Alex Murdaugh's Retrial Has a New Missing-Gun Claim

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Oct 11, 2026 · 54m

Alex Murdaugh is headed back to trial, and the missing murder weapons are now at the center of a new discovery fight. His lawyers filed a September 30 motion asking the court to compel production of records from an investigation into allegations that local police may have handled or moved evidence after Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were killed.

The defense motion relies on reporting about a state grand-jury inquiry involving Yemassee Police Chief Greg Alexander and another officer. Alexander was present at Moselle on June 7, 2021, but he has not been charged. His attorney denies the allegations…