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Feb 7 6 tweets 4 min read
Opening statement: Prosecutor says Dedrick Williams (bow tie) was driving and cutoff the car driven by @xxxtentacion Michael Boatwright (orange) & Trayvon Newsome (grey) put on masks and are armed. Passenger manages to run away. They rob the rapper & Boatwright shoots/kills him. ImageImageImage
There is a 4th co-defendant, Robert Allen, who pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree murder and will testify against the other 3.

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The 3 defendants sit at counsel table while the attorneys are at a sidebar at judge's bench.
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SHOOTING VIDEO: Surveillance video of @xxxtentacion being robbed and killed. The rapper's step-uncle Leonard Kerr was in the passenger seat and managed to escape.
MOTORCYCLE SHOP VIDEO: Moments before being shot and killed #XXXTentacion was inside shopping for a motorcycle (or more than one per state opening) with Leonard Kerr. They left, pulled out of the parking lot when they were cutoff by the killers. He had $50K in cash.
Opening statements have concluded. Lunch break until 3pm when the state will call their first witness. #XXXTentacion Image

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Feb 8
SUV log compared to Maggie's phone log:
9:03:44 SUV door opens.
9:04:23 missed called from Alex to Maggie.
9:06:12 orientation change on Maggie's phone.
9:06:14 missed call from Alex to Maggie
9:06:49 SUV starts.
9:06:50 SUV taken out of park
9:06:51 missed call Alex to Maggie
9:07 - 9:31 Screen off of Maggie's phone
9:08:51 - Alex text Maggie "going to check on M. Be right back"
9:22:45 - SUV is put in park (that's 9:06:50 - 9:22:45, drive to mom's?)
SUV logs driven by #AlexMurdaugh compared to Maggie's phone logs cont:
After presumably being at his mom's house for 21 minutes (see prev tweet) then:
9:43:05 SUV leaves off of park
9:43:59 SUV put into park
9:44:54 SUV out of park
9:45:32 Missed call from Alex to Maggie
Read 6 tweets
Feb 8
Next on the stand is #AlexMurdaugh's former paralegal Annette Griswold. Image
Griswold testifies that after the boat crash #AlexMurdaugh was more unavailable than ever. When he was in the office, his door was often shut. Things changed after the boat crash.
Griswold testifies about checks made out to "Forge". Griswold would ask #AlexMurdaugh if she could go ahead and mail those to Michael Gunn at Forge Consulting and Alex would tell her he would deliver to him by saying he's going to see him tonight, this weekend, etc...
Read 11 tweets
Feb 7
First witness for the state in #XXXTentacion murder trial is Cecelia Ramos. She was working at Bank of America the day the rapper died. He came into the bank and wanted to withdraw $250K. The bank didn't keep that kind of case on hand. She gave him $50K and 'ordered' the rest Image
BANK VIDEO: Ramos testifies #XXXTentacion came into the bank with a Louis Vuitton bag that he normally carried. You see him smile and talk with the teller.
Ramos told #XXXTentacion they could only give him $50K of the $250K he requested. The bank would "order" the remaining $200K and he could pick it up Friday. He was killed later that day and the killers stole the bag with the $50K.
Read 6 tweets
Feb 6
The state's 29th witness (thank you @AveryGWilks for the correct count) is SLED agent Kristin Moore.

#AlexMurdaugh
Moore executed a search warrant and located a blue tarp inside the closest in the north bedroom on the second floor.

#AlexMurdaugh
*closet not closest
Read 5 tweets
Feb 6
Prosecution now using an interview defense investigators did with Smith in Oct. 2022. She told them it was unusual for #AlexMurdaugh to come at night during her shift, she told them he would not come during shift and so this really registered as unusual.
Smith told defense investigators in Oct. 2022 that #AlexMurdaugh was there the night of the murders for "about 20 mins."
Smith told defense investigators that #AlexMurdaugh came to her after the funeral of his father and said if someone asks you how long I was at the house the night of the murders, you tell them 30-40 mins.
Read 6 tweets
Feb 6
MOTION GRANTED - Judge Clifton Newman rules the state CAN introduce alleged financial crimes by #AlexMurdaugh
"The court has reviewed all of the exhibits submitted and I've considered testimony..and I have concluded that the motion should be granted." BIG ruling in favor of the state in the #AlexMurdaugh double murder trial. Jury will hear about possible motive involving financial crimes
Judge finds that the jury is entitled to consider whether "the apparent desperation of Mr. Murdaugh because of his dire financial situation, the threat of being exposed for committing crimes he was later charged with, resulted in the commission of the alleged crimes."
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