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[crickets chirp]
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[mysterious music plays]
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[Renee] It must've been about 4 o'clock
in the mornin', I got a call.
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[vibrating, ringing]
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There had been a boating accident,
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and most of the kids
were at Beaufort Memorial Hospital,
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but they couldn't find Mallory.
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[mobile phone vibrates]
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[Phillip] Get a phone call,
and it was Mallory's mom, screaming.
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The phone call
that I got that morning was...
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It was a phone call
I wouldn't wish on any other parent.
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[tense music plays]
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[Phillip] Just tellin' myself that
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this can't be happening.
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It's not true. This can't be happening.
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[sniffs]
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[tense music continues]
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I just focused on gettin' there.
The Beaufort.
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I couldn't think straight.
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We still had no idea where we were goin'.
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We were just headed to Beaufort.
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I didn't want to go to the hospital
because I knew Mallory wasn't there.
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We pulled over and we're like,
you know, "Where are we supposed to go?"
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{\an8}[indistinct conversation]
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[Renee] We finally found out that the
accident had happened at Archers Creek.
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So when we got there,
there was law enforcement everywhere.
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Anthony refused to go to the hospital.
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They knew something
was wrong with his shoulder,
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but he wouldn't leave the area,
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because he wasn't leavin'
without Mallory, he said.
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When I was prayin', I was like,
"God, you know I... I question you,"
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and I asked,
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"Why did it have to be my little girl?"
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[tense music continues]
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[Beverly] What do you say to somebody
who's walkin' up to you,
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and there's your child,
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and theirs is missin', just missin'?
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He's... He's so torn up,
and he feels so guilty.
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[tense music continues]
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[Anthony] Like, we were literally
in the same exact place.
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How did I come up and she didn't?
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[tense music fades out]
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[Renee] They brought the dive team in,
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and they were tryin' to dive to find her,
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but the current was so bad.
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[officer 1] The current was probably
carrying her further out at this point.
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You need to make a call
to get our helicopter?
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[officer 1] It's too foggy.
It's too foggy.
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{\an8}And I just kept sitting there, waiting.
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[anxious music plays]
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[woman 1] Miley called us.
The drive was horrific.
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You don't know what to even say or think.
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{\an8}All we could do was pray.
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{\an8}We could only just pray,
and that's what we did.
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[anxious music continues]
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[Miley] It was just me
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and Paul and Connor
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at the hospital at that time.
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And Connor, he could barely talk
because his jaw was swollen up,
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and he had a huge cut.
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And I started panicking about Mallory.
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I was just, like,
asking anybody if they have any updates.
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{\an8}Like, "Do you know anything?"
Like, "Have they found her?"
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{\an8}Trying to be as hopeful as I could be.
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[Morgan] At the hospital, it started
to really sink in what had just happened.
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All these nurses coming in and out,
asking me these different questions,
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{\an8}and all I really could think about
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{\an8}was if anyone
had found Mallory at that point.
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Um... And I just wanted my mom there.
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[Diane] When I got there,
they quick brought me into a room
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{\an8}and they were gonna suture her fingers
because the skin was all peeled back.
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One of the nurses,
he was standing in there
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and he was changin' her IV and he says,
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"I'm not supposed to say this to you,
but Paul, he's a nasty drunk,
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and you need to get away from him
as fast as you can."
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And then, when they took her for x-ray,
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one of the other nurses
came to me and she says,
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"Nurse to nurse, and mom to mom,
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you need to keep her away from him."
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[Morgan] Within ten minutes
of me being in the hospital,
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I'm being questioned by Officer Pritcher.
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He said, "I need to get your statement."
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That's when it kind of
really started to set in as,
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this is an investigation now.
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It didn't take long for Alex Murdaugh,
with Paul's grandfather, Randolph,
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to show up too.
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These men that hold big reputations
in Hampton County,
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I do think that they would lie and cheat
and they would cover up anything.
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[Gina] Paul was over-the-top drunk.
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We rounded the corner,
and I could hear Mr. Randolph and Alex.
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I do remember Randolph Murdaugh sayin',
"No, you cannot interview him now."
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"He's drunker than Cooter Brown."
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[man 1] Connor called, and he said,
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"Daddy, we've been in an accident
and Mallory's missing."
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My phone started ringin' again,
and it's Alex Murdaugh.
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{\an8}And he starts to tell Christine and I
that Connor was the driver of the boat.
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How he was worried
about not one tragedy, but two.
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And he actually goes
into tellin' us not to fret,
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that he can look out for Connor, "Don't
worry, we're gonna take care of Connor."
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[Connor] I remember they pulled me
outta my room to get a CAT scan on my jaw,
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and Alex whispered in my ear and was like,
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"Just be quiet, I got you.
Just don't say anything."
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{\an8}So he was pretty much implyin'
that I was drivin'.
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When we get to the hospital,
I'm tryin' to get to my son,
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you know, and he's stoppin' us mid-path.
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[Marty] Randolph and Alex over there
talking to law enforcement.
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Then they came
in Connor's room and he said,
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"You've been named
as the driver of the boat."
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[Morgan] While I was having
my surgery on my hand,
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Randolph just kinda came in,
and he stared at me.
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We heard another knock.
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Alex Murdaugh was, like,
tapping on the glass door and he's like,
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"I need to get in there. I represent her."
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[Diane] Before I even got there,
Alex turned around and said
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that he was her representation
and her acting guardian.
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I looked at the head nurse and I was like,
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"Ma'am, please keep
that man out of my room."
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[Gina] Mr. Randolph came to speak to me,
and I said,
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"Is there any word at all
on where Mallory is?" [cries]
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"Have they found anything?"
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And he said, "Who are you talkin' about?"
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And I said,
"Mallory Beach, Mr. Randolph. Mallory."
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And he said, "Oh, I'm pretty sure
we know how that's gonna end up." [weeps]
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And I just couldn't even believe
he said that.
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[menacing music plays]
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[reporter 1] 19-year-old Mallory Beach
hasn't been seen
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since the boat
she and five friends were riding on
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hit a piling in Archers Creek
at 2:00, Sunday morning.
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Rescue crews
from Beaufort County and Parris Island
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have been combing
the waters around the area.
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[Michael] Turned on my computer,
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{\an8}and the first thing I saw was,
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{\an8}oh my God,
a Hampton County girl is missing.
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Then when we learned
that a Murdaugh was involved,
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we were like, "Oh hell."
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[menacing music continues]
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[man 2] I heard about it
the next morning in church.
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I had, uh, Mallory as a student.
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The circumstances came out very quickly.
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{\an8}The tension was rising that Paul
had been driving and was very drunk.
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Most people heard that there might
be a question as who was driving the boat.
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[Morgan] After I left the hospital,
I went to the bridge.
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Search parties were gathered.
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My heart would kinda stop
every time the divers would come up,
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and then my heart would break
after they said they didn't find anything
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and they had to go to another location.
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[menacing music continues]
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{\an8}[Renee] I met up
with Anthony and his parents,
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but he still refused
to leave that landing.
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{\an8}You know, it just kinda
started getting harder on me to leave.
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{\an8}Stayed there all day long.
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{\an8}He didn't wanna leave.
He wanted to be there.
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Every day,
Anthony would go down to the water.
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He would talk to her and pray, and, um...
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That day,
I heard him tell one of his friends,
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"I don't know what's gonna happen,
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but if she came walkin' up
outta this water right now,
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I'd marry her today."
