maybe even realizing for the first time he’s been totally duped, maybe playing a role to keep whatever money is left…but we’ll never know for certain. All of it’s sad.
Name any evidence that is not circumstantial or beyond a reasonable doubt … the states case is shotgun spreading completely circumstantial hoping it sticks they suck at their jobs
What nap? He is in a video at the kennels 4-5 minutes before Maggie's and Paul's phones lock and 10 minutes before his car starts and goes to Almeida. Are ya'll watching the same trial as us?
His defense will try to argue that Alex was napping from around 8 pm to 9 pm and that he was never down at the kennels around 8:45 when Paul took the snapchat video of the dog's tail (with Pauls voice, Maggies voice and Alex's voice on8 the snapchat video). This snapchat is all I need to know about in order to convict Alex of murdering both Paul and Maggie. Thank you Paul!!
@@tinaandrews3756 that ship has sailed and Barber (defense attorney) during the cross yesterday has conceded he was in the video at 20:45. There is no point for them to argue against that at this point in time. they have to accept he was lying about the nap. I was questioning the anchor/reporters in the videos talking about the nap as if it was fact, when it clearly goes against the (very little) hard evidence we have on the case. As to the murders, it tells me he was there when they happened and that he's been lying about it and a number of other things - including that he asked Maggie to come at Moselle. But is he the triggerman? Did he have help? Did he hire somebody? I can't be sure with the information we have.
No, not entitlement as to that. He is innocent until proven guilty. He cannot be shackled in view of jury. Now if he was a threat he may be tethered under the table-again out of the view of the jury. When they transfer him back and forth to jail he would be shackled. That is available to all defendants.
@@sandraphillips7827 I understand what you’re saying but what about the snacks. I don’t remember ever seeing a defendant sit and munch during their trial
@@sleuthingsandy The sister was caught giving him candy I think. They were moved to the fifth row. You are correct though. He's in state custody, offer him a drink and a cigar while they are at it.
Just a thought - the affair Alex had some 15 years ago, may have been less hurtful to Maggie at the time of the murders, than his ongoing, and long-lasting "affair" with substances. If Maggie and Paul were in fact collaborating to defy his dependence on opioids, maybe this tipped some already very loaded scales. Whatever, such a sad case.
@@call.me.archie EXACTLY… all these he’s innocent folks.. are thinkin the way NORMAL … folks think ! Why people commit murder… Is a question we’ve been asking for decades!!! R.I.P. MAGGIE & PAUL💜🙏🏽
The defense has ignored the Kennel Video the entire time. It is the smoking gun to me. Paul texted constantly and was in an active conversation then silent at 749. Alex was there. The defense has to acknowledge the video and if they don't then he is guilty to me.
If Alex doesn't testify and explain the video, he's toast. Perhaps he's narcissist enough to think he can emote in front of the jury, like the good old days. He's crazy enough to say he caught Paul killing his mother and he had to defend himself.
its not a smoking gun considering is was taken on snapchat not his actual device and they were in an area with bad cell phone service meaning that video may not have gone through for a while. use your brain.
Alex seems to eliminate anyone he can't convince to help him, or he felt was against him. With Maggie and Paul working together to find his pills, I can see him becoming so angry, he decided to eliminate them. If you're not going to play along with Alex, he destroys you. Contrary to what Alex said, people have said he has a short-temper, and got very angry at Maggie at times, so much they thought it would become physical.
that is disinformation. Marion the sister said Maggie was very happy with her life- that she was concerned about the pills Alex was taking- but if she was a battered wOman Marion would have said
Paul's boat accident was also going to hemorrhage money out that family. It was already ruining there rep around town. I think the kid is there because he wants to know the truths about his dad
@@ESSER68NJ I agree! Maggie and Paul were serious liabilities for Alex. Maggie wanted to move. Surely she wouldn’t have any idea why they couldn’t afford the new home she was looking at, and she was about to find out. Either way, Alex was stuck. If Maggie found out about all his shady dealings, she would divorce him and the settlement would be unreal. Paul’s boating accident and the price that would have been made Alex desperate enough to kill them. IMO
@@beebeex7775 they're not admissible in court. So it serves no material purpose. They're only used to help pressure suspects to confess. Seeing how Alec is a lawyer, I doubt that he'd have agreed to one.
His own lifelong friends, employees, and co-workers are implicating him. His own employer implicates him subtly "he's very clever and manipulative....he knows how to win cases...he knows how to get 'clients' to like him" [basically saying he knows how to get the public and jury members to like him].
If you pulled up on your property and found to dead people with bullet holes and blood dead, wouldn't you get the heck out of there and meet at the police department?
Not the police dept. Maybe in my car down the road but definitely not standing around the crime scene out of my car in wooded area! Makes no sense. Why wasn’t he scared??
I agree it’s usually how murderers get caught, someone else snitching. The evidence is still circumstantial but the timeline paints a picture of him there right before their phones were inactive.
Alex didn't want to have to pay the settlement for the death of Mallory because she died because of Paul's drunk driving the boat. Plus the cost of divorce from Maggie. Alex was looking at more huge money outlays and he didn't have the money, so he took out the two people who would cost him money.
Alex literally called Maggie to go visit his dying father, no one knows why they never did. But he literally called her and Paul to moselle…lured them in my honest opinion. And never once did he call for the community he was so well known in to say “please, help me find who murdered my son and wife!” No public statements, nothing, not even in his police interviews! I was born and raised here in SC and we value community!!! We would ask for help from our community. I would think he would too if he wasn’t guilty. I’ve been watching the trial every single day, all day.
I’m pretty sure that the reason for the killing is beyond understanding. How does this perfect father and husband do such a horrendous crime? Unreal. I want it to be someone else but it certainly seems like the Dad /husband actually did it. Who can you trust?
I can't wrap my head around it, especially because so many people testified how they were happy family, how nice he was, I mean he attended all his son's events (few fathers do), took care of his parents, visited his mom twice a day, called a cleaner "my friend", had no fights with his wife or children, opened his houses to numerous friends ....I just don't get it. I know he was involved in many bad things (I listened to the MM podcast) and I still don't understand how he can be both. Maybe the drugs split his personality. It's impossible he was pretending to be nice for his whole life , someone would see through it. I don't know, the weirdest case ever.
He wasn't that perfect. He was a shady, greedy, immoral schemer who stole a bunch of money from his law firm and clients. Looks can be deceiving! Rich people tend to have way more problems than people think.
There's someone on UA-cam it does a podcast on the phone calls that Alex makes from jail. And he is manipulating everybody and asking people to keep doing him favors. So he is still in charge and large.
If I was on jury I would say not guilty. the state never proved anything beyond a resonable doubt. The lead investigator LIED to the grand jury to get him indicted. All the police are hostile witnesses trying to fit a timeline that doesnt work. but trial is not over yet.
No wonder Alex was out of breath when the police arrived. He was a bit manic, bending over. As if distraught. But now we know he was running around like a maniac beforehand. Hopefully the Jury will find him guilty and he will be locked up for life for the savage murders. Regards from Ireland 🇮🇪
Why did he throw out Maggie’s phone??…..family is beginning to see his guilt….so tragic….maybe he wanted to check her texts in fear of what she was sharing about her fear of him, etc
But, my biggest thing is the clothes he had on in the video, right before, were nowhere to be found in the house. Where did they disappear to? You go in your house and change, then the other clothes should be there. That's what bothers me...
It was quite a while before they looked for them. The housekeeper was called to come clean up and found some khakis on the floor and put them in the wash. I believe the brothers were at the house quickly and did what they could even if they weren't involved or part of the plot.
on June 10, they were going to have a court hearing to gather Alec's bank records for Paul's boat accident, which would have resulted in a multi-million settlement against Alec, as the boat owner.
