as a result of something that was found at the double murder scene for maggie and paul murdaugh. >> sod. and he was found july 7th of 2015. rumors were everywhere. everywhere. this is a small county. it's impossible that people didn't know what happened. people talk. >> what the talk has always been was that stephen had some sort of a relationship with a murdaugh. and that was going to get out. >> so they took him out? >> think how courageous stephen was. you're talking about a young man who is homosexual, who isn't hiding it, is very proud of who he is. you're talking about a small southern town. >> it's taboo. >> it's taboo. and he's wearing it proud. and somebody didn't like it. it clearly had to have been related to his sexuality. don't you believe, mike? >> 100%. 100%. south carolina and wyoming are the only two states that have no hate crimes law. >> we have have no hate crimes law? >> no. we can't get one passed. and we have been trying and begging and fighting. >> you're kidding me. >> no. >> what happened to stephen smith? >> there's so much we don't know. we know some bare bo

mal mallory's body was found eight days later. >> we knew that the accused driver was paul murdaugh.ops. >> i'm fine. >> you sure? >> i'm fine. >> what's your last name? >> murdaugh. >> we kept asking for the initial police report. the incident report. we didn't get -- i didn't get that until 2021. that is so odd to me. usually you can get an incident report. >> you were suspicious? >> very suspicious. everything was suspicious. >> we had good sources in law enforcement. they told us the fix is in already. >> in the incident report, law enforcement did not specify who was driving the boat. this lawyer represents one of the surviving passengers. >> as a prosecutor, i have seen done in every dui case, every felony dui and boating under the influence cases, it's law enforcement 101, police academy 101, you separate the people, you figure out who was driving, you none of that occurred in this case. now we know there's missing evidence. >> directly after the boat crash the passengers were transported to the hospital, and according to the hospital staff, alex murdoch and his father went fr

actions while investing a case in which murdaugh's son pauling a 19-year-old friend of his in a boating accident while allegedly under the influence in 2019. prosecutors revealed the video allegedly places alex murdaugh at the crime scene one hour and 15 minutes before he called 911. >> did you hear anything? did you come home and find them? >> i just came back. >> the announcement for prosecutors came last thursday when murdaugh appeared in court over a dispute whether he should be compelled to offer an alibi in the case. the nature of the murders of 52-year-old maggie murdaugh and the couple's 22-year-old son paul along with the prominence of the well-connected family in south carolina has turned this case into one of the most high-profile murder mysteries in the country. murdaugh has reportedly denied -- repeatedly denied any role and contends he was visiting his mother and father. his trial date has been set for january of next year. >> trace: thank you. climate protesters are at it again, salting artwork with food. in germany sunday, two