Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. The 12 They also briefly headed to the estates main house. Earlier on Wednesday, jurors went to the scene of the crime that has been detailed throughout the six-week trial. Testimony concluded on Tuesday after more than 75 witnesses took the stand over about five weeks. A mother and her children were murdered while going on a trip to a water park. Vaughn, 36, also spent a half-hour at a Plainfield shooting range the night before the murders, the documents say, firing at targets with a gun later seized by police from between his dead wifes feet. On September 28, 2000, David Camm came home at approximately 9:26 p.m. and found his wife Kimberly, and his two children Bradley, 7, and Jill, 5, shot to death in the garage of their home in Georgetown, Indiana. [8], On October 25, 1994, Smith reported to police that her vehicle had been carjacked by a black man who drove away with her sons still inside. Investigators said his 22-year-old son, Paul, was shot twice with a shotgun and his 52-year-old wife, Maggie, was shot four or five times with a rifle outside of the kennels on their property. Like Mollie Burkhart, White reflected the transformation of the country. Jurors have visited the South Carolina estate where prosecutors say disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh shot and killed his wife and son. Bill Nettles, a criminal defense lawyer and former South Carolina U.S. attorney who is not involved in the case, said the visit could give jurors a sense of scale to make more-informed decisions about the timeline and other questions such as whether Murdaugh could have heard the gunshots across the grounds that have arisen during the trial. 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The first 911 call for help came at 5:25 a.m. from a passerby who saw Vaughn on the side of the road. In the early morning hours of June 14, 2007, a passerby called the police when they saw Christopher Vaughn on the side of the road, apparently injured. Large pools of dried blood still stained classroom floors. And they were all reaching a crescendo the day his wife and son were murdered by him, Waters said. 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"You asked me what kind of lawyer Alex was, and I told you he was a good lawyer," Crosby said. The Illinois CURE Act would allow individuals to try a new alternative form of treatment that is safer and potentially more effective in treating their symptoms. Several of those who tried to catch the killers were also killed, including a lawyer, W.W. Vaughan, who was thrown off a speeding train. Investigators said his 22-year-old son, Paul, was shot twice with a shotgun and his 52-year-old wife, Maggie, was shot four or five times with a rifle outside of the kennels on their property. Vaughn Yanko, a 22-year-old white male from West Chester, PA, was charged with Criminal Attempted Homicide, Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, and Recklessly Endangering Another Person. The use of the family weapons collaborates it. [4], Smith was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years. Always having to stay one step ahead of the game. Alex Murdaugh's theft of millions of dollars was about to be revealed so he killed his wife and son to buy time to figure a way out, a prosecutor said Wednesday during closing arguments in the disgraced South Carolina attorney's murder trial. Alex Murdaughs theft of millions of dollars was about to be revealed so he killed his wife and son to buy time to figure a way out, a prosecutor said Wednesday during closing arguments in the disgraced South Carolina attorneys murder trial. She grew up in a lodge, speaking Osage; within a few decades, she lived in a mansion and was a married to white settler. No one knew who this man was. The Osage had removed the panel not to forget what happened, as so many Americans had, but because they cant forget. For nine days, she made dramatic pleas on national television for their safe return. A Drug Hit. They were very curious about how far up they can go up that stairwell, said Raleigh News & Observer reporter Demorris Lee, who went with the jurors, according to a Court TV report. Jurors began the day with a visit to the crime scene, where a pool reporter said at least one of them carefully inspected the door frame of a storage closet where Paul Murdaugh was standing when he was killed. Old School (2003) R | 88 min | Comedy 7 Rate 54 Metascore Always have to literally beg, borrow and steal for over a decade to have the truth from being exposed, Waters said. Christopher Vaughn stands accused of fatally shooting his wife and three children in the family's SUV four years ago. Their hour-long field trip to the Moselle hunting estate in South Carolina came shortly before closing arguments began in what has been dubbed the trial of the century by local media. Today Vaughn is charged with all four murders, but his defense team argues his wife turned the gun on him and the children before killing herself. [6], After graduating from high school in 1989, Smith made a second attempt to kill herself after a married man she was in a relationship with ended their affair. By this time, the Vaughn family had also arrived on the scene, and saw that the elderly woman needed help. In a criminal trial, both the defense and the prosecution can request that juries view a crime scene and its generally up to the judge to decide whether to approve it. After the shootings, Vaughn was not initially a suspect; in fact, he voluntarily spoke with police on several occasions. 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The jurors are slated to travel to the property, which is under contract for $3.9 million, Wednesday morning amid tight security. Jurors have visited the South Carolina estate where prosecutors say disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh shot and killed his wife and son. According to a pool reporter on the scene, one juror was standing near the feed room, looking up at its doorway, where expert witnesses called by prosecutors have alleged Paul was murdered with a shotgun. The family of one Osage in particular, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target of the conspiracy. Courtroom evidence from the Chris Coleman triple murder trial is now open to the public. Jurors have visited the South Carolina estate where prosecutors say disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh shot and killed his wife and son. Testimony concluded Tuesday in Alex Murdaughs double murder trial, and the jury could begin deliberations as early as Wednesday afternoon. But there was no blood spatter or DNA linking the killings to Alex Murdaugh or anyone else, and prosecutors never laid out how they think Murdaugh could have killed his family, cleaned himself up, disposed of the clothes and weapons, and composed himself in the 15-minute window before GPS data shows he left the property to visit his ailing mother. When jurors are taken to the scene of a crime, they are generally advised not to share their thoughts with one another because deliberations dont begin until both sides are done presenting evidence. Waters concluded his closing argument on Wednesday by stressing to the jury to use common sense and human nature to give justice to Maggie and Paul who deserve a voice., They need a voice because they can no longer speak. March 1, 2023. Courtesy the Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries, Finney No. Alex Murdaugh faces 30 years to life in prison without parole if convicted of the killings, for which he has pleaded not guilty. A filing from February 2011 says Christopher Vaughn, who had been shot twice, waved down a passing motorist and said he thought his wife shot him. Judge Clifton Newman allowed the visit but cautioned jurors about the differences in how the property looks now. Prosecutors have focused on footage taken from Paul Murdaugh's cellphone the night of the murders, including a video taken at the kennels several minutes before the victims were believed to be killed that investigators said has Alex Murdaugh talking in the background. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. And even supposing the family had a particular fondness for Knight's Action Park and Caribbean Water Adventure in Springfield, that park doesn't open until 10 a.m. Who needs a luggage rack for a day trip? Many of them went up to about the fourth, fifth step and would turn back and look, even wave their hands to see, look behind them to see if they can fall or if they can possibly catch themselves.. Her mother then married Beverly Russell, a member of the local chapter of the Christian Coalition, who later was revealed to have molested Smith when she was a teenager. Police were called about the first shooting at around 12:30 a.m. at the Family Dollar store on Hemphill Street. Jurors spent the majority of their trip by the dog kennels and shed where Paul and Maggie were killed on June 7, 2021. He then decided to adjust a loose luggage rack on top of the SUV at which time he reportedly said he was shot. + one copy of McCandless & Company: Insecurities - The Special Edition. 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