I actually think he’s arrogant enough to want to take the stand. But... he is an attorney and knows how bad that can go. I think he’s a fool if he takes the stand. I think he’s has shark eyes.
I think Paul had been know as an alcoholic for many years although he is still young and he has been in a lot of trouble so I think his pathological dad just wanted to get rid of him because he also knew that he would be convicted of something in the boat accident. Alex is cold hearted and a lier, he thought more of the family's reputation than his drunken sons life
There was no criminal convictions at all with the boat case.....The case had to go to 'civil court' where only money could be recouped from the 'owner of the boat' who was Alex.
This isn't my theory, but I read a comment on reddit that made sense about the phone. It's possible Alex took it to make sure his "alibi calls" were going through since the service was spotty at Moselle. It makes more sense to me than anything else.
He's not responsible for his Daddy's sins. No one should be blamed for another crimes. No one's hands would be clean. Read international history. Humans are violent. That's why we laws, jails and moral codes.
Alex stated who ever planned the murder, had it planned for a long time according to Maggie sisters testimony. So could he be covering for his son or is he talking about himself?
Did you know the town people say that Buster killed Stephen Smith July 8 2015? That case has now been reopened. I hope professionals are smart enough to figure out that Buster is the killer here. The videos of the other three that day and minutes before prove their demeanor. Along with that if Alex would have planned it he would have had a better alibi and tale of events. His feeble attempts at last minute coverups are not working. But people only think that makes him guilty of killing when he is actually guilty of covering up for the killer. Buster.
Alex chews on something every time any damming evidence is being testified to. He also asked for gum during the first interview with cops during night of murders. Coincidence?
I know is difficult to send someone to prison for murded with reasonable doubt, but two people and were murdered in a so gruesome manner that the jury is going to find smallest prove to actually get to put him on jail at once.
I think he took Maggie’s phone just in case she took pics of murderer of Paul since she was killed second . Just like in Delphi murders . He had no idea if she was on phone an quickly took pic of killer . That’s why I think he tried to access phone with pic access or face recognition etc
i am wondering if he took her phone to use it and send texts to family members so that they would think it was her sending them, or to make it confusing to determine the time of death? and then he disposed of it?
Seriously you think someone would really have time to pull up their phone get on the camera get it ready in the few seconds of a trauma like watching your son's brains being blown out... 🧐
I'm wondering if the facial recognition system actually captures/saves the image it sees when an unlock is attempted? We could have a pic of AM moments after the shooting sitting there in that file system.
They supposedly confronted him about pills a whole month before the murders.. it is far more likely he was pushed over the edge from the events of the day and the crumbling of his reputation and lifestyle
Once again, you smart people in the break commentary with Angenette! You know we could gather all these commentators ( with the exception of maybe two) and throw them all in a basket and close the lid- they constantly miss the real information and comment on this trial as if we are watching two different things. Alex did NOT get out and check the bodies upon arrival. IT WAS 20 seconds between arrival and 911 call. 20 SECONDS- TELL ME, HOW DO YO U DRIVE UP AND GO CHECK AND CALL 911 in 20 seconds? He left them there dead, went to his mom's house for 20 minutes and speed drove back at 80 miles per hour. How do these so called attorneys turn this information into grief, and grieving? I think law school takes the mind away and turns them into law books of some kind. They no longer function in human real life. This was a planned/ intentional double murder. He coaxed Maggie there, even though she did not want to go. Her sister talked her into it. The murder weapon was the fire arm in his truck he said he went to get. It had Maggie's blood on it and how did that happen after the 911 call? Any eighth grade child could see this. And they say they have degrees and want to clue us in??? I don't think so. Their clueless themselves even more than we are. TYhe picture is crystal clear. Alex murdered his wife and son for more than one reason. He also wasn't a druggie. He does not have one sign of and addict as it is portrayed. He was involved in drug distribution and sells. Alex has these people following him and his story line to the letter almost. That's how he gets away with this garbage. Two people did not kill Maggie and Paul. He shot Paul, picked up another weapon and chased Maggie and shot her. He asked the cops THREE times to confirm they were dead. He wanted them dead. They posed a drug threat to him and a financial threat. Grow up and put one and one together. If you were all walking into a medical establishment and tried to do anything; all the patints would be dead. Truth is truth.
I’ve had the burning question, wouldn’t strangers be unsure there are/aren’t cameras/security system? Why remove one phone and not both? If strangers, that was a mistake, but wouldn’t have helped frame Alex.
Why would anyone be confused by a phone being moved? I thought he was covered with gunshot residue?! If there was 2 people he was definitely one of them. This guy is 100% guilty!!! I can’t stand murders Fake Grief!!! I have seen it so many times and it is Obvious and Infuriating!!!😡
Tossing Maggie's phone and not Paul's could easily be one more thing for Alex to do so it would appear to be two people doing the killings. Anything to create doubt. It's not like Alex is an honest man and he IS an attorney and knows how to throw off a jury. It's what he's actually trained to do.
Paul and Maggie were basically visible from where Alex parked his Suburban .. Problem is that Alex already knew they were dead as he shot both of them in the head.
I think today blew it wide open for me. I don't know what kind of possible defense they may have. I figure he has nothing to loose cause he is done on the financial stuff. Sad seeing a dude kill his wife and kid over money?
I’ve been thinking about the angle of the kill shot to Paul, the low angle. I think AM put one round of buckshot in the shotgun thinking it would definitely kill Paul. He stood at the door and shot Paul, but he doesn’t hit center mass. He then put the shotgun down and grabbed the rifle, but then he see’s Paul in the doorway so he bends over grabs the shotgun and fires it from down low before Paul could get out the door. Then he returns to the rifle and shoots M.
I wonder if he was so surprised that Paul stumbled forward and Alex may have stumbled back as well and tripped and second shot from a fallen position ? there was a large door step and he might have fallen back ? maybe he thought the first shot was all that was needed so to see poor Paul stumble forward could have startled him. how horrible for Paul and Maggie.
Maybe the killings are as simple as he wanted his pills, Paul was the little detective and Maggie found his stash, and he had just been confronted by his law firm about his $$$ theft. Just had enough. But if it was someone else why was Alec not afraid...if anybody had enemies it was Alec.
He used that weapon on his son, *knowing* what it would do. I mean, dead is dead either way, but to use a shotgun close up and explode your own kid’s head is just cold.
That boy is creepy, not stoic. They care more for Alex than they do for Paul and Maggie is why they can sit behind Alex day after day and not just break down and go up wipe that smug look off his face.
The judge moved them to the back because they were bringing stuff in to Alex.
With an Fake girlfriend
@@LO-en6is lets not bring hearsay in here. 🙄 I think he's off some, which comes with the territory, but rumors are annoying. Bring your proof if you have any.
I agree. He looks likes an a spoiled, entitled rich creepy boy man.
Shows the family is messed up! Family of narcist which are entitled!
It's suspicious AF that he called all those people to the crime scene when he supposedly didn't know if there was still an active shooter there still. If he didn't do it, then how did he know the killer was gone and not hiding waiting for him to show or in his house 🤔 that's something I can't over look. As well as his clothes being spotless but he "checked the Bodies for a pulse" with the amount of blood there and 🧠 matter there's no way he could have walked away spotless.
Also I think he took Maggie's phone because he tried to delete the texts about him asking her to come to Moselle and to cover the fact she didn't stay the night the night before.
Even the townspeople weren't concerned that a lunatic was running around shooting people! No shelter in place or lock your doors.
