there's anthony cook and his girlfriend, mallory beach, connor cook and his girlfriend, miley altman, and morgan doughty, and her boyfriend, paul murdaugh. very south carolina group of friends that would do a lot of outdoor activities together. >> in the low country, you go fishing and you go boating. and sometimes those activities may involve a little bit of alcohol consumption as well. so provisions were made by some of these kids to get beer and to get alcohol. paul murdaugh used his older brother's id. >> he'd walked out and then lifted the twelve packs up over his head in celebration. >> and off they went in the murdaugh boat and headed towards a destiny that they could not possibly have imagined . >> just take us through how you all met up that night and -- and what you all did. we want you to tell us what you're sure and certain about. what you saw. okay? >> so we were over at a friend's house. we left from chechessee, which is paul's house, in his boat. >> everybody was drinking. ain't no denying it, hiding it. it was just the three of them going on a long boat ride at night.

everybody's kind of thrown around, and mallory beach is thrown off the boat. >> we're in a boat crashg. we're coming, we're coming, okay? >> not far. i'm en route to the boat bridge. >> this scene is chaos from the start. you've got law enforcement from several different agencies responding. >> police, paramedics, the fire department, they all arrive with one goal -- to find mallory. >> one of those agencies has dash cams recording, and although you can't see much, you can hear quite a bit. >> right now we're going to get you taken care of. you hear anthony cook, mallory's boyfriend. at one point he's yelling at paul. >> paul, you [ bleep ] smiling like it's [ bleep ] funny! my girlfriend's gone! you think it's [ bleep ] funny? >> anthony cook is losing his mind. he's telling them, that s.o.b. killed my girlfriend. >> i hope you rot in [ bleep ] hell! >> sit down. >> and part of what anthony was so upset about that night was this idea that paul wasn't going to get in trouble. he has a conversation with this officer to that point. >> he does. he asked him, does he know who his father i

what did mallory beach's father tell you about this conviction?lip and early on phillip made a comment that his daughter hadn't died in vain and was going to serve a greater purpose. we just didn't know what it was yet. and the sentencing came on the four-year anniversary when they found her body. so it was a very poignant day and they are pleased that there has been -- the victimization of alex victims has stopped. there has been some justice as a result of her death and we look forward to continuing to bring some accountability for her death. >> bill: job well done. a few more cases still outstanding. mark tinsley from south carolina today. thank you. >> thank you. >> dana: could banks see a rise in demand? one local nonprofit is trying to copy. we'll have that next. from newday home loan and save hundreds every month. there are no upfront fees to apply. ♪ zyrteeeec...♪ works hard at hour one and twice as hard when you take it again the next day. so betty can be the... barcode beat conductor. ♪ go betty! ♪ let's be more than our allergies! zeize

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has a tiger like mark tinsley on his tail pursuing discovery in a case involving the death of mallory beach and having a father for the most part on his death bed, i could imagine or really can't imagine, i know it had to be quite a bit going through your mind on that day. but amazingly, to have you come and testify that it was just another ordinary day that my wife and son and i were out just enjoying life. not credible. not believable. you can convince yourself about it, but obviously you have the inability to convince anyone else about that. so if you made any such arguments as a lawyer, you would lose every case like that, cases you will never have an opportunity to argue anymore except perhaps your own as you sit in the department of corrections. the nothing further? >> no, sir. >> mr. murdaugh, i sentence you to the state department of corrections on each of the murder indictments in the murder of your wife, maggie murdaugh, i sentence you for a term of the rest of your natural life. for the murder of paul murdaugh, whom you probably love so much, i sentence you to prison for murderin

putting aside whether paul murdaugh had culpability reliability for killing mallory beach which is horriblee's got this family that has now been destroyed. it was destroyed in the hands of a now convicted murderer, the father of the husband of the two victims of this kate case. the jurors were tasked with judging the credibility of all the witnesses, chris. that is their job as members of the jury. and they wholesale rejected any defense that was offered by alec murdaugh. they said it's just not worthy of our time, clearly, because within hours they said you're guilty. >> murdaugh, and his defense team, the high leverage decision that put him on the set day and doesn't happen that often in these kinds of cases, but it did not appear to work. katie phang, ellison barbara, thank many thanks. still to come after another right-wing threat to democratic congresswoman who thought he might have to fight his way out of january six joins me. january six joins me. ♪ you like to... move it ♪ we're reinventing our network. ♪ ♪ ♪ fast. reliable. perfectly orchestrated. the united states postal service.

