1 00:00:15,473 --> 00:00:20,437 It must've been about 4 o'clock in the mornin', I got a call. 2 00:00:22,313 --> 00:00:24,107 There had been a boating accident, 3 00:00:24,107 --> 00:00:29,362 and most of the kids were at Beaufort Memorial Hospital, 4 00:00:29,362 --> 00:00:31,865 but they couldn't find Mallory. 5 00:00:35,243 --> 00:00:39,789 Get a phone call, and it was Mallory's mom, screaming. 6 00:00:40,749 --> 00:00:43,209 The phone call that I got that morning was... 7 00:00:45,170 --> 00:00:48,006 It was a phone call I wouldn't wish on any other parent. 8 00:00:53,386 --> 00:00:55,096 Just tellin' myself that 9 00:00:56,306 --> 00:00:57,682 this can't be happening. 10 00:00:57,682 --> 00:00:59,559 It's not true. This can't be happening. 11 00:01:08,234 --> 00:01:11,571 I just focused on gettin' there. The Beaufort. 12 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:13,698 I couldn't think straight. 13 00:01:15,033 --> 00:01:17,952 We still had no idea where we were goin'. 14 00:01:17,952 --> 00:01:19,621 We were just headed to Beaufort. 15 00:01:19,621 --> 00:01:22,999 I didn't want to go to the hospital because I knew Mallory wasn't there. 16 00:01:22,999 --> 00:01:28,296 We pulled over and we're like, you know, "Where are we supposed to go?" 17 00:01:31,883 --> 00:01:35,678 We finally found out that the accident had happened at Archers Creek. 18 00:01:37,388 --> 00:01:40,683 So when we got there, there was law enforcement everywhere. 19 00:01:42,060 --> 00:01:44,229 Anthony refused to go to the hospital. 20 00:01:44,854 --> 00:01:46,773 They knew something was wrong with his shoulder, 21 00:01:46,773 --> 00:01:49,067 but he wouldn't leave the area, 22 00:01:49,734 --> 00:01:52,695 because he wasn't leavin' without Mallory, he said. 23 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:59,327 When I was prayin', I was like, "God, you know I... I question you," 24 00:01:59,327 --> 00:02:01,538 and I asked, 25 00:02:01,538 --> 00:02:03,873 "Why did it have to be my little girl?" 26 00:02:06,501 --> 00:02:09,420 What do you say to somebody who's walkin' up to you, 27 00:02:09,420 --> 00:02:10,672 and there's your child, 28 00:02:11,464 --> 00:02:13,758 and theirs is missin', just missin'? 29 00:02:15,051 --> 00:02:18,805 He's... He's so torn up, and he feels so guilty. 30 00:02:23,309 --> 00:02:26,146 Like, we were literally in the same exact place. 31 00:02:26,896 --> 00:02:29,232 How did I come up and she didn't? 32 00:02:36,531 --> 00:02:39,409 They brought the dive team in, 33 00:02:40,201 --> 00:02:42,745 and they were tryin' to dive to find her, 34 00:02:42,745 --> 00:02:44,789 but the current was so bad. 35 00:02:46,291 --> 00:02:52,213 The current was probably carrying her further out at this point. 36 00:02:53,006 --> 00:02:55,216 You need to make a call to get our helicopter? 37 00:02:55,216 --> 00:02:57,343 It's too foggy. It's too foggy. 38 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:02,807 {\an8}And I just kept sitting there, waiting. 39 00:03:09,189 --> 00:03:12,442 Miley called us. The drive was horrific. 40 00:03:13,401 --> 00:03:16,070 You don't know what to even say or think. 41 00:03:17,155 --> 00:03:18,698 {\an8}All we could do was pray. 42 00:03:19,490 --> 00:03:21,951 {\an8}We could only just pray, and that's what we did. 43 00:03:23,786 --> 00:03:25,371 It was just me 44 00:03:25,371 --> 00:03:27,040 and Paul and Connor 45 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:28,791 at the hospital at that time. 46 00:03:29,834 --> 00:03:33,254 And Connor, he could barely talk because his jaw was swollen up, 47 00:03:33,254 --> 00:03:34,464 and he had a huge cut. 48 00:03:34,964 --> 00:03:37,008 And I started panicking about Mallory. 49 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,011 I was just, like, asking anybody if they have any updates. 50 00:03:40,011 --> 00:03:42,680 {\an8}Like, "Do you know anything?" Like, "Have they found her?" 51 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:44,891 {\an8}Trying to be as hopeful as I could be. 52 00:03:46,142 --> 00:03:49,854 At the hospital, it started to really sink in what had just happened. 53 00:03:52,148 --> 00:03:55,485 All these nurses coming in and out, asking me these different questions, 54 00:03:55,485 --> 00:03:56,903 {\an8}and all I really could think about 55 00:03:56,903 --> 00:03:59,906 {\an8}was if anyone had found Mallory at that point. 56 00:03:59,906 --> 00:04:02,617 Um... And I just wanted my mom there. 57 00:04:03,243 --> 00:04:06,579 When I got there, they quick brought me into a room 58 00:04:06,579 --> 00:04:11,167 {\an8}and they were gonna suture her fingers because the skin was all peeled back. 59 00:04:11,167 --> 00:04:14,337 One of the nurses, he was standing in there 60 00:04:14,337 --> 00:04:16,631 and he was changin' her IV and he says, 61 00:04:17,507 --> 00:04:21,636 "I'm not supposed to say this to you, but Paul, he's a nasty drunk, 62 00:04:21,636 --> 00:04:25,098 and you need to get away from him as fast as you can." 63 00:04:26,057 --> 00:04:28,643 And then, when they took her for x-ray, 64 00:04:28,643 --> 00:04:30,937 one of the other nurses came to me and she says, 65 00:04:30,937 --> 00:04:34,148 "Nurse to nurse, and mom to mom, 66 00:04:34,148 --> 00:04:36,067 you need to keep her away from him." 67 00:04:38,611 --> 00:04:40,822 Within ten minutes of me being in the hospital, 68 00:04:40,822 --> 00:04:43,408 I'm being questioned by Officer Pritcher. 69 00:04:43,408 --> 00:04:46,327 He said, "I need to get your statement." 70 00:04:46,327 --> 00:04:49,080 That's when it kind of really started to set in as, 71 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,207 this is an investigation now. 72 00:04:52,166 --> 00:04:56,004 It didn't take long for Alex Murdaugh, with Paul's grandfather, Randolph, 73 00:04:56,004 --> 00:04:57,130 to show up too. 74 00:04:58,381 --> 00:05:02,427 These men that hold big reputations in Hampton County, 75 00:05:03,094 --> 00:05:06,931 I do think that they would lie and cheat and they would cover up anything. 76 00:05:08,266 --> 00:05:10,310 Paul was over-the-top drunk. 77 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:13,646 We rounded the corner, and I could hear Mr. Randolph and Alex. 78 00:05:13,646 --> 00:05:18,860 I do remember Randolph Murdaugh sayin', "No, you cannot interview him now." 79 00:05:18,860 --> 00:05:20,778 "He's drunker than Cooter Brown." 80 00:05:23,740 --> 00:05:25,408 Connor called, and he said, 81 00:05:25,408 --> 00:05:29,495 "Daddy, we've been in an accident and Mallory's missing." 82 00:05:30,121 --> 00:05:33,541 My phone started ringin' again, and it's Alex Murdaugh. 83 00:05:34,542 --> 00:05:39,714 {\an8}And he starts to tell Christine and I that Connor was the driver of the boat. 84 00:05:40,256 --> 00:05:44,093 How he was worried about not one tragedy, but two. 85 00:05:44,093 --> 00:05:47,472 And he actually goes into tellin' us not to fret, 86 00:05:47,472 --> 00:05:51,142 that he can look out for Connor, "Don't worry, we're gonna take care of Connor." 87 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:55,646 I remember they pulled me outta my room to get a CAT scan on my jaw, 88 00:05:55,646 --> 00:05:58,024 and Alex whispered in my ear and was like, 89 00:05:58,024 --> 00:06:00,568 "Just be quiet, I got you. Just don't say anything." 90 00:06:02,487 --> 00:06:06,199 {\an8}So he was pretty much implyin' that I was drivin'. 91 00:06:06,783 --> 00:06:11,079 When we get to the hospital, I'm tryin' to get to my son, 92 00:06:11,079 --> 00:06:13,831 you know, and he's stoppin' us mid-path. 93 00:06:14,707 --> 00:06:17,877 Randolph and Alex over there talking to law enforcement. 94 00:06:17,877 --> 00:06:20,755 Then they came in Connor's room and he said, 95 00:06:20,755 --> 00:06:24,008 "You've been named as the driver of the boat." 96 00:06:24,592 --> 00:06:27,178 While I was having my surgery on my hand, 97 00:06:27,178 --> 00:06:30,848 Randolph just kinda came in, and he stared at me. 98 00:06:30,848 --> 00:06:32,183 We heard another knock. 99 00:06:32,183 --> 00:06:36,229 Alex Murdaugh was, like, tapping on the glass door and he's like, 100 00:06:36,229 --> 00:06:38,815 "I need to get in there. I represent her." 101 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:42,360 Before I even got there, Alex turned around and said 102 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,406 that he was her representation and her acting guardian. 