@@lindahaggard6416 I've seen reports where the towns people (alot atleast) think he's guilty, of their setting it up or pulling the trigger himself. I mean his best friend didn't know he was addicted to pills (and possibly selling them to his lawyer buddies) and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars . His family knew about the pills, Paul being the "little detective" and all, but they kept it inside the house no one outside of the home knew, but no one in the home knew about the stealing. No one knew this dude at all. Which makes me think if the prosecution asked the house keeper the right question we would have found out more of what's going on behind closed doors. 🤔
Yeah, and he laid out her folded pajamas on the floor to make it look like she stayed there.
I agree! The clean clothes, feet, hands, come to mind for me every day. No way he was so clean if he’d checked them.
if you watch the body behaviourist panel. They are spot on with alex on the fact that there is no sense of urgency in his interrogation of finding the killer because alex knows there is no other killer other than himself and the person who was helping him.
Alex is too busy telling his story in a calm way and providing evidence to deter police from finding the killer. He tells them straight away that it was related to the boat accident as a fact when police first arrive on scene , and in car cam he says this again , then he also gives another deterrent of the boy they hired to work on the farm.
When they ask alex about the guns , he gives information of how the gun was stolen and the fact that guns where everywhere in the property.
Another thing to point out, when police ask for real information alex is not able to provide it if it is relating to himself such as time of anything . admitting he was at dog kennel, what time he was at dog kennel ,when he was asleep, when he and paul got home, when his wife got home, how long he rode with paul in the car, how long he was at work, what time he left for work, what time he left work, where is buster . But will give a long story and more detail of the boy ther hired, the boat accident and talk about the guns and everything else.
Also in the car police cam alex attitude changes from his fake nice man to a irritated man as soon as when alex is asked to check what time he called maggie to let her know when he left to go to his mothers place which was at 9.06 pm and the time he called 911 which is 10.05 pm. And this is the point where alex starts to look at all the phone calls and time stamps and then realizes that they don't make sense and when the female officer in the back seat asks for the time of the call , alex responds with an irritated attitude towards her.
When did he call to check on his other son? If you thought the murders were a hit job wouldn’t you call your other son to check on him right away. Idk it’s hard to imagine what you would actually do, the scenario is so unrelatable for most people.
Good point
Exactlyyyyyy…he definitely didn’t do it right away.
Exactly!!
💯
He’s so guilty but unfortunately his lawyer team is a powerhouse that won’t let him go to prison
I'm confused. Didn't Alex ask Maggie to come over to the house to ride with him to visit his dying father? Why did they never go to see his father then? So he asked Maggie to meet him there and then went into the house and went to sleep, woke up and left, without her, and went to see his mother instead (still didn't go to see his father)? Plus, he never seemed afraid for his own safety. If someone had just slaughtered your family, you would think you'd have your head on swivel, completely nervous that they might still be there. Even while standing there talking to police, I'd be on high alert!
Good point, Hope the prosecutor brings that up. What IF the prosecutor is just acting like he’s doing his job?
@@Roxie174 Maggie came home to visit with Alex's dad at his home in Almeda but then he was hospitalized late in the afternoon. Maggie didn't visit typically with Alex's mom who didn't recognize others secondary to her late stage dementia. Maggie's sister reported that Alex visited his parents home at least once a day sometimes twice.
The father was taken to hospital for last time while Maggie was traveling to hunting property…she was not so keen to visit the mother due to her advanced Alzheimer’s but was closer to the father but then he had been removed from his home…
You are less confused than you may think. alex lured wife and son into position for his solution to all his current and previous crimes against the Law as well as his Crimes against Humanity. baby boy buster is the jr. version of his self serving despicable father.
Absolutely I’ll be terrified, Alec was waiting with his son and wife’s bodies. I’ll be shitting myself thinking someone’s in the woods with a gun. Why haven’t we heard the prosecution ask about asking Maggie to come over? Why was she there? Alec set Maggie and Paul up?
Actually, ‘Buster’ lives up to his name - he already gave one on-the-stand witness his middle finger ‘salute’ and was admonished by the court for doing so. Total attitude with zero regard for his murdered mother and brother. Not one tear. Suddenly he realizes - his entire inheritance and allowance are about to be seized by the state. And his face reddens and tears fall. Cry me a river.
⬆️ 💯 % THIS!!!!!
You forgot that he was kicked out of law school for cheating.
I agree. This entire family is nothing but a bunch of money grubbing psychopaths.
Yeah, pretty grand salute considering it comes from a law school washout with an addicted double-murderer father. Pffft.
Not making excuses and just saw brief clip. Thought he was biting fingernail
I agree. He looks EXACTLY like his dad, and seems to be a lot like him in other ways too...which is scary imo.
Buster looks like as if he doesn't care. The whole trial he has been sitting there like he is watching TV in a pub and eating. When they spoke about his brother and maggie he didn't flinch, didn't cry, didn't look angry, looked at the photos as if they were someone else's family. Buster doesn't look scared for his life that the "murderer is out there" to kill him and his father too. The reason why he is so calm as well is that he knows that his father did it and he was involved as well.
I want prosecutors to interrogate buster because i am sure he is in on it with his father. If you watch other family killings which are horrific like this they can't barely hold themselves together.
There is something wrong with buster.
Last I learned from jail calls with Buster is how annoyed he seems with dad. It is like he has better things to do than listen to menial jailtalk complaints.
And dad was paying someone 30 grand to try to get him into law school after kicked out to cheating. Buster is not into law school nor being a laywer. For one, his name is worse than mud!
I don’t think Buster was involved but I do believe he knows his father did this. My take is he feels good riddance to his father. He is responsible for taking his mother and brother away from him. Then there is whatever us left of the estate. Buster probably wants to be done with this trial and his father to move on to some sort of life.
I believe Alex is covering for Buster because he’s gonna serve life anyway
A horrible son from a horrible family.
Every person has different type of reaction to things.
He didn’t try to call Buster ? Strange? You’d call immediate family
That’s the best question I have heard yet!!
Well from first responder's video, night of shooting, AM does start pleading with someone (on the phone with him) to contact Buster.
Yep. I think it’s because Buster was there and helped and had his girlfriend lie for him that he was at home.
@@Anonymous-bq6li wasn’t he out of state?
@@Roxie174 From what I’ve read, he was in Rock Hill, SC, which is just about 2 1/2 hrs away. Not a far drive at all.
Anyone saying there is not enough evidence clearly us out of touch with reality. A child could see this man is guilty and us being helped by a number of law enforcement, lawyers, and cowardly corrupt family members!!!
However a jury has to agree they have enough evidence to convict and that there is zero reasonable doubt. Casey Anthony got off.....
@@Truth1561 But Alex won't.
Really? Where are the murder weapons? Two guns were used. No blood on Alex. No blood in the house. No gsr on Alex.
you should never be on a jury. Alex did not do it, his psycho son buster did. the only so-called alibi for Buster is his uncle who said he was away at school (and assumed) he was there then too when he called him to tell him about the murders. Nobody else saw Buster near the time of the killings. What does makes SENSE is: Buster, the dad's prize entitled brat did it. The dad was caught off guard and immediately tried to cover it up for him. THAT is why Alex was not prepared. He would have planned it out much better. Much better. And THAT is why he couldn't say he was at the kennel. The videos that day prove the mood of the three that day. And the kennel video also, proves their demeaner just minutes before. And it just does not fit. But, what was Buster's mood, thoughts, and actions that day? His attitude in court, lack of emotion, flipping off witnesses and his past. Paul did say at 0.21 slow speed "buster" real quick and low but I think there is a dog with that name. But many have heard a fourth voice. I hear a very distant low fourth voice the mom seems to be listening to and talking with. It doesn't make sense for Alex to have done it. And his actions and story to attempt to cover up what did take place was not planned ahead of time by him. He was caught off guard.
Buster is also known in that town as having killed Stephen Smith July 8 2015.
@@BasicLeigh it’s Bubba the dog not Buster (what you hear in the video). Confusingly they also had a dog called Maggie.
