Feb 22, 2023 · Mark Ball told jurors he returned to the Murdaugh family’s sprawling South Carolina property the day after the June 7, 2021, murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh to find uncollected shotgun...

Feb 22, 2023 · Mark Ball testified about what he saw when arrived at Murdaugh’s home the night of the murders. Former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh is accused of killing his wife and son on June 7,...

Feb 22, 2023 · Late on the night of June 7, 2021, Mark Ball saw something that made his blood boil. An attorney and longtime associate of Alex Murdaugh, Ball had arrived at his friend’s rural hunting property in South Carolina’s Lowcountry region after being notified that Alex’s wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, had been shot dead. The news was devastating.

Feb 22, 2023 · Mark Ball, Mr Murdaugh’s former law firm partner at PMPED and friend of 34 years, delivered bombshell testimony in Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, where he identified...

Feb 22, 2023 · He pointed out a few different things he saw that struck him as odd, such as water being allowed to drip onto Paul’s body and people walking around the area. From a wider view, Ball says he and Alex raised their children together so the defense asked him about Alex’s relationship with his family.

Feb 22, 2023 · He found uncollected shotgun pellets, small clumps of tissue and a large fragment of Paul Murdaugh’s skull. “It infuriated me,” Ball said. “It was kind of like walking across a grave.” The defense called a crime scene reconstruction expert who …

Feb 22, 2023 · Murdaugh, 54, is standing trial in the murders of his wife Maggie, 52, who was killed by four or five rifle shots; and their 22-year-old son Paul, who died from two shotgun blasts. Both were killed...

Mark Ball, Alex Murdaugh's former law partner, testifies about the defendant's behavior the night Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were killed. Ball lived 8 miles from the Moselle property and went to the scene that night.

Feb 23, 2023 · It was a misty day with intermittent drizzling, and water was dripping off the shed onto Paul’s body, Ball said. Ball testified that he was concerned that the crime scene had water "dripping all...

Feb 22, 2023 · The 22-year-old son was killed by two shotgun blasts near the kennel's feed room. Evidence indicated the victims were shot at close range, but neither body had defensive wounds. At the scene, the imposing trial lawyer smothered Ball in a hug and cried, “Look at what they did to them,” he testified.