Cross-examination began with the Defense's forensic psychologist. On the stand, Dr. Michael Brannon confirmed that Sarah Boone was a victim of battered woman syndrome in her turbulent and violent relationship with Jorge Torres.
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Alex Murdaugh got on the witness stand to try to convince the jury that he had nothing to do with the killing of Maggie and Paul.
Alex Murdaugh breaks down when remembering his wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul.
Alex Murdaugh takes the stand in his own defense; he attempts to explain his side of the story.
Jurors heard from an experienced forensic examiner hired by the Defense to review cell phone and GPS data in this case. This expert testified that every piece of data he studied was provided by the State.
The Defense brings in a digital forensics expert who has experience as a lead investigator.
The defense's crime scene expert claimed he was a scientist and not an investigator.
The defense's crime scene expert critiques the police's handling of key physical evidence.
The defense hopes its crime scene expert helps prove that state investigators dropped the ball.
Paula Gutierrez fell in love as a teen with Nestor 'Chino' de Jesus.
Richard Kananen Sr. abused his wife and three children so badly that no one reported him missing.
Shanda Vander Ark, a promising law clerk, faces murder charges in the death of her own child.
Tyler Edmonds was just thirteen when he confessed to helping his half-sister.
Paula Gutierrez fell in love as a teen with Nestor 'Chino' de Jesus.
Richard Kananen Sr. abused his wife and three children so badly that no one reported him missing.
Shanda Vander Ark, a promising law clerk, faces murder charges in the death of her own child.
Prosecutors called in her daughter, Emily, to bring light to the jury on how her mother was cheating on her father, Gary, years before he was killed. According to Emily, her years-long affair wrecked the family.
A close friend of the defendant's son took the stand. He happened to be with Scott Farris earlier that morning when Gary Farris was found dead with his human remains charred in a burn pile on the family property.
Melody Farris' defense team wasn't letting Scott off the hook. Her lawyer argued that with his height and weight only he could have shot and killed his dad, Gary, and dragged his 300-pound body to a burn pile to have his remains charred.
Gary and Melody Farris' son who was living on the farm with them had to defend himself on the stand. Scott, who first discovered his father's remains, was being accused by his mother's defense as being the real shooter in Gary's death.
The reality of the broken marriage between Gary and Melody Farris was explained further for jurors. The couple's youngest son happened to be a 35-year-old farmhand who lived and worked on the 10-acre property.
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