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"I'd take her and marry her right now."
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[Miley] We got to the bridge,
and I just remember seeing her parents,
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and just, like, it all hitting me again.
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You know,
it just seemed, like, even more real
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whenever you have to, like, face it.
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[Phillip] Miley,
bein' her best friend since kindergarten,
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{\an8}all I could do is, I could just hold her
and hug her and just cry.
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I will never forget,
uh, Miley crying for Mallory.
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You grow up with someone,
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and they have a bond
the way Miley and Mallory did, um,
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it sounded like she was
begging for God to help her.
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{\an8}[Renee] There was
a law-enforcement officer
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{\an8}blocking where the boat was
and where the dive team was set up.
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{\an8}But I asked, I said,
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"I just wanna be able to go down there
to look, to see the scene."
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I just wanted to see the boat.
I wanted to see where it had happened.
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And he told me that he couldn't,
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that he was given strict orders
that no one was to pass.
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And then it wasn't too long after that,
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I watched Mr. Randolph Murdaugh
and Maggie Murdaugh, together,
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go down to the scene
where it had happened.
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[scoffs]
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How was it that they were
allowed to go down there?
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I mean, this was my daughter
that they were searching for.
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That's when I started
to realize the Murdaughs,
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they were more worried about a cover-up
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than they were tryin' to find Mallory.
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That's no surprise. Weren't no surprise.
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[Beverly] Anthony wanted to be close
to where she went into that water.
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They wouldn't let him either.
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[Keith] Alex's brother John Marvin
towed the boat outta there.
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[Beverly] We didn't know that
at the time, but...
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Shouldn't have. It was a crime scene.
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[rhythmic music plays]
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[reporter 1] Three days of searching,
still no sign
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{\an8}of a teenager thrown overboard.
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{\an8}[reporter 2]
Department of Natural Resources
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{\an8}have about nine to 12 patrol boats,
diver teams, and even helicopters.
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{\an8}[man 3] You know, obviously,
a timeline is a little more critical
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{\an8}as far as, you know,
doin' the rescues and whatnot.
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{\an8}If somebody did go in the water
this time of year,
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{\an8}obviously you wanna find 'em
quicker than maybe...
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{\an8}[reporter 3] Beaufort County deputies
determined one of two boys were driving.
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{\an8}Paul Murdaugh or Connor Cook.
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{\an8}Alex's endgame
was to frame my son and not his.
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It was very shocking.
A hard pill to swallow.
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[Keith] We grew up with the Murdaughs.
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Me and John Marvin was good friends.
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Marty and Alex were good friends.
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We played sports together.
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[Marty] Once we graduated high school,
Alex went his way. I went my way.
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We kinda drifted apart.
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Three nights after the accident
I got a phone call from Alex.
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And he said,
"Marty, we need to have a sit-down."
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When I get up there, it's after dark,
no other vehicles in the parking lot.
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So I get out of my vehicle,
he gets out of his,
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and he pulls his phone out of his pocket
and he starts, you know,
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cuttin' his phone off
and puttin' it in his truck and tells me,
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"I want you to know
I'm not recording you."
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When we get inside,
he said, "Pick your room, Marty."
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I said, "What do you mean, Alex?"
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He said, "I want to make sure
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you don't feel
like we got anything set up for you."
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"You don't feel like
you're being recorded or filmed."
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But I'm sayin' to myself
right at this moment, um,
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"Yeah, I'm bein' set up big-time."
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He's sittin' there on the table,
you know, and he says,
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"I need to know where y'all stand."
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"I can't even mourn the loss of Mallory
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for worrying about
what might happen to my son."
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I said, "Alex,
I can't think of nothin' else
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but the loss of this child."
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He wanted to make sure that...
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lips were sealed, basically, that night.
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I've always heard that the Murdaughs
would, like, just make someone disappear.
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Connor comes to me
and sets me down, in tears.
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He asked me, you know,
"Daddy, are they gonna try to kill me?"
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[reporter 1] 19-year-old Mallory Beach
hasn't been seen since Sunday morning.
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Officials say, even five days out,
they still consider this a rescue mission.
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There was a fear in the back
of my mind the entire time that...
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That there was somethin'...
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Somethin' wasn't right.
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There were many times that I thought,
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"Why aren't they doin' this?"
"Why aren't they doin' that?"
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You know, it hasn't even registered
to me yet, they... Did they ping her watch?
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She had an Apple watch.
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[chuckles] I mean, somebody
should've done that way before now, and--
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- The morning of the accident.
- It should've been done immediately.
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The Murdaughs
did not want her to be found,
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{\an8}because if she wasn't found,
there is no crime.
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I was watching the helicopter,
and I was prayin', and I was prayin', and...
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I heard somebody get in the back seat.
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So I turned around, and it was Maggie.
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And then she said to me,
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"Beverly, what if they never find her?"
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And it made my mind
go all these crazy directions, like,
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if that child is never found,
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in the back of my mind,
I'm gonna think, "What did they do?"
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[menacing music plays]
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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[Miley] We had just been to church
with her dad and her entire family,
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and we went out to the bridge, and, um...
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I remember this man
just, like, goin' by in his truck,
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and he was, like, "They found her."
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My heart sank to my stomach.
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Everybody else was,
like, startin' to leave,
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and I was, like, freakin' out.
I was like, "This can't be true."
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[operator 1] 911, where's your emergency?
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This is Kenny Campbell.
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We're on the search team rescue.
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We think we found her.
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My world crumbled.
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[sniffs]
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It was just such a disappointing,
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heartbreaking feeling,
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and I got in my car, and I drove home,
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and I cried in my dad's arms.
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Sorry. [cries]
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[menacing music continues]
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[sighs] Oh...
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I was happy that they found her.
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It broke my heart that she passed.
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But to know that they found her
could put closure to the family.
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You know, I'd already started makin'
myself understand that they probably...
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That she was probably gone.
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[Beverly] He couldn't even go in his room,
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so I slept with him in this livin' room.
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And he would wake up screamin',
or thinkin' he was in the water.
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He would have given anything
to protect her.
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[Miley] Why does it have to be
the one person that I'm the closest to?
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The one person that I did everything with?
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The most innocent person ever.
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I think that she was just,
like, too good for this earth.
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[menacing music continues]
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[Renee] It just... [inhales]
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It just clicked
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that she was gone.
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[scattered applause]
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{\an8}[Renee] At her funeral,
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{\an8}there was a line
all around the parking lot.
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{\an8}Just people waiting to come in.
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{\an8}And just the outpouring of love
from some people I'd never met, um...
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It was just amazing that she had
so many people that cared about her.
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[Phillip] Her spirit's gone on
to be with the Lord.
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And I know that we will be reunited
with our child one day.
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♪ Happy birthday, dear sugar bear ♪
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♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
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But we wanna see
earthly justice handed out.
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'Cause none of us are above the law.
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I want to make sure
that this doesn't get covered up.
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And that justice is done.
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All my life growing up in Hampton County,
around the Murdaughs,
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they thought they were above the law.
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So, my friend, he actually
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steered us
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towards Mark Tinsley.
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[Mark] Renee believed that the Murdaughs
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were gonna eat them up and spit them out.
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{\an8}That's what pushed her to call me.
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{\an8}There's an active investigation goin' on.
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{\an8}No one's sharin' information
with the family.
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The only thing I knew
was that there was a girl killed.
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That there were a number of injuries,
and it was terrible.
