Paul Murdaugh sent a Snapchat video to several friends just minutes before he was killed, according to a motion filed by the South Carolina state attorney prosecuting Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced former lawyer standing trial starting this week in the killing of his wife and son.
Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, 52, and their youngest son, Paul Murdaugh, 22, were found shot to death on the family’s property in June 2021. …
“Amongst other things, critical to the case is a video sent out to several friends at approximately 7:56 PM on the night of the murders,” said the filing.
“The contents of this video is important to proving the State’s case in chief,” reads the document, written by state prosecutors.
[Prosecutors didn’t explain that claim in their filings, although one can be certain that the defense knows what they mean. This would have been disclosed in discovery well before now, as jury selection started today. Usually, Snapchats delete themselves after 24 hours, although presumably the company can retrieve them from servers as needed for law enforcement. One has to wonder how police came across this apparently critical information under the normal Snapchat regimen. This will be yet another interesting facet of an already strange case. — Ed]
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