103 00:06:46,406 --> 00:06:48,574 I looked at the head nurse and I was like, 104 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:50,952 "Ma'am, please keep that man out of my room." 105 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:57,417 Mr. Randolph came to speak to me, and I said, 106 00:06:57,417 --> 00:07:01,129 "Is there any word at all on where Mallory is?" 107 00:07:01,129 --> 00:07:02,755 "Have they found anything?" 108 00:07:02,755 --> 00:07:07,343 And he said, "Who are you talkin' about?" 109 00:07:07,343 --> 00:07:11,305 And I said, "Mallory Beach, Mr. Randolph. Mallory." 110 00:07:11,305 --> 00:07:17,353 And he said, "Oh, I'm pretty sure we know how that's gonna end up." 111 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:21,482 And I just couldn't even believe he said that. 112 00:07:24,986 --> 00:07:27,071 19-year-old Mallory Beach hasn't been seen 113 00:07:27,071 --> 00:07:29,615 since the boat she and five friends were riding on 114 00:07:29,615 --> 00:07:33,619 hit a piling in Archers Creek at 2:00, Sunday morning. 115 00:07:33,619 --> 00:07:36,164 Rescue crews from Beaufort County and Parris Island 116 00:07:36,164 --> 00:07:38,040 have been combing the waters around the area. 117 00:07:38,916 --> 00:07:40,418 Turned on my computer, 118 00:07:40,418 --> 00:07:42,837 {\an8}and the first thing I saw was, 119 00:07:42,837 --> 00:07:45,756 {\an8}oh my God, a Hampton County girl is missing. 120 00:07:47,008 --> 00:07:50,803 Then when we learned that a Murdaugh was involved, 121 00:07:51,804 --> 00:07:54,015 we were like, "Oh hell." 122 00:07:57,977 --> 00:08:00,563 I heard about it the next morning in church. 123 00:08:00,563 --> 00:08:03,065 I had, uh, Mallory as a student. 124 00:08:03,065 --> 00:08:05,902 The circumstances came out very quickly. 125 00:08:05,902 --> 00:08:11,657 {\an8}The tension was rising that Paul had been driving and was very drunk. 126 00:08:11,657 --> 00:08:16,746 Most people heard that there might be a question as who was driving the boat. 127 00:08:19,582 --> 00:08:23,002 After I left the hospital, I went to the bridge. 128 00:08:23,002 --> 00:08:25,004 Search parties were gathered. 129 00:08:25,004 --> 00:08:27,924 My heart would kinda stop every time the divers would come up, 130 00:08:27,924 --> 00:08:31,344 and then my heart would break after they said they didn't find anything 131 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:33,221 and they had to go to another location. 132 00:08:39,393 --> 00:08:42,563 {\an8} I met up with Anthony and his parents, 133 00:08:42,563 --> 00:08:44,941 but he still refused to leave that landing. 134 00:08:45,942 --> 00:08:49,695 {\an8}You know, it just kinda started getting harder on me to leave. 135 00:08:52,865 --> 00:08:54,951 {\an8}Stayed there all day long. 136 00:08:55,451 --> 00:08:57,620 {\an8}He didn't wanna leave. He wanted to be there. 137 00:08:58,412 --> 00:09:00,873 Every day, Anthony would go down to the water. 138 00:09:01,374 --> 00:09:04,126 He would talk to her and pray, and, um... 139 00:09:04,961 --> 00:09:08,214 That day, I heard him tell one of his friends, 140 00:09:08,798 --> 00:09:10,508 "I don't know what's gonna happen, 141 00:09:11,384 --> 00:09:15,638 but if she came walkin' up outta this water right now, 142 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:17,598 I'd marry her today." 143 00:09:18,099 --> 00:09:20,101 "I'd take her and marry her right now." 144 00:09:22,436 --> 00:09:25,731 We got to the bridge, and I just remember seeing her parents, 145 00:09:25,731 --> 00:09:28,609 and just, like, it all hitting me again. 146 00:09:28,609 --> 00:09:31,988 You know, it just seemed, like, even more real 147 00:09:31,988 --> 00:09:33,739 whenever you have to, like, face it. 148 00:09:35,116 --> 00:09:38,244 Miley, bein' her best friend since kindergarten, 149 00:09:38,244 --> 00:09:43,291 {\an8}all I could do is, I could just hold her and hug her and just cry. 150 00:09:44,667 --> 00:09:49,088 I will never forget, uh, Miley crying for Mallory. 151 00:09:50,172 --> 00:09:51,173 You grow up with someone, 152 00:09:51,173 --> 00:09:55,469 and they have a bond the way Miley and Mallory did, um, 153 00:09:55,469 --> 00:09:58,306 it sounded like she was begging for God to help her. 154 00:10:00,891 --> 00:10:03,019 {\an8} There was a law-enforcement officer 155 00:10:03,019 --> 00:10:07,523 {\an8}blocking where the boat was and where the dive team was set up. 156 00:10:09,358 --> 00:10:11,068 {\an8}But I asked, I said, 157 00:10:11,068 --> 00:10:15,948 "I just wanna be able to go down there to look, to see the scene." 158 00:10:15,948 --> 00:10:19,869 I just wanted to see the boat. I wanted to see where it had happened. 159 00:10:21,203 --> 00:10:23,039 And he told me that he couldn't, 160 00:10:23,039 --> 00:10:26,334 that he was given strict orders that no one was to pass. 161 00:10:27,418 --> 00:10:29,629 And then it wasn't too long after that, 162 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:34,342 I watched Mr. Randolph Murdaugh and Maggie Murdaugh, together, 163 00:10:34,342 --> 00:10:37,553 go down to the scene where it had happened. 164 00:10:40,598 --> 00:10:43,851 How was it that they were allowed to go down there? 165 00:10:44,518 --> 00:10:47,772 I mean, this was my daughter that they were searching for. 166 00:10:49,982 --> 00:10:52,818 That's when I started to realize the Murdaughs, 167 00:10:52,818 --> 00:10:55,529 they were more worried about a cover-up 168 00:10:55,529 --> 00:10:57,782 than they were tryin' to find Mallory. 169 00:10:58,866 --> 00:11:02,411 That's no surprise. Weren't no surprise. 170 00:11:02,411 --> 00:11:06,040 Anthony wanted to be close to where she went into that water. 171 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:07,249 They wouldn't let him either. 172 00:11:07,917 --> 00:11:10,753 Alex's brother John Marvin towed the boat outta there. 173 00:11:11,379 --> 00:11:13,631 We didn't know that at the time, but... 174 00:11:15,424 --> 00:11:17,426 Shouldn't have. It was a crime scene. 175 00:11:22,598 --> 00:11:24,642 Three days of searching, still no sign 176 00:11:24,642 --> 00:11:26,394 {\an8}of a teenager thrown overboard. 177 00:11:26,394 --> 00:11:28,145 Department of Natural Resources 178 00:11:28,145 --> 00:11:32,316 {\an8}have about nine to 12 patrol boats, diver teams, and even helicopters. 179 00:11:32,983 --> 00:11:35,903 {\an8} You know, obviously, a timeline is a little more critical 180 00:11:35,903 --> 00:11:38,948 {\an8}as far as, you know, doin' the rescues and whatnot. 181 00:11:38,948 --> 00:11:41,742 {\an8}If somebody did go in the water this time of year, 182 00:11:41,742 --> 00:11:44,453 {\an8}obviously you wanna find 'em quicker than maybe... 183 00:11:44,453 --> 00:11:48,249 {\an8} Beaufort County deputies determined one of two boys were driving. 184 00:11:48,249 --> 00:11:50,376 {\an8}Paul Murdaugh or Connor Cook. 185 00:11:51,377 --> 00:11:55,631 {\an8}Alex's endgame was to frame my son and not his. 186 00:11:56,757 --> 00:11:59,176 It was very shocking. A hard pill to swallow. 187 00:11:59,969 --> 00:12:01,679 We grew up with the Murdaughs. 188 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:03,848 Me and John Marvin was good friends. 189 00:12:03,848 --> 00:12:05,891 Marty and Alex were good friends. 190 00:12:05,891 --> 00:12:07,727 We played sports together. 191 00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:12,022 Once we graduated high school, Alex went his way. I went my way. 192 00:12:12,022 --> 00:12:14,483 We kinda drifted apart. 193 00:12:15,276 --> 00:12:18,279 Three nights after the accident I got a phone call from Alex. 194 00:12:19,196 --> 00:12:22,491 And he said, "Marty, we need to have a sit-down." 195 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:27,329 When I get up there, it's after dark, no other vehicles in the parking lot. 196 00:12:28,122 --> 00:12:30,624 So I get out of my vehicle, he gets out of his, 197 00:12:30,624 --> 00:12:33,836 and he pulls his phone out of his pocket and he starts, you know, 198 00:12:33,836 --> 00:12:37,339 cuttin' his phone off and puttin' it in his truck and tells me, 199 00:12:37,339 --> 00:12:40,176 "I want you to know I'm not recording you." 200 00:12:41,469 --> 00:12:44,346 When we get inside, he said, "Pick your room, Marty." 