Psychopathy runs in the family. I think that Maggie was going to leave which is why he shot her, he waited a few moments and then shot her in the head. I think he was talking to her before the second shot. I cannot see how he gets away with this, the evidence is so strong. Alex is a psychopath. Everything he has done thus far shows that he fits the mould: manipulation, theft, disregard, recklessness, and superficial charm. He has been involved with so many shady events, from the housekeeper's death to the boating accident. Her death started the insurance claim that he embezzled money from her son. That has to raise a lot of questions.
And he didn't get along with Paul because he was a little detective and probably called out Alex for pills etc
All Alec did was lie, cheat, steal, and eventually murder..... BYE BYE ALEC
He’s going to get off
They need to check Steve’s Death that was found inroadway few years back . 19 yrs old many fingers pointed to Buster back then
5 times she was shot. Alex hates to lose.
That son and family seemed so nonchalant about it all. Never see emotion from the son at all that indicates how sad or disturbed he was about his own mother and brother. It’s weird.
You, nor your family, have never been rich and powerful. I can tell.
This runs in this family, nature vs nurture who knows...but it's bad
@@raphk9599 I'm interested in the detail explaining that comment.
@@raphk9599 whats that got to do with anything?
@@raphk9599 are you and your family rich and powerful?
I think if Maggie found out Alex was fired due to his embezzling after never getting over his affair, that would be the last straw for her and most women. The kids are grown and in college, it's the perfect time for couples who've struggled to stay together to go their separate ways. Maggie just wanted the 30 million dollar wrongful death lawsuit to 'go away' as she confessed to a confidant. She wanted to sell everything, pay off the suit$ and start over. Alex lost his bar license so starting over doing what? and she never worked. I think Alex killed her before she found out. I think he killed Paul to make Paul's criminal case 'go away' as you can't prosecute a dead person. No conviction, no stain on the family name.
And the drug business Alec was allegedly involved in?
You'd be surprised how easy "starting over" can be with wealthy family.
@@ellamaeloftus3493 It seems like he was just buying.
So sad.
Pauls criminal case would not disappear, it would just be transfered to the family. I heard lawyers say this. So this would not have been a motive to kill Paul. And Alex being a lawyer would know that. I think you may have a point about him being afraid that Maggie find out about the firing. Or maybe she did find out and she confronted him about it? This law firm was almost like family to them. They were partners in the firm, and very good friends as well. So maybe she was told by a friend working at the firm.
I feel like Buster always looks like he’s going to start laughing. Maybe “smug” is the best way to describe his facial expressions.
Who would think to check the pulse of a victim with his head blown off?
I've been trying to find a way to word this question the last couple of days myself. They said all that was left of Paul's head was his face, so if Alex "turned him over", to me that sounds like he was face down, ie saw that his head was blown off- nm the fact Alex admitted he saw Paul's brain by his feet.
Exactly!
How would any other killer know that Paul was in that feed room and go there speciefically to get him first? Wouldn`t the killer go to the lodge where Maggie was assuming the family would be there? How would it be possible that any killer would drive up to the property and Paul being in the feed room not hearing a vehicle approaching and stepping outside the feed room to check who is comming to the property? There was no other killer than the accused himself, period.
That's a really good point. It would be very impactful to me if I heard the prosecution say that.
And possibly, Cousin Eddie. 2 weapons, two people. Weapons can’t find…
@@TheFrenchPug In closing arguments the Prosecutor will put all the puzzle pieces together.
Exactly!!
Paul and Maggie were found just several yards from another. They were pretty close. look at pictures from kennel crime scene
I think he took Maggie’s phone because.. He erased stuff off his phone & he tried to erase the same calls off hers so they would match up. I don’t think he thought there was anything on Paul’s phone that would be damning to him .. ironically there was.
And apparently he did not have password to unlock PM's phone (he kept that very secret according to witnesses). PM's phone battery may have been dead when someone placed it on his backside. The police on scene stated they went to put it in Airplane mode (as is standard practise to preserve data) but found it had dead battery and they could not do airplane mode. This was just after 10:15 pm or so.
Ironically his “Detective” Son spoke from the After World! And Trust me there is one.
Buster was very stoic? Buster along with the rest of the family are a bunch of sociopaths and have no feelings whatsoever. I’ve never seen him cry once over the death of his mother and his brother.
Including John Boy.
bro his dad killed his mom and his brother give him a break. everyone handles emotions differently
If I was juror, I would find him guilty based on 4 things - 1) Paul’s Snapchat video 2) Mother’s caregiver saying he asked her to say he had been there longer than he was and visiting ailing mother at that late hour, which was out of norm 3) If he didn’t do it, why has he not been screaming from the rooftops to try and find the real killers? The family is wealthy so they could’ve even offered a reward. 4) since there’s so many questions about the clothes, why did he not give the clothes he had on in the first Snapchat video rather than have everybody questioning the change of clothes.
He got rid of those clothes. It's a shame that the prosecutor can't just say that.
@@Accuratetranslationservices same here. He may have done it or been present when it was done, but there’s not enough evidence to put him away for life they need some physical evidence and it appears they made little effort to obtain it. Shot with 2 different guns and they can’t find either one?, didn’t seize all his clothing on day 1?, didn’t cordone off house as part of crime scene (as all of mozelle was a crime scene)?, didn’t check house drains, sinks and sewers for blood?, didn’t preserve immediate crime scene for footprint, tire-prints and other evidence (trampled all over it in the first hour)?, apparently did a very limited search for potential other perps telling the community “it’s safe, there’s no killer on the loose?, one can go on and on and on. It’s a mess of an investigation so they’ve had to focus on character assassination through harping on his other crimes and lies for weeks and trying to link “he is a horrendous thief, liar and drug abuser, therefore he is a murderer”. In the public’s eye and in “online chats” they have been a roaring success at convincing most that since he did A, B, and C, it’s therefore obvious that he is a murderer because most murderers are this type person. Most murderers thieve and lie, but most liars and thieves are not murderers. This seems to have gotten lost in the character exposure party & circus. Kept hoping they would eventually circle back to further murder evidence but other than the stupendously complicated timeline that will confuse the jurors, they never circled back. And the motive is irrelevant but extremely weak all the same. Murder your family to distract the public and LE from your financial crimes for a few weeks? That’s a nutty motive as such a move would bring pressure to bear like never before and no intelligent psychopath would choose such an idiotic method to divert attention. He may have killed them, but they have screwed up monumentally in their attempts to prove it. Sad.
@@KayInMaine
He used the cooler to get rid of his clothes.
I also think that Maggie's prints were on the weapon because she picked up the gun after she saw Alex shoot Paul. Then that is when he shot her.
@@pegasus5287
It's known that corruption runs deep within the Murdaugh family and that area of SC.
@@Accuratetranslationservices Please help me with this - why did Alex need to verbally establish a timeframe with his mother’s caregiver? What is the logical explanation of his behavior other than he was trying to establish an alibi? 🤔
The most likely reason Alex didn't toss Pauls's phone was so he could delete the video, by the time he figured out he couldn't access the phone, it was too late. How many lies does a person have to tell before he is a proven liar and you shouldn't believe a word he says?
He’s also been pushing the multiple shooters narrative since the beginning. If he’s guilty then using two different murder weapons was deliberate. Maybe only taking one phone was as well.
I haven't followed every thing ... so forgive me if I overlooked something ... but did Alex know his son was filming? Maybe he didn't realize there was a video?
@@happyinparisI don’t think he knew. He would’ve def gotten rid of that phone for sure if he did.
Alec's voice is in the video, not he himself. Doubtful he even knew Paul had shot a video, Didn't take the phone since when it fell out the battery was so low he thought it was dead.