the lies, the emotionality of having maggie murdaugh, paul murdaugh, a young man, mallory beach, the young woman paul murdaugh was responsible for killing, all these deaths, there has to be accountability and one person who's going to stand for that accountability and that's alex murdaugh. at his arraignment, he was asked by the judge how do you want to be tried? he said by god and by my country. he also got tried by a jury of his peers, and because of that, he's going to get life in prison. >> a jury of his peers at a time where whatever privilege and connections they had, they clearly ran out tonight in this rather stark double murder guilty verdict. i want to thank ellison barber, charles coleman, and katie phang. and thanks to each of you. appreciate it. >>> we have been co-anchoring a little bit on a breaking news story. you never know when these verdicts are coming. thanks for letting me play along. >> clutch player ari melber coming in. our legal eagle. i so appreciate you, my friend. thank you for going o.t. all right, thank you very much. >>> now to another legal case we're

son, paul, was charged with drunkenly crashing the family boat, the accident killing 19-year-old mallory beachas supposed to stand trial for her death. the visit to mozell not the first time a jury has toured a crime scene. the jurors in the o.j. simpson trial visited the condo where nicole brown simpson lived. >> it's not uncommon for jurors to leave the courthouse and view the scene of a crime, but it's also not common. for jurors to see the crime scene, to understand it better, it makes sense. >> i am going to testify, i want to testify. >> reporter: late last week, murdaugh taking the ultimate step to assert his innocence, testifying in his own defense. >> mr. murdaugh, are you a family annihilator? >> a family annihilator? you mean like, did i shoot my wife and my son? >> yes. >> no. >> i think you could hear a pin drop in the courtroom when purchase murdaugh took the stand. >> reporter: in a bombshell admission, murdaugh confessing that he previously lied to investigators about his whereabouts the night of the murders. >> were you, in fact, at the kennels at 8:44 p.m. on the night maggie

client and he has a tagger like mark tansler on his tail pursuing the discovery in the death of mallory beach and having a father for the most part on his deathbed. i can imagine or really can't imagine. i know it had to have been quite a bit going through your mind on that day. but amazingly to have you come and testify that it was just another ordinary day. that my wife and son and i were just out enjoying life. not credible. not believable. you can convince yourself about it but you have the inability to convince anybody else about that. if you made any such arguments as a lawyer you would lose every case. cases you will not have an opportunity to argue anymore except perhaps your own as you sit in the department of corrections. anything further? >> no, sir. >> all right. mr. murdaugh, i sentence you to the state department of corrections on each of the murder indictments in the murder of your wife maggie murdaugh, i sentence you for a term of the rest of your natural life. for the murder of paul murdaugh, whom you probably loved so much, i sentence you to prison for murdering him for the

and of course mallory beach was kill in the a boat crash involving his son. that case involving a key role in this trial. murdaugh is facing a lawsuit for the boat crash evenou abo the howid they convince them so quickly? >> he said they looked at the time line and then played the video. >> the video with the kennel vo. eva pilgrim, excellentks andeks. wedotva and the entire team has been working on a two-hour "20/20" special that dives into all these questions. the history of the murdaugh family, what led to this and headli headlines. the all-new "20/20," what led up to that awful day. the murdaugh family murders, 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight, 8:00 central. eva, i'll see you later for "20/20.." >>> in the meantime, we continue with the other news, the storm moving from the south into the east. atlanta, washington, d.c., philadelphia, new york, boston all in the path. at least seven reported tornadoes already across the south in the past 24 hours. this funnel texas. in firmed ef heading east. damaging winds in huntsville, alabama. and all of this moves north ton

was it the mallory beach family was still involved in a civil lawsuit, but also had grief that the facte. was is stephen smith's family was connected to this because they have never gotten justice for their son in their mind? was is somebody from a drug deal perspective after alek came out and said i am addict did to opioids ? >> a spokesperson tells me while this is being called a double homicide there is no danger to the public right now and that at last report they were not looking for suspects in this case. after the murders there was a call to say that the public is not in danger. which would let you think that they know exactly who the killer was. the person that finds the body many times is a prime suspect, but he had a specific and potentially convenient alibi if you go see one of your parents at the same time the murders happened. >> can someone confirm he was there? >> i do not think at this point we know if anybody was there with her. i never gotten a scent that any of the brothers were there or anybody else the set i saw him an hour before the murder or when they happened. k