201 00:12:46,182 --> 00:12:47,558 I said, "What do you mean, Alex?" 202 00:12:47,558 --> 00:12:48,768 He said, "I want to make sure 203 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:51,061 you don't feel like we got anything set up for you." 204 00:12:51,061 --> 00:12:53,898 "You don't feel like you're being recorded or filmed." 205 00:12:54,565 --> 00:12:57,860 But I'm sayin' to myself right at this moment, um, 206 00:12:58,903 --> 00:13:01,113 "Yeah, I'm bein' set up big-time." 207 00:13:01,906 --> 00:13:04,241 He's sittin' there on the table, you know, and he says, 208 00:13:04,241 --> 00:13:07,161 "I need to know where y'all stand." 209 00:13:07,161 --> 00:13:09,580 "I can't even mourn the loss of Mallory 210 00:13:09,580 --> 00:13:12,541 for worrying about what might happen to my son." 211 00:13:14,293 --> 00:13:15,961 I said, "Alex, I can't think of nothin' else 212 00:13:15,961 --> 00:13:17,671 but the loss of this child." 213 00:13:17,671 --> 00:13:19,173 He wanted to make sure that... 214 00:13:22,092 --> 00:13:24,386 lips were sealed, basically, that night. 215 00:13:25,179 --> 00:13:29,391 I've always heard that the Murdaughs would, like, just make someone disappear. 216 00:13:31,477 --> 00:13:35,856 Connor comes to me and sets me down, in tears. 217 00:13:35,856 --> 00:13:39,109 He asked me, you know, "Daddy, are they gonna try to kill me?" 218 00:13:46,867 --> 00:13:50,079 19-year-old Mallory Beach hasn't been seen since Sunday morning. 219 00:13:50,079 --> 00:13:54,208 Officials say, even five days out, they still consider this a rescue mission. 220 00:13:57,127 --> 00:14:02,508 There was a fear in the back of my mind the entire time that... 221 00:14:03,175 --> 00:14:04,927 That there was somethin'... 222 00:14:06,554 --> 00:14:07,888 Somethin' wasn't right. 223 00:14:07,888 --> 00:14:09,890 There were many times that I thought, 224 00:14:10,766 --> 00:14:13,060 "Why aren't they doin' this?" "Why aren't they doin' that?" 225 00:14:13,060 --> 00:14:17,022 You know, it hasn't even registered to me yet, they... Did they ping her watch? 226 00:14:17,022 --> 00:14:18,315 She had an Apple watch. 227 00:14:18,315 --> 00:14:23,362 I mean, somebody should've done that way before now, and-- 228 00:14:23,362 --> 00:14:26,907 - The morning of the accident. - It should've been done immediately. 229 00:14:26,907 --> 00:14:28,784 The Murdaughs did not want her to be found, 230 00:14:28,784 --> 00:14:32,454 {\an8}because if she wasn't found, there is no crime. 231 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,587 I was watching the helicopter, and I was prayin', and I was prayin', and... 232 00:14:39,587 --> 00:14:42,172 I heard somebody get in the back seat. 233 00:14:43,215 --> 00:14:45,217 So I turned around, and it was Maggie. 234 00:14:45,801 --> 00:14:47,219 And then she said to me, 235 00:14:48,012 --> 00:14:50,848 "Beverly, what if they never find her?" 236 00:14:50,848 --> 00:14:54,727 And it made my mind go all these crazy directions, like, 237 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:57,688 if that child is never found, 238 00:14:58,981 --> 00:15:02,735 in the back of my mind, I'm gonna think, "What did they do?" 239 00:15:15,289 --> 00:15:19,960 We had just been to church with her dad and her entire family, 240 00:15:20,961 --> 00:15:24,632 and we went out to the bridge, and, um... 241 00:15:25,883 --> 00:15:28,552 I remember this man just, like, goin' by in his truck, 242 00:15:28,552 --> 00:15:31,055 and he was, like, "They found her." 243 00:15:32,598 --> 00:15:34,266 My heart sank to my stomach. 244 00:15:35,434 --> 00:15:38,312 Everybody else was, like, startin' to leave, 245 00:15:38,812 --> 00:15:41,690 and I was, like, freakin' out. I was like, "This can't be true." 246 00:15:43,776 --> 00:15:46,028 911, where's your emergency? 247 00:15:46,612 --> 00:15:48,447 This is Kenny Campbell. 248 00:15:48,447 --> 00:15:51,700 We're on the search team rescue. 249 00:15:52,201 --> 00:15:53,827 We think we found her. 250 00:15:55,537 --> 00:15:56,830 My world crumbled. 251 00:16:00,751 --> 00:16:03,295 It was just such a disappointing, 252 00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:05,506 heartbreaking feeling, 253 00:16:05,506 --> 00:16:08,133 and I got in my car, and I drove home, 254 00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:11,512 and I cried in my dad's arms. 255 00:16:13,055 --> 00:16:13,889 Sorry. 256 00:16:21,230 --> 00:16:22,481 Oh... 257 00:16:23,273 --> 00:16:25,275 I was happy that they found her. 258 00:16:26,068 --> 00:16:29,655 It broke my heart that she passed. 259 00:16:31,031 --> 00:16:34,702 But to know that they found her could put closure to the family. 260 00:16:35,202 --> 00:16:39,623 You know, I'd already started makin' myself understand that they probably... 261 00:16:39,623 --> 00:16:41,041 That she was probably gone. 262 00:16:44,003 --> 00:16:45,671 He couldn't even go in his room, 263 00:16:45,671 --> 00:16:48,841 so I slept with him in this livin' room. 264 00:16:50,843 --> 00:16:55,639 And he would wake up screamin', or thinkin' he was in the water. 265 00:16:55,639 --> 00:16:59,852 He would have given anything to protect her. 266 00:17:01,603 --> 00:17:05,315 Why does it have to be the one person that I'm the closest to? 267 00:17:07,151 --> 00:17:10,571 The one person that I did everything with? 268 00:17:12,990 --> 00:17:15,034 The most innocent person ever. 269 00:17:16,452 --> 00:17:19,288 I think that she was just, like, too good for this earth. 270 00:17:25,294 --> 00:17:27,212 It just... 271 00:17:28,380 --> 00:17:29,339 It just clicked 272 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:31,216 that she was gone. 273 00:17:37,222 --> 00:17:38,307 {\an8} At her funeral, 274 00:17:38,891 --> 00:17:41,894 {\an8}there was a line all around the parking lot. 275 00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:44,188 {\an8}Just people waiting to come in. 276 00:17:44,188 --> 00:17:49,485 {\an8}And just the outpouring of love from some people I'd never met, um... 277 00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:55,908 It was just amazing that she had so many people that cared about her. 278 00:17:58,452 --> 00:18:01,121 Her spirit's gone on to be with the Lord. 279 00:18:03,373 --> 00:18:07,795 And I know that we will be reunited with our child one day. 280 00:18:07,795 --> 00:18:12,216 ♪ Happy birthday, dear sugar bear ♪ 281 00:18:12,216 --> 00:18:15,594 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 282 00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:20,599 But we wanna see earthly justice handed out. 283 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,477 'Cause none of us are above the law. 284 00:18:24,061 --> 00:18:27,314 I want to make sure that this doesn't get covered up. 285 00:18:28,357 --> 00:18:29,691 And that justice is done. 286 00:18:31,276 --> 00:18:34,530 All my life growing up in Hampton County, around the Murdaughs, 287 00:18:35,364 --> 00:18:36,907 they thought they were above the law. 288 00:18:37,574 --> 00:18:40,452 So, my friend, he actually 289 00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:42,246 steered us 290 00:18:42,246 --> 00:18:43,747 towards Mark Tinsley. 291 00:18:45,415 --> 00:18:48,001 Renee believed that the Murdaughs 292 00:18:48,001 --> 00:18:50,712 were gonna eat them up and spit them out. 293 00:18:51,463 --> 00:18:55,467 {\an8}That's what pushed her to call me. 294 00:18:57,678 --> 00:18:59,930 {\an8}There's an active investigation goin' on. 295 00:19:00,430 --> 00:19:03,100 {\an8}No one's sharin' information with the family. 296 00:19:06,311 --> 00:19:08,897 The only thing I knew was that there was a girl killed. 297 00:19:08,897 --> 00:19:13,360 That there were a number of injuries, and it was terrible. 298 00:19:14,945 --> 00:19:17,489 I had my own daughter, who was close in age. 299 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:21,618 I remember how bad I felt for the family. 300 00:19:22,661 --> 00:19:24,830 I've lived in the county adjacent to Hampton 301 00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:27,124 for the last 21 years. 302 00:19:28,584 --> 00:19:30,043 Everybody knows everybody, 303 00:19:30,043 --> 00:19:35,174 and I've known Alex and people at that law firm for over 20 years. 304 00:19:36,508 --> 00:19:40,429 You're dealing with the best, the most extreme. 305 00:19:40,429 --> 00:19:44,057 And you have to be on your toes and prepared all the time. 306 00:19:44,057 --> 00:19:48,187 One of the things that I did was start investigating this 307 00:19:48,187 --> 00:19:50,439 to figure out what actually happened. 