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Court Victory for Convicted Killer Alex Murdaugh| Crime Alert Recap Sunday 08.18.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to the Crime Alert hourly update. Here now
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  Speaker 1: some of the biggest stories of the week.
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  Speaker 2: The South Carolina Supreme Court drops a bombshell in the
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  Speaker 2: case of convicted killer Alec Murdog. The South Carolina Supreme
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  Speaker 2: Court has overruled a previous ruling that the jury and
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  Speaker 2: the Murdog case was tampered with. This means he could
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  Speaker 2: get a new murder trial. Lawyers have argued that the
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  Speaker 2: Collington County Clerk, Rebecca Hill, tampered with the jury during
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  Speaker 2: the original six week trial. Murdog was found guilty in
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  Speaker 2: the murders of his wife and son. Here's the police
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  Speaker 2: body com audio from the crime scene.
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  Speaker 1: Sir, I want to let you know because of the scene,
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  Speaker 1: I did go get a gun and bring it down.
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  Speaker 2: Here's in your vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: I just have any guns on you meet.
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  Speaker 3: Nosearch and leaning up against the side of my car.
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  Speaker 3: This is your wife and son.
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  Speaker 4: It's bad.
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  Speaker 3: It's bad.
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  Speaker 1: Take the pulses, Jack, They've already checked them.
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  Speaker 4: They did check them.
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  Speaker 3: The subsision that they're dead.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, sir, that's what it looks like.
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  Speaker 2: According to WCSC, the county clerk, Rebecca Heel is accused
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  Speaker 2: of telling jurors quote not to be fooled when speaking
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  Speaker 2: as to Murdoch's emotional testimony. For more, Here's Crime Online.
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  Speaker 2: Sidney Sumner.
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  Speaker 3: Former South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Gene Toles says defense
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  Speaker 3: attorneys must not only prove that Coliston County Clerk of
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  Speaker 3: Court Bucky Hill told jurors not to believe Alex Murdau's testimony,
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  Speaker 3: but that her comments were made with prejudice against the
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  Speaker 3: former attorney. Hill maintains that she did not discuss Murdaw's
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  Speaker 3: guilt with jurors and never suggested that he was the murderer.
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  Speaker 3: Hill is facing her own jury tampering and misuse of
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  Speaker 3: office investigations. So far, she has not been charged. One
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  Speaker 3: thing has been proven against Hill. Her attorneys acknowledged that
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  Speaker 3: Hill had submitted a BBC reporter's writing to her co
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  Speaker 3: author as if it were her own words.
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  Speaker 2: The six year old man is convicted of fatally shooting
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  Speaker 2: his wife, Maggie and their twenty two year old son, Paul.
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  Speaker 2: He was given two consecutive life sentences. In January. Chief
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  Speaker 2: Justice Jen Tole was informed of the alleged jury tampering,
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  Speaker 2: but concluded there was insufficient evidence to grant a new trial.
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  Speaker 2: This latest decision means that the South Carolina Supreme Court
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  Speaker 2: we'll hear arguments both for and against a new murder
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  Speaker 2: trial for Alec Murdoch and then make a decision.
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  Speaker 4: A Texas man is facing serious charges after allegedly attempting
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  Speaker 4: to kill his four month old daughter by forcing her
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  Speaker 4: to drink gas. Twenty four year old Edgar James Bridgman
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  Speaker 4: was arrested for the heinous act. Paramedic Scot there and
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  Speaker 4: called for law enforcement assistance, and when officers arrived at
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  Speaker 4: the home, they found a disturbing scene. They also found
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  Speaker 4: Bridgman attempting to flee the area. He had been briefly
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  Speaker 4: watching his infant daughter while the baby's mother was away
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  Speaker 4: from the house. He was apprehended about a block away
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  Speaker 4: and take it into custody. Captain Terry Bull of the parents'
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  Speaker 4: police department told KFDW when they got there, the baby's
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  Speaker 4: mother was holding the.
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  Speaker 2: Girl, presented the child's to the officers and said that
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  Speaker 2: the child's father had actually given it gasoline to drink.
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  Speaker 4: The child was breathing alike and crying. The mother told
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  Speaker 4: the TV station she returned home with the strong smell
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  Speaker 4: of gasoline in the house. When she figured out what
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  Speaker 4: had happened, she called nine to one one. The baby
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  Speaker 4: was immediately transported to a local hospital, then taken to
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  Speaker 4: a specialized facility in Dallas for further care. The child
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  Speaker 4: is recovering, but her condition remains closely monitored. Bridgeman has
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  Speaker 4: a history of legal troubles. He's currently being held in
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  Speaker 4: the Lamar County Jail on a two hundred and fifty
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  Speaker 4: five thousand dollars bond. The mother is in deep distress,
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  Speaker 4: calling the situation terrifying. Quote, I don't think I can
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  Speaker 4: ever trust someone with my kids again. She's asked to
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  Speaker 4: remain anonymous, saying quote, I just want my baby to
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  Speaker 4: come home. I want to hold her again. The Paris
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  Speaker 4: Police Department is stated that Bridgman is cooperating with the
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  Speaker 4: investigation and has been participating in several interviews, but the
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  Speaker 4: motive behind his actions remains unclear. Police are continuing to investigate.
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  Speaker 4: According to police, Bridgeman confessed to giving the baby gasoline
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  Speaker 4: with the intention of killing her. This is what led
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  Speaker 4: to Bridgman being charged with attempted capital murder along with
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  Speaker 4: evading arrest.
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  Speaker 5: Los Angeles Police Department officials are questioning multiple suspects in
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  Speaker 5: connection with the tragic murder of General Hospital actor Johnny Whacter.
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  Speaker 5: The arrests come weeks after the thirty seven year old
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  Speaker 5: actor was fatally shot while confronting thieves trying to steal
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  Speaker 5: his car's catalytic converter in downtown Los Angeles on May
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  Speaker 5: twenty fifth. Law enforcement sources have identified the suspects as
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  Speaker 5: members of the Florencia thirteen gang, a notorious criminal organization
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  Speaker 5: involved in a surge of catalytic converter thefts across the region.
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  Speaker 5: The investigation, which has been closely followed by actors, grieving
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  Speaker 5: family and friends, gained momentum after the release of surveillance
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  Speaker 5: footage and a plea for information earlier this month. Fingerprints
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  Speaker 5: lifted from a floor jack used in the crime proved
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  Speaker 5: to be a crucial piece of evidence, leading detectives to
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  Speaker 5: identify Robert Barcelo, Sergio Estrada, and Lionel Gutierrez as primary suspects.
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  Speaker 5: According to The Los Angeles Times, a neighbor who did
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  Speaker 5: not want to be identified, talked to KTLA five news
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  Speaker 5: about the trio who made themselves known in their South
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  Speaker 5: La neighborhood.
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  Speaker 2: I think they say the health been trol leaders on
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  Speaker 2: the street for a long time, wields of upper down
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  Speaker 2: the street.
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  Speaker 5: The night of the murder, whactor had just finished his
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  Speaker 5: shift at the nearby Level eight bar when he and
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  Speaker 5: a coworker discovered the thieves, who he originally thought were
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  Speaker 5: towing his car. A confrontation ensued, during which the actor
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  Speaker 5: was tragically shot and killed. Witness has described the suspects
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  Speaker 5: fleeing the scene in a stolen black Infinity Q fifty.
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  Speaker 5: While this marks a significant step forward in the case,
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  Speaker 5: the investigation is still ongoing.
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