and of course mallory beach was killed in a boat crash involving his dead son paul. that case involving a key role in this trial. murdaugh is still facing a lwsuit for the boat crash even with this verdict. >> i have to ask you about the two jurors who were not guilty initially. how did they convince them so quickly in deliberations? >> he said they looked at the time line and then played the video. >> the video with the kennel with murdaugh's own voice. >> mm-hmm. >> eva pilgrim, excellent reporting for weeks and weeks. thank you. we should note eva and the entire "20/20" team has been working on a two-hour "20/20" special that dives into all these unanswered questions. the history of the murdaugh family, what led to this and the other cases generating headlines along the way. the all new "20/20," what led up to that awful day. the murdaugh family murders, 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight, 8:00 central right here on abc. eva, i'll see you later for "20/20." >>> in the meantime, we continue with the other news, this major storm moving from the south into the east. atlanta,

for how he ended up paying for the settlement for his dead son's wrongful death trial in case of mallory beach, hissed dead wife's estate played for, it seemed he had no problem taking people's lives and committing insurance fraud to cover his a. >> there is just no question about his character. that is obvious by his own testimony. the things he did stealing from clients, stealing from his own law firm and horrible thing you just arctic lated about an employees. he just -- he is not a person that is likable. for that reason alone when he testified, and he lied, the jury came to a simple conclusion, you lie now, you probably are lying then, and you will lie gain again and we have no question but they have proven their case, you are guilty. kennedy: were there at pecks aspects of this trial similar to o.j. simpson murder. >> there is never been a case or will be there a case similar to the ojo.j. simpson case, that case went on for 9 months. it had every aspect you could deal with in a criminal case. it is clearly the case of the century. this case does not come close. kennedy: all right, the n

also speaking out, father of 19-year-old mallory beach, who was killed in the 2019 boat crash caused murdagh who was drunk at the time of the accident. >> it has been a long four years. it is an outcome. >> reporter: when alex murdagh completed evaluation he will be sent to a maximum security prison to serve out his double life sentence. back to you. pete: a fox news alert, an elderly deli worker shot and killed in new york's upper east side late last night in an apparent robbery. police say the shooting took place at this gourmet deli. the 67-year-old employee was declared dead at the scene. the suspect wore a hazmat suit and the mask and sped off on a scooter. now to a fox weather alert, powerful storm sweep across the south, killing at least ten people including three in alabama. four debt in kentucky, several tornadoes touched down. in the midwest, the upper midwest, snowfall in indiana creating dangerous conditions on the road. serious situation in southern california, communities in san bernardino buried. members of the national guard helping shovel residents out of their homes

i saw it in the mallory beach case where she was thrown off the murdaugh boat with paul murdaugh at theel. alex was hovering like a vampire over the other boat goers trying to get them not talk to police. the housekeeper falling down the steps at the hunting dodge and is this any different? i'm not saying it is buster at all. i don't think it would be buster murdaugh. if anyone trying to shape a case, it would be alex murdaugh. that's something for him to think about while he is sitting in jail wondering what correctional institute he is headed to. >> gillian: i always learn something from talking to you. thank you for taking time with us this morning. >> thank you for inviting me. i want justice for this boy's mother. >> gillian: thank you. john. >> if you're somebody that wants to earn a paycheck and contribute to the greater good in the countries working in the crafts, there is nothing more rewarding than that. >> john: a drop in skilled worker. why it is becoming harder and harder to find a plumber or electrician. it is not just you, it's true. a massive teachers union laying down t

the father of mallory beach, the father of the girl killed in the boat cash paul murdoch was drivinghole thing off according to the state. he was here today and he said it helps bring a little sense of justice, the fact that this case made sure his daughter's name and what happened to her has stayed in the media and people did not forget what happened to her. that's how all of these victims felt in the end hoping they, too, will get justice. >> diane gallagher, thank you for your reporting coverage and shan woo thank you for your al n -- al nalysis. >>> how far are former president trump's rivals willing to go to drive home their differences? blatche ever analysis. >>> how far arare former presidt trump's rivals willing to go to drive home their differences your home. do they have stylish beds at great prices? this bed is dreamy. what about five star dining sets? you're kelly clarkson. i love your work. find just what you need at wayfair! even a personal sauna. ♪ wayfair, you've got just what i need ♪ moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin. despite treatment it disrupts my

