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Alex Murdaugh Makes BOLD Move in Murder Case

Alex Murdaugh, the son of a legal dynasty in South Carolina's Low Country, is asking the judge presiding over his retrial to dismiss the indictment charging him with murdering his wife, Maggie, and their son, Paul. Murdaugh's attorneys are pointing to statements the lead investigator on the case, r…

Did Alex Murdaugh's Grand Jury Hear a Lie From SLED's Lead Agent?

Alex Murdaugh's lawyers say the grand jury that indicted him heard a lie from SLED's lead case agent, David Owen, and they want the indictments thrown out over it. Owen told the July 2022 grand jury an expert found blood spatter on Alex's T-shirt; SLED's own lab had already found no human blood o…

Alex Murdaugh's Murder Case Hangs on Whether One SLED Agent Lied

Alex Murdaugh's motion to dismiss comes down to one question about SLED's lead case agent, David Owen: lie, or honest mistake. Owen told the July 14, 2022 grand jury the spatter on Alex's shirt held Maggie and Paul's DNA. SLED's lab had found no human blood on it, in a report addressed to him tha…

Alex Murdaugh's Lawyers Say a Lie, Not a Mistake, Got Him Indicted for Murder

Alex Murdaugh's lawyers say a lie, not a mistake, got him indicted for murder, and SLED's lead case agent, David Owen, says he never meant to mislead. That's the fight Judge Debra McCaslin hears November 13, 2026. The defense wants the indictments dismissed without prejudice, arguing the grand ju…

How Serious Are Alex Murdaugh’s Claims of Misconduct by SLED and Attorney General Alan Wilson’s Office? (171pt2)

In Part Two, Investigative Journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down Team Murdaugh's three big accusations: that Agent David Owen lied to the grand juries, that the AG's office misused the state grand jury to investigate a murder, and that the state leaked the T-shirt evidence to world-re…

FMCSA's Motus continues messy: 5K-plus trucking companies' authority suspended in a single day

"Stay out of Motus!" --NASTC President David Owen reiterating the message of compliance consultant Jeff Davis delivered in this week's Overdrive Radio podcast edition Fleet Safety Services consultant Jeff Davis and NASTC Insurance Services agent Mike Jordan Oct. 29 delivered the message above to a…

COJ #203 - Pressure Makes Mistakes: Ret. Detective Steve Remick on What SLED Agent Owen’s Notes Mean In the Murdaugh Case

Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ welcome 28-year retired law enforcement officer Lt. Steve Remick — 28 years in Virginia law enforcement, now teaching at George Mason — joins Mandy and Liz to read the document everyone’s fighting about: Agent David Owen’s case management …

Alex Murdaugh's Prosecutors Gave the Judge the Same Answer They Gave About Becky Hill

In January 2024, the South Carolina Attorney General's office told Judge Jean Toal that Becky Hill's comments to the Alex Murdaugh jury didn't matter because the evidence was overwhelming. In May 2026, five Supreme Court justices threw the convictions out. On November 6, 2026, the same office tol…

Alex Murdaugh's Prosecutors Used THIS Word for a Lab Report That Sat a Year

The Alex Murdaugh motion to dismiss now has the State's answer on file, and prosecutors call their agent's year-long miss inadvertent. SLED analyst Sarah Zapata found no human blood in the shirt cuttings she tested in 2021. Her report sat in lead agent David Owen's email until November 2022, afte…

Why Alex Murdaugh's Prosecutors Say the Grand Jury Didn't Need the Shirt

Alex Murdaugh's prosecutors admit two of their lead agent's grand jury claims were wrong, and they still want every murder indictment to stand. Their filing leans on State v. Thrift, a 1994 case that lets a judge toss an indictment only when misconduct substantially influenced it. Prosecutors say…