6 Mar. My brother loved Maggie and loved Paul like nothing else on this earth, just like he loves Buster, Randy said in the 17 June interview. However, prosecutors allege that Mr Murdaugh actually changed his clothing and showered after the murders. "He was just broken, I mean destroyed. A lot.. They called him Little Rooster, Pau Pau, my kids called him that, John Marvin said. John Conrad is conducting the questioning. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. John Marvin said he had never seen the raincoat before, and said he never received an explanation for why he was told it was recovered from a different location. On June 7, 2021, just after 10 p.m., Alex called the police to report that he had found his wife and one of his two sons shot and dead. I would stop, crying for a moment, just in disbelief.. He described his family as normal, saying that all the siblings him, Alex, their brother Randy and their sister Lynne were close and spent a lot of time together. The day after the murders, he testified that he learned that Maggies phone was missing. As soon as I heard his voice I knew something bad was going on., He said Mr Murdaugh told him something to the effect of: Maggie and Paul have been hurt really badly. I dont know what I was seeing, he said. Lead prosecutor Creighton Waters said this morning the state has around four witnesses they plan to bring to the stand. John Marvin Murdaugh, brother of Alex Murdaugh, listens to testimony on Feb. 16, 2023, in Walterboro, South Carolina. But I was just so overwhelmed, he said. John got permission from a friend in law enforcement to visit the crime scene to see "what had gone on and just kind of take it in.". Seckinger said she went to Murdaughs office to confront him about missing fees owed to the firm she suspected he was taking for personal use, but the conversation was cut short after Murdaugh received a phone call with bad news about his fathers health. And when I say brains it could just be tissue. John Marvin Murdaugh. Asked by defense attorney Jim Griffin if the room had been cleaned, John Marvin said, No, Jim, it was not cleaned up., This is going to be difficult, he said, becoming emotional on the witness stand. So if your brother had told Jeanne Seckinger during that day that your dad was taking a major turn for the worst, that would not be truthful, correct? Conrad asked. Anything that the boys were doing Alex wanted to do, he said, saying that they would always hunt and go to basball games together. John Marvin and several other family members, included Alex and Buster Murdaugh, were gathered at the house the following day. During an interview with the S.C. Law Enforcement Division in August 2022, John Marvin Murdaugh said he was told by an agent that investigators knew his brother was involved in the deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, because his shirt that night was covered in blood, and that Murdaugh could even be seen on police body camera footage wiping blood off his face onto the T-shirt. Most wont be called, but the list includes Murdaughs surviving son, Buster, and brothers, John Marvin Murdaugh and Randy Murdaugh, who is an attorney in Murdaughs old law firm. After Mr Murdaugh was charged with stealing millions of dollars from his law firm, John Marvin gave an interview to local paper The Island Packet saying that he was embarrassed by what his brother had done. He has more than 10 years of experience covering South Carolina at the Clinton Chronicle, Sumter Item and Rock Hill Herald. Since the early 1900s, the Murdaugh family has been a prominent and well-respected name in law in South Carolina. In the days after the 7 June 2021 murders, John Marvin and Randy gave an appearance on Good Morning America insisting their brothers innocence. Palmbach has left the witness stand, and Judge Clifton Newman sent court into recess until 2:45 p.m. Defense attorney Dick Harpootlian told Newman his team has one more witness to call before resting their case. A view from Moselle Road of the kennels at the Murdaugh Moselle property on March 1, 2023 in Islandton, S.C. 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Will a warm February mean a brutal spring or summer? He testified that Alex called him on the night of the killings after allegedly finding the bodies, and he immediately drove over to the house. Murdaugh, 54, denied killing his wife and son but repeatedly admitted to a trove of financial fraud crimes that hes been charged with but has not yet been convicted of. Alex Murdaugh gives up stake in deceased wifes estate. 4:45 p.m. John Marvin: Alex lied to SLED. No blood was found on any of Murdaughs other clothes, or on his skin. Without the jury present, Alex Murdaughs defense attorney Dick Harpootlian asked Judge Clifton Newman if the jury might be allowed to visit the Murdaughs former property at Moselle, where the murders of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh occurred. He also spoke to his brother Mr Murdaugh that evening, describing him as normal. Now, attorneys go to work, Day 3: Dueling opening arguments conclude in Murdaugh murder trial, lawyers recount killings. On Dec. 13. a judge set Murdaugh's bail at $7 million. They made reference to the shirt Alex was wearing that it was covered in blood, he said. Youll have to excuse me, John Marvin said, stuttering through tears when defense attorney Jim Griffin asked about Paul Murdaugh. 