Alex Murdaugh testified in his double murder trial Thursday, admitting he lied to investigators when he said he was not at the scene of his wife and son’s killings before they were fatally shot in June 2021. Alex Murdaugh 'destroyed' by fatal shootings of wife and son, surviving son testifies at double murder trial That video has become a cornerstone of the state’s case, and prosecutors have used it to put Murdaugh at the scene minutes before they say Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22, were killed, contradicting his repeated statements to law enforcement that he had not been there that night. ” Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled Alex Murdaugh's last name