Jurors Hear About Blue Rain Jacket in Alex Murdaugh Trial

Jurors Hear About Blue Rain Jacket in Alex Murdaugh Trial
Alex Murdaugh (R) speaks with his defense attorney Jim Griffin in the Colleton County Courthouse during Murdaugh's double murder trial in Walterboro, S.C., on Feb. 6, 2023. Jeff Blake/The State via AP, Pool
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Jurors at Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial in South Carolina heard evidence Tuesday that gunshot residue was found inside a rain jacket found at his mother’s home three months after his wife and son were killed.

A judge’s decision to allow the testimony was the second win for prosecutors in as many days. Judge Clifton Newman on Monday allowed prosecutors to call witnesses to testify that Murdaugh was stealing money from his law firm and clients and committing other financial crimes long before the killings.