308 00:19:50,439 --> 00:19:53,775 To prove, unequivocally, Paul was the driver. 309 00:19:55,986 --> 00:19:58,947 February the 23rd, it's gonna be a date night. 310 00:19:58,947 --> 00:20:02,117 Paul and Morgan, Anthony, Mallory, 311 00:20:02,117 --> 00:20:04,578 Connor Cook, and Miley Altman. 312 00:20:04,578 --> 00:20:07,414 Paul went to Parker's Convenience Store, 313 00:20:07,414 --> 00:20:10,834 where he purchased about $50 worth of alcohol. 314 00:20:10,834 --> 00:20:14,755 Paul, who was 5'7" and weighed 148 pounds, 315 00:20:14,755 --> 00:20:18,717 was usin' Buster's driver's license because he was underage. 316 00:20:19,593 --> 00:20:23,222 The cashier scanned the license. It beeped the right beep. 317 00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:25,182 So he purchased the alcohol. 318 00:20:29,311 --> 00:20:33,106 Paul knew that there were gonna be traffic stops that night. 319 00:20:33,106 --> 00:20:36,193 That was the reason that he wanted to go by boat. 320 00:20:36,193 --> 00:20:40,656 They go to the river house, they launch the boat, and begin to drink. 321 00:20:42,199 --> 00:20:45,244 Paul funnels six Natural Lights. 322 00:20:45,869 --> 00:20:48,538 They get in the boat, headed to an oyster roast. 323 00:20:51,166 --> 00:20:53,001 They get out and they go in. 324 00:20:54,294 --> 00:20:57,464 When they leave the oyster roast, 325 00:20:57,965 --> 00:20:59,800 we have Paul's phone records. 326 00:21:00,342 --> 00:21:01,969 And Paul calls, 327 00:21:01,969 --> 00:21:05,555 first his father, who appears to have not answered. 328 00:21:06,139 --> 00:21:07,683 And then he calls his mother. 329 00:21:07,683 --> 00:21:10,727 Paul and Maggie have about a five-minute conversation. 330 00:21:10,727 --> 00:21:14,314 Paul's blood alcohol is three times the legal limit. 331 00:21:15,148 --> 00:21:17,943 We know that because the hospital took his blood, 332 00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:20,070 because he was acting so outta control. 333 00:21:20,737 --> 00:21:22,823 He's drunk. There's no question about it. 334 00:21:23,991 --> 00:21:27,619 The video, the kids walking to the boat. 335 00:21:27,619 --> 00:21:30,497 It's the last time you ever see Mallory Beach alive. 336 00:21:31,248 --> 00:21:34,835 She's smiling, she's happy, she's in the prime of her life, 337 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:37,379 which is about an hour from bein' over. 338 00:21:38,797 --> 00:21:40,549 Paul won't let anybody else drive. 339 00:21:40,549 --> 00:21:42,050 He spits on Morgan, 340 00:21:42,551 --> 00:21:44,803 calls her a fuckin' whore, and he slaps her. 341 00:21:45,387 --> 00:21:49,308 Walks back to the steering wheel and he slams the throttle down. 342 00:21:50,392 --> 00:21:55,439 The boat hit the bridge and then goes up onto the rocks at the base of the bridge. 343 00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:03,322 After the crash, 344 00:22:04,031 --> 00:22:08,869 there were somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 different law-enforcement officers 345 00:22:08,869 --> 00:22:09,911 at this scene, 346 00:22:10,495 --> 00:22:14,583 and not one thought to put Paul Murdaugh in front of their car 347 00:22:14,583 --> 00:22:16,543 to question him about what happened. 348 00:22:17,044 --> 00:22:18,337 Paul was driving. 349 00:22:18,337 --> 00:22:19,588 Paul was drivin'? 350 00:22:19,588 --> 00:22:20,505 Yes. 351 00:22:20,505 --> 00:22:22,257 Do we know who was drivin' the boat? 352 00:22:22,257 --> 00:22:25,635 Yes, he said the guy with no clothes on was drivin' the boat. 353 00:22:25,635 --> 00:22:28,889 It is not an indication that there was incompetence, 354 00:22:28,889 --> 00:22:31,808 because you couldn't have that much incompetence. 355 00:22:31,808 --> 00:22:34,019 What you don't realize in that moment 356 00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:38,148 is the connections that those people had to the Murdaughs and to Alex. 357 00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:45,280 Michael Brock was assigned lead investigator for the first 24 hours 358 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,324 by the Department of Natural Resources, 359 00:22:47,324 --> 00:22:49,868 and he had close connection with the Murdaughs. 360 00:22:50,869 --> 00:22:52,704 Anthony Cook told Michael Brock 361 00:22:52,704 --> 00:22:55,082 that Paul Murdaugh killed my girlfriend, 362 00:22:55,082 --> 00:22:56,500 but that audio recording 363 00:22:56,500 --> 00:22:57,959 is not in evidence. 364 00:23:01,922 --> 00:23:04,341 There's another officer, Michael Paul Thomas. 365 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:08,178 {\an8} Michael Paul Thomas is a very known DNR agent, 366 00:23:08,178 --> 00:23:10,514 and he got Paul out of so much trouble. 367 00:23:11,181 --> 00:23:14,976 {\an8}This man was like Alex Murdaugh's bitch. 368 00:23:16,853 --> 00:23:18,814 Michael Paul Thomas has been described 369 00:23:18,814 --> 00:23:20,982 as John Marvin Murdaugh's best friend. 370 00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:24,861 {\an8}John Marvin Murdaugh is Alex's brother. 371 00:23:25,612 --> 00:23:26,696 I have phone records. 372 00:23:27,197 --> 00:23:31,535 And the night of the boat crash and the days after that, 373 00:23:31,535 --> 00:23:35,288 John Marvin Murdaugh made numerous calls to Michael Paul Thomas. 374 00:23:36,164 --> 00:23:39,418 The Department of Natural Resource documents indicate 375 00:23:39,418 --> 00:23:43,505 that John Marvin Murdaugh also called Austin Pritcher. 376 00:23:43,505 --> 00:23:47,592 He is the officer who was in the hospital tryin' to interview the kids. 377 00:23:49,136 --> 00:23:53,807 {\an8}It indicates that John Marvin ultimately went and got the trailer to the boat and, 378 00:23:53,807 --> 00:23:57,561 {\an8}whether he assisted in the removal of the boat or not, I don't know, 379 00:23:57,561 --> 00:24:02,232 {\an8}but it's documented and indicates that he was there, on the scene, that day. 380 00:24:03,024 --> 00:24:06,695 When Randolph Murdaugh and Alex Murdaugh arrive at the hospital, 381 00:24:06,695 --> 00:24:09,114 employees of the hospital describe 382 00:24:09,114 --> 00:24:11,283 a real concerted effort by Alex 383 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:13,743 to manipulate what was happening. 384 00:24:15,704 --> 00:24:18,290 Alex wasn't worried about finding Mallory. 385 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:22,043 He was only worried about creating confusion, 386 00:24:22,043 --> 00:24:24,254 making sure that nobody talked, 387 00:24:24,254 --> 00:24:26,965 that everybody kept their mouths shut, and if they did, 388 00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:29,801 they wouldn't be able to establish who was drivin' the boat. 389 00:24:29,801 --> 00:24:31,803 We see on and on and on, 390 00:24:31,803 --> 00:24:35,807 all of these calls from the investigators to the Murdaughs. 391 00:24:35,807 --> 00:24:39,561 No single call was made to Phillip and Renee Beach. 392 00:24:41,688 --> 00:24:43,857 I was just asking about Mallory's family. 393 00:24:43,857 --> 00:24:46,985 I have phone numbers, but I don't wanna make that phone call, 394 00:24:46,985 --> 00:24:48,028 and I don't know... 395 00:24:48,028 --> 00:24:50,363 Until we know something for sure, 396 00:24:50,864 --> 00:24:54,201 probably not a good idea to make that call. 397 00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:59,372 We don't wanna create a panic, have them out here causin' issues. 398 00:24:59,372 --> 00:25:03,710 Renee's mom actually heard of the boat accident and called Renee, 399 00:25:04,211 --> 00:25:07,088 but nobody still has ever said to her... 400 00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:10,467 What... Like, DNR never called her, ever. 401 00:25:11,134 --> 00:25:13,637 Not even an officer ever called her. 402 00:25:13,637 --> 00:25:17,974 None of the law enforcement, nobody ever called us. 403 00:25:17,974 --> 00:25:21,394 Not to have a law official or something contact you 404 00:25:21,394 --> 00:25:23,563 to tell you your daughter's out there missing. 405 00:25:25,398 --> 00:25:26,858 Could've made a difference. 406 00:25:26,858 --> 00:25:29,319 May not have, but it could've made a difference. 407 00:25:31,488 --> 00:25:33,740 Now, one of the things that we did 408 00:25:33,740 --> 00:25:36,201 was we hired a biomechanical engineer. 