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Libby Murdaugh

Alex Murdaugh's mother, who lived at the family home in Almeda and required full-time caregivers.

Mentioned2023 Murder Trial
18 proceedings·18 mentions

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Caregiver testimony placed Libby Murdaugh at her Almeda home with advanced dementia and physical decline, receiving nighttime medication and generally being allowed to sleep. Shelley Smith said Libby was in bed and asleep or intermittently asleep during Alex Murdaugh's June 7 nighttime visit, which Smith estimated lasted about 15 to 20 minutes. On cross-examination, Smith described Alex's demeanor as normal for him and said she saw no blood on him or in Libby's bedroom.

Libby's bedroom also figured in testimony about a blue tarp-like object. Smith said Alex carried the object upstairs several days after Randolph Murdaugh's funeral and that she later saw it on a chair in Libby's room. She could not say whether it contained anything and clarified that she could not identify a folded garment in the closet as something she had seen Alex carry.

Trial Record (18)

20232023 Murder TrialJan 23, 2023 – Mar 3, 2023

Caregiver testimony about Libby Murdaugh's condition and nighttime routine supplied context for Alex Murdaugh's June 7 visit to Almeda and a blue tarp-like object later seen in her bedroom.

Day 5

CrossLaura Rutland - CrossLaura RutlandJim GriffinMentioned

Summary

Jim Griffin challenged the initial Moselle investigation, eliciting limits in Rutland's visual observations and interview questions while examining the search warrant, unidentified boot prints, consent searches, and the investigation's initial suspect assessment.

Mentioned in this proceeding.

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DirectMarian Proctor - DirectMarian ProctorCreighton WatersMentioned

Summary

Marian Proctor recounted Maggie's final June 7 call about returning from Edisto and an expected Almeda visit, then described Alex's statements, priorities, and apparent lack of fear after the killings. She distinguished her firsthand conversations from a kennel account relayed through her mother and added limited context about Buster, Maggie's kennel habits, and the family's AR-style guns.

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.

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