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I had my own daughter,
who was close in age.
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I remember how bad I felt for the family.
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I've lived in the county
adjacent to Hampton
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for the last 21 years.
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Everybody knows everybody,
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and I've known Alex and people
at that law firm for over 20 years.
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You're dealing with the best,
the most extreme.
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And you have to be on your toes
and prepared all the time.
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One of the things that I did
was start investigating this
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to figure out what actually happened.
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To prove,
unequivocally, Paul was the driver.
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February the 23rd,
it's gonna be a date night.
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Paul and Morgan, Anthony, Mallory,
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Connor Cook, and Miley Altman.
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Paul went to Parker's Convenience Store,
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where he purchased
about $50 worth of alcohol.
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Paul, who was 5'7" and weighed 148 pounds,
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was usin' Buster's driver's license
because he was underage.
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The cashier scanned the license.
It beeped the right beep.
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So he purchased the alcohol.
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Paul knew that there were
gonna be traffic stops that night.
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That was the reason
that he wanted to go by boat.
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They go to the river house,
they launch the boat, and begin to drink.
347
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Paul funnels six Natural Lights.
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They get in the boat,
headed to an oyster roast.
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They get out and they go in.
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When they leave the oyster roast,
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we have Paul's phone records.
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And Paul calls,
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first his father,
who appears to have not answered.
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And then he calls his mother.
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Paul and Maggie have
about a five-minute conversation.
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Paul's blood alcohol
is three times the legal limit.
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We know that
because the hospital took his blood,
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because he was acting so outta control.
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He's drunk. There's no question about it.
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The video, the kids walking to the boat.
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It's the last time
you ever see Mallory Beach alive.
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She's smiling, she's happy,
she's in the prime of her life,
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which is about an hour from bein' over.
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Paul won't let anybody else drive.
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He spits on Morgan,
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calls her a fuckin' whore,
and he slaps her.
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Walks back to the steering wheel
and he slams the throttle down.
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The boat hit the bridge and then goes up
onto the rocks at the base of the bridge.
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[Mark] After the crash,
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there were somewhere in the neighborhood
of 20 different law-enforcement officers
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at this scene,
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and not one thought
to put Paul Murdaugh in front of their car
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to question him about what happened.
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[Anthony] Paul was driving.
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[officer 2] Paul was drivin'?
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[Anthony] Yes.
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[EMT] Do we know who was drivin' the boat?
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[officer 1] Yes, he said the guy
with no clothes on was drivin' the boat.
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[Mark] It is not an indication
that there was incompetence,
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because you couldn't have
that much incompetence.
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What you don't realize in that moment
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is the connections that those people
had to the Murdaughs and to Alex.
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Michael Brock was assigned
lead investigator for the first 24 hours
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by the Department of Natural Resources,
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and he had close connection
with the Murdaughs.
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00:22:50,869 --> 00:22:52,704
Anthony Cook told Michael Brock
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that Paul Murdaugh killed my girlfriend,
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but that audio recording
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is not in evidence.
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There's another officer,
Michael Paul Thomas.
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{\an8}[Morgan] Michael Paul Thomas
is a very known DNR agent,
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and he got Paul out of so much trouble.
393
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{\an8}This man was like Alex Murdaugh's bitch.
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[Mark] Michael Paul Thomas
has been described
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as John Marvin Murdaugh's best friend.
396
00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:24,861
{\an8}John Marvin Murdaugh is Alex's brother.
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I have phone records.
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And the night of the boat crash
and the days after that,
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John Marvin Murdaugh made
numerous calls to Michael Paul Thomas.
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The Department of Natural Resource
documents indicate
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that John Marvin Murdaugh
also called Austin Pritcher.
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He is the officer who was in the hospital
tryin' to interview the kids.
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00:23:49,136 --> 00:23:53,807
{\an8}It indicates that John Marvin ultimately
went and got the trailer to the boat and,
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{\an8}whether he assisted in the removal
of the boat or not, I don't know,
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{\an8}but it's documented and indicates
that he was there, on the scene, that day.
406
00:24:03,024 --> 00:24:06,695
When Randolph Murdaugh
and Alex Murdaugh arrive at the hospital,
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00:24:06,695 --> 00:24:09,114
employees of the hospital describe
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a real concerted effort by Alex
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to manipulate what was happening.
410
00:24:15,704 --> 00:24:18,290
Alex wasn't worried about finding Mallory.
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He was only worried
about creating confusion,
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making sure that nobody talked,
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that everybody kept their mouths shut,
and if they did,
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they wouldn't be able
to establish who was drivin' the boat.
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We see on and on and on,
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all of these calls
from the investigators to the Murdaughs.
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No single call was made
to Phillip and Renee Beach.
418
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I was just asking about Mallory's family.
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I have phone numbers,
but I don't wanna make that phone call,
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00:24:46,985 --> 00:24:48,028
and I don't know...
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[officer 1] Until we know
something for sure,
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probably not a good idea
to make that call.
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00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:59,372
We don't wanna create a panic,
have them out here causin' issues.
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[Diane] Renee's mom actually heard
of the boat accident and called Renee,
425
00:25:04,211 --> 00:25:07,088
but nobody still has ever said to her...
426
00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:10,467
What... Like, DNR never called her, ever.
427
00:25:11,134 --> 00:25:13,637
Not even an officer ever called her.
428
00:25:13,637 --> 00:25:17,974
None of the law enforcement,
nobody ever called us.
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00:25:17,974 --> 00:25:21,394
[Phillip] Not to have a law official
or something contact you
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00:25:21,394 --> 00:25:23,563
to tell you
your daughter's out there missing.
431
00:25:25,398 --> 00:25:26,858
Could've made a difference.
432
00:25:26,858 --> 00:25:29,319
May not have,
but it could've made a difference.
433
00:25:31,488 --> 00:25:33,740
[Mark] Now, one of the things that we did
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was we hired a biomechanical engineer.
435
00:25:37,244 --> 00:25:40,664
I'm sure people have seen
crash test dummies.
436
00:25:40,664 --> 00:25:44,000
And a biomechanical engineer
is an expert in, basically,
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movements of the body and physics.
438
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,
439
00:25:51,466 --> 00:25:53,426
{\an8}the injuries that they received,
440
00:25:53,927 --> 00:25:55,929
{\an8}and figure out where they were
441
00:25:55,929 --> 00:25:59,015
{\an8}in relation to the damage to the boat
and their injuries.
442
00:26:01,017 --> 00:26:03,436
{\an8}Mallory and Anthony
were in the back of the boat.
443
00:26:03,937 --> 00:26:06,398
{\an8}When it hit the bridge,
the front went down,
444
00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:11,653
the back came up,
and it throws Anthony and Mallory out.
445
00:26:12,696 --> 00:26:16,324
Mallory received
blunt-force trauma to her head.
446
00:26:17,284 --> 00:26:21,079
And after that, she drowned.
447
00:26:22,706 --> 00:26:26,835
Miley and Morgan are sitting
on a cooler in the very front of the boat.
448
00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:28,628
{\an8}Morgan gets thrown forward.
449
00:26:28,628 --> 00:26:32,424
Her hand gets crushed
between the bridge and the boat.
450
00:26:32,924 --> 00:26:34,926
Miley is to her right.
451
00:26:35,468 --> 00:26:36,636
She's got her feet up.
452
00:26:37,137 --> 00:26:39,180
She doesn't feel
a whole lot of the impact.