Once you know someone has lied to you about one thing, never trust them again.
I hope Maggie's last words were "You'll never get away with it".
I'm just an outsider looking in but when Buster flipped the bird at the witness, that was all I needed to know about what kind of man he is. Also, and I have to say that I adored my father but if he had ripped off money from the families of the deceased, I sure wouldn't be sitting on the same side of the courtroom as he, much less the thought that he may have murdered my mother and baby brother. I just hope that the county rids themselves of all the crooks.
I agree Buster and Paul were definitely spoiled ENTITLED brats. But the phone conversations that Buster had with his, Father. Is somewhat telling. He is Hoping his Dad will walk… And seems to me he is appeasing his Father. BUT at the same time LOST his mother and Brother! . And Lots and Lots of Money!! Life will NEVER EVER be the same, Ever again! NO matter what the verdict is. IMO
Buster is next for Stephen Smith murder
@@Roxie174 alex and baby boy buster jr's lives NEVER being the same is Justice layer one. Good thing.
@@Roxie174 I've sometimes wondered if Buster might have been considered as another victim that night!. Imagine the sympathy generated by the whole family being executed! But I think Buster was Daddy's favored child.
He actually didn’t flip a moth. He used his middle finger to rub his nose. He may have been doing that on purpose no doubt, but he didn’t just flipped him off. I think Buster is just like his father because he’s really raised like him but I’m sure his father has convinced him he has did not do this. It would be so hard to believe that your father did it when you so close to your brother and has a good marriage. What I’m confused about is, why would he lie about driving around the property with Paul all day? I don’t know the purpose of even saying that if it didn’t happen.
Take the stand. Play Paul's video, and ask Alex, "do you recognize the third voice?"
@audrey he’ll just say no it’s not like he doesn’t lie constantly; or he’ll say If that is me I don’t remember
Buster is the image of his father. Poor chap.
Beautiful red hair. I know that's awfully trivial but that struck me about the boys. They look their Dad. Poor boys.
@@janetprice85I’m a redhead, it’s funny everyone always notices a redhead and comments. 😅
@@winterseagull Paul looks like Maggie and his aunt (identical shape of eyes). Buster looks just like his dad.
@@river8760 My family is full of red heads. Lol! Scots-Irish. Ranging from platinum blondes to strawberry, bright red, auburn to chestnut,etc.
He's also as sleazy as his father. Kicked out of law school for plagiarism. The Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Alec kept Buster out of the line of fire because he said, "Buster is the son who is most like me." So as they say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. The psychopathy of this case is chilling.
it gets passed on via behavior. It is not genetic, the making of a psychopath is done at home, usually by people who are also, that way. No conscience, no compassion, just entitlement , making sure their personal needs are met, at any cost !
Go and listen to the Murdach Murders podcast. It's mind blowing, the psychopathy
@@ddan7410 I've listened to all of them. Esp. the jail house phone conversations.
Psych nurse here I know you can't diagnose someone by looking at them on your phone, but Alex and Buster have very dead sociopathic eyes.
@@deborahmulkey1627 Yeah, I noticed his dead eyes immediately. When I saw his eyes I immediately thought pure evil.
A drug addict will do anything for their drugs. If Maggie and Paul were preventing him from using, that is motive enough for him to kill them in anger. Why isn’t this being presented as a motive. My daughter was an addict, and she beat me up to get her purse that I took. It had her needles in it. She took a tall lamp and broke my door down to get to me. It was a display of unreal strength from a girl her size. My fear of her is so great that I pray she doesn’t take care of me in my old age. I hope I don’t even live that long.
Move away and don’t look back. Make new friends to sign that line if caring for your needs, etc.
🙏
Bless you ...
Exactly. Use the zero contact rule and never look back. It helps to make a memorial cerimony of your time together and then put an end to it. Move away. Cut all ties. Live a new life.
Keep away, and may God protect you always. I hope she finds her way. Peace
Didn’t the prosecutor prove today that baggies phone was traveling at the same 45 mph speed as Alex’s suv. What more evidence does one need ontop of everything else.
No
Buster looks unbothered. Seriously! Not one tear even when they discuss his mom and brothers injuries. Something is wrong with him
I thought the same. Buster is AM’s golden child, while Paul was probably the problem child unfortunately
Everyone processes emotion and trauma differently, it doesn’t mean he’s unbothered or something is wrong with him
He does..he's just setting there
My best friend killed himself and I didn't cry at his funeral or wake. People process emotions differently... Ignorant comment.
He’s the spawn of Alex. That’s what’s wrong with him 😂
He was at the scene of the murder and wasn't taking a nap. He only stayed at his mother's 20 minutes, not 45 to an hour. When he came back he was there 20 seconds before he called 911, not enough time to go check for pulses. And why would you even need to check for a pulse? They were obviously dead.
20 minutes to mom house driving 20 minutes with mom 20 minutes drive home....thats were the 45 to1 hour came from. When he drove down to the kennels he saw Maggies body as he approached her in the car. So he knew she was dead. the 911 dispatcher told him to check while on the call.
I doubt anyone would attempt to take a pulse from two dead bodies who had had both of their heads blown up.......sad to say, but this is the truth. Once you see someone's head has been blown away..that;s pretty much end of story.
My cousin was shot in the head and survived; granted they said he would be a vegetable for the rest of life but now he's just a disabled person... But he survived; on the scene he looked dead.. however; AM IS GUILTY AF
I think logic cannot be applied in a situation like this. Not saying he did or didn’t commit these murders, but simply, it’s a situation most people have never been confronted with and hopefully never will be. To assume that his reaction in this situation has to make any sense is a bit far off. It takes a lot to grasp a situation like this. Someone might say oh so and so is dead and two minutes later ask wether the person is really dead. When in shock people react in all sort of ways. Checking their pulses might be one such thing.
Where are the guns?
The video of the dog in the kennel speaks from the grave!
I still wanna know what Alex did with all of that money. He would be dead if taking that many pills. Was somebody extorting him about something even worse than this family murders?
I wonder the same; and if he was running 15k plus per week with a dealer- if that went unpaid, it'd be nothing for them to extort him/and off his wife and son just to send a message. Or even some kinda laundering situation. Too much money moving for it to not be involved.
listen to the MM podcast, he was involved in so many things it would take 10 lifetimes to mess so much stuff up
I don't know about that. I had a pt once who was taking 90 mg of Oxycodone q 2 hours and Oxycontin 50 4 xtimes a day . He also was taking huge doses of other narcotics. He came in with constipation. When asked why he was on it he said "back pain". Our head doctor told him he needed to get off the drugs so he faked chest pain and went to another floor. I was simply amazed he was still breathing.
I would have nothing to do with my Father if he killed my Mother and Brother..
Sounds like you are not a sociopath.
His on set crying is due too not being medicated by his drugs. He is actually feeling the guilt and the flash backs without meds
I think he's just a narcissist feeling sorry for himself.
@@DAISYROSE22 Yep exactly!!
Meds ooook that's a his privilege cuz I know some pill heads and they get "drugs" not meds lol
@@DAISYROSE22 I agree.
You got that right.
Why didn't he have blood when he turned Paul and take Maggie's pulse. Why did he go back to the house and clean up and change clothes? I think he was so grossed out with the pool of blood and the brain matter in the crime scene getting on him and his clothes. I hope all this will haunt him every night he sleeps.
Grossed out? He wasn't so grossed out that he stood over Paul and played with the phone with a brain right there.
He is a sick individual.
Sociopaths don't feel guilt. He's fine.
Why did he put the Left over Food away in Fridge? The man who took care of the dogs answered that!
@@Roxie174 I missed his answer. What did he say about the food?
