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SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1 "The 44-Page Report"State investigators put together a comprehensive timeline of events for the day that Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were killed. The jury heard about the cellphone and GPS data they used to create it.
SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP125 "Mapping Cell Phone Activity"SLED investigators map it all out using data from their phones during the six hours before and after their deaths; they say they traced Alex Murdaugh's sudden movements right after the shootings.
SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1 "The Story From GPS Data"Prosecutors said that technology placed Alex Murdaugh at the crime scene where Maggie and Paul were gunned down on the family's Moselle property.
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.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP40 "From Separation To Homicide"Detective Ricardo Escalante returned to the stand to answer questions under cross-examination. He was the lead investigator who outlined Ali Abulaban's double murder plot that ended the lives of his wife and her friend. The defense and prosecution painted the end of the Abulabans' relationship in two different lights. The defense claimed things were amicable. The prosecution, on the other hand, argued the relationship was over, Ana wanted a divorce and that they weren't even living together.
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S1, EP41 "Questions About Ana"Ali Abulaban's defense team kept probing the lead detective on the stand. During this cross-examination, it was important for Ali's lawyers to continue to bring up Ana's friendship with Rayburn Barron to jurors. Why? Because if Ali believed the two of them were dating, the fatal shootings could be seen as a crime of passion that happened suddenly, and not premeditated homicide.
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S1, EP42 "Prosecution Rests Their Case"The State rested their case to jurors after the lead detective on the case wrapped up his testimony; now jurors' attention turned to Ali Abulaban's defense on why he is not guilty in these crimes; according to his lawyers, he wanted to save his troubled marriage; when Ana seemed to be getting on with her life without him, he snapped and out of heated passion killed her in their apartment along with her male friend.
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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.