409 00:25:37,244 --> 00:25:40,664 I'm sure people have seen crash test dummies. 410 00:25:40,664 --> 00:25:44,000 And a biomechanical engineer is an expert in, basically, 411 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,919 movements of the body and physics. 412 00:25:45,919 --> 00:25:50,674 {\an8}And so, what he's able to do is take the positions of the people in the boat, 413 00:25:51,466 --> 00:25:53,426 {\an8}the injuries that they received, 414 00:25:53,927 --> 00:25:55,929 {\an8}and figure out where they were 415 00:25:55,929 --> 00:25:59,015 {\an8}in relation to the damage to the boat and their injuries. 416 00:26:01,017 --> 00:26:03,436 {\an8}Mallory and Anthony were in the back of the boat. 417 00:26:03,937 --> 00:26:06,398 {\an8}When it hit the bridge, the front went down, 418 00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:11,653 the back came up, and it throws Anthony and Mallory out. 419 00:26:12,696 --> 00:26:16,324 Mallory received blunt-force trauma to her head. 420 00:26:17,284 --> 00:26:21,079 And after that, she drowned. 421 00:26:22,706 --> 00:26:26,835 Miley and Morgan are sitting on a cooler in the very front of the boat. 422 00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:28,628 {\an8}Morgan gets thrown forward. 423 00:26:28,628 --> 00:26:32,424 Her hand gets crushed between the bridge and the boat. 424 00:26:32,924 --> 00:26:34,926 Miley is to her right. 425 00:26:35,468 --> 00:26:36,636 She's got her feet up. 426 00:26:37,137 --> 00:26:39,180 She doesn't feel a whole lot of the impact. 427 00:26:39,180 --> 00:26:41,558 {\an8}Connor gets thrown into the center console. 428 00:26:41,558 --> 00:26:45,228 He suffers a laceration to his jaw and a fracture. 429 00:26:45,228 --> 00:26:47,814 There are rod holders on the side of the console. 430 00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:51,192 They're broken where Connor's thrown into them. 431 00:26:53,778 --> 00:26:57,115 The windshield's cracked. It wasn't cracked before. 432 00:26:57,115 --> 00:27:00,243 {\an8}And that bar that Connor was holdin' on to was also bent. 433 00:27:00,744 --> 00:27:02,787 {\an8}Connor couldn't have been drivin' the boat 434 00:27:02,787 --> 00:27:05,457 {\an8}'cause he couldn't have broke those three rod holders, 435 00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:07,208 he couldn't have broken his jaw 436 00:27:07,876 --> 00:27:10,128 and ended up on the right-hand side of the boat. 437 00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:12,088 The testimony in the case is, 438 00:27:12,088 --> 00:27:15,508 it is an absolute fact 439 00:27:15,508 --> 00:27:18,720 that Connor Cook was not drivin' this boat. 440 00:27:21,181 --> 00:27:23,808 Mallory Beach died nearly two months ago 441 00:27:23,808 --> 00:27:26,853 when the boat she was in slammed into a bridge near Parris Island. 442 00:27:26,853 --> 00:27:29,981 Tonight, for the first time, someone is being accused. 443 00:27:29,981 --> 00:27:32,859 Three charges against 20-year-old Paul Murdaugh, 444 00:27:32,859 --> 00:27:34,944 boating under the influence causing death, 445 00:27:34,944 --> 00:27:39,032 and two counts of boating under the influence with great bodily injury. 446 00:27:39,032 --> 00:27:42,202 Drowning and blunt-force trauma to the head after the crash. 447 00:27:42,202 --> 00:27:46,331 That's what an autopsy showed as the reason that Mallory Beach died. 448 00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:48,500 Her body was found by good Samaritan boaters 449 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:51,169 in the Broad Creek Marina area a week later. 450 00:27:51,169 --> 00:27:53,588 Already the current 14th circuit solicitor's office, 451 00:27:53,588 --> 00:27:56,758 two Beaufort County judges, and the Beaufort County sheriff's office 452 00:27:56,758 --> 00:28:00,345 have all recused themselves from this case because of their ties to the Murdaughs. 453 00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:02,555 {\an8}Communications director Robert Kittle told me, 454 00:28:02,555 --> 00:28:06,267 {\an8}Murdaugh is not getting special treatment because of his family. 455 00:28:06,267 --> 00:28:10,063 {\an8}The controversy for many is why Murdaugh hasn't been booked into jail. 456 00:28:10,063 --> 00:28:11,940 Now we may not hear from Paul Murdaugh 457 00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:15,610 or see him until an arraignment hearing happens in the next few weeks. 458 00:28:15,610 --> 00:28:19,280 Now, the 20-year-old Murdaugh could face more than 25 years in prison. 459 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,366 Of course, we will keep you updated. 460 00:28:22,242 --> 00:28:23,868 I knew the truth would come out. 461 00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:27,372 It felt like a lot of weight lifted off my shoulders. 462 00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:31,710 {\an8}It was so shocking to see such a big name go down, though, 463 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:34,754 but it was always in the back of your head. 464 00:28:34,754 --> 00:28:39,592 Like, is this actually gonna be him getting indicted 465 00:28:39,592 --> 00:28:41,803 and him going down for it like he rightfully should, 466 00:28:41,803 --> 00:28:44,431 or is it gonna be twisted around? 467 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,392 Paul would reach out to me. 468 00:28:49,227 --> 00:28:52,063 {\an8}He was just trying to manipulate it 469 00:28:52,063 --> 00:28:56,025 {\an8}in a way to where, like, I would come back, but 470 00:28:57,235 --> 00:28:59,195 I just told him to stop messaging me. 471 00:28:59,195 --> 00:29:05,410 Like, let me heal as a person, let me cope with the death of Mallory. 472 00:29:05,410 --> 00:29:08,872 Let me try to wrap my head around the fact that you did this. 473 00:29:10,123 --> 00:29:11,791 {\an8}Paul might be goin' to jail. 474 00:29:12,959 --> 00:29:14,961 I had some mixed feelings there, you know. 475 00:29:14,961 --> 00:29:15,962 Like, um, 476 00:29:15,962 --> 00:29:19,382 I was scared of that, but then, 477 00:29:19,382 --> 00:29:21,050 I was mad at him. 478 00:29:21,718 --> 00:29:23,970 To have somethin' that you love right there, 479 00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:28,391 and then it's gone, like, before you ever even really... 480 00:29:29,642 --> 00:29:30,643 Uh... 481 00:29:31,728 --> 00:29:33,021 Much less say goodbye. 482 00:29:35,857 --> 00:29:39,778 I was rememberin' all these stupid decisions that he was makin', 483 00:29:40,612 --> 00:29:42,781 and how ridiculous he was actin'. 484 00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:46,534 How difficult he was bein' to get along with. 485 00:29:46,534 --> 00:29:49,329 Maybe you do need to go to jail, you know? 486 00:29:49,329 --> 00:29:51,206 When are you gonna learn? 487 00:30:01,382 --> 00:30:03,218 Dale Shannon, today is the first day 488 00:30:03,218 --> 00:30:06,221 that we've seen Murdaugh in a courtroom setting. 489 00:30:06,221 --> 00:30:08,807 He is facing several serious charges. 490 00:30:09,891 --> 00:30:12,894 There were probably a half dozen reporters there. 491 00:30:12,894 --> 00:30:14,813 Alex and Maggie walk in. 492 00:30:15,396 --> 00:30:17,649 {\an8}Alex, he says, "Hey, Michael, how you doin'?" 493 00:30:18,149 --> 00:30:20,735 {\an8}He's in a courtroom, and your son's about to be arraigned 494 00:30:20,735 --> 00:30:23,822 {\an8}on felony charges, and it was like we were 495 00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:25,490 at his daddy's huntin' camp 496 00:30:25,490 --> 00:30:28,368 about to mix a drink, or fry a fish, or somethin'. 497 00:30:29,035 --> 00:30:33,331 {\an8}Special treatment was given throughout this whole thing because of who they are. 498 00:30:34,249 --> 00:30:36,334 When he went to court that day, 499 00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:40,880 he had his mug shot done in a regular, like, polo shirt. 500 00:30:41,881 --> 00:30:44,425 If I would've been drivin' that boat that night, 501 00:30:44,425 --> 00:30:46,553 or anyone else other than Paul, 502 00:30:46,553 --> 00:30:49,097 {\an8}we would've spent that night in jail, I'm sure. 503 00:30:49,097 --> 00:30:51,099 {\an8}And possibly still been in there. 504 00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:55,895 {\an8}He is presumed innocent. He's pleading not guilty. 