@@KayInMaine Housekeeper stated she went to the home, as requested by AM , to tidy up. She found it strange that the food was put away. In the fridge, with lids on them. She stated it was unusual. The caretaker of the dogs and kennels, stated that, AM, Was Very Particular… I assume, He knew, LE was going to be inside the home, for an investigation, and did Not want pots and pans, sitting on the stove. That’s just my opinion.
I do not believe there were two people committing these murders. The timeline is very damning for Alec along with so many other things that implicate him. The over kill involved in the way Maggie and Paul, but especially Maggie, were murdered indicates to me that these murders were very, very personal.
Exactly! Crime of passion.
It was 6 shooters 4 of them missed.
Maggie was shot so many times it was unnecessary and cruel. So yeah.
The only reason that made me think it was POSSIBLE was bc we've already seen him once try to employ someone to do his dirty work for him..the whole side of the road stranger shooting him thing.. And while I know he's a weasel that would probably quite quickly point out somebody else if they had any part in it, but he can't do that at this point (IF that were the case..) because there's no way for him to point the finger at anybody else without implicating himself and how he would possess all that type of information. Idkkk. 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
P.S..but im with yall i think it was just him. Bc if he had an accomplice he probably could have taken his time more with his whole alibi thing....just stuff like that. I think it's all on him. He's used to thinking he's the smartest guy in the room & can get out of anything so why would now be different. Not to mention he was an active addict at this point.... totalllly diluting your reality into thinking "ok ya.. I got this. I know exactly what to do." and think you're so smart nobody will suspect.
@@megansands2861 Couldn't have said it any better.
The evidence can be denied for only so long. Buster is slowly realizing what his father did and why. The cumulative evidence, timeline and circumstances surrounding AM and the murders are completely damning!
oh so you can read his mind? what makes you think he didn't help his dad? no one knows
@@annsmith3192 a little aggressive towards OP don't ya think? Why are you verbally attacking someone who didn't ask you for your input? Every single comment under this video, including yours btw, are speculative opinions. Calm down. It's not that serious.
UNLESS YOU HAVE A BRAIN and can figure things out
I want to believe this also. His father is so good at manipulation and intimidation. I imagine Buster has had some concerns, but what can he really say and to whom? The only people he might’ve talked to are gone. BUT I do think he’s overwhelmed by all these facts. Maybe even realizing for the first time he’s been totally duped, maybe playing a role to keep whatever money is left…but we’ll never know for certain. All of it’s sad.
Name any evidence that is not circumstantial or beyond a reasonable doubt … the states case is shotgun spreading completely circumstantial hoping it sticks they suck at their jobs
What nap? He is in a video at the kennels 4-5 minutes before Maggie's and Paul's phones lock and 10 minutes before his car starts and goes to Almeida. Are ya'll watching the same trial as us?
His defense will try to argue that Alex was napping from around 8 pm to 9 pm and that he was never down at the kennels around 8:45 when Paul took the snapchat video of the dog's tail (with Pauls voice, Maggies voice and Alex's voice on8 the snapchat video). This snapchat is all I need to know about in order to convict Alex of murdering both Paul and Maggie. Thank you Paul!!
@@tinaandrews3756 that ship has sailed and Barber (defense attorney) during the cross yesterday has conceded he was in the video at 20:45. There is no point for them to argue against that at this point in time. they have to accept he was lying about the nap. I was questioning the anchor/reporters in the videos talking about the nap as if it was fact, when it clearly goes against the (very little) hard evidence we have on the case.
As to the murders, it tells me he was there when they happened and that he's been lying about it and a number of other things - including that he asked Maggie to come at Moselle. But is he the triggerman? Did he have help? Did he hire somebody? I can't be sure with the information we have.
You can always spot a red head during a embarrassing moment bc they turn bright red from the neck up to the face and forehead lmao
you can always spot a jerk too. you jerk!
there was no two shooters... no way
Since Alex is charged with murder, why doesn’t he have handcuffs and leg shackles on? Why is he allowed to sit there and eat? Entitlement at its best!
No, not entitlement as to that. He is innocent until proven guilty. He cannot be shackled in view of jury. Now if he was a threat he may be tethered under the table-again out of the view of the jury. When they transfer him back and forth to jail he would be shackled. That is available to all defendants.
@@sandraphillips7827 I understand what you’re saying but what about the snacks. I don’t remember ever seeing a defendant sit and munch during their trial
Speaking of handcuffs, why are the officers outside handling the arrival to court wearing pink handcuffs on their belts.
@@sleuthingsandy The sister was caught giving him candy I think. They were moved to the fifth row. You are correct though. He's in state custody, offer him a drink and a cigar while they are at it.
@@LisaPeterson227 I bet there a drink nearby. He has to have something to wash all those snacks down
Just a thought - the affair Alex had some 15 years ago, may have been less hurtful to Maggie at the time of the murders, than his ongoing, and long-lasting "affair" with substances. If Maggie and Paul were in fact collaborating to defy his dependence on opioids, maybe this tipped some already very loaded scales. Whatever, such a sad case.
I agree.
Great feedback
There an old adage that an addict would kill his mother & step over her dead body to get to his drug of choice.
@@call.me.archie EXACTLY… all these he’s innocent folks.. are thinkin the way NORMAL … folks think ! Why people commit murder… Is a question we’ve been asking for decades!!! R.I.P. MAGGIE & PAUL💜🙏🏽
@archie. Yep and Paul was probably dumping the pills down the toilet with him as “little detective”
The defense has ignored the Kennel Video the entire time. It is the smoking gun to me. Paul texted constantly and was in an active conversation then silent at 749. Alex was there. The defense has to acknowledge the video and if they don't then he is guilty to me.
They havent even begun yet.
I believe Maggie said, Eddie he has a Guinea.. 2 Guns , Two killers. Eddie-Paul. ALec- Maggie. IMO
If Alex doesn't testify and explain the video, he's toast. Perhaps he's narcissist enough to think he can emote in front of the jury, like the good old days. He's crazy enough to say he caught Paul killing his mother and he had to defend himself.
I wondered if Paul was trying to hide or get shelter in the feed room. He may have seen the gun.
its not a smoking gun considering is was taken on snapchat not his actual device and they were in an area with bad cell phone service meaning that video may not have gone through for a while. use your brain.
That young man inherited the family creepies
Alex seems to eliminate anyone he can't convince to help him, or he felt was against him. With Maggie and Paul working together to find his pills, I can see him becoming so angry, he decided to eliminate them. If you're not going to play along with Alex, he destroys you. Contrary to what Alex said, people have said he has a short-temper, and got very angry at Maggie at times, so much they thought it would become physical.
that is disinformation. Marion the sister said Maggie was very happy with her life- that she was concerned about the pills Alex was taking- but if she was a battered wOman Marion would have said
Because of who he is! He’s used to be in control in the court room!! He can’t take it!
Paul's boat accident was also going to hemorrhage money out that family. It was already ruining there rep around town. I think the kid is there because he wants to know the truths about his dad
@@ESSER68NJ I agree! Maggie and Paul were serious liabilities for Alex. Maggie wanted to move. Surely she wouldn’t have any idea why they couldn’t afford the new home she was looking at, and she was about to find out. Either way, Alex was stuck. If Maggie found out about all his shady dealings, she would divorce him and the settlement would be unreal. Paul’s boating accident and the price that would have been made Alex desperate enough to kill them. IMO
@Ms J, No
What a trainwreck of a family who thought they were better.
Would love to see Alex take a lie detector test.
And why wasn’t one ever done ?? This makes no sense
@@beebeex7775 Not admissible in court. Lie detectors are not reliable.
Needle would break🤣
@@beebeex7775 they're not admissible in court. So it serves no material purpose. They're only used to help pressure suspects to confess. Seeing how Alec is a lawyer, I doubt that he'd have agreed to one.