453
00:26:39,180 --> 00:26:41,558
{\an8}Connor gets thrown
into the center console.
454
00:26:41,558 --> 00:26:45,228
He suffers a laceration
to his jaw and a fracture.
455
00:26:45,228 --> 00:26:47,814
There are rod holders
on the side of the console.
456
00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:51,192
They're broken
where Connor's thrown into them.
457
00:26:53,778 --> 00:26:57,115
The windshield's cracked.
It wasn't cracked before.
458
00:26:57,115 --> 00:27:00,243
{\an8}And that bar that Connor
was holdin' on to was also bent.
459
00:27:00,744 --> 00:27:02,787
{\an8}Connor couldn't have been drivin' the boat
460
00:27:02,787 --> 00:27:05,457
{\an8}'cause he couldn't have broke
those three rod holders,
461
00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:07,208
he couldn't have broken his jaw
462
00:27:07,876 --> 00:27:10,128
and ended up
on the right-hand side of the boat.
463
00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:12,088
The testimony in the case is,
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it is an absolute fact
465
00:27:15,508 --> 00:27:18,720
that Connor Cook
was not drivin' this boat.
466
00:27:21,181 --> 00:27:23,808
[reporter 1] Mallory Beach
died nearly two months ago
467
00:27:23,808 --> 00:27:26,853
when the boat she was in
slammed into a bridge near Parris Island.
468
00:27:26,853 --> 00:27:29,981
Tonight, for the first time,
someone is being accused.
469
00:27:29,981 --> 00:27:32,859
[reporter 2] Three charges
against 20-year-old Paul Murdaugh,
470
00:27:32,859 --> 00:27:34,944
boating under the influence causing death,
471
00:27:34,944 --> 00:27:39,032
and two counts of boating under
the influence with great bodily injury.
472
00:27:39,032 --> 00:27:42,202
Drowning and blunt-force trauma
to the head after the crash.
473
00:27:42,202 --> 00:27:46,331
That's what an autopsy showed
as the reason that Mallory Beach died.
474
00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:48,500
Her body was found
by good Samaritan boaters
475
00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:51,169
in the Broad Creek Marina area
a week later.
476
00:27:51,169 --> 00:27:53,588
Already the current
14th circuit solicitor's office,
477
00:27:53,588 --> 00:27:56,758
two Beaufort County judges,
and the Beaufort County sheriff's office
478
00:27:56,758 --> 00:28:00,345
have all recused themselves from this case
because of their ties to the Murdaughs.
479
00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:02,555
{\an8}Communications director
Robert Kittle told me,
480
00:28:02,555 --> 00:28:06,267
{\an8}Murdaugh is not getting special treatment
because of his family.
481
00:28:06,267 --> 00:28:10,063
{\an8}The controversy for many is why
Murdaugh hasn't been booked into jail.
482
00:28:10,063 --> 00:28:11,940
Now we may not hear from Paul Murdaugh
483
00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:15,610
or see him until an arraignment
hearing happens in the next few weeks.
484
00:28:15,610 --> 00:28:19,280
Now, the 20-year-old Murdaugh
could face more than 25 years in prison.
485
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,366
Of course, we will keep you updated.
486
00:28:22,242 --> 00:28:23,868
[Connor] I knew the truth would come out.
487
00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:27,372
It felt like a lot of weight
lifted off my shoulders.
488
00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:31,710
{\an8}It was so shocking
to see such a big name go down, though,
489
00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:34,754
but it was always
in the back of your head.
490
00:28:34,754 --> 00:28:39,592
Like, is this actually
gonna be him getting indicted
491
00:28:39,592 --> 00:28:41,803
and him going down for it
like he rightfully should,
492
00:28:41,803 --> 00:28:44,431
or is it gonna be twisted around?
493
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,392
[Morgan] Paul would reach out to me.
494
00:28:49,227 --> 00:28:52,063
{\an8}He was just trying to manipulate it
495
00:28:52,063 --> 00:28:56,025
{\an8}in a way
to where, like, I would come back, but
496
00:28:57,235 --> 00:28:59,195
I just told him to stop messaging me.
497
00:28:59,195 --> 00:29:05,410
Like, let me heal as a person,
let me cope with the death of Mallory.
498
00:29:05,410 --> 00:29:08,872
Let me try to wrap my head
around the fact that you did this.
499
00:29:10,123 --> 00:29:11,791
{\an8}Paul might be goin' to jail.
500
00:29:12,959 --> 00:29:14,961
I had some mixed feelings there, you know.
501
00:29:14,961 --> 00:29:15,962
Like, um,
502
00:29:15,962 --> 00:29:19,382
I was scared of that, but then,
503
00:29:19,382 --> 00:29:21,050
I was mad at him.
504
00:29:21,718 --> 00:29:23,970
To have somethin'
that you love right there,
505
00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:28,391
and then it's gone,
like, before you ever even really...
506
00:29:29,642 --> 00:29:30,643
Uh...
507
00:29:31,728 --> 00:29:33,021
Much less say goodbye.
508
00:29:35,857 --> 00:29:39,778
I was rememberin' all these
stupid decisions that he was makin',
509
00:29:40,612 --> 00:29:42,781
and how ridiculous he was actin'.
510
00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:46,534
How difficult
he was bein' to get along with.
511
00:29:46,534 --> 00:29:49,329
Maybe you do need to go to jail, you know?
512
00:29:49,329 --> 00:29:51,206
When are you gonna learn?
513
00:29:51,206 --> 00:29:53,291
{\an8}[ominous music plays]
514
00:30:01,382 --> 00:30:03,218
Dale Shannon, today is the first day
515
00:30:03,218 --> 00:30:06,221
that we've seen Murdaugh
in a courtroom setting.
516
00:30:06,221 --> 00:30:08,807
He is facing several serious charges.
517
00:30:09,891 --> 00:30:12,894
[Michael] There were probably
a half dozen reporters there.
518
00:30:12,894 --> 00:30:14,813
Alex and Maggie walk in.
519
00:30:15,396 --> 00:30:17,649
{\an8}Alex, he says,
"Hey, Michael, how you doin'?"
520
00:30:18,149 --> 00:30:20,735
{\an8}He's in a courtroom,
and your son's about to be arraigned
521
00:30:20,735 --> 00:30:23,822
{\an8}on felony charges, and it was like we were
522
00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:25,490
at his daddy's huntin' camp
523
00:30:25,490 --> 00:30:28,368
about to mix a drink,
or fry a fish, or somethin'.
524
00:30:29,035 --> 00:30:33,331
{\an8}Special treatment was given throughout
this whole thing because of who they are.
525
00:30:34,249 --> 00:30:36,334
When he went to court that day,
526
00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:40,880
he had his mug shot done
in a regular, like, polo shirt. [chuckles]
527
00:30:41,881 --> 00:30:44,425
[Phillip] If I would've been
drivin' that boat that night,
528
00:30:44,425 --> 00:30:46,553
or anyone else other than Paul,
529
00:30:46,553 --> 00:30:49,097
{\an8}we would've spent that night in jail,
I'm sure.
530
00:30:49,097 --> 00:30:51,099
{\an8}And possibly still been in there.
531
00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:55,895
{\an8}He is presumed innocent.
He's pleading not guilty.