505 00:30:56,396 --> 00:30:58,690 {\an8} Murdaugh's attorney made his plea of not guilty 506 00:30:58,690 --> 00:31:02,318 {\an8}to three felony counts, and waived the hearing of any charges, 507 00:31:02,318 --> 00:31:04,445 {\an8}which means the details will stay hidden 508 00:31:04,445 --> 00:31:06,322 until it goes to trial. 509 00:31:06,322 --> 00:31:09,033 {\an8}Going to set a personal recognizance bond 510 00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:11,661 {\an8}in the amount of $50,000. 511 00:31:11,661 --> 00:31:13,329 {\an8} We did exactly what's normal. 512 00:31:13,329 --> 00:31:15,331 This is being handled in a normal fashion. 513 00:31:15,331 --> 00:31:17,625 Anything to say about why he pled not guilty? 514 00:31:17,625 --> 00:31:18,877 Because he's not guilty. 515 00:31:19,377 --> 00:31:20,795 {\an8} He never went behind bars, 516 00:31:20,795 --> 00:31:24,132 {\an8}he never had handcuffs, never wore the orange suit. 517 00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:27,677 {\an8}You know, just like nothin' ever happened. 518 00:31:28,428 --> 00:31:31,264 Paul Murdaugh has been indicted on felony charges, 519 00:31:31,264 --> 00:31:34,058 {\an8}including boating under the influence, causing death. 520 00:31:34,058 --> 00:31:37,145 {\an8} Beach's parents walked out saying they had no comment. 521 00:31:37,645 --> 00:31:41,190 {\an8}His trial date in the criminal case has still not been set. 522 00:31:59,083 --> 00:32:02,128 After Paul had his court hearing, 523 00:32:02,712 --> 00:32:05,340 he moved into the family log cabin 524 00:32:05,340 --> 00:32:06,633 on Moselle. 525 00:32:07,884 --> 00:32:10,261 It had been two years since the boating accident, 526 00:32:10,261 --> 00:32:13,306 and you'd see Snapchat stories 527 00:32:13,306 --> 00:32:16,476 of people still drinking with Paul. 528 00:32:16,976 --> 00:32:20,521 Basically living his normal life as he would before the accident. 529 00:32:27,695 --> 00:32:30,490 I was angry about it, and I cut them out of my life 530 00:32:30,490 --> 00:32:32,575 because I don't feel like they were honoring Mallory 531 00:32:32,575 --> 00:32:33,826 the way they should've. 532 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:37,080 After the boating accident, 533 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,791 I had gone through counselors already, 534 00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:41,960 and none of them really fit. 535 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,753 I felt like they weren't helping me 536 00:32:43,753 --> 00:32:48,091 just to unpack everything, um, from the boating accident 537 00:32:48,091 --> 00:32:49,342 and the survivor's guilt, 538 00:32:49,342 --> 00:32:55,348 and then going to losing one of your best friends at such a young age, 539 00:32:55,348 --> 00:33:01,020 to my trauma from my past relationship with Paul. 540 00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:07,610 For her to hide what she hid for so many years is... 541 00:33:10,405 --> 00:33:12,115 It kinda hurts me inside. 542 00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:14,283 {\an8}Till the day of the accident, 543 00:33:14,283 --> 00:33:17,745 {\an8}I had no idea about the spitting, and the hitting, and the slapping, 544 00:33:17,745 --> 00:33:20,498 and the demoralizing of her. 545 00:33:20,498 --> 00:33:22,625 I didn't know that. Um... 546 00:33:22,625 --> 00:33:25,128 And I can honestly tell you right now, 547 00:33:26,379 --> 00:33:29,632 I still don't know, honestly, how much it went on before. 548 00:33:30,341 --> 00:33:31,342 You know? 549 00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:32,927 It must've went on for a while, 550 00:33:32,927 --> 00:33:35,888 because the day of the accident, that was it. 551 00:33:35,888 --> 00:33:37,640 - She was done. That was it. - Done. 552 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,227 - That was the end of it. - She always said that Mallory saved her. 553 00:33:41,227 --> 00:33:45,023 And that's one way, really, she saved her. 554 00:33:51,654 --> 00:33:56,659 Me and Paul, I have not seen him at all 555 00:33:56,659 --> 00:34:01,289 {\an8}since a couple of days after the crash. 556 00:34:03,499 --> 00:34:05,084 I was tryin' not to look at him. 557 00:34:06,502 --> 00:34:07,920 'Cause I was still mad 558 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,548 at that moment in time, you know, and... 559 00:34:11,507 --> 00:34:14,260 I finally could tell he was starin' at me. 560 00:34:14,802 --> 00:34:16,804 He was waitin' on me to look at him. 561 00:34:17,555 --> 00:34:18,514 And, uh... 562 00:34:19,015 --> 00:34:21,434 And I finally, I looked over at him. 563 00:34:21,434 --> 00:34:24,645 And as soon as we made eye contact, you know, he... 564 00:34:24,645 --> 00:34:26,064 Under his breath, he said, 565 00:34:27,023 --> 00:34:29,108 "You know I love you, and I'm sorry." 566 00:34:29,108 --> 00:34:30,068 And... 567 00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:34,030 I said, "I love you too, but you need... You need to go." 568 00:34:37,116 --> 00:34:39,118 I follow South Carolina very closely. 569 00:34:39,118 --> 00:34:41,037 I cover the South for the Wall Street Journal. 570 00:34:41,037 --> 00:34:43,122 I have now for almost 17 years. 571 00:34:44,832 --> 00:34:48,127 And so I started following the case very closely. 572 00:34:50,129 --> 00:34:53,758 {\an8}And the lay of the land in kind of late spring, early summer 2021, 573 00:34:53,758 --> 00:34:55,927 {\an8}is pretty grave for the Murdaughs. 574 00:34:57,345 --> 00:35:00,598 Paul was charged criminally in the death of Mallory Beach, 575 00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:04,185 and that case was kind of working its way through the system. 576 00:35:04,185 --> 00:35:08,439 And yet Paul's behavior and run-ins with the law 577 00:35:08,439 --> 00:35:11,776 were continuing in spite of the scrutiny he was under. 578 00:35:11,776 --> 00:35:13,444 - How you doin'? - Yes. 579 00:35:13,444 --> 00:35:15,321 Okay, I got you at 78. 580 00:35:15,321 --> 00:35:16,948 - 78? - Yes. 581 00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:19,867 I realized I was speedin' when I saw you. 582 00:35:19,867 --> 00:35:22,453 Buster Murdaugh is expelled 583 00:35:22,453 --> 00:35:25,373 from the University of South Carolina for plagiarism. 584 00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:27,208 And layered upon that, 585 00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:31,003 there was significant stress in Maggie and Alex's marriage. 586 00:35:33,923 --> 00:35:37,885 Maggie Murdaugh was becoming aware that bills were going unpaid. 587 00:35:38,553 --> 00:35:42,473 It has persistently been said that she had hired a forensic accountant 588 00:35:42,473 --> 00:35:44,142 to help sort out their bills. 589 00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:46,435 The other rumor that's been printed 590 00:35:46,435 --> 00:35:49,564 is that she had also visited with a divorce attorney. 591 00:35:49,564 --> 00:35:54,026 So there are indications that the family was under increasing amount of stress 592 00:35:54,026 --> 00:35:55,361 on multiple levels. 593 00:35:57,113 --> 00:35:59,490 While everything was happenin' with their family, 594 00:35:59,490 --> 00:36:04,078 I don't know 'cause I wasn't around, but I've known him for so long, 595 00:36:04,078 --> 00:36:06,080 I know how he is. 596 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:10,126 The two years that Paul went through everything, he was hurtin'. 597 00:36:10,126 --> 00:36:13,880 He wasn't just walkin' around like he got away with somethin', 598 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:15,965 like everybody was makin' it out to be. 599 00:36:15,965 --> 00:36:16,924 He was, uh... 600 00:36:18,259 --> 00:36:19,427 He was scared. 601 00:36:43,492 --> 00:36:45,578 Hampton County 911, what's your emergency? 602 00:36:46,412 --> 00:36:51,167 This is Alex Murdaugh at 4147 Moselle Road. 603 00:36:51,167 --> 00:36:53,794 I need the police and an ambulance immediately. 604 00:36:53,794 --> 00:36:56,339 Okay, you said 4147 Moselle Road? 605 00:36:56,339 --> 00:36:59,008 My wife and child have been shot badly. 606 00:37:00,009 --> 00:37:02,887 Nobody... They're not... Neither one of 'em's movin'. 607 00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:06,390 I've been up to it now, it's bad. 608 00:37:07,475 --> 00:37:09,477 Stay on the line with me, okay? 609 00:37:11,437 --> 00:37:13,522 I was at work with Renee. 