![]() Griffin says when Owen identified inconsistencies in Murdaugh’s alibi, time was the biggest issue. Owen says that is the most common mistake. He says people make mistakes about times. Owen admits his testimony was not accurate. Griffin points out he said they were buck shot and bird shot loads. Owen says that the guns did have mixed loads, it was just different brands of ammunition. Griffin says he told the same thing to the Grand Jury and asks if Owen was lying to the Grand Jury. Owen says he is allowed to use trickery to illicit a response. Griffin asks if he was lying to Murdaugh. Griffin asks if he can identify any weapons loaded with both. They discuss the August 11 interview during which Owen told Murdaugh that several weapons at the home were loaded with buck shots and bird shots. Griffin asks if SLED ever seized the pair of khaki pants the Murdaugh’s housekeeper, Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson, testified she saw on the bathroom floor the morning of June 8. Owen says he didn’t get that report until later. Hematrace testing found no evidence of human blood on the shirt. It said Paul and Maggie’s DNA was found in areas of presumptive-positive blood on the shirt. Griffin points out that the information given to the Colleton County Grand Jury when they indicted Murdaugh was inaccurate. Griffin asks what kind of evidence would’ve been exclusionary. Owen says they were looking for evidence to include or exclude Murdaugh. He asks why Paul and Maggie’s clothes weren’t tested. Griffin asks why Murdaugh’s clothes were the only clothes tested for DNA even though he was not the victim of a crime. Griffin asks if they were looking for blood-spatter, which would’ve been present on whoever shot Paul. Griffin asks if that is because they were focused on the clothes Murdaugh was wearing when SLED got there. Griffin asks if Owen ever asked Murdaugh where the clothes in the Snapchat video were. Owen says Murdaugh was the only known suspect at that time. They discuss the confrontation on Augduring which Owen asked Murdaugh if he did it. ![]() He says SLED did not find any trace evidence anywhere in the house. Griffin asks if Murdaugh had cleaned up at the house after committing the murders, wouldn’t they expect to find trace evidence? Owen says yes, if Murdaugh cleaned up in the house. He says he would think there would be blood or DNA on it, but he can’t say for sure unless he tested the weapon. He says if someone had wrapped the gun used to kill Paul, it would have blood or DNA on it. Griffin says that the jacket tested negative for blood and DNA. He says he showed her hoping she would recognize the color because she had only ID’d a blue vinyl item. Owen says that he showed Shelly Smith the jacket about a month ago. They move on to discuss the blue rain jacket. Griffin points out they looked through the house and Murdaugh’s cars and found hardly any evidence of blood or GSR. Owen says at that point, he didn’t have a full timeline. Griffin says that Rogan Gibson had been interviewed by the morning of June 8 and had poked a hole in Murdaugh’s alibi. Owen says it wasn’t missed, it just wasn’t known about. Griffin says that opportunity was missed. ![]() Griffin asks if a search of Alameda could’ve excluded Murdaugh from the investigation. Griffin points out that Alameda was never searched until sometime in mid-September. The GM data shows that Murdaugh did not stop along the way. He says several waterways between the two areas were searched as well and no weapons were found. Owen says it was driven and no weapons were found. Griffin asks if SLED ever searched the route from Moselle to Alameda. ![]() Griffin asks if any murder weapons were found at Moselle during SLED’s search.
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