Prosecution in Alex Murdaugh murder trial rests sprawling circumstantial case

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South Carolina prosecutors in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh rested their case Friday after having called more than 60 witnesses over four weeks — a hodgepodge of testimony and evidence that sought to leave no doubt in jurors' minds that he fatally shot his wife and son in 2021. State Law Enforcement Division agent David Owen, the lead investigator, testified Wednesday that there were too many inconsistencies in what Murdaugh had told them over time and that the apparent use of family firearms in the killings — based on shell casings at the scene — and a lack of DNA to point to other suspects helped pinpoint Murdaugh as the only credible lead. "Roth, the former federal prosecutor, said all the defense needs is "one juror to decide there's reasonable doubt" about whether Murdaugh killed his wife and son and that could trigger a mistrial

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