Alex Murdaugh’s Surviving Son: What To Know About Buster & His Testimony In Murder Trial

• Lawyer Alex Murdaugh has been accused of murdering his woman and son.
• Alex’s older lad Buster is his lone remaining contiguous household subordinate pursuing the murders.
• Buster Murdaugh testified for the archetypal clip connected Tuesday, February 21.

Alex Murdaugh’s surviving son Buster took the basal to testify successful his father’s defence connected Tuesday, February 21. The proceedings marked the archetypal clip that the lawyer’s lad spoke retired since his mother Maggie and brother Paul were murdered successful June 2021. He teared up galore times passim his testimony. Since the proceedings began connected January 25, Buster, 26, has been seated down his begetter connected the defence broadside done the trial. Find retired everything you request to cognize astir Buster and the proceedings here.

Buster Murdaugh seated successful tribunal during his father’s trial. (Andrew J Whitaker/AP/Shutterstock)

Alex was accused of sidesplitting his woman and son

Alex Murdaugh, 54, reported the murders of his lad Paul, 22, and woman Maggie, 52, astatine their household hunting lodge connected June 7, 2021. The lawyer and his woman had been surviving separately for immoderate time, and helium asked her to conscionable to sojourn with his sick father. Both Maggie and Paul were changeable aggregate times. Alex was indicted successful July 2022 for some murders. Alex has plead not guilty, and the prosecutors are seeking a beingness imprisonment condemnation without parole.

Buster said helium regularly spoke with his household earlier the murders

Buster was called connected to attest by his father’s defense. During his affectional testimony, Buster said that helium kept successful interaction with each of his household members beauteous regularly. He testified that helium spoke to each of his household members conscionable astir each day, according to The New York Times. He described their household arsenic “close-knit,” per Today.

Alex Murdaugh is seen successful tribunal during his execution trial. (Jeff Blake/AP/Shutterstock)

Buster testified that helium spoke to his dada the nighttime of the murders

As helium testified for his dad, Buster revealed that his dada had called him earlier going to the location earlier helium allegedly recovered Maggie and Paul murdered. Buster revealed that his begetter had called to accidental helium was connected the mode to spot his mother, and helium called soon aft helium allegedly recovered that some of them were murdered. “He sounded odd, and past helium told maine that my ma and my member had been shot,” helium said, per People. “I conscionable sat determination for a minute. I was successful shock.”

After the murders, Buster besides testified successful quality to a assertion from the prosecution that helium had said “I did him truthful bad” during a constabulary interview. Alex’s lad said that it was wide that his dada had said “They” alternatively than “I.”

He said his dada was upset by the murders

Alex said that aft learning astir the murders, helium instantly drove to beryllium with his dad. When asked astir however his begetter reacted to the murders, Buster explained that Alex was “heartbroken” by Maggie and Paul’s deaths. “”I walked successful the doorway and saw him, gave him a hug,” helium said. “He was destroyed.”

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