Coverage dated February 22, 2023 to March 1, 2023

Alex Murdaugh trial: What to know as the jury deliberates in the South Carolina double murder case

Headline from CBS News, on the newest of 3 developments

The former South Carolina attorney is accused of killing his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul.

CBS News's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Earlier updates in this story

Developments in this update

3 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Jurors in Alex Murdaugh Trial to Visit Scene Where Wife, Son Were Shot

    Headline from NBC New York ·

  2. Last Witnesses Testify in Alex Murdaugh Trial Ahead of Jury Trip to Scene Where Wife, Son Were Shot

    Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ·

  3. Newest

    Alex Murdaugh trial: What to know as the jury deliberates in the South Carolina double murder case

    Headline from CBS News ·

8 reports not tied to one development ·

Read the reports

Reports & sources

120 articles, oldest first.

  1. CBS News

    Alex Murdaugh trial: As defense builds its case, here's where things stand in the double murder trial (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    The former South Carolina attorney is accused of killing his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul.

  2. CBS News

    Alex Murdaugh takes the stand in his own defense at double murder trial (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    The former South Carolina attorney is accused of killing his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul.

  3. CBS News

    Alex Murdaugh faces cross-examination in South Carolina double murder trial (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    Murdaugh has denied any role in the killings of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul.

  4. Local News 8

    Alex Murdaugh completes testimony in trial over 2021 killings of his wife and son, court to resume Monday (opens Local News 8)

    Published

    Local News 8's feed description

    By Travis Caldwell and Ray Sanchez, CNN After two days on the stand, Alex Murdaugh completed testimony Friday in the murder trial over the killings of his wife and son. After about six hours of testimony Friday — which included a prosecutor grilling the former disgraced South Carolina attorney over …

  5. FOX 6 Milwaukee

    Alex Murdaugh trial: Jurors will visit crime scene site (opens FOX 6 Milwaukee)

    Published

    FOX 6 Milwaukee's feed description

    Jurors in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial in the shooting deaths of his wife and son will get to visit the South Carolina home where the killings took place before they begin deliberating, the judge ruled Monday.

  6. Washington Examiner

    Alex Murdaugh trial: Autopsy photos shown, and witnesses paint graphic picture as trial continues (opens Washington Examiner)

    Published

    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The defense called forensic experts to dispute gunshot evidence and showed autopsy photos during the murder trial of disbarred South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, who is accused of fatally shooting his wife and son in June 2021.

  7. NBC News

    Murdaugh trial judge allows the jury to visit the scene of the double murders (opens NBC News)

    Published

    NBC News's feed description

    Alex Murdaugh's defense team wanted the jurors to see the family's sprawling property, known as Moselle, where his wife and younger son were fatally shot in 2021.

  8. MyNorthwest

    Jurors will visit crime scene site in Alex Murdaugh trial (opens MyNorthwest)

    Published

    MyNorthwest's feed description

    Jurors in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial in the shooting deaths of his wife and son will get to visit the South Carolina home where the killings took place

  9. NBC Chicago

    Jurors in Alex Murdaugh Trial to Visit Scene Where Wife, Son Were Shot (opens NBC Chicago)

    Published

    NBC Chicago's feed description

    The judge agreed to a defense request to let the jury visit the family property and see the crime scene for themselves before they deliberate Alex Murdaugh's fate.

  10. Local News 8

    Jury in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial will visit family estate where killings happened (opens Local News 8)

    Published

    Local News 8's feed description

    By Eric Levenson, Alta Spells and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Jurors in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial will be allowed to visit the family’s sprawling estate in South Carolina where Murdaugh’s wife and son were shot dead, Judge Clifton Newman ruled on Monday.

  11. Fox News

    Alex Murdaugh trial: Key players in South Carolina courtroom (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    These are the key players in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial. Murdaugh, a former prominent South Carolina lawyer, is accused of murdering his wife and son in June 2021.

  12. Local News 8

    Here's what legal experts say could help - or hurt - Alex Murdaugh from his testimony (opens Local News 8)

    Published

    Local News 8's feed description

    By Christina Maxouris, CNN After hearing from dozens of witnesses in the high-profile murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, a South Carolina jury last week heard from the man himself after he took the stand — a move legal experts say was risky but could have helped his case.