@bee bee X Because they aren't admissible in court. Even if he didn't pass they couldn't use it.
I think he was angry at Paul for the boat crash but furious at Maggie.. 5shots was complete overkill
His own lifelong friends, employees, and co-workers are implicating him. His own employer implicates him subtly "he's very clever and manipulative....he knows how to win cases...he knows how to get 'clients' to like him" [basically saying he knows how to get the public and jury members to like him].
Its actually the opposite---even the people he ripped off said he was a great husband and father.
@@otto1630 But those people are now implicating him.
He didn't call Maggie's family.
This family exemplifies the difference between seeming successful and actually being successful.
They're an entire family of Narcissists
I see none of them ever turning on him
Why?
Murdaugh name& money 💰
If you pulled up on your property and found to dead people with bullet holes and blood dead, wouldn't you get the heck out of there and meet at the police department?
Not the police dept. Maybe in my car down the road but definitely not standing around the crime scene out of my car in wooded area! Makes no sense. Why wasn’t he scared??
Buster is certainly able to cope better than I could seeing my mothers murder photos. He’s very stoic.
They dont get to actually view the photos... Only the lawyers, judge, and jury see them not the entire room.
@@melissabaliva2989 right! Does the defendant see?
He sucks
@@LucyLennon20 he would have seen them at some point( AM) , but I don’t think he sees them in court .
@@LucyLennon20 I think he can see everything on his lawyers computer, I saw him watching intently
I don't think AM would risk another person knowing he was involved with taking his family out.
I agree it’s usually how murderers get caught, someone else snitching. The evidence is still circumstantial but the timeline paints a picture of him there right before their phones were inactive.
I think he would. From what I’ve been observing he does nothing on his own and always has someone entangled in his schemes.
@@julesthecat. true that! Damning information presented today.
Alex didn't want to have to pay the settlement for the death of Mallory because she died because of Paul's drunk driving the boat. Plus the cost of divorce from Maggie. Alex was looking at more huge money outlays and he didn't have the money, so he took out the two people who would cost him money.
Why would buster sit through this testimony about autopsy. The family doesn't seem upset about anything.
Alex literally called Maggie to go visit his dying father, no one knows why they never did. But he literally called her and Paul to moselle…lured them in my honest opinion. And never once did he call for the community he was so well known in to say “please, help me find who murdered my son and wife!” No public statements, nothing, not even in his police interviews! I was born and raised here in SC and we value community!!! We would ask for help from our community. I would think he would too if he wasn’t guilty. I’ve been watching the trial every single day, all day.
They were into his habit. The money he was spending was WAY more than a drug habit! Hush money?
We heard Alex in Pauls snapchat at around 8:44 pm. So we know he wasn't napping.
Why was there never a search party created to find the supposed “shooter”, the night of the murders?
When they started putting conditions on what the detectives could ask and said they couldn’t ask anything about Moselle… that was TELLING.
I’m pretty sure that the reason for the killing is beyond understanding. How does this perfect father and husband do such a horrendous crime? Unreal. I want it to be someone else but it certainly seems like the Dad /husband actually did it. Who can you trust?
I can't wrap my head around it, especially because so many people testified how they were happy family, how nice he was, I mean he attended all his son's events (few fathers do), took care of his parents, visited his mom twice a day, called a cleaner "my friend", had no fights with his wife or children, opened his houses to numerous friends ....I just don't get it. I know he was involved in many bad things (I listened to the MM podcast) and I still don't understand how he can be both. Maybe the drugs split his personality. It's impossible he was pretending to be nice for his whole life , someone would see through it. I don't know, the weirdest case ever.
He wasn’t a perfect father and husband. He’s a drug addict, a thief, a conman, etc.
He wasn't that perfect. He was a shady, greedy, immoral schemer who stole a bunch of money from his law firm and clients. Looks can be deceiving! Rich people tend to have way more problems than people think.
There's someone on UA-cam it does a podcast on the phone calls that Alex makes from jail. And he is manipulating everybody and asking people to keep doing him favors. So he is still in charge and large.
If I was on jury I would say not guilty. the state never proved anything beyond a resonable doubt. The lead investigator LIED to the grand jury to get him indicted. All the police are hostile witnesses trying to fit a timeline that doesnt work. but trial is not over yet.
Buster is always smirking.
I think that's just his default face 🙄 ...he needs a haircut.
Years of experience as he looked down on people.
No wonder Alex was out of breath when the police arrived. He was a bit manic, bending over. As if distraught. But now we know he was running around like a maniac beforehand. Hopefully the Jury will find him guilty and he will be locked up for life for the savage murders. Regards from Ireland 🇮🇪
Why did he throw out Maggie’s phone??…..family is beginning to see his guilt….so tragic….maybe he wanted to check her texts in fear of what she was sharing about her fear of him, etc
But, my biggest thing is the clothes he had on in the video, right before, were nowhere to be found in the house. Where did they disappear to? You go in your house and change, then the other clothes should be there. That's what bothers me...
It was quite a while before they looked for them. The housekeeper was called to come clean up and found some khakis on the floor and put them in the wash. I believe the brothers were at the house quickly and did what they could even if they weren't involved or part of the plot.
Buster's main question is 'would you like fries with your Wild Wings?'
on June 10, they were going to have a court hearing to gather Alec's bank records for Paul's boat accident, which would have resulted in a multi-million settlement against Alec, as the boat owner.
And would have "unraveled" Alex's financial fraud according the attorney for the boat accident.
I actually think he’s arrogant enough to want to take the stand. But... he is an attorney and knows how bad that can go. I think he’s a fool if he takes the stand. I think he’s has shark eyes.
Yes he does.
His eyes make me cringe. They are really creepy
Buster was warned to not be acting up by that lead attorney during the trial.
Sad, a 26 year old doesn't know how to act.
I want to give a shout out to all the paralegals out there. Thank you ladies for the awesome job you do!
and gentlemen!
What’s bothersome to me is his fake crying while telling his story in the police car. 0 Tears.
This family has at least a 100 year corruption span. Pure crooks..bad blood...
Also, chip off the ole block Buster gets caught cheating in college.
Yep - Law school! 😂
Innocent people don't lie
they do when they are covering for their son!
Everything in his life was a lie. He’s a lawyer. Maybe he doesn’t know how to tell the truth and immediately goes into lie mode.
I think Paul had been know as an alcoholic for many years although he is still young and he has been in a lot of trouble so I think his pathological dad just wanted to get rid of him because he also knew that he would be convicted of something in the boat accident. Alex is cold hearted and a lier, he thought more of the family's reputation than his drunken sons life
There was no criminal convictions at all with the boat case.....The case had to go to 'civil court' where only money could be recouped from the 'owner of the boat' who was Alex.
It's 'liar', fwiw.
how is murdaugh able to pay these lawyers if he is broke?
Leader lawyer is his buddy for several decades lol. It's probably free.
Supposedly, Alex paid 600,000 to attorneys from cashing out his 401-K savings thing I think, plus the 'buddy-buddy lawyer thingie'.
That boy has absolutely no expression on his face! 😂
"you were sitting behind Buster, could you see his reaction" 🤣 The most ridiculous question - as if she could see his reaction sitting behind him.
If she was sitting behind him, how can she report on his face and demeanor?
This isn't my theory, but I read a comment on reddit that made sense about the phone. It's possible Alex took it to make sure his "alibi calls" were going through since the service was spotty at Moselle. It makes more sense to me than anything else.
He couldn't get into Paul's phone.
Dies Buster realize his entitled lifestyle was lived on criminally got money?
