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The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh

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The South Carolina Supreme Court threw out Alex Murdaugh"s murder convictions. Unanimously. Now the most-watched criminal case in state history starts over — new judge, new jury, new rules — and this is where you follow every step of it. From Hidden Killers host Tony Brueski, The Re-Trial of Alex Murdaugh delivers real-time legal analysis, courtroom coverage, and expert interviews as the State decides whether and how to retry the disbarred attorney for the June 2021 killings of his wife, Maggie,

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23:59

Did a Cop Help Alex Murdaugh Hide the Murder Weapons?

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/10/05

At Alex Murdaugh's trial, prosecutors said he hid both murder weapons at his parents' home in Almeda and moved them in a blue raincoat. Police searched three months after the killings. The guns weren't there. A grand jury is investigating whether the weapons went to a different location entirely — into the possession of Police Chief Greg Alexander, a Murdaugh family friend who was at the Moselle crime scene the night of the murders. Alexander was acquitted of misconduct charges with the Murdaugh

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29:28

Alex Murdaugh's New Trial Location Meets a Weapons...

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/10/04

Alex Murdaugh’s retrial has a new home and a new evidence fight forming around it. Judge Debra McCaslin ordered the murder case moved to Sumter County after concluding that the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit could not provide the kind of impartial jury the Constitution requires. During the original 2023 selection process, fewer than one in seven prospective jurors qualified. McCaslin said that figure likely understates the problem now because the first convictions were overturned, Becky Hill was

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14:39

Murdaugh Weapons and Bloody Clothing Allegedly Taken...

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/09/30

On June 7, 2021, somebody used a 12-gauge shotgun and a .300 Blackout rifle to kill Maggie and Paul Murdaugh at the family’s Moselle hunting estate in Colleton County. Both weapons disappeared that night. Alex Murdaugh was convicted of both murders in March 2023 without either gun in evidence. He was granted a retrial, now scheduled for April 2027.FITSNews reported on September 25, 2026, that the missing weapons are now at the center of a statewide grand jury investigation. SLED investigators and

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14:40

Why Murdaugh's Defense Lost the Fight for Charleston

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/09/11

The defense wanted Charleston so badly that Harpootlian offered to permanently waive all venue appeals if McCaslin agreed. She didn't agree. Instead, McCaslin's eight-page order landed on Sumter County, a location roughly eighty-six miles from Walterboro with three times the population of Colleton County. Nobody on either side had suggested it. The order traces the problem back nearly a century. The Murdaugh family held the prosecutor's seat across five counties from 1920 to 2006. McCaslin found

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41:59

Murdaugh Claims SLED Agent Did WHAT?!

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/08/23

Alex Murdaugh's lawyers have accused a SLED agent of fabricating evidence used to charge him with murder in the first place. That motion is now sitting in front of Judge Debra McCaslin, one of several bombshells to come out of an August 14 pretrial hearing. Tony Brueski and retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer cover the full hearing, start to finish. McCaslin pulled the retrial entirely outside the 14th Judicial Circuit, ruling that a county where Murdaugh's family ran the prosecutor's

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15:38

What Creighton Waters Learned About the Murdaugh...

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/08/18

Alex Murdaugh's defense raised something in the Lexington County courtroom on August 14 that Creighton Waters did not see coming. The defense told Judge Debra McCaslin that weapons from a recent Allendale County murder may connect to the Murdaugh murder weapons. Waters told the court he had never heard a word about it, despite daily communication with SLED.Jennifer Coffindaffer, a retired FBI Special Agent, joins Tony Brueski to cover the August 14 hearing and what it tells an investigator about

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26:11

What SLED Never Told Creighton Waters About the...

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/08/17

A motion filed on August 10 asks Judge Debra McCaslin to dismiss Alex Murdaugh's murder indictments entirely. The defense alleges SLED's lead case agent gave false testimony and presented fabricated blood evidence on a T-shirt to the Colleton County grand jury that charged Murdaugh in 2022. No prosecution response has been filed and McCaslin has not ruled.That pending motion was the backdrop for an August 14 hearing where the defense gained ground on every other contested issue. McCaslin granted a

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30:02

Murdaugh: Why Are Prosecutors Fighting His DNA Request?

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/08/16

Alex Murdaugh's defense wants independent DNA testing ahead of his retrial. Prosecutors are fighting that request. Tony Brueski and retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke dig into why the state doesn't want a second lab involved, and what it's asking for instead. Prosecutors are also seeking a fresh review of digital evidence and moving to admit Murdaugh's own 2023 testimony at the retrial, including his admission that he lied to investigators for about eighteen months about being at the kennels the

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30:22

Will Murdaugh's Judge Grant This Extraordinary Demand?

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/08/15

Alex Murdaugh's defense wants a South Carolina judge to order something rare: a full search of every file, agency, and personnel record connected to his case, across ten categories, with prosecutors swearing in writing that nothing favorable to Murdaugh remains hidden. Judge Debra McCaslin hears arguments on that motion August 14, 2026. Tony Brueski breaks down what's actually being asked for, and why. The motion leans on the record of lead investigator David Owen, who led the Murdaugh case and,

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13:14

What Alex Murdaugh's Defense Says It Never Received

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/08/12

Alex Murdaugh's lawyers want a signature from the prosecution, and the reason sits in a case most people have never heard of. Tony Brueski takes the listener mail with retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke.The defense filed a supplemental motion under Brady and Giglio. It asks the court to order prosecutors to search again for favorable and impeachment material generated since the 2023 trial, then certify in writing that the search was diligent and current. Thirty days.Now the case that gets a

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16:39

What Alex Murdaugh Said In 2023 Is Now The State's...

