Defense lawyers for Alex Murdaugh yesterday tried to portray their client as a family man but the attempt backfired spectacularly as it allowed prosecutors to tell jurors of the financial crimes they say drove him to murder his wife and son.The defense showed footage of the 54-year-old surrounded by family at his birthday and asked witnesses if they believed such a 'loving' father and husband was capable of the brutal murder of Paul, 22, and Maggie, 52.Prosecutor Creighton Waters seized on the attempt and grilled Will Loving, a friend of Paul's, with a series of questions about Murdaugh's financial misdeeds - most pointedly, whether he knew that on the morning of the murders on June 7, 2021, the defendant had been confronted over $792,000 in missing fees from his law firm.
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