Alex Murdaugh's Eerie Final Text To His Wife

plenty of horrific information has come out about convicted murderer Alec Murdoch's actions on the night of his crimes but his final text to his wife is truly chilling Alec Murdoch's final text to his wife was revealed at his trial call me babe a common enough exchange for a married couple perhaps but that text was sent nearly an hour after Murdoch's wife died on June 7 2021.

in 2023 Murdoch was convicted of shooting and killing his wife and son Maggie and Paul Murdock on his family's rural South Carolina estate Alec son of a power ful line of legal Dynasty now a convicted murderer according to the prosecution what motivated the crime was an attempt to cover up Murdoch's substance abuse issue and his track record of financial malfeasance at the Murdoch Family Law Firm

Alec confessed to financial crimes but pleaded not guilty to charges against him stemming from Maggie and Paul's death still in March 2023 Murdoch was convicted of double homicide and sentenced to life in prison Murdoch's last text to his wife is just one element of The Alibi he tried to build surrounding the deaths of his wife and son an alibi that he later admitted was fabricated once

Maggie's phone was examined it was confirmed that Murdoch's last text to his wife was never read meanwhile Maggie's phone yielded a trove of information crucial to the investigation on the day of the murders Maggie had been staying at a different home owned by the family and only went to the estate at the urging of Alec who said his father was dying she went reluctantly reportedly texting

a friend that his behavior was fishy and said he's up to something final text aside Maggie murdox cell phone proved an important piece of evidence her phone was in airplane mode when she was killed but the device still recorded its location information it indicated that it was picked up repeatedly and moved some distance after she died and that its orientation had also changed after the murders

took place someone seems to have tried and failed to use its facial recognition function to unlock it after her death Maggie's phone also received three unanswered calls from Alec before his last text arrived in addition Murdoch made several other phone calls to those close to the family Maggie's final unread text from her husband was received 20 minutes before Murdoch called 9-1-1 to report his wife and

son were not breathing wjcl published a timeline of all the phone transactions between Alec Maggie and Paul that took place on the day of the killings along with the phone's movements in many ways it seemed like a typical day until about 8 50 PM when Paul and Maggie stopped responding to any callers or messages Murdoch later said he was not at home when his wife and

son were killed a according to Murdoch he was visiting his mother who was Ill in light of all that state prosecutor Creighton Waters said to the jury at Murdoch's trial via Daily Beast it's up to you to decide whether or not he was trying to manufacture an alibi although Alec Murdoch denied he shot and killed his wife and son he admitted he lied about his whereabouts

when they died at first Murdoch said he ate dinner at the Family Estate napped while his wife and son visited the dog kennel where they were later found dead and then left to visit his mother Murdoch's car tracking data says it was at his mother's home for just a short time besides Maggie's phone offering key bits of evidence contributing to Alex conviction Paul's phone also captured

an audio recording of Alex Boyce after he said he left the area Alec blamed the fake Alibi on addiction issues and paranoia on the night Maggie and Paul died Alex said I wasn't thinking clearly I don't think I was capable of reason and I lied about being down there he said once the lying began he had to keep lying Alec also testified I didn't shoot my