dollars from a client and he has a tagger like mark tinsley on his tail pursuing the death of mallory beach and having a father for the most part on his death bed, i can imagine, or i can't really imagine, but i know that it had to be quite a bit going through your mind on that day. but amazingly to have you come to testify that it was just another ordinary day that my wife and son and i were just out enjoying life. it is not credible. it is not believable. you can convince yourself about it, but obviously, you have the inability to convince anyone else about that. so, if you made any such arguments as a lawyer, you would lose every case about that, and cases that you will not have the opportunity to argue anymore except perhaps your own as you sit in the department of corrections. anything further? >> no, sir. >> all right. mr. murdaugh, i sentence you to the state department of corrections on each of the murder indictments in the murder of your wife maggie murdaugh, i sentence you for the term of your natural life. for the murder of paul murdaugh, whom you probably loved so much, i senten

also speaking out, the father of 19-year-old mallory beach, who was killed in the 2019 boat crash caused>> the last four years, it is an outcome we were hoping for. >> reporter: when alex murdagh completes his evaluation he will be sent to one of south carolina's maximum-security prisons to serve his double life sentence. pete: that first night when you realize -- rachel: this is the way the rest of his life is going to go. pete: five close calls involving airlines which makes biden's pick to lead the faa all the more important. here is how the confirmation hearing went. >> what airspace requires an esp transponder? >> thank you for the question. not sure i can answer that question. >> what are the operation limitations of the pilot flying under basic med? >> thank you for the question, i am not a pilot. pete: lack of answers amid trouble on the tarmac. will: i wish she would have told us first, nancy pelosi's message for president biden after he sided with republicans on blocking a far left crime bill in dc. the democrat division on full display. ♪ with the money we saved, we tried elec

has a tiger like mark tinsley on his tail pursuing discovery in the case involving the death of mallory beach. and having a father, for the most part, on his deathbed. i can imagine -- i really can't imagine -- i know it had to have been quite a dip going through your mind on that day. but amazingly, to have you come and testify that it was just another ordinary day that my wife and son and i were out just enjoying life, not credible. not believable. you can convince yourself about it but obviously you have the inability to convince anyone else about that. so if you made any such arguments as a lawyer you would lose every case like that. cases you will never have an opportunity to argue anymore except perhaps your own as you sit in the department of corrections. anything further? >> no. >> mr. murdaugh, i sentence you to the state department of corrections on each of the murder indictments in the murder of your wife, maggie murdaugh, i sentence you for a term of the rest of your natural life. for the murder of paul murdaugh, whom you probably loved so much, i sentence you to prison for murder

paul was awaiting trial for mallory beach's death. so it would make sense for sled to immediately look at all of the boat crash victims and their families to see if they had any sort of involvement. at the end of the day, sled deemed that none of them were suspects, which created a bigger question of, well, then who would want to hurt these people? but this was not the first time that the murdaughs had been implicated in some sort of crime. >> hampton county 911, what is your emergency? >> hello, um, i was going down along crocketville road. i see somebody laying out. >> is it in the road or on the side of the road? >> in the roadway. i didn't moved him or nothing like that, but somebody's going to hit him and it's dark. somebody's going to hit him. >> all right. we'll get an officer headed out that way. >> i was taking my dad to work and we were taking sandy run road. we pull up to a scene. we didn't know what it was. we just seen state troopers all around the road. no lights. cars are just sitting there running. finally, after waiti

murdaugh was charged with boating under the influence in a crash in 2019 that killed 19-year-old mallory beach tell them that i wentth kennel.r: h where it all unraveled. murdaugh told police it was only after his wife and son were murdered that he went to the dog kennels on his estate where the shooting happened. he claimed he found the bodies later, after visiting his ill mother. >> i knew they had been down there before i left to go to my mom's. >> reporter: but prosecutors had a mountain of circumstantial evidence centered on his cell phone along with those of maggie and paul. cell records led them to believe maggie and paul were shot to death at 8:49 p.m. that's when their phones locked for the final time. prosecutor waters zeroed in on four minutes just after that, when murdaugh's phone logged 283 steps. >> so what were you so busy doing? going to the bathroom? >> no, i don't -- i don't think that i -- >> get on a treadmill? >> no, i didn't get on a treadmill. >> jog in place? >> no. i didn't jog in place. >> jumping jacks? >> no, sir, i did not do jumping jacks. >> reporter: but it was

