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SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP1 "Family Murders in the Lowcountry"The trial begins in South Carolina versus Alex Murdaugh; the prosecution's opening statement detailed the evidence it said pointed to Alex Murdaugh's role in the homicides of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul.
SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP2 "Defense Gives Opening Statements"Alex Murdaugh's lawyers attempt to convince the jury that prosecutors got the wrong guy in the double murder case.
SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP3 "First Officer to Crime Scene Testifies"The responding officer to the 911 call is the first witness for the prosecution in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial.
SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP4 "When Officers Arrived"According to investigators, Alex Murdaugh said he called 911 after first discovering his wife, Maggie and youngest son, Paul, dead.
SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP5 "Watching Police Bodycam"Alex Murdaugh's defense team claims that the crime scene was disturbed and evidence was not properly retrieved and examined.
SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP6 "Responding Officers Explain"A sniffling, emotional Alex Murdaugh was seen on police bodycam standing in between the bodies of his wife, Maggie, and their youngest son, Paul, the night they were found murdered.
SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP7 "The 911 Calls"Alex Murdaugh calls 911 after he said he discovered his wife Maggie and youngest son Paul, murdered on their family estate.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP38 "Defendant Cross-Examines A Survivor"The members of the group, the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies, were close. The group member on the stand testified that they were all like family.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP23 "Detectives At Work"For the first time cellphone data made its way to the jury. On the stand was a digital forensics examiner who extracted Jade Janks phone at the time prosecutors alleged she killed Tom Merriman. A detective in the district attorney's office took the stand. He was involved in the interviewing one of three men Janks allegeldy tried to get to help her kill her stepfather, who lived next door to her.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP24 "Following The Deadly Clues"In her murder trial, Jade Janks's lead attorney had questions for the detective who conducted interviews during the murder investigation of Tom Merriman. Detective Scott Stallman interviewed one of the guys Janks allegedly recruited to help her kill her stepfather. Next, the lead detective, Matthew Gibson, testified to his work in this case. This would be the state's final witness to jurors in their case-in-chief.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP25 "The Work Of The Lead Detective"The prescription medication that Tom Merriman was taking was on display for jurors. On the stand was lead detective, Matthew Gibson. His team collected numerous items in Merriman's home during their search warrant conducted after he died. Jurors were then shown crime scene photos and cellphone data revealing incriminating text messages.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP26 "Revealing Texts"Jurors were presented text messages of Jade Janks in the hours leading up to Tom Merriman's death. Prosecutors were using these texts as circumstantial evidence proving that she plotted the murder of her stepdad. These incriminating text messages dominated the courtroom Elmo. The State was using her communication with people she tried to hire as Hitman to take out her ailing stepfather.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP27 "The Alleged Fixer"What began as inquiries in Facebook messages led to incriminating texts. The state alleged that Jade Janks reached out to a so-called fixer to help kill her stepdad, Tom Merriman, and make it look like he died of an overdose. Finally, the state of California rested their case against her after stipulating to the jury that both the prosecution and defense teams tried to locate Jade Janks fixer in this murder plot.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP28 "Defense Begins Their Case"The first witness for Jade Janks defense was a medical toxicologist. Emergency room physician Dr. Charles O'Connell reviewed both the autopsy and toxicology reports of Tom Merriman. Here's where the jury learned more about his poor health and the different kinds of medications he was on at the time he died. As a medical toxicologist Dr. Connell explained to the jury on why Merriman shouldn't have been on the drugs.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP29 "Defendant Takes The Stand"Medical toxicologist, Dr. Charles O'Connell gave a summary on Tom Merriman's poor health in the lead up to his death. It included an enlarged liver, congestive heart failure and underlying lung problems. This was in conjuction to his alleged alcohol and prescription drug abuse. Next up, Jade Janks took the stand in her own murder trial. It was her attempt to clear herself from the first-degree murder in the death of her stepfather.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP21 "A Mother Who Survived"Prosecutors kept bringing in witnesses who had been at the parade when an SUV came crashing into the crowd. The State's latest witness was a woman who had been hit, along with her 9-year-old daughter.