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South Carolina circuit judge who presided over the 2023 murder trial from jury selection through sentencing.

Prosecutor in the South Carolina Attorney General's Office who served as lead counsel for the State against Alex Murdaugh.

South Carolina prosecutor who handled telecommunications, device, vehicle, and digital-forensics evidence.

South Carolina prosecutor who examined witnesses and delivered the State's rebuttal closing argument.

South Carolina prosecutor who handled firearms, law-enforcement, fact-witness, and reconstruction evidence.

South Carolina prosecutor who handled crime-scene, records, latent-print, financial, and DNA evidence.

South Carolina prosecutor who handled financial, accounting, and banking witnesses.

South Carolina attorney general and a member of the prosecution team in the 2023 murder trial.

Deputy South Carolina attorney general and a member of the prosecution team in the 2023 murder trial.

South Carolina attorney on Alex Murdaugh's defense team who handled major witness examinations and closing argument.

South Carolina attorney who led Alex Murdaugh's defense team at the 2023 murder trial.

Attorney on Alex Murdaugh's defense team who focused on phone, vehicle, and other digital evidence.

Attorney on Alex Murdaugh's defense team who participated in jury selection and witness examinations.

Alex and Maggie Murdaugh's surviving son and Paul Murdaugh's older brother.

Alex Murdaugh's brother, who joined family searches and recovery efforts after the killings.

Maggie Murdaugh's sister and a close family witness to events before and after the killings.

Maggie Murdaugh's brother-in-law, married to her sister Marian Proctor.

Crime-scene reconstruction expert retained by the State to analyze the shootings, physical evidence, and movement around the Moselle kennels.

SLED crime-scene agent and footwear-and-tire-impression expert who processed the Moselle kennel scene.

Forensic engineer retained by the defense to analyze shooting trajectories, vehicle movement, acoustics, phone motion, and lighting.

Forensic pathologist who performed the autopsies of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh.

SLED firearms and tool-mark expert who compared the submitted guns, shotshells, and cartridge cases.

Crime-scene investigation expert retained by the defense to review scene processing and footwear-impression evidence.

FBI cellular-analysis expert who mapped historical activity associated with the Murdaugh phones.

SLED gunshot-primer-residue expert who analyzed clothing, hand, seatbelt, and rain-jacket samples.

SLED DNA-analysis expert who examined firearms, ammunition, clothing, vehicle, and fingernail evidence.

FBI electronics engineer and automotive-forensics specialist who examined the Suburban's infotainment and OnStar data.

Forensic pathologist retained by the defense to review the autopsies of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh.

Cell-phone-forensics expert retained by the defense to analyze device activity, steps, GPS records, and the trial timeline.

Forensic accountant who analyzed Alex Murdaugh's finances and traced funds presented by the State.

Crime-scene, bloodstain-pattern, and shooting-reconstruction expert retained by the defense.

SLED forensic-serology expert who screened firearm, vehicle, clothing, ammunition, and raincoat evidence.

Cell-phone-forensics examiner who handled device extractions and conducted same-model Raise to Wake testing.

Cell-phone-forensics expert who analyzed records from Paul and Maggie Murdaugh's phones.

Fingerprint-analysis expert who processed submitted firearms, ammunition, and phone evidence in the laboratory.

SLED digital-forensics investigator who extracted and analyzed the Murdaugh family phones and authenticated the kennel video.

SLED investigator who compiled the June 7 timeline from phone, carrier, vehicle, CAST, and OnStar records.

SLED senior special agent involved in the Moselle searches, firearms evidence, phone recovery, and interviews of Alex Murdaugh.

SLED senior special agent who led the investigation into the Moselle killings.

Colleton County investigator involved in the Moselle search warrant, scene examination, and Alex Murdaugh's first recorded interview.

Colleton County sheriff's sergeant and the first law-enforcement officer to reach the Moselle kennels.

Colleton County investigator who coordinated the initial Moselle scene response before SLED assumed the investigation.

SLED agent who documented Moselle by drone, recovered Maggie Murdaugh's phone, and handled family-phone extractions.

SLED agent involved in biological-evidence collection and the investigation of Alex Murdaugh's September 2021 roadside shooting.

