The South Carolina Supreme Court didn’t just reverse Alex Murdaugh’s conviction. It overruled one of its own prior decisions to do it. The court formally adopted the Fourth Circuit’s three-step Cheek test for evaluating juror tampering claims, replacing the standard Jean Toal relied on when she denied the new trial Read more…
A juror in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial had questions about his guilt. She voted to convict anyway — after the Clerk of Court told the jury not to be fooled by the defense. All five South Carolina Supreme Court justices just ruled unanimously that Becky Hill’s conduct was unprecedented Read more…
He’s nine years old. He couldn’t stand at the podium himself, so a therapist read his words for him. His message to Judge Richard Mrazik was simple: “Once she is gone, I will feel happy.” He was talking about his own mother. And his mother sat in that courtroom, watched Read more…
FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly said publicly that the bureau was locked out of the Nancy Guthrie investigation during the most critical window. The Pima County Sheriff’s Office disputes that characterization. What isn’t disputed is that four days passed — and retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer says digital evidence, Read more…
Alex Murdaugh walked into the guest house pacing, shirt half untucked, rubbing his stomach in circles, holding a spit cup in one hand. He told Blanca Simpson to sit down. Then he asked her a question: do you remember what I was wearing that day? The Vineyard Vines shirt? She Read more…
The defense raised FBI cell data that contradicted the van timeline. They raised a confession that named the wrong method. They raised an alternative suspect whose interview was allegedly recorded over by investigators. Indiana’s answer: procedural default, waiver, harmless error. When a prosecution holding a 130-year conviction won’t engage with Read more…
Morgan Doughty’s first written statement — given before Alex Murdaugh got to anyone — allegedly said Connor Cook took over driving the boat before the crash that killed Mallory Beach. By the next day, the story had changed. According to James Lasdun’s new book The Family Man, a whispered conversation Read more…
In recorded jail calls obtained through FOIA, Kendra Duggar allegedly never asks about the nine-year-old girl at the center of the case against her husband. She doesn’t ask about the allegations. She doesn’t ask about the child who reportedly told investigators what happened. On a recorded line — knowing it Read more…
The surveillance camera at Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson home was allegedly targeted and concealed with weeds. That tells you the person planned ahead. But the footage apparently survived through cloud-based recovery — which tells you the person didn’t plan far enough. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer says that contradiction is Read more…
Maggie Murdaugh told her housekeeper she would have sold everything — the house, the land, all of it — to settle the $30 million lawsuit and make things right for the families involved. Alex wouldn’t even give her a straight answer about where the money stood. Blanca Simpson heard both Read more…