  13. CBS News

    Jurors in Alex Murdaugh murder trial to visit South Carolina home where his wife and son were killed (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    Lawyers for Murdaugh asked for the trip so that the jury can see the dog kennels near where his wife's body was found and the storage room where his son was killed.

  14. Fox News

    Alex Murdaugh jury to visit dog kennels at Moselle where son, wife were shot to death (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    Alex Murdaugh's jury to visit Moselle crime scene, the family's hunting estate where Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were murdered, before closing arguments, the judge ruled Monday.

  15. CBS News

    Alex Murdaugh trial: Here's where things stand in the South Carolina double murder case (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    The former South Carolina attorney is accused of killing his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul.

  16. NBC New York

    Last Witnesses Testify in Alex Murdaugh Trial Ahead of Jury Trip to Scene Where Wife, Son Were Shot (opens NBC New York)

    Published

    NBC New York's feed description

    Prosecutors have called their final witnesses in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial. The jury will now head Wednesday about 40 minutes from the courthouse to see the family home where authorities say Murdaugh killed his wife and son in June 2021.

  17. WCNC

    Alex Murdaugh trial: Prosecution recalls pathologist and Mark Ball for rebuttal testimony (opens WCNC)

    Published

    WCNC's feed description

    Murdaugh, 54, is accused of killing his wife Maggie and son Paul at the family's Moselle estate back in June of 2021.

  18. KRDO

    Alex Murdaugh's defense rests after 14 witnesses over two weeks in double murder trial (opens KRDO)

    Published

    KRDO's feed description

    By Eric Levenson, Alta Spells and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Alex Murdaugh’s defense in his double murder trial rested its case Monday after calling up 14 witnesses over about two weeks of testimony. Monday’s testimony was headlined by an expert in crime scene reconstruction and blood spatter analysis wh…

  19. Local News 8

    Prosecutors call rebuttal witnesses in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial before jury visits scene where wife and son were killed (opens Local News 8)

    Published

    Local News 8's feed description

    By Alta Spells, Elizabeth Wolfe and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Prosecutors on Tuesday planned to call up to seven further witnesses to rebut parts of Alex Murdaugh’s defense in his murder trial, according to attorneys in court.

  20. Portland Press Herald

    Last witnesses called in Alex Murdaugh trial before jury sees crime scene (opens Portland Press Herald)

    Published

    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    Prosecutors got a chance to reply to the defense's case, including by rebutting their experts who suggested 2 different shooters killed Murdaugh's wife and son in South Carolina.

  21. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Prosecutors to call more witnesses in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial before jury visits scene where his wife and son were killed (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

    Published

    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By Alta Spells, Elizabeth Wolfe and Dianne Gallagher, CNN A day after defense attorneys rested their case in Alex Murdaugh’s weekslong double murder trial, prosecutors on Tuesday intend to call a handful of rebuttal witnesses before the jury visits Murdaugh’s sprawling South Carolina estate where hi…

  22. Fox News

    Alex Murdaugh trial: Prosecution to present rebuttal case; jurors may visit crime scene (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    Prosecutors are scheduled to call at least four witness in their rebuttal case Tuesday at Alex Murdaugh's double-murder trial in Walterboro, South Carolina.

  23. FOX 43 York

    Defense rests in Alex Murdaugh double murder trial (opens FOX 43 York)

    Published

    FOX 43 York's feed description

    Murdaugh is accused of killing his wife Maggie and son Paul at the family's Moselle estate back in June of 2021.

  24. Washington Examiner

    WATCH LIVE: Alex Murdaugh trial continues ahead of closing arguments (opens Washington Examiner)

    Published

    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The prosecution in the murder trial of former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh is expected to call rebuttal witnesses Tuesday.

  25. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Prosecutors to call more witnesses in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial before jury visits scene where his wife and son were killed | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

    Published

    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    Prosecutors to call more witnesses in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial before jury visits scene where his wife and son were killed

Showing the first 25 of 65 headlines. ·

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

Alex Murdaugh trial: What to know as the jury deliberates in the South Carolina double murder case | Since Then