Colleton County road-patrol corporal who helped secure the Moselle kennel scene.

Evidence technician who prepared clothing, footwear, seatbelt, hand-kit, and rain-jacket samples for gunshot-residue testing.

Investigator who collected gunshot-residue samples from Alex Murdaugh's hands on the night of the killings.

SLED crime-scene agent who processed the blue tarp and raincoat recovered from the Almeda home.

SLED agent who preserved Maggie Murdaugh's phone and documented weapons and ammunition inside the Moselle house.

Investigator who collected DNA swabs from Paul and Maggie Murdaugh and transferred phone evidence to SLED.

Public information officer for the Colleton County Sheriff's Office who wrote the agency's first public statements about the killings.

Former Hampton County sheriff and a longtime acquaintance of Alex Murdaugh.

SLED computer-crimes agent who handled the Suburban's infotainment and OnStar modules.

SLED agent who collected and sealed comparison DNA swabs used in the investigation.

Investigator who collected and sealed comparison DNA swabs used in the investigation.

Investigator who authenticated sealed comparison DNA swabs collected during the investigation.

SLED investigator who collected comparison DNA swabs during the Moselle investigation.

PMPED chief financial officer who helped uncover Alex Murdaugh's use of a DBA account named Forge.

Caregiver for Libby Murdaugh who was present during Alex Murdaugh's visits to the Almeda home.

Palmetto State Bank executive familiar with Alex Murdaugh's loans, overdrafts, collateral, and access to credit.

Close friend of Paul Murdaugh whose final phone exchange with him led to the kennel video.

Murdaugh family housekeeper who worked at Moselle and communicated with Maggie Murdaugh on June 7, 2021.

Son of Gloria Satterfield, who relied on Alex Murdaugh to handle the insurance claim arising from his mother's death.

Friend of Paul Murdaugh familiar with Moselle, the family's .300 Blackout rifles, and the kennel-video voices.

Paul Murdaugh's friend and a former PMPED employee who regularly cashed law-firm checks and delivered the cash to Alex Murdaugh.

Verizon records custodian who authenticated cellular records associated with Alex and Maggie Murdaugh.

Caretaker of the Moselle dog kennels who knew the property's routines, hose placement, and family voices.

Alex Murdaugh's longtime paralegal at PMPED and a witness to the law firm's discovery of disputed client disbursements.

Executive at Forge Consulting, the structured-settlement firm whose name appeared on the private account Alex Murdaugh controlled.

Firearms dealer who assembled .300 Blackout rifles for the Murdaugh family and maintained the related transaction records.

Close friend of Paul Murdaugh who knew Moselle, the family's firearms, and the voices captured in the kennel video.

Friend of Paul Murdaugh familiar with his phone habits, Moselle routines, family firearms, and the Murdaugh family.

Colleton County coroner who examined the bodies at the Moselle scene and estimated the time of death.

Colleton County Fire and Rescue chief who responded to the Moselle kennel scene.

Overnight caregiver for Libby Murdaugh at the Almeda home.

Caregiver for Libby Murdaugh who communicated with Maggie and Alex Murdaugh around June 7, 2021.

Snapchat records custodian who authenticated account and timing records associated with Paul Murdaugh.

Digital-forensics examiner who unlocked a phone provided by SLED and produced its full file-system extraction.

General Motors representative who explained GM telematics collection and authenticated vehicle-data records.

Hampton County emergency dispatcher who received Alex Murdaugh's cellular 911 call and transferred it to Colleton County.

Custodian of the June 7, 2021 emergency-call recording who explained how the 911 audio was routed and preserved.

Bank of America records custodian who authenticated account and credit-card records associated with Alex Murdaugh.

Attorney, longtime friend of Alex Murdaugh, and former co-counsel whose legal fees became part of the financial evidence.

Attorney, longtime friend, and former law partner of Alex Murdaugh who visited Moselle after the killings.

Attorney for the family of Mallory Beach in the civil boat-crash case against Alex Murdaugh and others.

Attorney, longtime friend, and former law partner of Alex Murdaugh who knew the family and Moselle.

Attorney on the boat-crash civil defense team who assessed the claim, discovery dispute, insurance, and potential exposure.