Prosecutors believe they can wrap up their case against Alex Murdaugh in time for the accused double-murderer's defense to begin as soon as Wednesday.
That estimate seemed optimistic considering how week four of the Colleton County trial has begun. Judge Clifton Newman announcing Monday two jurors had tested positive for COV-19, but would be replaced by alternates and the trial would continue. That coming despite the requests for a delay in the proceedings from both the chief prosecutor and Murdaugh's lead lawyer, Dick Harpootlian, who had his own bout with COVID in December.
Murdaugh sobbed audibly as the Medical University of South Carolina pathologist who performed the autopsies described his wife and son's wounds in gruesome detail, saying both were gunned down facing their killer
Paul Murdaugh, was first hit with two shotgun blasts, his mother five times with a rifle. It is now confirmed that Alex Murdaugh will take the stand to testify in his own defense, at some point in the trial.