HE PROBABLY DON'T CARE...WHY WOULD HE CARE...IF ANYTHING HE'S PROBABLY WORRIED HE CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE THAT LIFESTYLE
Yes
He's not responsible for his Daddy's sins. No one should be blamed for another crimes. No one's hands would be clean. Read international history. Humans are violent. That's why we laws, jails and moral codes.
Dirty 💰
It’s the Murdaugh way! Of course he knows.
Alex stated who ever planned the murder, had it planned for a long time according to Maggie sisters testimony. So could he be covering for his son or is he talking about himself?
himself. when the officer asked him did you kill Maggie. he said no and nodded yes.
@@maryj2671 Good catch!
Did you know the town people say that Buster killed Stephen Smith July 8 2015? That case has now been reopened. I hope professionals are smart enough to figure out that Buster is the killer here. The videos of the other three that day and minutes before prove their demeanor. Along with that if Alex would have planned it he would have had a better alibi and tale of events. His feeble attempts at last minute coverups are not working. But people only think that makes him guilty of killing when he is actually guilty of covering up for the killer. Buster.
He was looking for a compliment, the sociopath that he is!
Buster and Alex both like eating candy in court. It’s odd.
Buster is chewing tobacco.
Lol
Alex chews on something every time any damming evidence is being testified to. He also asked for gum during the first interview with cops during night of murders. Coincidence?
@@HoldinON2Hope ….oh, good point
Like father like son
And great grandfather
@@anonymouslee8287 yep
I know is difficult to send someone to prison for murded with reasonable doubt, but two people and were murdered in a so gruesome manner that the jury is going to find smallest prove to actually get to put him on jail at once.
Agree
There is more than enough circumstantial to send him away. I hope the jury is not intimidated by these horrible people's influence in the locality.
@@linanicolia1363 what is it because I'm not seeing it?
@@otto1630 😂
I think he took Maggie’s phone just in case she took pics of murderer of Paul since she was killed second . Just like in Delphi murders . He had no idea if she was on phone an quickly took pic of killer . That’s why I think he tried to access phone with pic access or face recognition etc
i am wondering if he took her phone to use it and send texts to family members so that they would think it was her sending them, or to make it confusing to determine the time of death? and then he disposed of it?
@gemma that’s really smart analysis and makes sense
Seriously you think someone would really have time to pull up their phone get on the camera get it ready in the few seconds of a trauma like watching your son's brains being blown out... 🧐
I'm wondering if the facial recognition system actually captures/saves the image it sees when an unlock is attempted? We could have a pic of AM moments after the shooting sitting there in that file system.
They supposedly confronted him about pills a whole month before the murders.. it is far more likely he was pushed over the edge from the events of the day and the crumbling of his reputation and lifestyle
Exactly! I completely agree!
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I want Richard Dreyfus to play the prosecutor in the movie about this trial. Good prosecutor.
Once again, you smart people in the break commentary with Angenette! You know we could gather all these commentators ( with the exception of maybe two) and throw them all in a basket and close the lid- they constantly miss the real information and comment on this trial as if we are watching two different things. Alex did NOT get out and check the bodies upon arrival. IT WAS 20 seconds between arrival and 911 call. 20 SECONDS- TELL ME, HOW DO YO U DRIVE UP AND GO CHECK AND CALL 911 in 20 seconds? He left them there dead, went to his mom's house for 20 minutes and speed drove back at 80 miles per hour. How do these so called attorneys turn this information into grief, and grieving? I think law school takes the mind away and turns them into law books of some kind. They no longer function in human real life. This was a planned/ intentional double murder. He coaxed Maggie there, even though she did not want to go. Her sister talked her into it. The murder weapon was the fire arm in his truck he said he went to get. It had Maggie's blood on it and how did that happen after the 911 call? Any eighth grade child could see this. And they say they have degrees and want to clue us in??? I don't think so. Their clueless themselves even more than we are. TYhe picture is crystal clear. Alex murdered his wife and son for more than one reason. He also wasn't a druggie. He does not have one sign of and addict as it is portrayed. He was involved in drug distribution and sells. Alex has these people following him and his story line to the letter almost. That's how he gets away with this garbage. Two people did not kill Maggie and Paul. He shot Paul, picked up another weapon and chased Maggie and shot her. He asked the cops THREE times to confirm they were dead. He wanted them dead. They posed a drug threat to him and a financial threat. Grow up and put one and one together. If you were all walking into a medical establishment and tried to do anything; all the patints would be dead. Truth is truth.
I’ve had the burning question, wouldn’t strangers be unsure there are/aren’t cameras/security system? Why remove one phone and not both? If strangers, that was a mistake, but wouldn’t have helped frame Alex.
Why would anyone be confused by a phone being moved? I thought he was covered with gunshot residue?! If there was 2 people he was definitely one of them. This guy is 100% guilty!!! I can’t stand murders Fake Grief!!! I have seen it so many times and it is Obvious and Infuriating!!!😡
no. he was not covered in gunshot residue at all- that would nail him for sure. you have disinformation
He had NO tears the entire time from the moment police showed up on scene and even the ride over to the station with the police.
He wasn't covered with gun shot residue or any blood for that matter.
Because he had showered and changed clothes. Left a puddle of water in front of the shower
Tossing Maggie's phone and not Paul's could easily be one more thing for Alex to do so it would appear to be two people doing the killings. Anything to create doubt. It's not like Alex is an honest man and he IS an attorney and knows how to throw off a jury. It's what he's actually trained to do.
Paul and Maggie were basically visible from where Alex parked his Suburban .. Problem is that Alex already knew they were dead as he shot both of them in the head.
I think today blew it wide open for me. I don't know what kind of possible defense they may have. I figure he has nothing to loose cause he is done on the financial stuff. Sad seeing a dude kill his wife and kid over money?
I’ve been thinking about the angle of the kill shot to Paul, the low angle. I think AM put one round of buckshot in the shotgun thinking it would definitely kill Paul. He stood at the door and shot Paul, but he doesn’t hit center mass. He then put the shotgun down and grabbed the rifle, but then he see’s Paul in the doorway so he bends over grabs the shotgun and fires it from down low before Paul could get out the door. Then he returns to the rifle and shoots M.
You might have a point here.
I kinda assumed he was squatting/kneeling on one knee to remain hidden while he shot Paul, hence the low angle, but your theory works out too.
I understand from just watching how shotguns are handled that you dont need to hold them up to your shouoder. Just lower his arm or bend a little.
I wonder if he was so surprised that Paul stumbled forward and Alex may have stumbled back as well and tripped and second shot from a fallen position ? there was a large door step and he might have fallen back ? maybe he thought the first shot was all that was needed so to see poor Paul stumble forward could have startled him. how horrible for Paul and Maggie.
It would have been easy to drop to one knee and fire the second shots from the shotgun for that low to high angle.
Who names their kid Buster??
Maybe the killings are as simple as he wanted his pills, Paul was the little detective and Maggie found his stash, and he had just been confronted by his law firm about his $$$ theft. Just had enough. But if it was someone else why was Alec not afraid...if anybody had enemies it was Alec.
Definitely don’t think the pills were what this was over
Do you have any idea how big a stash you’d have for 50,000 ??
Especially if you had just been confronted by your law firm you would want those pills
MAYBE there was drug dealing/ money laundering going on??? Maybe someone got mad??
The guilty don't take the stand. Alex won't.
I think Buster is involved. He was the "favored" son and he's not showing any emotions at all.
Yup buster the golden child and Paul was the problem
I think Buster has his own skeletons in his closet. There are several stories about him and that blond kid that got killed.
Exactly
Alec may have word beat him into this stupper. I feel bad for him. He knows his dad did it and now who does he have ?
@@itspat5299 i heard that too!
He used that weapon on his son, *knowing* what it would do. I mean, dead is dead either way, but to use a shotgun close up and explode your own kid’s head is just cold.
I believe someone else did it