At Alex Murdaugh’s trial, legal teams clash over how financial crimes tie into murder case
It was a video meant to remind jurors of a loving moment in the Murdaugh family: Over Memorial Day weekend in 2021, youngest son Paul presents his father Alex with a white cake while her mother, Margaret, looks on and the party guests sing a serenade. him with "Happy Birthday"."Thank you very much, everyone," Alex Murdaugh said in the short video, shown by his defense team Wednesday during his double murder trial in Colleton County, South Carolina.Murdaugh, 54, is accused of fatally shooting his wife Margaret, 52, and Paul, 22, just days after that celebration, in an act state prosecutors…
