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SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP127 "Critique of the State's Murder Timeline"The defense questions the SLED agent who put together a timeline of events of what happened the day Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were killed.
SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1 "State Rests Case-In-Chief"The SLED agent on the stand testified about the timeline put together that showed the movements of Alex, Maggie, and Paul Murdaugh the night of the murders.
SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP129 "Defense Team Goes to Work"Alex Murdaugh's defense team begins its case; the defense's strategy is to poke holes in the state's case that Alex Murdaugh was the sole killer of his wife.
SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1 "The Only Suriviving Son"Alex Murdaugh's oldest and only surviving son Buster took the stand to try to help his father's case. Buster wasn't home when his mother, Maggie, and younger brother, Paul, were killed.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP12 "Sarah Boone Breaks Down"In her second police interview Sarah Boone was more animated. The jury saw her on the video recording crying and screaming at detectives. Police wanted a confession out of her after they determined she intentionally kept her boyfriend zipped up in a suitcase for hours. This second interrogation happened on two days after Jorge Torres lost his life suffocating in a suitcase. Police declared his death a homicide.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP13 "Denial Of Intentionality"Jurors watched Sarah Boone deny any intention to the murder of her boyfriend in her second police interrogation. Detectives were in the beginning of their investigation trying to figure out what led to Jorge Torres being found dead in a suitcase. The first police interview happened at the crime scene. The next day after police did the initial part of their investigation that concluded it was a homicide and was seeking a confession out of her for her role in the murder.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP14 "Lead Detective's Conduct"Cross-examination began on lead detective Chelsey Koepsell. It came after the jury listened and watched the police interrogation of the defendant two days after Jorge Torres suffocated to death inside a suitcase. Jurors learned of the police procedure in the early part of the murder investigation of Jorge Torres. Detective Koepsell recalled taking Sarah Boone's cellphone without her consent because there was incriminating evidence on it.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP15 "Defendant Takes The Stand"Sarah Boone took the stand in her own murder trial. It came after the prosecution rested their case against her for intentionally killing Jorge Torres, her boyfriend, she was living with. Jurors listened to the defendant give them the backstory of how she met Torres and began their intimate relationship. Domestic violence was her defense. But she testified that during the very hours Torres was suffocating in the suitcase she simply had enough wine and fell asleep.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP43 "Mom Comes To Son's Defense"Ali Abulaban's mother testified for his defense. Dalal Warra told jurors about Ali's troubled home life growing up and the mental issues he succumbed to over the years. She elaborated on how her husband, Ali's father, was physically, emotionally, and verbally abusive to both of them. Prosecutors contended that unchecked domestic abuse led to Ali killing Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron.
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S1, EP44 "Child Abuse And Mental Illness"Domestic abuse was brought up in questions to Ali Abulaban's mother on the witness stand. Dalal Warra admitted that she too was a victim of domestic abuse by her husband, Ali's father. For the first time in this trial, the jury heard claims that Ali Abulaban was dealing with mental health issues and taking prescription medication to treat it. But investigators did not find a clear diagnosis documented by a specialist.
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S1, EP45 "Defendant's Friend Adds Nuance"Ali Abulaban's mother wrapped up her testimony. Jurors learned more background of the defendant and what may have caused him to shoot and kill his wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron. Next, the Defense brought in one of Ali's good friends. According to the defendant's mother and close friend, Ana recorded most of the viral videos Ali would make on social media. After all, it was her idea for the family to move to Southern California to foster his online career.
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S1, EP46 "The Mental Health Evaluation"On the stand, Ali Abulaban's friend testified about how Ana helped Ali's social media career from the moment they moved to California until the couple split. A few weeks later Ana and her friend, Rayburn Barron, would be murdered. Next, jurors listened to expert testimony from a clinical and forensic psychologist. Ali's defense team hired her to evaluate him for mental disorders that may have contributed to his role in the fatal shootings.
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S1, EP47 "Dr. Francesca Lehman"Would mental illness be a mitigating factor in Ali Abulaban's role in the double homicides? The Defense argued he acted out of heated passion while the state contended years of domestic abuse opened the door to first-degree murder. The psychological evaluation of Ali Abulaban made its way to his defense case to jurors. Dr. Francesca Lehman was the forensic psychologist who evaluated him. She explained in detail her findings to the jury.
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S1, EP48 "Mental Health Diagnosis"In her testimony to the jury, Francesca Lehman claims that his mental illness may have affected the defendant's judgment and decision-making in the lead-up to the murders of his wife, Ana and her friend, Rayburn Barron; after performing a full mental health evaluation, Lehman diagnosed Ali Abulaban with bipolar I disorder, complex trauma, alcohol and stimulant dependence and unspecified personality disorder with borderline, antisocial and narcissistic features.
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S1, EP49 "Challenging The Psychological Evaluation"Under cross-examination, the State drilled the forensic psychologist who evaluated the defendant after he was arrested for murdering his wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron. The lead prosecutor accused the defendant of exaggeration, omissions, and flat-out lies throughout the whole process. Was Ali Abulaban a victim of mental illness before committing the murders? Or simply an out-of-control husband who could not accept that his wife left him?
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S1, EP50 "Defendant Takes The Stand"The defendant took the stand in his own murder trial. Jurors would decide later if he's guilty of plotting and carrying out the fatal shootings of his estranged wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron. On the stand, Ali Abulaban explained his allegedly abusive childhood caused by his tormenting father. This was all part of the Defense's aim to highlight how serious his mental issues were when he committed the deadly shootings.