murdaugh was facing trial for a drunken boating accident, which had led to the death of 19—year—old mallory beach netflix series. alex wasn't worried about finding mallory. he wanted to make sure that...lips were sealed. they were more worried about a cover—up. - for over a century, the murdaughs were law and order. the family was under and increasing amount of stress. an increasing amount of stress. the homicide of maggie and paul really changed everything. this may very well be related i to the death of mallory beach. what was the motivation other than revenge? - there are facts that don't add up and bodies tied to this family. the case points to a darker truth about privilege in the deep south. the murdaughs were wealthy and powerful, and they had connections. four generations of murdaughs had served as top prosecutors going back to the 1920s. they rubbed shoulders with state governors, mingled with law enforcement. the name was enough to ensure any controversy — or potential crimes — disappeared. he even had a badge and a blue light fitted in his vehicle. the trouble was alex murdoch was addi

there are also three other desks that were connected to this family specifically, talking about mallory beachtes of both buster and paul murdaugh. and then the long housekeeper who died under somewhat mysterious circumstances. she allegedly tripped on the front steps of the murdaugh's home and you write this, in october of 2019, a local reporter named mandy math and revealed that while sifting through court documents about the murdochs, she had stumbled across a wrongful death settlement related to the housekeepers demise. more than half 1 million dollars had evidently been awarded to her two sons, tony and brian. tony read that this article and was shocked, neither here or brian had been told of the settlement and this is fascinating because alex murdaugh himself had said that to his housekeeper sons, i am going to pursue this. then they really heard nothing else of it until what turns out to be this multi million dollar insurance settlement. >> this was a really cold blooded, ruthless track that they performed over and over. he would win settlements for few chilly not at all well off people

we heard in this trial all the other situations from the death of mallory beach and then of course thef the steven schmidt case. i just have been texting in the last 30 minutes with todd proctor who was the lead sled detective on that case. he has now since retired. he said it is still open, obviously. where do you see things going? will other investigations come about? >> my understanding is that the stephen smith case investigation was reopened in -- alongside this investigation for alec murdaugh so we don't know yet what will become of that. we haven't heard anything but we look forward to hearing any updates if there are any. >> brian: thanks so much, susan williams, appreciate it. >> ainsley: thank you, susan. >> brian: 9:30 we will get that sentencing. other big story not going away even though a lot of people in the administration would like it to. that is what is happening in east palestine. as you saw the independent investigations and analysis of the air says potentially if we can't find a way to clean it up, this could be -- have long-term physical effects. and now we have p

mallory beach. and that paul was charged in that case before his death.l but his attorneys say he is not at fault for his son's alleged drinking and voting. and say someone else was driving. which brings me back to the double murder trial that we now see playing out. 12 jurors and two murders. one burden of proof. and one alex murdaugh. thank you for watching tonight. i am laura coates. alison camerota picks up coverage next. ♪ to guide you through a changing world. ♪ with the freestyle libre 2 system, know your glucose level and where it's headed. no fingersticks needed. manage your diabetes with more confidence. freestyle libre 2. try it for free at freestylelibre.us ubrelvy helps u fight migraine attacks. u rise to the challenge. u won't clock out. so u bring ubrelvy. it can quickly stop migraine in its tracks within 2 hours... ...without worrying if it's too late or where you are. unlike older medicines, ubrelvy is a pill that directly blocks a protein believed to be a cause of migraine. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. most common side effe

throughout the trial but murdaugh, once again, proclaimed his innocence, and there were the parents of mallory beach died in the boating accident where paul murdaugh was allegedly drunk while driving the boat. 22-year-old paul was facing charges in that incident before he was murdered. also there, some of the jurors, the panel that took less than three hours to find murdaugh guilty of killing his wife maggie and his younger son. murdaugh is still facing about 100 more charges related to alleged financial crimes including fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, and his lawyers say he plans to appeal the verdict in the murder trial. we'll have much more on alex murdaugh in our next half hour. >>> well, now to disturbing new details about a man alleged to have targeted transformers using explosive devices. abc's zohreen shah has more following a police search of his home. zohreen? >> reporter: eva, these incidents had a lot of people just terrified, and now a san jose resident, 36-year-old peter karasev has been arrested. authorities say he is responsible for blowing up at least two pg&e transformers

