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C.B. Rowe

Moselle farmhand and Murdaugh employee whose whereabouts, phone records, and DNA were examined as possible alternative leads.

Mentioned2023 Murder Trial
11 proceedings·11 mentions

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C.B. Rowe, a Moselle farmhand and Alex Murdaugh employee, was examined as a possible alternative lead through an interview about his June 7 whereabouts, Verizon records, phone information, and a DNA comparison. Investigators also collected a buccal swab from him.

Phone-record testimony did not place Rowe's phone near the homicide location between 8:50 and 9:00 p.m., though further examination clarified the review's limits. DNA testimony stated that low-level alleles from Maggie Murdaugh's left fingernail clippings were approximately 11 times more likely under a proposition involving an unidentified, unrelated contributor than one involving Rowe. The prosecution cited the interview and elimination work when describing the investigation's breadth, while the defense questioned the extent of the inquiry into Rowe as an alternative lead.

Trial Record (11)

20232023 Murder TrialJan 23, 2023 – Mar 3, 2023

C.B. Rowe, a Moselle farmhand and Alex Murdaugh employee, was discussed through investigators' review of his June 7 whereabouts, phone information, and DNA as they assessed possible alternative leads.

Day 7

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Day 15

DirectMatthew Wild - DirectMatthew WildJohn B. ConradMentioned

Summary

Matthew Wild mapped Paul, Maggie, and Alex Murdaugh's phones using call records, device data, and drive tests, while stressing that the records did not identify who held a device. He found the 911 call compatible with a Moselle location despite its use of a Varnville-area tower and traced Alex's phone through Almeda-, Summerville-, and Hampton-area sectors from June 8-15.

Mentioned in this proceeding.

CrossMatthew Wild - CrossMatthew WildPhillip D. BarberMentioned

Summary

Matthew Wild identified limits in the Verizon maps, including missing text-message location data, unrecorded tower handoffs, no relevant GPS data for Maggie or Alex, and no phone-movement comparison. He also clarified the 911 timestamp difference, the report's June 15 endpoint, and the limited scope of his confirmed third-party phone review.

Mentioned in this proceeding.

Day 16

Day 18

DirectDavid Owen - DirectDavid OwenJohn MeadorsMentioned

Summary

Lead SLED investigator David Owen traced the investigation from the Moselle crime scene through Alex Murdaugh's recorded interviews, identified repeated inconsistencies, and explained the delayed recovery of the 8:44 p.m. kennel video.

Mentioned in this proceeding.

Day 20

DirectPeter Rudofski - DirectPeter RudofskiCreighton WatersMentioned

Summary

Peter Rudofski combined phone, carrier, telemetry, and newly received OnStar data into a June 7 timeline emphasizing the victims' final phone activity, the Suburban's movements and speeds, missing extracted call-log entries, and the interval between arrival at the kennels and the 911 call.

Mentioned in this proceeding.

Day 23