COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD)-- The state is expected to rest its case Thursday in the Alex Murdaugh double-murder trial.

Murdaugh is accused of eliminating his other half Margaret and youngest kid Paul at their family residential or commercial property in June of 2021.

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Judge Clifton Newman chose Wednesday to enable statement about Alex Murdaugh's botched suicide-for-hire effort in the trial.

Due to the fact that it did not have enough significance to this case, the choice to permit the statement came after Judge Newman previously ruled it would not be permitted. After questioning by the defense raised Curtis Eddie Smith, Judge Newman reversed the decision, stating the door had been opened.

Wednesday's witness statement came mainly from SLED agent David Owen, the lead investigator on the case. Prosecution introduced a new video of an August 11, 2021 interview with Murdaugh, the 3rd SLED interview carried out in the case.

The interview was the very first time Murdaugh was informed by SLED he was being seriously considered as the primary suspect.

Proof shown in Alex Murdaugh's trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. Joshua Boucher/The State/Pool

Owen recounted Murdaugh's changing stories and disparities in his timeline, which led him to think Murdaugh lagged the murders.

Murdaugh's defense team contends that the investigation was bungled from the start and that SLED made no effort to gather proof that would've excluded Murdaugh as a suspect.

In several huge moments for the defense, Owen confessed that some information he offered to the Colleton County Grand Jury that indicted Murdaugh was incorrect. In many cases he understood the info was false; in other cases, the information was true at the time however was later disproven.

Murdaugh's group likewise introduced a brand-new theory: that the murders were the outcome of debts Murdaugh owed to Smith and a drug gang called the Cowboys. They say SLED failed to follow up on that theory.

The jury likewise heard statement from a mobile phone forensics specialist with the Attorney General's Office who analyzed data from Paul, Maggie, and Alex's mobile phone. The state will pick up with interrogation of that witness on Thursday morning.

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9:56 a.m. – – Court is in recess while both sides identify what evidence from the roadside shooting will be enabled.

9:34 a.m. – – Court is in session. Before the jury can be found in, Defense attorney Jim Griffin describes his previous objection to allowing evidence about the roadside shooting.

Judge Clifton Newman states that while he previously concurred with the defense and believed the testimony did not have significance to this case, the defense's line of questioning opened the door.

Judge Newman said that he felt the subject was "a bridge too far," but the defense "developed a road over that bridge."

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