532
00:30:56,396 --> 00:30:58,690
{\an8}[reporter 2] Murdaugh's attorney
made his plea of not guilty
533
00:30:58,690 --> 00:31:02,318
{\an8}to three felony counts,
and waived the hearing of any charges,
534
00:31:02,318 --> 00:31:04,445
{\an8}which means the details will stay hidden
535
00:31:04,445 --> 00:31:06,322
until it goes to trial.
536
00:31:06,322 --> 00:31:09,033
{\an8}Going to set a personal recognizance bond
537
00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:11,661
{\an8}in the amount of $50,000.
538
00:31:11,661 --> 00:31:13,329
{\an8}[attorney] We did exactly what's normal.
539
00:31:13,329 --> 00:31:15,331
This is being handled in a normal fashion.
540
00:31:15,331 --> 00:31:17,625
[reporter 4] Anything to say
about why he pled not guilty?
541
00:31:17,625 --> 00:31:18,877
Because he's not guilty.
542
00:31:19,377 --> 00:31:20,795
{\an8}[Keith] He never went behind bars,
543
00:31:20,795 --> 00:31:24,132
{\an8}he never had handcuffs,
never wore the orange suit.
544
00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:27,677
{\an8}You know, just like nothin' ever happened.
545
00:31:28,428 --> 00:31:31,264
[reporter 5] Paul Murdaugh
has been indicted on felony charges,
546
00:31:31,264 --> 00:31:34,058
{\an8}including boating under the influence,
causing death.
547
00:31:34,058 --> 00:31:37,145
{\an8}[reporter 2] Beach's parents walked out
saying they had no comment.
548
00:31:37,645 --> 00:31:41,190
{\an8}His trial date in the criminal case
has still not been set.
549
00:31:41,190 --> 00:31:43,276
[ominous music plays]
550
00:31:59,083 --> 00:32:02,128
[Morgan] After Paul had his court hearing,
551
00:32:02,712 --> 00:32:05,340
he moved into the family log cabin
552
00:32:05,340 --> 00:32:06,633
on Moselle.
553
00:32:07,884 --> 00:32:10,261
It had been two years
since the boating accident,
554
00:32:10,261 --> 00:32:13,306
and you'd see Snapchat stories
555
00:32:13,306 --> 00:32:16,476
of people still drinking with Paul.
556
00:32:16,976 --> 00:32:20,521
Basically living his normal life
as he would before the accident.
557
00:32:20,521 --> 00:32:22,607
[indistinct conversation]
558
00:32:27,695 --> 00:32:30,490
[Morgan] I was angry about it,
and I cut them out of my life
559
00:32:30,490 --> 00:32:32,575
because I don't feel like
they were honoring Mallory
560
00:32:32,575 --> 00:32:33,826
the way they should've.
561
00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:37,080
After the boating accident,
562
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,791
I had gone through counselors already,
563
00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:41,960
and none of them really fit.
564
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,753
I felt like they weren't helping me
565
00:32:43,753 --> 00:32:48,091
just to unpack everything,
um, from the boating accident
566
00:32:48,091 --> 00:32:49,342
and the survivor's guilt,
567
00:32:49,342 --> 00:32:55,348
and then going to losing one
of your best friends at such a young age,
568
00:32:55,348 --> 00:33:01,020
to my trauma
from my past relationship with Paul.
569
00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:07,610
For her to hide
what she hid for so many years is...
570
00:33:10,405 --> 00:33:12,115
It kinda hurts me inside.
571
00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:14,283
{\an8}Till the day of the accident,
572
00:33:14,283 --> 00:33:17,745
{\an8}I had no idea about the spitting,
and the hitting, and the slapping,
573
00:33:17,745 --> 00:33:20,498
and the demoralizing of her.
574
00:33:20,498 --> 00:33:22,625
I didn't know that. Um...
575
00:33:22,625 --> 00:33:25,128
And I can honestly tell you right now,
576
00:33:26,379 --> 00:33:29,632
I still don't know, honestly,
how much it went on before.
577
00:33:30,341 --> 00:33:31,342
You know?
578
00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:32,927
It must've went on for a while,
579
00:33:32,927 --> 00:33:35,888
because the day of the accident,
that was it.
580
00:33:35,888 --> 00:33:37,640
- She was done. That was it.
- Done.
581
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,227
- That was the end of it.
- She always said that Mallory saved her.
582
00:33:41,227 --> 00:33:45,023
And that's one way, really, she saved her.
583
00:33:51,654 --> 00:33:56,659
[Anthony] Me and Paul,
I have not seen him at all
584
00:33:56,659 --> 00:34:01,289
{\an8}since a couple of days after the crash.
585
00:34:03,499 --> 00:34:05,084
I was tryin' not to look at him.
586
00:34:06,502 --> 00:34:07,920
'Cause I was still mad
587
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,548
at that moment in time, you know, and...
588
00:34:11,507 --> 00:34:14,260
I finally could tell he was starin' at me.
589
00:34:14,802 --> 00:34:16,804
He was waitin' on me to look at him.
590
00:34:17,555 --> 00:34:18,514
And, uh...
591
00:34:19,015 --> 00:34:21,434
And I finally, I looked over at him.
592
00:34:21,434 --> 00:34:24,645
And as soon as we made eye contact,
you know, he...
593
00:34:24,645 --> 00:34:26,064
Under his breath, he said,
594
00:34:27,023 --> 00:34:29,108
"You know I love you, and I'm sorry."
595
00:34:29,108 --> 00:34:30,068
And...
596
00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:34,030
I said, "I love you too, but you need...
You need to go."
597
00:34:37,116 --> 00:34:39,118
[woman 2] I follow South Carolina
very closely.
598
00:34:39,118 --> 00:34:41,037
I cover the South
for the Wall Street Journal.
599
00:34:41,037 --> 00:34:43,122
I have now for almost 17 years.
600
00:34:44,832 --> 00:34:48,127
And so I started following
the case very closely.
601
00:34:50,129 --> 00:34:53,758
{\an8}And the lay of the land
in kind of late spring, early summer 2021,
602
00:34:53,758 --> 00:34:55,927
{\an8}is pretty grave for the Murdaughs.
603
00:34:57,345 --> 00:35:00,598
Paul was charged criminally
in the death of Mallory Beach,
604
00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:04,185
and that case was kind of
working its way through the system.
605
00:35:04,185 --> 00:35:08,439
And yet Paul's behavior
and run-ins with the law
606
00:35:08,439 --> 00:35:11,776
were continuing
in spite of the scrutiny he was under.
607
00:35:11,776 --> 00:35:13,444
- [officer 3] How you doin'?
- [Paul] Yes.
608
00:35:13,444 --> 00:35:15,321
[officer 3] Okay, I got you at 78.
609
00:35:15,321 --> 00:35:16,948
- [Paul] 78?
- [officer 3] Yes.
610
00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:19,867
[Paul] I realized I was speedin'
when I saw you.
611
00:35:19,867 --> 00:35:22,453
[Valerie] Buster Murdaugh is expelled
612
00:35:22,453 --> 00:35:25,373
from the University of South Carolina
for plagiarism.
613
00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:27,208
And layered upon that,
614
00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:31,003
there was significant stress
in Maggie and Alex's marriage.
615
00:35:33,923 --> 00:35:37,885
Maggie Murdaugh was becoming aware
that bills were going unpaid.
616
00:35:38,553 --> 00:35:42,473
It has persistently been said
that she had hired a forensic accountant
617
00:35:42,473 --> 00:35:44,142
to help sort out their bills.
618
00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:46,435
The other rumor that's been printed
619
00:35:46,435 --> 00:35:49,564
is that she had also visited
with a divorce attorney.
