What Really Happened the Night of the Murders in 'Murdaugh: Death in the Family'

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The newest episode of Murdaugh: Death in the Family dramatizes the most infamous night in the whole saga — the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh — but it does so using the version of events Alex tried to sell the jury at the eventual trial. The evidence, however, completely contradicted his account of the timeline.

Here’s the sequence the show depicts: Paul, out at the dog kennels, glances at his phone and is shot instantly; Maggie hears the gunfire, walks toward the kennels, and is gunned down seconds later. Meanwhile, Alex is miles away, sharing ice cream with his mother and watching TV, oblivious to the horror unfolding at home.

The evidence told a different story. Prose

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