Murdaugh Murder Timeline: Could Time of Death Be Completely Wrong?

Could Maggie and Paul Murdaugh’s time of death create reasonable doubt for Alex Murdaugh? As his defense prepares for a second murder trial, attorney Dick Harpootlian is signaling that the timeline of the June 2021 murders at Moselle could become a major issue. We had to speak with an expert who could tell us how time of death is actually determined… and is there room for error? In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, investigative reporter Anne Emerson speaks with Joseph Scott Morgan, Death Investigator and host of the podcast Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, who helped create the national standards for determining time of death. He helps us understand the physical process coroners and medical examiners use to narrow down that timeframe, and examines the coroner’s actions in the Murdaugh murders with his expert perspective - what he did, and more importantly, what he didn’t do during that examination. Alex Murdaugh’s case returned to court on Friday, August 14, for a retrial hearing. Judge Debra McCaslin granted the defense's request to move the trial location outside Colleton County, where the murders took place. The defense would like the trial moved to Charleston County, where they think they can find a more impartial jury due to a larger jury pool, but McCaslin has yet to decide the location. Murdaugh's defense team also requested to be able to use an outside lab, Orthram, to test the DNA found under Maggie's fingernails. McCaslin is allowing the defense to have a quantitative analysis done. Join Anne and former South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon to watch and analyze the hearing live tomorrow here on Criminally Obsessed. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don’t miss our courtroom livestreams, the latest developments in the Alex Murdaugh retrial, and expert perspective with those closest to the case. #AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughRetrial #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #SouthCarolina #TrueCrime #MurdaughTrial _______________ ABOUT Criminally Obsessed is first on the scene, uniting fellow armchair detectives in their quest to crack the case. FOLLOW Instagram: Instagram: criminallyobsessed Facebook: Facebook: CrmnllyObsessed TikTok: TikTok: crmnallyobsessed X: Twitter: crmnllyobsessed SUBSCRIBE @criminallyobsessed MERCH STORE https://criminallyobsessed.promoshope...