620
00:35:49,564 --> 00:35:54,026
So there are indications that the family
was under increasing amount of stress
621
00:35:54,026 --> 00:35:55,361
on multiple levels.
622
00:35:57,113 --> 00:35:59,490
[Anthony] While everything
was happenin' with their family,
623
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,
624
00:36:04,078 --> 00:36:06,080
I know how he is.
625
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:10,126
The two years that Paul
went through everything, he was hurtin'.
626
00:36:10,126 --> 00:36:13,880
He wasn't just walkin' around
like he got away with somethin',
627
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:15,965
like everybody was makin' it out to be.
628
00:36:15,965 --> 00:36:16,924
He was, uh...
629
00:36:18,259 --> 00:36:19,427
He was scared.
630
00:36:26,058 --> 00:36:31,397
[gunshots]
631
00:36:35,526 --> 00:36:36,777
[gunshots]
632
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:42,241
[phone line rings]
633
00:36:43,492 --> 00:36:45,578
[operator 2] Hampton County 911,
what's your emergency?
634
00:36:46,412 --> 00:36:51,167
This is Alex Murdaugh
at 4147 Moselle Road.
635
00:36:51,167 --> 00:36:53,794
I need the police
and an ambulance immediately.
636
00:36:53,794 --> 00:36:56,339
[operator 2] Okay,
you said 4147 Moselle Road?
637
00:36:56,339 --> 00:36:59,008
[Alex] My wife and child
have been shot badly.
638
00:37:00,009 --> 00:37:02,887
Nobody... They're not...
Neither one of 'em's movin'.
639
00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:06,390
I've been up to it now, it's bad.
640
00:37:07,475 --> 00:37:09,477
[operator 2]
Stay on the line with me, okay?
641
00:37:11,437 --> 00:37:13,522
[Diane] I was at work with Renee.
642
00:37:14,023 --> 00:37:16,984
We heard quick
because both of us are nurses,
643
00:37:16,984 --> 00:37:18,069
there in the prison.
644
00:37:19,028 --> 00:37:21,197
She just instantly had a panic attack.
645
00:37:21,197 --> 00:37:24,116
She was like, "You need
to find out right now what happened."
646
00:37:24,617 --> 00:37:26,744
[Morgan] I got a phone call from my mom
647
00:37:26,744 --> 00:37:28,913
that Paul and Miss Maggie were murdered.
648
00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:31,582
And I just had no words.
649
00:37:33,417 --> 00:37:35,878
The boy I dated
for four years was murdered.
650
00:37:36,671 --> 00:37:40,049
His mom was murdered as well, next to him.
651
00:37:47,014 --> 00:37:48,015
[sniffs]
652
00:37:48,933 --> 00:37:51,143
I know I'm angry at Paul, but
653
00:37:52,353 --> 00:37:54,438
it hurt my heart to know
654
00:37:54,438 --> 00:37:59,193
that a human being
was maliciously murdered.
655
00:38:01,153 --> 00:38:02,405
A mother and a son.
656
00:38:03,656 --> 00:38:05,825
It was just really hard for me to process.
657
00:38:08,035 --> 00:38:10,830
[Valerie] So I heard about
the double homicides of Maggie and Paul
658
00:38:10,830 --> 00:38:12,290
right after it happened.
659
00:38:12,290 --> 00:38:15,418
The shootings happened late,
so it took a few hours to report it,
660
00:38:15,418 --> 00:38:17,169
and there was so little information.
661
00:38:17,753 --> 00:38:19,547
I was gettin' texts from so-and-so.
662
00:38:19,547 --> 00:38:21,716
"Did you hear what happened
down in Lowcountry?"
663
00:38:22,216 --> 00:38:24,635
But by the day after, two days after,
664
00:38:24,635 --> 00:38:26,637
it starts to dominate
local and state news.
665
00:38:27,346 --> 00:38:29,890
{\an8}[reporter 6] Two members
of a well-known Lowcountry family
666
00:38:29,890 --> 00:38:31,726
{\an8}were discovered overnight.
667
00:38:31,726 --> 00:38:34,603
A murder mystery playing out
behind the gates of this hunting lodge
668
00:38:34,603 --> 00:38:35,813
{\an8}here in Colleton County.
669
00:38:35,813 --> 00:38:38,357
{\an8}22-year-old Paul Murdaugh
and his mother, Margaret Murdaugh,
670
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...
671
00:38:43,487 --> 00:38:46,324
{\an8}[Valerie] We are told very little
by state investigators.
672
00:38:46,824 --> 00:38:49,076
{\an8}Law enforcement held no press conferences,
673
00:38:49,076 --> 00:38:51,412
{\an8}have answered no questions,
except by statements.
674
00:38:57,293 --> 00:39:00,838
[reporter 7] Law enforcement
isn't saying much, but this much we know,
675
00:39:00,838 --> 00:39:03,049
{\an8}there's a killer on the loose.
676
00:39:04,550 --> 00:39:10,431
There was an incredible amount of fog
of war in the hours after the homicides.
677
00:39:10,973 --> 00:39:14,769
But what we do know is what
Alex Murdaugh told state investigators.
678
00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:17,855
Alex was home. Took a nap.
679
00:39:19,315 --> 00:39:20,816
Got up, didn't see Maggie and Paul.
680
00:39:20,816 --> 00:39:23,152
The property's vast.
He didn't know where they were.
681
00:39:23,152 --> 00:39:26,530
Texted them and said,
"I'm going out to check on Mom and Dad."
682
00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:28,949
And went to go check on his dad,
683
00:39:28,949 --> 00:39:30,701
whose health was failing rapidly
684
00:39:30,701 --> 00:39:32,119
after a long illness,
685
00:39:32,119 --> 00:39:34,538
and his mom, who suffers from dementia.
686
00:39:35,081 --> 00:39:38,125
Took a while to get there,
to visit, to come home.
687
00:39:38,125 --> 00:39:41,504
And so when he rolls back up to Moselle
at 10:15, 10:20,
688
00:39:41,504 --> 00:39:43,464
that's when he discovers
689
00:39:43,464 --> 00:39:45,257
the chaos that's happened.
690
00:39:46,801 --> 00:39:48,511
{\an8}The shootings happened near the kennels,
691
00:39:48,511 --> 00:39:51,138
{\an8}which were a short drive
away from the main house.
692
00:39:51,639 --> 00:39:54,975
Maggie was shot multiple times
in the chest and back
693
00:39:54,975 --> 00:39:56,102
and positioned
694
00:39:56,811 --> 00:39:59,438
almost like she's running away
from something or someone.
695
00:40:01,690 --> 00:40:07,571
Paul is shot once in the chest,
which is just a terrible way to die.
696
00:40:07,571 --> 00:40:11,117
And yet, he was shot again
at the neck and head.
697
00:40:11,117 --> 00:40:14,829
He was shot so seriously that it just...
698
00:40:14,829 --> 00:40:16,163
Barely recognizable.
699
00:40:16,163 --> 00:40:18,666
So Alex Murdaugh calls 911.
700
00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:20,626
Well, the 911 call,
701
00:40:20,626 --> 00:40:24,422
it's one of those things where
different people hear different things.
702
00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:27,007
[operator 2]
I have an Alex Murdaugh on the line.
703
00:40:27,007 --> 00:40:29,093
[indistinct laughing, crying sounds]
704
00:40:31,762 --> 00:40:33,431
[dog barking]
705
00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:35,433
[operator 3] Okay. What is her name?