. >> the crash portrayed in a new netflix series killed 19-year-old mallory beach, whose family filedwas allegedly driving the boat and had a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit. a spokesperson for the south carolina department of natural resources told the post courier in 2021. the case also prompting investigators to revisit two more deaths of people in murdaugh's orbit. in 2015, 19-year-old steven smith, a classmate of alex murdaugh's older son buster, was found dead quote-unquote ten miles from the murdaugh home. police initially believed his death was a hit-and-run. but in 2021, opened an investigation based upon information gathered during the course of the double murder investigation of paul and maggie murdaugh. they have not directly accused the murdaugh family of any wrong doing in the case. alex murdaugh has also confessed to stealing a $4 million settlement from the sons of his family's housekeeper, gloria satterfield. satterfield died in 2018 after an apparent trip and fall at the murdaugh family home. the family and their attorney spoke out for the f

i'll start with the mallory beach incident. a young woman died in that boating accident. paul was at the wheel. there has been a civil suit filed. is that her family's last best recourse? >> yeah, i mean, for recovery on that. the question is going to be how much assets does the family still have? obviously there's some insurance. i believe there's also a lawsuit against parker's convenience store for selling them alcohol underage. so yeah, i mean, that lawsuit is very much still alive, and it will outlive the at the time of paul. if you really think about it, paul didn't have a whole lot of assets. they really were suing the family for the family letting them, you know, have that alcohol, have the boat, and then they're going to be suing the convenience store, which sold them alcohol underage. yeah, the civil suit about the boat accident is still very much alive. >> and what about gloria satterfield, bill? their family, as we said, their family housekeeper for a long time who died in a fall at the murdaugh house. could that case potentially be reopened? it's got a lot of

and the prosecution also pointed to the fact that the family of 19-year-old mallory beach the young womanho died in the drunking boaten crash son paul they were about to file a civil lawsuit for alec -- against alec that the prosecution said could have opened up more legal troubles for alec and possibly exposed some of these financial crimes that he has admitted to. but, because of all those things and because he did not want any of that information to be exposed, the prosecution laid out to the jury that he concocted this plan to kill his wife and son not only to distract attention away from these financial crimes but to also gain sympathy from the community who would then focus on this man who lost his family and, you know, focus on trying to figure out who committed these murders. you talk about means. the prosecution laid out to the jury that it was alec who had, you know, access to his son and his wife. he called them to the property on the night of the murders. it was alec who had -- who had access to those dog kennels and he later admitted being down there and, you know, we saw the

and then a vigilante seeking justice over the death of mallory beach, the teen girl, that somehow they read about it online and sought vengeance? none of that made sense. but it's the timing. forget about the crazy theories that the defense came up with. it's about the timing. he places himself at the scene of the murders within two to three minutes of the murders. it's like scott peterson putting himself at the scene at the marina where lacy's body was dumped the day it was dumped. he did that himself. he had no idea his voice had been caught on that video. after 20 months, when he was hemmed in, he finally admitted yeah, that's me. >> trace: nancy, stand by. let's go back to judge jeanine pirro. the jury has the case. as you look at this and listen to what nancy is saying, is there a take-away? you think the prosecution -- you had a lot of circumstantial evidence like we talked about earlier. little direct evidence. you think the prosecution made a compelling case? >> i think they made a compelling case. i think if you think about the circumstances with which -- this is a circumstant

that's what he said, um and then, of course, the young woman, mallory beach, who was in the boat that the other son was driving recklessly. paul was driving recklessly. and then, of course, maggie and paul were murdered to death as we now know biology. so what's particularly interesting is that they're not investigated thoroughly because they were in this county. you know, a big family. um you know, in all these cases where, um you see that mother you know, but i think this about about the police case we just reported on a while back in memphis, and we saw the mom on tv there. it's just your heart breaks. when you see these parents and family members and especially mama's on television. when they just they just haven't been given the ability to close these matters to understand these matters. and they'll never really put it behind them, but to sort of have to live your life in a shroud of i have no idea what happened here, the compounding interest of that on your sorrow of losing a child. i can't even begin to fathom. and so i think this family deserves all the investigation. anybody

