COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD)-- Defense is expected to continue calling witnesses in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial Wednesday after just making it through 2 on Tuesday.

Murdaugh is implicated of killing his spouse Margaret and youngest kid Paul at their family residential or commercial property in June of 2021.

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Murdaugh's only enduring kid, Buster, was the very first to take the stand Tuesday.

He also offered the jury what the defense hopes is some clearness in an ongoing debate about what Murdaugh said in an interview after the murders. He likewise stated Murdaugh made the very same statement the night of the murders.

Defense likewise called Mike Sutton, a forensic engineer, to the stand. Sutton provided what could be an exculpatory analysis of information, much of which was gathered by SLED.

Sutton stated that he performed a test to see if gunshots from the kennels might've been heard inside the main home at Moselle and found that the noise would've been so low it would be almost inaudible.

He also computed the trajectory of numerous bullets based upon proof SLED gathered from the scene and secondhand easy trigonometry to identify the relative position and height of the shooter. In his viewpoint, the shot was made by someone who was around 5' 2 and could not have been made by Murdaugh, who stands around 6' 4.

Prosecutors buffooned that theory, calling the shooter in Sutton's makings a 12-year-old. They also regularly called into question his reliability, mentioning that he does not have formal training in pathology or ballistics. Sutton stated that his findings follow the laws of physics.

Statement is set to resume at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. A source near the defense informs News 2 that Alex Murdaugh is expected to take the stand himself on Thursday, however that might alter.

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