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2026/08/12

Alex Murdaugh is getting a second trial because of a court clerk. That is the whole reason any of these new filings exist, and it is worth keeping in front of you. Tony Brueski takes listener questions with retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke.The South Carolina Supreme Court vacated Murdaugh's 2023 murder convictions after jurors said Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill told them to watch his body language and not be fooled by his testimony. The justices ruled that amounted to a suggestion

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14:44

What Murdaugh's Investigator Denied Under Oath

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2026/08/10

The Brady motion filed August 5, 2026, is the widest evidence demand of the Alex Murdaugh retrial so far, and this breakdown goes category by category. The filing renews the defense's July 2022 discovery request and stacks ten new categories on top: new or modified witness deals, statements that contradict old ones, updated disciplinary and internal affairs files, DNA and forensic developments down to analyst proficiency tests and software, fresh search warrants, and post-trial material touching

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15:28

Alex Murdaugh's Defense Says the Shirt Was No Accident

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/08/10

South Carolina taxpayers are about to fund a second Alex Murdaugh murder trial because Becky Hill talked to a jury while selling a book about the case. That means a new prosecution, courthouse security, and months of court time. On August 5, a federal judge ruled Hill owes Murdaugh nothing for the first one. His $600,000 lawsuit against the former clerk is dismissed, on the logic that he'd have paid his defense lawyers whether she tampered or not. She pleaded guilty in December to obstruction,

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41:30

Murdaugh Prosecutors Called This DNA WHAT?

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/08/09

The unidentified male DNA found under Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails has been sitting untouched for eight years, and Alex Murdaugh's prosecutors are fighting to keep an independent lab from finishing the job SLED never did. One test, one conclusion that it wasn't family, and then nothing. No effort to find out who it actually belonged to. The defense wants a forensic genealogy lab, the same kind of lab that identified Bryan Kohberger in Idaho, to test what's left before it degrades. The state wants

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20:42

Why Alex Murdaugh Needed Becky Hill's Text Messages

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/08/07

Becky Hill's text messages and emails from the weeks she managed Alex Murdaugh's jury have never been examined by anyone outside the state's closed investigation. Murdaugh's lawyers wanted them, and the federal lawsuit they filed in May 2026 was the only legal instrument that could get them. A civil defendant can be subpoenaed and deposed. A private citizen who took a plea deal cannot be touched by a criminal defendant's discovery at all.Judge Gergel's dismissal on August 5 cut off the records, the

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20:38

What Murdaugh's Defense Found That Prosecutors Want...

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/08/05

Alex Murdaugh's defense team filed a memorandum on July 30th, 2026, demanding that Judge Debra McCaslin allow an independent forensic lab to test DNA evidence recovered from Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails — before SLED can run tests that the defense says could consume or degrade the remaining sample. SLED identified the DNA years ago as belonging to an unknown male with no relation to the Murdaugh family. The defense says no further analysis was ever attempted. The lab they want involved is Othram,

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35:12

Alex Murdaugh's Defense Just Exposed WHAT About That...

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/07/11

Alex Murdaugh's retrial finally has a date, April 5, 2027, and a stack of defense motions that go straight at the evidence that convicted him the first time. Start with the shirt. Blood-spatter analyst Tom Bevel's original report reportedly described the marks on Murdaugh's white T-shirt as transfer stains, not gunshot spatter, before that finding changed following what defense filings describe as color adjustments made in Photoshop. The state never called Bevel to testify. Then there's the DNA

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20:16

Alex Murdaugh’s retrial is officially on the calendar...

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/07/01

The first retrial hearing in the Murdaugh case produced a moment that deserves more attention than it received. Dick Harpootlian presented the court with transcripts from interviews conducted with the first people to arrive at the Moselle property after Maggie and Paul were found dead. He told Judge McCaslin the accounts contain conflicting information about who was present at the property that night — and that the defense has received tips from people claiming to have case information that were

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15:31

Alex Murdaugh’s Prosecution Has WHAT Missing This Time?!

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/07/01

For case followers tracking every strategic detail: the prosecution’s position heading into the April retrial is fundamentally different from 2023. The 12.5 hours of financial crimes testimony that defined how the first jury understood Alex Murdaugh — before they heard any murder evidence — has been restricted by the Supreme Court. The motive theory faces a jury that knows Murdaugh already pleaded guilty to the financial crimes and is serving concurrent state and federal sentences.Bob Motta

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14:37

Alex Murdaugh Can’t Access His Own Evidence Before April

The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh ·

2026/07/01

The first retrial hearing produced a ruling that goes directly to the defense’s ability to prepare. Judge McCaslin denied Murdaugh a laptop after the prison warden refused. The conference room compromise means every discovery review session requires his attorneys to physically visit the facility with their own equipment. Harpootlian warned the court that without better access, preparation could take longer than the April 5 deadline allows.For case followers: the defense revealed its hand at this

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