murdaugh was charged with boating under the influence in a crash in 2019 that killed 19-year-old mallory beachere it unraveled. murdaugh told police it was only after his wife and son were murdered that he went to the dog kennels on his estate where the shooting happened. he claimed he found the bodies later, after visiting his ill mother. >> i knew thbeen down here befo. >> reporter: prosecutors had a mountain of circumstantial evidence centerd on his cellphone along with those of maggie and paul. cell records led them to believe maggie and paul were shot to death at 8:49 p.m. that's when their phones locked for the final time. prosecutors zeroed in on four minutes after that when murdaugh's phone logged 283 steps. >> what were you so busy doing? going to president bathroom? >> no, i don't think that i -- >> getting the a treadmill? >> no, i didn't get on the treadmill. >> jog in place? >> no, sir. i did not do jumping jacks. >> reporter: it was this video captured on paul's cell phone at 8:44 p.m. minutes before investigators believe the murders happened that caught murdaugh in a bold-faced

that's right for the boating accident involving his deceased son paul that involved 19-year-old mallory beach's family was at the sentencing for alex murdaugh. >> so sad all the way around. just incredibly sad. >> a lot of sadness. >> thank you, eva. >>> we turn to the investigation now into the death of another soldier who complained of sexual harassment at fort hood, the same facility where vanessa guillen was murdered. stephanie ramos is tracking the story. she joins us now. good morning, stephanie. >> good morning, george. fort hood is investigating the death of anna basalduaruiz, she was found on base monday, she was just 21 years old and her family saying they spoke to her every day and her parents even offering to pick her up when she said she was being harassed. this morning, fort hood officials are investigating the death of ana basalduaruiz a combat engineer who served with the division for the last 15 months. her family telling me that she had complained to them about sexual harassment at the post, and fort hood saying the army criminal investigation division and chain of command a

in the case involving the death of mallory beach. and having a father. for the most part on his deathbed. i could imagine. i really can't imagine. but i know it had to. have been quite a bit going through your mind on that day. but to have you come and testify. that it was just another ordinary day. and i were out just enjoying life. not credible. not believable. yourself about it, but obviously you're have the inability to convince anyone else about that. so. if you made any such arguments as a lawyer, you would lose every case and that like that. cases you will never have an opportunity to argue anymore. except perhaps your own as you sit in the department of corrections. mr murdoch. i sentence you. to the state department of corrections on each of the murder indictments. and the murder of your wife, maggie murdock. sentence you for the term of the rest of your natural life. for the murder of paul. murder. so much. i sentence you to prison. murdering him. rest of your natural life. those sentences will run consecutive. under the statute involving posse

and mallory beach was killed in a boat crash involving murdaugh's dead son, paul, in 2019. the boat crash. the trial for that expected in august. and murdaugh's legal troubles are not over yet. he's facing 99 charges for alleged financial crimes. during the trial we heard him repeatedly admit to many of those crimes. guys? >> just fascinating. all right, thank you so much, eva, for being on top of this from the beginning. thank you. >>> and coming up, all the fallout from the chris rock comedy special. we'll be right back. >> that's what they say. got to watch what you say because words -- t's next. even with higher stroke risk due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin... that's a trail i want to take. eliquis. eliquis reduces stroke risk better than warfarin. and has less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis has both. don't stop taking eliquis without talking to your doctor as this may increase your risk of stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial

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. >> reporter: the crash portrayed in a new netflix series killed 19-year-old mallory beach, whose familyaul was allegedly driving the boat and had a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit. the case also prompting investigators to revisit two more deaths of people in murdaugh's orbit. in 2015, 19-year-old steven smith, a classmate of murdaugh's older son buster, was found dead on a road ten miles from the murdaugh home. officials initially believed his death was a hit-and-run, but in 2021 opened an investigation based on information gathered during the course of the double murder investigation of paul and maggie murdaugh. alex murdaugh has also confessed to stealing a $4 million settlement from the sons of his family's housekeeper, gloria satterfield. she died in 2019 after an apparent fall at the murdaugh home. >> how much money did the family get after gloria died? >> zero. >> reporter: police also reopened the investigation into her death, which is still ongoing. >> it's just unbelievable. >> i mean, so many questions and so many people who died. there are questions