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SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP81 "Friend Caught in the Middle"Alex Murdaugh's best friend continues his testimony.
SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP82 "Opioid Addiction"In the days before Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were gunned down, Alex Murdaugh crossed his close friend, Chris Wilson, by allegedly stealing nearly a quarter of a million dollars from him.
SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP83 "Alex's Misdeeds About to Be Exposed"A father dying, a mother with Alzheimer's, an alleged drug addiction and a financial scandal that was about to be exposed was the world of Alex Murdaugh just before his wife, Maggie, and his youngest son, Paul, were killed.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP31 "From A Love Connection To Domestic Abuse"Jurors heard directly from Susan Wright herself. She took the stand to try to prove to them that she was a victim of domestic abuse in her marriage to Jeff and only killed him in a fight to save her life. The defendant went on to Walk the jury through the beginning of her relationship with Jeff. According to her, what began as a charming sequence of a Love attraction slowly evolved into a troubling marriage filled with torment and domestic violence.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP32 "Testifying On The Victim's Birthday"On the very day of Jeff Wright's Birthday, his wife took the stand in her own murder trial. In her emotional testimony, Susan told jurors that she was basically trapped in her tormenting marriage. As a stay-at-home mom of two young children she didn't have her own money and was constantly beaten up by Jeff every time he got mad. According to his wife, Jeff was a child abuser, drug addict and a wife beater, who regularly cheated on Susan and vacationed to remote places without her.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP33 "I Didn't Want To Die"I didn't want to die. That's how Susan Wright emotionally recalled to the jury the alleged attack by her husband, Jeff. This was just minutes before she countered his knife attack and began stabbing him to death. Susan claimed, He was still alive after she stabbed Jeff numerous times throughout his body. She emotionally recalled to jurors that she was so scared that he was still alive even after she dumped his body in the makeshift grave in the backyard.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP34 "Distraught Killer Remembers"More teary-eyed testimony continued with the defendant on the stand. Susan Wright gave her side of the story on how her husband, Jeff, came at her with a knife after he allegedly raped her. She wrestled the knife away from him and used to stab him multiple times while he was tied to the bed. Wright told jurors: I still hadn't grasped everything that happened in that room. Next, the defendant faced a probing cross-examination.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP5 "Family Farm As The Crime Scene"Police uncovered hundreds of pieces of physical evidence in this case. On the stand was the crime scene technician who processed the scene where Gary Farris' remains were found. The evidence collected included blood, charred human remains, fingerprints and even the fatal bullet. According to the crime scene technician's testimony, the fatal bullet that killed Gary Farris was found in the ribs of his human remains.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP14 "The 911 Call"Jurors heard testimony from a next-door neighbor who recalled hearing multiple gunshots and then seeing the defendant leave the apartment. Inside that apartment, Ana Abulaban and Rayburn Barron had been shot to death. Next, prosecutors brought in police and firefighters who responded to the shooting deaths of his wife Ana and her friend Rayburn Barron. The defendant was the one who made the 911 call that brought police to the 31st floor of that luxury apartment high-rise.
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S1, EP15 "The Responding Officers To The Scene"The jury watched bodycam video of responding officers. When police arrived, they saw Ana Abulaban and her friend, Rayburn Barron, dead on the couch with gunshot wounds to the head. Just minutes after police arrived at the crime scene another police unit caught up with the defendant and arrested him. Ali Abulaban was picking up his daughter from school at the time.
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S1, EP16 "Surveillance Footage"Prosecutors turned the jury's attention to the shooting deaths of his wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron. A security surveillance camera captured the moments after Ali Abulaban allegedly committed the murders. The footage caught what was happening between Ali and Ana before the shootings. In the video Ali was heard on the phone with a woman discussing cheating and then, a woman's voice was yelling just before gunshots rang out.
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S1, EP17 "The Arrest"Prosecutors contended that the defendant called his mother and confessed over the phone. He then called police. When they arrested him, his daughter was in the car. The officer who arrested Ali Abulaban told jurors that Ali pulled over on his own and calmly got out of the car with his hands up. San Diego police treated this as a high-risk vehicle stop. The jury watched the entire arrest unfold on police bodycam video.
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S1, EP18 "Investigating the Crime Scene"The jury learn about the grisly crime scene where his wife, Ana and her friend, Rayburn Barron were shot; the two were at her apartment just days after Ali moved out; law enforcement arrived at the crime scene a few minutes after the defendant called 911; the arresting officers told the jury that when they took him into custody Ali was calm and cooperative.
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S1, EP19 "Amira And The Child Care Specialist"A child care specialist took the stand. When Ali Abulaban was arrested, his daughter, Amira, was in the car. She was only five years old when her mother, Ana, and her mom's friend, Rayburn Barron, were killed. Jurors learned how authorities attempted to get personal information from young Amira during the murder investigation. She had been living in the apartment during her parents' troubled marriage.
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S1, EP20 "Friends From Overseas"Jurors listened intently to the candid testimony of one of Ana Abulaban's close friends. Alexandria Black described Ali Abulaban as controlling, mean, attention-seeking, and even racist. She was testifying about things that happened years before the two murders. Next, another childhood friend of Ana's testified about those early days when she began dating Ali. The state wanted to give some context to Ana's background and what led to her troubled marriage that involved years of domestic abuse.
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S1, EP21 "The Double Murder Timeline"More law enforcement officials took the stand. Prosecutors wanted the jury to hear what police found and analyzed when they processed all the evidence linked to the murders of Ana Abulaban and Rayburn Barron, her friend. Investigators said they were able to pinpoint the exact time and location of the defendant, Ali Abulaban, by using surveillance camera footage.