Alex Murdaugh Wrote a Cop a $5,000 Check After the Murders — and Backdated It
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The episode discusses the suspicious actions of Alex Murdaugh following the murders of his wife and son, including a backdated check to a police chief.
A Yemassee police chief named Greg Alexander was at the Moselle crime scene the night Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were killed. One month later, Alex Murdaugh wrote him a personal check for $5,000 and backdated it to March. The chief said it was a loan for his parents. He never explained the backdating. He did post on his reelection Facebook page: "I'm not a cat. I don't cover up no doo-doo." That's one of dozens of findings in James Lasdun's new book The Family Man that never made it into the trial — and nobody has been able to explain. The book reveals that prosecutors edited SLED's full timeline before the jury saw it, removing calls Alex made on the day of the murders with men who had criminal records. Alex had wiped his call log from that entire week. Eddie texted him the next morning. An unknown individual sent messages referencing a prearranged meeting spot. None of it was put in front of jurors. The murder weapons were never found — and SLED didn't search the property Alex drove to that night for three full months. Key physical evidence was placed in two different locations by the investigating agency. Unidentified tire tracks at the crime scene were never investigated…
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