610 00:37:14,023 --> 00:37:16,984 We heard quick because both of us are nurses, 611 00:37:16,984 --> 00:37:18,069 there in the prison. 612 00:37:19,028 --> 00:37:21,197 She just instantly had a panic attack. 613 00:37:21,197 --> 00:37:24,116 She was like, "You need to find out right now what happened." 614 00:37:24,617 --> 00:37:26,744 I got a phone call from my mom 615 00:37:26,744 --> 00:37:28,913 that Paul and Miss Maggie were murdered. 616 00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:31,582 And I just had no words. 617 00:37:33,417 --> 00:37:35,878 The boy I dated for four years was murdered. 618 00:37:36,671 --> 00:37:40,049 His mom was murdered as well, next to him. 619 00:37:48,933 --> 00:37:51,143 I know I'm angry at Paul, but 620 00:37:52,353 --> 00:37:54,438 it hurt my heart to know 621 00:37:54,438 --> 00:37:59,193 that a human being was maliciously murdered. 622 00:38:01,153 --> 00:38:02,405 A mother and a son. 623 00:38:03,656 --> 00:38:05,825 It was just really hard for me to process. 624 00:38:08,035 --> 00:38:10,830 So I heard about the double homicides of Maggie and Paul 625 00:38:10,830 --> 00:38:12,290 right after it happened. 626 00:38:12,290 --> 00:38:15,418 The shootings happened late, so it took a few hours to report it, 627 00:38:15,418 --> 00:38:17,169 and there was so little information. 628 00:38:17,753 --> 00:38:19,547 I was gettin' texts from so-and-so. 629 00:38:19,547 --> 00:38:21,716 "Did you hear what happened down in Lowcountry?" 630 00:38:22,216 --> 00:38:24,635 But by the day after, two days after, 631 00:38:24,635 --> 00:38:26,637 it starts to dominate local and state news. 632 00:38:27,346 --> 00:38:29,890 {\an8} Two members of a well-known Lowcountry family 633 00:38:29,890 --> 00:38:31,726 {\an8}were discovered overnight. 634 00:38:31,726 --> 00:38:34,603 A murder mystery playing out behind the gates of this hunting lodge 635 00:38:34,603 --> 00:38:35,813 {\an8}here in Colleton County. 636 00:38:35,813 --> 00:38:38,357 {\an8}22-year-old Paul Murdaugh and his mother, Margaret Murdaugh, 637 00:38:38,357 --> 00:38:42,778 {\an8}were the victims of last night's shooting, down this long driveway you see behind me... 638 00:38:43,487 --> 00:38:46,324 {\an8} We are told very little by state investigators. 639 00:38:46,824 --> 00:38:49,076 {\an8}Law enforcement held no press conferences, 640 00:38:49,076 --> 00:38:51,412 {\an8}have answered no questions, except by statements. 641 00:38:57,293 --> 00:39:00,838 Law enforcement isn't saying much, but this much we know, 642 00:39:00,838 --> 00:39:03,049 {\an8}there's a killer on the loose. 643 00:39:04,550 --> 00:39:10,431 There was an incredible amount of fog of war in the hours after the homicides. 644 00:39:10,973 --> 00:39:14,769 But what we do know is what Alex Murdaugh told state investigators. 645 00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:17,855 Alex was home. Took a nap. 646 00:39:19,315 --> 00:39:20,816 Got up, didn't see Maggie and Paul. 647 00:39:20,816 --> 00:39:23,152 The property's vast. He didn't know where they were. 648 00:39:23,152 --> 00:39:26,530 Texted them and said, "I'm going out to check on Mom and Dad." 649 00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:28,949 And went to go check on his dad, 650 00:39:28,949 --> 00:39:30,701 whose health was failing rapidly 651 00:39:30,701 --> 00:39:32,119 after a long illness, 652 00:39:32,119 --> 00:39:34,538 and his mom, who suffers from dementia. 653 00:39:35,081 --> 00:39:38,125 Took a while to get there, to visit, to come home. 654 00:39:38,125 --> 00:39:41,504 And so when he rolls back up to Moselle at 10:15, 10:20, 655 00:39:41,504 --> 00:39:43,464 that's when he discovers 656 00:39:43,464 --> 00:39:45,257 the chaos that's happened. 657 00:39:46,801 --> 00:39:48,511 {\an8}The shootings happened near the kennels, 658 00:39:48,511 --> 00:39:51,138 {\an8}which were a short drive away from the main house. 659 00:39:51,639 --> 00:39:54,975 Maggie was shot multiple times in the chest and back 660 00:39:54,975 --> 00:39:56,102 and positioned 661 00:39:56,811 --> 00:39:59,438 almost like she's running away from something or someone. 662 00:40:01,690 --> 00:40:07,571 Paul is shot once in the chest, which is just a terrible way to die. 663 00:40:07,571 --> 00:40:11,117 And yet, he was shot again at the neck and head. 664 00:40:11,117 --> 00:40:14,829 He was shot so seriously that it just... 665 00:40:14,829 --> 00:40:16,163 Barely recognizable. 666 00:40:16,163 --> 00:40:18,666 So Alex Murdaugh calls 911. 667 00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:20,626 Well, the 911 call, 668 00:40:20,626 --> 00:40:24,422 it's one of those things where different people hear different things. 669 00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:27,007 I have an Alex Murdaugh on the line. 670 00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:35,433 Okay. What is her name? 671 00:40:38,185 --> 00:40:40,521 Maggie... Maggie and Paul. 672 00:40:40,521 --> 00:40:42,440 Is he breathing at all? 673 00:40:42,982 --> 00:40:44,608 No. Nobody is. 674 00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:46,360 Is she... Okay. 675 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:50,156 Do you see anything... Do you see anyone in the area? 676 00:40:50,948 --> 00:40:51,824 No, ma'am. 677 00:40:51,824 --> 00:40:54,785 I've been gone. I just came back. 678 00:40:55,953 --> 00:40:58,497 I don't want you to touch them at all, okay? 679 00:40:58,998 --> 00:41:03,043 I already touched 'em to see if they were breathin'. 680 00:41:03,961 --> 00:41:04,962 Oh... 681 00:41:05,921 --> 00:41:08,841 I think we can safely say Alex's voice was elevated. 682 00:41:08,841 --> 00:41:11,427 He was speaking rapidly. He was breathing heavily. 683 00:41:11,427 --> 00:41:16,724 And you can hear the dogs barking. It is a chaotic, nutty, dark scene. 684 00:41:16,724 --> 00:41:18,934 Members of the Murdaugh family 685 00:41:18,934 --> 00:41:21,604 {\an8}speaking for the first time since their brother Alex Murdaugh 686 00:41:21,604 --> 00:41:25,232 {\an8}found his 22-year-old son, Paul, and his wife, Maggie, 687 00:41:25,232 --> 00:41:28,986 {\an8}shot to death outside their South Carolina home last week. 688 00:41:29,820 --> 00:41:31,113 {\an8}How's your brother doin'? 689 00:41:31,113 --> 00:41:36,327 {\an8}He's upright, and looks strong and makin' his way, and then... 690 00:41:37,286 --> 00:41:39,413 {\an8}Then he just breaks down. He just... 691 00:41:41,290 --> 00:41:42,374 {\an8}It's tough for us. 692 00:41:42,958 --> 00:41:44,418 {\an8}It changes you as a family. 693 00:41:48,923 --> 00:41:53,135 {\an8}And I can't imagine the horror that my brother's experiencin'. 694 00:41:54,094 --> 00:41:58,182 {\an8} The Murdaughs telling us Paul had been receiving threats from strangers. 695 00:41:58,182 --> 00:42:00,267 {\an8}People, they say, they didn't know. 696 00:42:00,267 --> 00:42:01,685 {\an8}Were they violent threats? 697 00:42:01,685 --> 00:42:03,729 {\an8}I didn't think it was a credible threat. 698 00:42:03,729 --> 00:42:07,566 {\an8}If it was, I would've tried to do somethin' or notified someone. 699 00:42:08,317 --> 00:42:09,235 {\an8}But I guess, 700 00:42:09,944 --> 00:42:10,778 {\an8}you know, 701 00:42:11,487 --> 00:42:12,947 {\an8}maybe I made a mistake. 702 00:42:12,947 --> 00:42:16,825 Alex and Buster Murdaugh announced a $100,000 reward 703 00:42:16,825 --> 00:42:19,954 for information leading to the arrest and conviction 704 00:42:19,954 --> 00:42:23,249 of the people who killed Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. 705 00:42:23,249 --> 00:42:27,253 You've got a dead mother and son on the ground, not far from each other. 706 00:42:28,879 --> 00:42:31,131 Fear gripped this community. 707 00:42:31,131 --> 00:42:32,508 Who killed Paul and Maggie? 708 00:42:33,884 --> 00:42:36,554 Speculation is runnin' wild in all directions 709 00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:38,347 about what might've happened. 710 00:42:38,347 --> 00:42:42,101 {\an8}Think this may very well be related to the death of Mallory Beach. 711 00:42:42,101 --> 00:42:46,772 {\an8}What was the motivation other than anger or revenge? 