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A friend of John After Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were killed, John Marvin Murdaugh testified that he visited the Moselle kennels the day after the murders. Parker Law Group CFO Jeanne Seckinger previously on the witness stand recounted the conversation shed had with Murdaugh on June 7, 2021. Will they come? the hardest thing I ever had to do in my life., I felt like it was something I needed to do for Paul to clean it up. John Marvin said. After over a year with no answers, Alex was finally arrested on July 14, 2022, for two counts of murder, and he could serve at least 30 years in prison. He wants this solved.. So where is John now? John Marvin was the third member of the Murdaugh family to testify, after his nephew, Buster, and Murdaugh himself. Attorneys said at the bond hearing that they were nearing a resolution with Alex Murdaugh and that he had Forensic scientist Timothy Palmbach, who reconstructs crime scenes, said he believes two different shooters killed Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Eisenstat is the second forensic pathologist to take the stand in the trial, following Dr. Ellen Riemer, the forensic pathologist who testified on the states behalf. The family had been told their father, Randolph, was in the hospital, but that it could be pneumonia, and not a complication of his cancer. Here's what we know about the case, and specifically the whereabouts of Alex's brother John Marvin. Palmbach based his opinion on the fact two different weapons were used, and what he believes the shooter who killed Paul would have been exposed to. John Marvin said he had only learned about his brothers lie when SLED played him the video in August. Defense attorneys say Murdaugh called Wilson on the drive to and from his mother's house before returning home and discovering his wife and son dead. I felt like I owed him, and I just started cleaning, and I promise you, no mother, father, aunt, or uncle should ever have to see and do what I did that day. That he was the one.. During his testimony, John Marvin Murdaugh confirmed for prosecutors that his brother, Alex Murdaugh, lied to law SLED investigators only identified Paul Murdaughs footprints in the room. I just felt like I needed to go down, I needed to see for myself what had gone on and just kind of take it in. I felt like I owed him, and I started cleaning, and I can promise you no mother, father, aunt or uncle should ever have to see or do what I did that day. The day after Maggie and Paul were shot and killed at the familys rural Colleton County property, John Marvin wanted to go out to the dog kennels where his nephew and sister-in-law had been murdered. Once John Marvin left the stand, the defense rested its case. On Tuesday, the state called reply witnesses to the defense case, and later in the week the jury is expected to visit the crime scene at Moselle itself before they deliberate on a verdict. deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul. Ball testified earlier in the trial to the condition of the feed room, what the defense has pointed to as evidence of lax work with the crime scene by investigators, who have charged Murdaugh with killing his wife and son on June 7, 2021. He way the one who removed the boat from the water after the fatal crash involving Paul. Prosecutor John Conrad objected to whether the statement was relevant, and Newman overruled the objection. He tucked his hand under the bodies armpits, Harvey said, and estimated the time of death for each to be about 9 p.m., though it could have varied by about an hour earlier or later. John Marvin couldnt say if his brother had ever told him the truth about his whereabouts that night, between when investigators played the tape for him in August 2022 and when Murdaugh took the stand last week. Im not blaming anybody. We had a special relationship.. She sadly passed away three weeks later from her injuries. 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He said he rushed to his brothers property to find tons of people mostly first responders of some sort already on the scene. He graduated from the College of Charleston in 2007. WebThe Murdaugh family (/ m r d k / MUR-dok) is an American legal family in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina.From 1920 to 2006, three members of the family consecutively served as solicitor (i.e., district attorney), in charge of prosecuting all criminal cases in the state's 14th circuit district, leading locals to call the five-county district, Read the complete list of witnesses who could testify during the Murdaugh murder trial, Murdaugh jurors come from all walks of life. John was consistently at Alex's side whenever he needed help. Besides the lack of clean-up of the crime scene, John Marvin also gave other testimony critical of the investigation including what he described as a baffling statement released by law enforcement, an apparent lack of urgency to locate Maggies cellphone and evidence law enforcement shared with him that turned out to be inaccurate. At the center of it all, is Alex Murdaugh. I told him I loved him, and I promised him that Id find out who did this to him, he said. Heres why. Mr Murdaugh was broken and distraught, he said, later saying he would have to make up a new word to describe how distraught he was in the aftermath. Defense expert says height unrealistic to have killed Maggie, Day 21: Murdaughs defense revives two-shooter theory as forensic expert takes the stand, Murdaughs defense begins effort to undermine case for Lowcountry attorneys guilt, Car data mapped Alex Murdaughs movements the night of the murders. John Marvin Murdaugh, youngest brother of the embattled lawyer Richard Alexander Murdaugh, stands for a photo on March 4, 2022, in the repair shop at one of But with what? Palmbach testified earlier the killer was likely inside the feed room for both of the shots that killed Paul Murdaugh, firing downward through the top of Murdaughs skull and consequently being covered in blood. As Murdaughs trial of the century unfolds, small town Walterboro awaits crowds. It would have been difficult for a single person to carry two larger weapons, such as a shotgun and .300 Blackout rifle used in the killings, Palmbach said. I only got the reports that were suppplied to me, yes, Palmbach confirmed. His brother had not confessed to him before or after that date, he said. One thing in common? He had never seen the coat before, he said, and learned that it had been found in a closet in his parents home that was typically used to store junk. 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