300 Blackout rifle rounds, as well as Federal Premium and Winchester Drylok 12-gauge, 3-inch shotgun shells, were used as the weapons or guns in the Murdaugh murders. Alex Murdaugh was charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife and youngest son in June 2021.
The most recent Netflix documentary, Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal, focuses on the succession of incidents that started with Mallory Beach's passing and eventually led to the demise of the Murdaugh family legacy. It shows the murders of Paul Murdaugh, 22, and his mother Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh, 52, who was discovered dead in their family's hunting lodge in June 2021.
The three-part series exposes the murkiest secrets of the Murdaughs, a well-known family of South Carolina lawyers who appeared to be above the law up until the drowning death of adolescent Mallory Beach in a drunken boating accident. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal, a three-part real crime series on Netflix, raises more questions than it does answers. What appeared to be a tragic accident caused by the powerful Murdaugh family's scion ended up being only one fatality and a string of financial crimes.
Alex Murdaugh, who is currently on trial for killing his wife and son, Maggie, and Paul Murdaugh, was at the center of all the events. Alex Murdaugh was charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife and youngest son in June 2021. South Carolina officials also disclosed the murder weapons. So, what types of guns/weapons were used in the Murdaugh Murders?
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As per the reports, a gun and a weapon from Murdaugh's home were used in the Murdaugh's murders. Firearms Examiner Paul Greer prepared to testify before the Colleton County jury that several rifle cartridges and shotgun shells discovered at the murder scene in Moselle match ammunition discovered elsewhere on the Murdaugh property, including the family's shooting range.
While investigating 300 Blackout cartridges discovered close to the door of the Murdaughs' gun room at their Moselle home and their shooting range, fired S&B 300 Blackout cartridges discovered close to Maggie's bloody body showed matching mechanism marks, according to SLED Firearms Examiner Paul Greer's testimony.
The disbarred Hampton County attorney was indicted by a Colleton County grand jury, and both the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the South Carolina Attorney General's Office filed charges against Alex. The indictments only mentioned that Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot to death, and that was about it as far as information concerning their killings went.
The indictments state that Murdaugh shot his 22-year-old son dead with a shotgun. The indictment's accusation of possessing a firearm during the commission of a violent crime claimed that he killed his 52-year-old wife using a different weapon, a rifle. Murdaugh was charged with two charges of murder and two counts of having a weapon while committing a violent offense overall. The indictment omitted information regarding the rationale behind the usage of various firearms as well as the number of rounds fired from each weapon.
Early on, prosecutors declared that they thought at least one family weapon was used to kill the Murdaughs. Fired S&B 300 Blackout rifle rounds, as well as Federal Premium and Winchester Drylok 12-gauge 3-inch shotgun shells, were discovered at the crime site.
Also, another theory made was that the gun that killed Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh on the evening of June 7, 2021, may have been one she bought, picked up, and delivered for her son Paul, who was also shot and died in a case in which the family patriarch, Alex Murdaugh, is accused.
The Murdaughs were put in the public eye as a result of Mallory Beach's passing, but a worse tragedy was about to come. Paul Murdaugh was brutally murdered on June 7, 2021, along with his mother Maggie, so he was unable to attend the first day of the trial regarding Mallory's killing. Alex arrived first and immediately dialed 911 to report the horrible tragedy.
Alex informed the person on the phone that when he got home, he discovered the bodies of his wife and son. According to Alex's evidence, he wasn't there when the crime took place. This was disproved, though, when a video discovered on Paul's phone made it very evident that Alex was with Maggie and Paul right before they passed away. In a video, Alex's voice could be heard with Paul and Maggie's in the background.
The murder trial, which has inspired popular docuseries on Netflix and HBO Max, CNN, has been actively covered by the media since it began on January 25. Alex Murdaugh was charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife and youngest son in June 2021.