706
00:40:38,185 --> 00:40:40,521
[Alex] Maggie... Maggie and Paul.
707
00:40:40,521 --> 00:40:42,440
[operator 3] Is he breathing at all?
708
00:40:42,982 --> 00:40:44,608
[Alex] No. Nobody is.
709
00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:46,360
[operator 3] Is she... Okay.
710
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:50,156
Do you see anything...
Do you see anyone in the area?
711
00:40:50,948 --> 00:40:51,824
[Alex] No, ma'am.
712
00:40:51,824 --> 00:40:54,785
I've been gone. I just came back.
713
00:40:55,953 --> 00:40:58,497
[operator 3] I don't want you
to touch them at all, okay?
714
00:40:58,998 --> 00:41:03,043
[Alex] I already touched 'em
to see if they were breathin'.
715
00:41:03,961 --> 00:41:04,962
Oh...
716
00:41:05,921 --> 00:41:08,841
[Valerie] I think we can safely say
Alex's voice was elevated.
717
00:41:08,841 --> 00:41:11,427
He was speaking rapidly.
He was breathing heavily.
718
00:41:11,427 --> 00:41:16,724
And you can hear the dogs barking.
It is a chaotic, nutty, dark scene.
719
00:41:16,724 --> 00:41:18,934
{\an8}[reporter 8]
Members of the Murdaugh family
720
00:41:18,934 --> 00:41:21,604
{\an8}speaking for the first time
since their brother Alex Murdaugh
721
00:41:21,604 --> 00:41:25,232
{\an8}found his 22-year-old son, Paul,
and his wife, Maggie,
722
00:41:25,232 --> 00:41:28,986
{\an8}shot to death outside
their South Carolina home last week.
723
00:41:29,820 --> 00:41:31,113
{\an8}How's your brother doin'?
724
00:41:31,113 --> 00:41:36,327
{\an8}He's upright, and looks strong
and makin' his way, and then...
725
00:41:37,286 --> 00:41:39,413
{\an8}Then he just breaks down. He just...
726
00:41:41,290 --> 00:41:42,374
{\an8}It's tough for us.
727
00:41:42,958 --> 00:41:44,418
{\an8}It changes you as a family.
728
00:41:48,923 --> 00:41:53,135
{\an8}And I can't imagine the horror
that my brother's experiencin'.
729
00:41:54,094 --> 00:41:58,182
{\an8}[reporter 8] The Murdaughs telling us Paul
had been receiving threats from strangers.
730
00:41:58,182 --> 00:42:00,267
{\an8}People, they say, they didn't know.
731
00:42:00,267 --> 00:42:01,685
{\an8}Were they violent threats?
732
00:42:01,685 --> 00:42:03,729
{\an8}I didn't think it was a credible threat.
733
00:42:03,729 --> 00:42:07,566
{\an8}If it was, I would've tried
to do somethin' or notified someone.
734
00:42:08,317 --> 00:42:09,235
{\an8}But I guess,
735
00:42:09,944 --> 00:42:10,778
{\an8}you know,
736
00:42:11,487 --> 00:42:12,947
{\an8}maybe I made a mistake.
737
00:42:12,947 --> 00:42:16,825
[reporter 9] Alex and Buster Murdaugh
announced a $100,000 reward
738
00:42:16,825 --> 00:42:19,954
for information
leading to the arrest and conviction
739
00:42:19,954 --> 00:42:23,249
of the people who killed
Maggie and Paul Murdaugh.
740
00:42:23,249 --> 00:42:27,253
[Michael] You've got a dead mother and son
on the ground, not far from each other.
741
00:42:28,879 --> 00:42:31,131
Fear gripped this community.
742
00:42:31,131 --> 00:42:32,508
Who killed Paul and Maggie?
743
00:42:33,884 --> 00:42:36,554
Speculation is runnin' wild
in all directions
744
00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:38,347
about what might've happened.
745
00:42:38,347 --> 00:42:42,101
{\an8}Think this may very well be related
to the death of Mallory Beach.
746
00:42:42,101 --> 00:42:46,772
{\an8}What was the motivation
other than anger or revenge?
747
00:42:46,772 --> 00:42:49,984
[reporter 10] At least publicly,
the Beach family extends its sympathies,
748
00:42:49,984 --> 00:42:51,485
but some could say, or wonder,
749
00:42:51,485 --> 00:42:55,698
{\an8}is there someone,
uh, who has an interest in this?
750
00:42:55,698 --> 00:42:58,117
{\an8}Would they have targeted and gunned down
751
00:42:58,117 --> 00:43:00,911
{\an8}this young man
because of the death of Mallory?
752
00:43:03,330 --> 00:43:06,584
[Morgan] It's a small town,
so everyone's just, like, swirling around,
753
00:43:06,584 --> 00:43:07,918
and talking,
754
00:43:07,918 --> 00:43:10,713
and, you know,
everyone's kinda lookin' at the people
755
00:43:10,713 --> 00:43:12,590
that were on that boat that night.
756
00:43:13,173 --> 00:43:15,718
[Anthony]
My fuckin' girlfriend's gone, Bo.
757
00:43:16,302 --> 00:43:18,304
Hope you rot in fuckin' hell!
758
00:43:19,305 --> 00:43:22,600
They had law enforcement comin' out there
to my job
759
00:43:23,392 --> 00:43:24,893
to look me in my eyes and say,
760
00:43:24,893 --> 00:43:28,731
"Hey, you're kinda our lead suspect,
and I need you to give me your alibi."
761
00:43:29,315 --> 00:43:33,277
I all but, you know, lost my cool.
762
00:43:34,945 --> 00:43:37,448
You're talkin' about
one of my good friends here.
763
00:43:39,450 --> 00:43:42,286
{\an8}There were several things implying that,
764
00:43:42,286 --> 00:43:48,250
{\an8}you know, because they tried to blame
Connor for being the driver of the boat,
765
00:43:48,250 --> 00:43:52,671
that he was gonna be looked at
more serious than the others.
766
00:43:52,671 --> 00:43:58,302
Never been the one to just, like,
freak out and just lose my shit, but...
767
00:43:59,595 --> 00:44:00,554
It was rough.
768
00:44:01,639 --> 00:44:04,475
{\an8}♪ You are so beautiful to me ♪
769
00:44:04,475 --> 00:44:07,645
[Phillip] It does say
in the Old Testament, "An eye for an eye."
770
00:44:08,687 --> 00:44:10,856
I think Paul was afraid,
771
00:44:11,357 --> 00:44:15,277
as I've had others tell me,
that they were afraid of me,
772
00:44:15,277 --> 00:44:18,197
and what I was gonna do,
or happen, 'cause they knew
773
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.
774
00:44:23,202 --> 00:44:26,664
A law-enforcement officer contacted me
one evening on my way home from work,
775
00:44:26,664 --> 00:44:29,333
and I think my response to him was
776
00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:33,253
that, um, I was surprised
you hadn't called sooner.
777
00:44:34,546 --> 00:44:37,007
[Morgan] This SLED agent
showed up to my work,
778
00:44:37,549 --> 00:44:41,345
and she wanted
to get DNA samples of my hair,
779
00:44:41,345 --> 00:44:42,763
my fingerprint, and my spit.
780
00:44:43,722 --> 00:44:46,308
Me being involved with the family,
I can understand.
