STRANGER DNA UNDER MAGGIE'S NAILS?
7/1/202641 min
Alex Murdaugh's second murder trial in the deaths of his wife and son is now scheduled for April of 2027. His 2023 convictions were overturned by the South Carolina Supreme Court which ruled former Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca “Becky” Hill improperly influenced the jury. Murdaugh remains incarcerated for 22 state financial crimes and 14 federal charges serving both sentences concurrently, unaffected by the murder retrial.
A status hearing is set for August for Judge Debra McCaslin to decide pending motions on a change of venue and allowing independent DNA testing of samples from under Maggie Murdaugh’s fingernails, among others.
Joining Nancy today:
- Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson - Murdaugh's former housekeeper, Author: Within the House of Murdaugh: Amid a Unique Friendship, Blanca and Maggie, website: https://withinhouseofmurdaugh.com
- Mark Peper - Criminal defense attorney, PeperLawFirm.com, Twitter: @PeperLawFirm
- Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, https://www.drbethanymarshall.com/, Instagram FB & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter:@DrBethanyLive, Author: "Deal Breaker," featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock, Host: "On The Couch with Dr. Bethany Marshall"
- Brian Fitzgibbons - Director of Operations for USPA Nationwide Security, website: www.uspasecurity.com, Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security,
- Thomas Coyne - Medical Examiner, University of Florida. District Eight Medical Examiner, State of Florida. Toxicologist. Forensic Pathologist and Neuropathologist.
- GiGi McKelvey - Journalist, Host of the podcast “Pretty Lies And Alibis”, prettyliesandalibis.org, Facebook, IG, TikTok: @PrettyLies And Alibis, Twitter: @PrettyLiesAlibi
- Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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First 90 secondsNancy Grace· Host0:00
This is an iHeartPodcast. Guaranteed human. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Bombshell tonight. Alex Murdaugh inches closer and closer to a double murder retrial with the death penalty now possibly on the table. Tonight, is there stranger DNA under Maggie's nails? Good evening. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I wanna thank you for being with us.
Alex Murdaugh· Soundbite0:34
[phone ringing] This is Alex Murdaugh at 4127 Moselle Road. I need the police to respond to this immediately. My wife and child have been shot badly. I mean, sir, I can't think of anybody who would wanna go to that extreme.
Nancy Grace· Host1:01
Stranger DNA under Maggie's nails? Remember, reality check, Maggie Murdaugh was lured to Moselle, Alex Murdaugh's hunting lodge. She didn't wanna go. She stated that. She even put it in a text to a friend. She did not wanna go. Let's see shots of Moselle, since that's what we're talking about. She goes out there