At the last hearing, Harpootlian told the judge Alex Murdaugh passed a polygraph with flying colors. That was false. Murdaugh failed the test, which measured financial deception — not whether he killed Maggie and Paul. He has never been polygraphed Read more…
Unknown male DNA under both of Maggie Murdaugh’s fingernails. Unknown male DNA on her cell phone — the one thrown from the car. None of it matches Alex Murdaugh. SLED tested only one hand at the first trial and stopped. Read more…
Sandra Birchmore’s apartment was processed as a self-inflicted death before anyone tested the DNA on the strap or recorded the interview with the primary person of interest. Ken Urker’s home was entered by Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s half-brother through a bedroom Read more…
There’s a corner of the internet defending Dee Dee Blanchard as an innocent mother. They point to Gypsy Rose’s prison calls, her dishonesty, and a confirmed genetic condition as proof Dee Dee was telling the truth. The condition is real. Read more…
Dylan Blanchard, Gypsy Rose’s half-brother, climbed through an unlocked bedroom window into Ken Urker’s home before deputies arrived. He was the first person inside the house. Ken was found dead on his thirty-fourth birthday with drug paraphernalia at the scene. Read more…
On May 9, 2020, Suzanne Morphew texted at 2:11 p.m. — her last confirmed contact with anyone. Barry Morphew pulled in at 2:43. What happened between that afternoon and the next morning, when Suzanne’s phone went dark, comes entirely from Read more…
Before trial, Farwell’s defense filed a motion accusing federal investigators of pressuring the medical examiner who performed Sandra Birchmore’s autopsy into changing her original finding. The government says there is no evidence or good-faith basis for the claim. The defense Read more…
Matthew Farwell first contacted Sandra Birchmore on Facebook when she was thirteen. By fifteen, prosecutors allege, they were in a relationship he called one he was “addicted” to. He met her through a law enforcement youth program. He was a Read more…
One officer is federally charged. His twin brother lost his certification. A former deputy chief is named in a civil suit. The Norfolk DA worked with the department and declined to charge anyone. The medical examiner called it self-inflicted, then Read more…
Matthew Farwell’s DNA was on evidence collected from Sandra Birchmore’s apartment. Prosecutors in his federal trial say it sat there untested while his case was closed as a self-inflicted death. The parking-lot interview had no camera and no notes. Witnesses Read more…