781
00:44:47,309 --> 00:44:51,188
But I looked her in the eyes and I said,
"Do not overlook Alex Murdaugh."
782
00:44:51,855 --> 00:44:54,441
{\an8}Sheriff's office, as well as SLED,
say they don't have any leads,
783
00:44:54,441 --> 00:44:58,070
{\an8}but they don't believe that this incident
should be a worry for the public.
784
00:44:58,070 --> 00:45:00,364
[reporter 7] While this is
being called a double homicide,
785
00:45:00,364 --> 00:45:03,283
there is no danger
to the public right now,
786
00:45:03,283 --> 00:45:07,204
and that, at last report, they were
not looking for suspects in this case.
787
00:45:07,204 --> 00:45:09,707
It is unusual,
if you talk to criminologists,
788
00:45:09,707 --> 00:45:12,251
for there to be no suspect descriptions,
no sketches,
789
00:45:12,251 --> 00:45:14,002
no vehicle to be on the lookout for.
790
00:45:15,003 --> 00:45:18,298
From the beginning, police said
there was no danger to the public.
791
00:45:18,298 --> 00:45:21,093
So that's been
a big question looming over.
792
00:45:21,093 --> 00:45:22,886
Why is there no danger to the public?
793
00:45:22,886 --> 00:45:26,598
It's just been eerily silent
about what in the world happened here.
794
00:45:27,307 --> 00:45:30,394
{\an8}At this point, we have
precious little information to go on.
795
00:45:31,270 --> 00:45:36,567
{\an8}Early on, Alex Murdaugh's lawyers
asserted that he has an airtight alibi,
796
00:45:36,567 --> 00:45:39,236
which was visiting
his parents that evening.
797
00:45:40,612 --> 00:45:44,158
And over time, we've learned more
about the two guns actually used.
798
00:45:45,451 --> 00:45:48,704
Paul was shot multiple times by shotgun.
799
00:45:48,704 --> 00:45:50,539
That has been much harder to trace.
800
00:45:50,539 --> 00:45:54,585
The shotgun does not leave a ballistics
trail in the same way as a rifle.
801
00:45:55,085 --> 00:45:57,796
But we know
from social-media pictures of Moselle
802
00:45:57,796 --> 00:46:00,674
that there are
multiple shotguns on the property.
803
00:46:01,550 --> 00:46:04,845
Maggie was shot with an AR-15-style rifle.
804
00:46:04,845 --> 00:46:06,054
That's very unusual.
805
00:46:06,555 --> 00:46:08,807
It's chambered
in what's called "Blackout 300,"
806
00:46:08,807 --> 00:46:10,726
which is a very specific
807
00:46:10,726 --> 00:46:12,227
type of bullet.
808
00:46:12,853 --> 00:46:15,397
And there were shell casings
left at the scene.
809
00:46:15,397 --> 00:46:19,193
The gun that Maggie was killed with
was this specific type of rifle.
810
00:46:20,027 --> 00:46:21,236
And guess what?
811
00:46:21,236 --> 00:46:23,155
The Murdaughs own that type of gun.
812
00:46:24,072 --> 00:46:26,283
And it has not
been turned over to investigators
813
00:46:26,283 --> 00:46:28,243
for ruling out as the murder weapon.
814
00:46:30,746 --> 00:46:32,748
[thunder rumbles]
815
00:46:33,499 --> 00:46:35,709
In the past, ten, 15 years ago,
816
00:46:35,709 --> 00:46:37,711
something bad that involved the family,
817
00:46:37,711 --> 00:46:40,297
it might've kind of gone away quietly.
818
00:46:41,006 --> 00:46:44,092
The double homicides of Maggie and Paul
really changed everything.
819
00:46:45,719 --> 00:46:47,679
[Michael] All eyes
are on Hampton, South Carolina,
820
00:46:47,679 --> 00:46:48,889
in the Lowcountry.
821
00:46:49,389 --> 00:46:52,100
If the Murdaughs had
a skeleton in the closet,
822
00:46:52,100 --> 00:46:53,393
it's out now.
823
00:46:54,812 --> 00:46:56,522
[phone dials]
824
00:46:56,522 --> 00:46:58,774
[line rings]
825
00:46:59,274 --> 00:47:00,818
[operator 4] What's goin' on out there?
826
00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:03,862
[Maggie] My housekeeper has fallen
and her head is bleeding.
827
00:47:03,862 --> 00:47:05,197
I cannot get her up.
828
00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:08,784
[operator 4] Okay, is she on the ground
or is she up near the top--
829
00:47:08,784 --> 00:47:10,786
[Maggie] She's on the ground.
830
00:47:10,786 --> 00:47:11,995
[operator 4] She conscious?
831
00:47:11,995 --> 00:47:13,372
[Maggie] No, not really.
832
00:47:14,957 --> 00:47:17,084
[operator 4] Okay,
do you guys know who she is?
833
00:47:17,084 --> 00:47:18,669
[Maggie] Can you stop asking me--
834
00:47:18,669 --> 00:47:20,379
[operator 4] I have them on the way--
835
00:47:20,379 --> 00:47:22,047
I already have them on the way...
836
00:47:23,715 --> 00:47:28,053
Am I fearful of repercussions
from them? Yeah.
837
00:47:29,012 --> 00:47:32,766
People would talk about
the Murdaughs making people disappear.
838
00:47:32,766 --> 00:47:35,269
I don't think the story's
even close to being over,
839
00:47:35,269 --> 00:47:39,314
and yes, I'm a little nervous
about sittin' here and doin' this now.
840
00:47:39,898 --> 00:47:42,150
Corporal Booker
with South Carolina Highway Patrol.
841
00:47:42,150 --> 00:47:46,655
This in a reference to an incident
in Hampton County on Sandy Run Road.
842
00:47:46,655 --> 00:47:49,449
[officer 4] A young white male
with severe head trauma.
843
00:47:50,033 --> 00:47:53,328
[officer 5] Let me ask you. When he said
that he felt like he was bein' followed
844
00:47:53,328 --> 00:47:56,498
did he say, you know,
"There's a car followin' me," or...
845
00:47:56,498 --> 00:47:59,167
[caller 1] I says, "Are you walking?
'Cause I hear cars going by."
846
00:47:59,167 --> 00:48:01,295
And then the call dropped.
847
00:48:01,879 --> 00:48:04,798
[Michael] And there are facts
that don't add up,
848
00:48:04,798 --> 00:48:06,383
and bodies
849
00:48:06,967 --> 00:48:08,135
tied to this family.
850
00:48:08,635 --> 00:48:11,388
[caller 2] I did hear a name,
and that name was Murdaugh.
851
00:48:11,388 --> 00:48:13,140
-[caller 3] Murdaugh.
-[caller 4] Murdaugh.
852
00:48:13,140 --> 00:48:15,976
[caller 5] Everybody keeps comin' up
to me, sayin' it was Murdaugh boys.
853
00:48:15,976 --> 00:48:17,811
[caller 6] The Murdaugh boys
are behind it.
854
00:48:17,811 --> 00:48:21,899
[Morgan] I confronted them about it,
and then they just kinda laughed it off.
855
00:48:21,899 --> 00:48:24,067
My gut told me
that somethin' was goin' on.
856
00:48:24,067 --> 00:48:26,862
[caller 7] Everyone who knows Morgan dies.
857
00:48:26,862 --> 00:48:28,363
What's going on?
858
00:48:32,576 --> 00:48:34,578
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