2023 Murder Trial
Jan 23, 2023 - Mar 3, 2023
Certified transcript of the 2023 South Carolina murder trial.
2023 guilty verdicts set aside · new trial ordered
29 days·75 witnesses·65,804 lines
Court of General Sessions, Fourteenth Judicial Circuit · Walterboro, South Carolina · Case No. 2022-GS-15-00592 through 2022-GS-15-00595
Alex Murdaugh Case Archive
The complete certified transcript of the 2023 South Carolina murder trial, with searchable, video-synced testimony, people, evidence, and retrial updates. Read more ↓
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The Case
Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot and killed at the family's Moselle property on June 7, 2021. South Carolina charged Alex Murdaugh with two counts of murder and two weapon offenses. At trial, prosecutors presented the kennel video, phone and vehicle data, firearms and crime-scene evidence, financial-misconduct evidence, and Murdaugh's recorded statements. Murdaugh denied killing his wife and son and testified in his own defense.
A Colleton County jury found Murdaugh guilty on all four counts on March 2, 2023, and the court imposed two consecutive life sentences. In May 2026, the South Carolina Supreme Court reversed the denial of his new-trial motion and ordered a new trial. The retrial is scheduled for April 5, 2027, before Judge Debra R. McCaslin in Sumter County.
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