712 00:42:46,772 --> 00:42:49,984 At least publicly, the Beach family extends its sympathies, 713 00:42:49,984 --> 00:42:51,485 but some could say, or wonder, 714 00:42:51,485 --> 00:42:55,698 {\an8}is there someone, uh, who has an interest in this? 715 00:42:55,698 --> 00:42:58,117 {\an8}Would they have targeted and gunned down 716 00:42:58,117 --> 00:43:00,911 {\an8}this young man because of the death of Mallory? 717 00:43:03,330 --> 00:43:06,584 It's a small town, so everyone's just, like, swirling around, 718 00:43:06,584 --> 00:43:07,918 and talking, 719 00:43:07,918 --> 00:43:10,713 and, you know, everyone's kinda lookin' at the people 720 00:43:10,713 --> 00:43:12,590 that were on that boat that night. 721 00:43:13,173 --> 00:43:15,718 My fuckin' girlfriend's gone, Bo. 722 00:43:16,302 --> 00:43:18,304 Hope you rot in fuckin' hell! 723 00:43:19,305 --> 00:43:22,600 They had law enforcement comin' out there to my job 724 00:43:23,392 --> 00:43:24,893 to look me in my eyes and say, 725 00:43:24,893 --> 00:43:28,731 "Hey, you're kinda our lead suspect, and I need you to give me your alibi." 726 00:43:29,315 --> 00:43:33,277 I all but, you know, lost my cool. 727 00:43:34,945 --> 00:43:37,448 You're talkin' about one of my good friends here. 728 00:43:39,450 --> 00:43:42,286 {\an8}There were several things implying that, 729 00:43:42,286 --> 00:43:48,250 {\an8}you know, because they tried to blame Connor for being the driver of the boat, 730 00:43:48,250 --> 00:43:52,671 that he was gonna be looked at more serious than the others. 731 00:43:52,671 --> 00:43:58,302 Never been the one to just, like, freak out and just lose my shit, but... 732 00:43:59,595 --> 00:44:00,554 It was rough. 733 00:44:01,639 --> 00:44:04,475 {\an8}♪ You are so beautiful to me ♪ 734 00:44:04,475 --> 00:44:07,645 It does say in the Old Testament, "An eye for an eye." 735 00:44:08,687 --> 00:44:10,856 I think Paul was afraid, 736 00:44:11,357 --> 00:44:15,277 as I've had others tell me, that they were afraid of me, 737 00:44:15,277 --> 00:44:18,197 and what I was gonna do, or happen, 'cause they knew 738 00:44:18,197 --> 00:44:22,368 how much I love my kids and how... What kind of bond I had with my kids. 739 00:44:23,202 --> 00:44:26,664 A law-enforcement officer contacted me one evening on my way home from work, 740 00:44:26,664 --> 00:44:29,333 and I think my response to him was 741 00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:33,253 that, um, I was surprised you hadn't called sooner. 742 00:44:34,546 --> 00:44:37,007 This SLED agent showed up to my work, 743 00:44:37,549 --> 00:44:41,345 and she wanted to get DNA samples of my hair, 744 00:44:41,345 --> 00:44:42,763 my fingerprint, and my spit. 745 00:44:43,722 --> 00:44:46,308 Me being involved with the family, I can understand. 746 00:44:47,309 --> 00:44:51,188 But I looked her in the eyes and I said, "Do not overlook Alex Murdaugh." 747 00:44:51,855 --> 00:44:54,441 {\an8}Sheriff's office, as well as SLED, say they don't have any leads, 748 00:44:54,441 --> 00:44:58,070 {\an8}but they don't believe that this incident should be a worry for the public. 749 00:44:58,070 --> 00:45:00,364 While this is being called a double homicide, 750 00:45:00,364 --> 00:45:03,283 there is no danger to the public right now, 751 00:45:03,283 --> 00:45:07,204 and that, at last report, they were not looking for suspects in this case. 752 00:45:07,204 --> 00:45:09,707 It is unusual, if you talk to criminologists, 753 00:45:09,707 --> 00:45:12,251 for there to be no suspect descriptions, no sketches, 754 00:45:12,251 --> 00:45:14,002 no vehicle to be on the lookout for. 755 00:45:15,003 --> 00:45:18,298 From the beginning, police said there was no danger to the public. 756 00:45:18,298 --> 00:45:21,093 So that's been a big question looming over. 757 00:45:21,093 --> 00:45:22,886 Why is there no danger to the public? 758 00:45:22,886 --> 00:45:26,598 It's just been eerily silent about what in the world happened here. 759 00:45:27,307 --> 00:45:30,394 {\an8}At this point, we have precious little information to go on. 760 00:45:31,270 --> 00:45:36,567 {\an8}Early on, Alex Murdaugh's lawyers asserted that he has an airtight alibi, 761 00:45:36,567 --> 00:45:39,236 which was visiting his parents that evening. 762 00:45:40,612 --> 00:45:44,158 And over time, we've learned more about the two guns actually used. 763 00:45:45,451 --> 00:45:48,704 Paul was shot multiple times by shotgun. 764 00:45:48,704 --> 00:45:50,539 That has been much harder to trace. 765 00:45:50,539 --> 00:45:54,585 The shotgun does not leave a ballistics trail in the same way as a rifle. 766 00:45:55,085 --> 00:45:57,796 But we know from social-media pictures of Moselle 767 00:45:57,796 --> 00:46:00,674 that there are multiple shotguns on the property. 768 00:46:01,550 --> 00:46:04,845 Maggie was shot with an AR-15-style rifle. 769 00:46:04,845 --> 00:46:06,054 That's very unusual. 770 00:46:06,555 --> 00:46:08,807 It's chambered in what's called "Blackout 300," 771 00:46:08,807 --> 00:46:10,726 which is a very specific 772 00:46:10,726 --> 00:46:12,227 type of bullet. 773 00:46:12,853 --> 00:46:15,397 And there were shell casings left at the scene. 774 00:46:15,397 --> 00:46:19,193 The gun that Maggie was killed with was this specific type of rifle. 775 00:46:20,027 --> 00:46:21,236 And guess what? 776 00:46:21,236 --> 00:46:23,155 The Murdaughs own that type of gun. 777 00:46:24,072 --> 00:46:26,283 And it has not been turned over to investigators 778 00:46:26,283 --> 00:46:28,243 for ruling out as the murder weapon. 779 00:46:33,499 --> 00:46:35,709 In the past, ten, 15 years ago, 780 00:46:35,709 --> 00:46:37,711 something bad that involved the family, 781 00:46:37,711 --> 00:46:40,297 it might've kind of gone away quietly. 782 00:46:41,006 --> 00:46:44,092 The double homicides of Maggie and Paul really changed everything. 783 00:46:45,719 --> 00:46:47,679 All eyes are on Hampton, South Carolina, 784 00:46:47,679 --> 00:46:48,889 in the Lowcountry. 785 00:46:49,389 --> 00:46:52,100 If the Murdaughs had a skeleton in the closet, 786 00:46:52,100 --> 00:46:53,393 it's out now. 787 00:46:59,274 --> 00:47:00,818 What's goin' on out there? 788 00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:03,862 My housekeeper has fallen and her head is bleeding. 789 00:47:03,862 --> 00:47:05,197 I cannot get her up. 790 00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:08,784 Okay, is she on the ground or is she up near the top-- 791 00:47:08,784 --> 00:47:10,786 She's on the ground. 792 00:47:10,786 --> 00:47:11,995 She conscious? 793 00:47:11,995 --> 00:47:13,372 No, not really. 794 00:47:14,957 --> 00:47:17,084 Okay, do you guys know who she is? 795 00:47:17,084 --> 00:47:18,669 Can you stop asking me-- 796 00:47:18,669 --> 00:47:20,379 I have them on the way-- 797 00:47:20,379 --> 00:47:22,047 I already have them on the way... 798 00:47:23,715 --> 00:47:28,053 Am I fearful of repercussions from them? Yeah. 799 00:47:29,012 --> 00:47:32,766 People would talk about the Murdaughs making people disappear. 800 00:47:32,766 --> 00:47:35,269 I don't think the story's even close to being over, 801 00:47:35,269 --> 00:47:39,314 and yes, I'm a little nervous about sittin' here and doin' this now. 802 00:47:39,898 --> 00:47:42,150 Corporal Booker with South Carolina Highway Patrol. 803 00:47:42,150 --> 00:47:46,655 This in a reference to an incident in Hampton County on Sandy Run Road. 804 00:47:46,655 --> 00:47:49,449 A young white male with severe head trauma. 805 00:47:50,033 --> 00:47:53,328 Let me ask you. When he said that he felt like he was bein' followed 806 00:47:53,328 --> 00:47:56,498 did he say, you know, "There's a car followin' me," or... 807 00:47:56,498 --> 00:47:59,167 I says, "Are you walking? 'Cause I hear cars going by." 808 00:47:59,167 --> 00:48:01,295 And then the call dropped. 809 00:48:01,879 --> 00:48:04,798 And there are facts that don't add up, 810 00:48:04,798 --> 00:48:06,383 and bodies 811 00:48:06,967 --> 00:48:08,135 tied to this family. 812 00:48:08,635 --> 00:48:11,388 I did hear a name, and that name was Murdaugh. 813 00:48:11,388 --> 00:48:13,140 - Murdaugh. - Murdaugh. 814 00:48:13,140 --> 00:48:15,976 Everybody keeps comin' up to me, sayin' it was Murdaugh boys. 815 00:48:15,976 --> 00:48:17,811 The Murdaugh boys are behind it. 816 00:48:17,811 --> 00:48:21,899 I confronted them about it, and then they just kinda laughed it off. 817 00:48:21,899 --> 00:48:24,067 My gut told me that somethin' was goin' on. 818 00:48:24,067 --> 00:48:26,862 Everyone who knows Morgan dies. 819 00:48:26,862 --> 00:48:28,363 What's going on?