Alex Murdaugh is accused of killing his wife and son. Later that night, as police officers were putting tape around the crime scene, McAbee and Molina-Pompa returned to the house and approached the investigators. Eventually, Gibson dropped out of school and continued to commit small-time crimes, including drunk driving and crashing the car. Michelle Gibson was sentenced to life in prison, and her son, Steven Gibson Jr, was sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and hindering prosecution. This is a complete shock to the rest of the family, Amber McGonagill, 23, Steven Gibsons stepdaughter, tells PEOPLE. Since the murders, Murdaugh who says he was living with a decades-long opioid addiction has been disbarred and faces more than 100 further charges in which he's accused of financial crimes, including stealing millions of dollars from clients. Thanks to bodycam footage of interviews, cell phone records, and law enforcement testimony, much of what Murdaugh did from that moment on is documented and plays a large part in the case against him, though the documentary barely touches on it. The show highlights that the family was under immense pressure due to the fallout from the boat crash, which led to Paul being criminally charged and the family being sued for millions of dollars, leading in part to Murdaugh's financial situation getting closer to becoming public. Alex Murdaugh was arrested in October 2021 and remains in jail, where he is being held without bond Credit: SLED. The Pulaski County Sheriffs Department and the Somerset Police Department are conducting the investigation. She had been shot both in the back of her head and her forehead. I have no clue why my mom would do this. Gibson then doused his home with kerosene and set. The lawyer representing the boys, who were charged with federal counts of aggravated robbery and carjacking and two state counts of first degree murder, negotiated a plea to help them avoid the death penalty. "I didnt shoot my wife or my son any time, ever.". By Olivia Gunn. "But both of them were in bad places and it was really just a recipe for disaster.". He said they'd arrived in a gray station wagon, but the boys came back to pick up the girls in a green pickup truck. He attacked his wife, Mary Gibson, 31, with a chair and eventually knocked her out. March 1, 1975, in rural Indiana and firefighters were called to . When he was two years old, the family moved out of state and settled in New Albany, Indiana, where Gibson grew up. Kauffman told McMahan he wasn't going to shoot Schultz, too, so McMahan shot her in the back of her head, then in her forehead, and took her car. [2] Eight months later, Gibson was charged with robbery and sexual battery relating to an incident involving a 21-year-old woman whom he sexually assaulted in a phone booth near the Louisville Galleria in Louisville, Kentucky. The trial adjourned Thursday evening while prosecutors were in the middle of questioning Murdaugh about his financial dealings as a lawyer -- during which he admitted to stealing money from several clients. Law enforcement also acknowledged they had a warrant to search the house where the murders occurred the day after they happened, but chose not to execute it as there were lots of people there that would be "displaced" as a result. [3] After his release, he started dating Kelly Bailey. ", "All those reasons that you just gave this jury, about the most important part of your testimony, was a lie, too, isn't that true, Mr. The reputable South Carolina family first made headlines in 2019, when the then-teenage son Paul Murdaugh was involved in a boating accident that killed 19-year-old Mallory.. Last summer, Paul and his mother Maggie Murdaugh were both shot and murdered - and discovered by the family . Molina-Pompa received a one year sentence for her role in the murder. Wilson then left the meeting. Instead, McMahan dropped the two off in an orange grove in nearby Kissimmee, Florida, threw cash at them, and drove off. Two happened earlier, in January. Waters asked, to which Alex Murdough responded, "I disagree with that.". Her brother, Dave, argued . ", "These two stepbrothers were starting to develop a closer relationship," said Scharnberg-Hampton. For several days, McMahan and Kauffman spent the cash "like crazy," said Quinn but by the time the foursome got to Disney World in Orlando, the girls wondered how they'd actually come by so much money. [17] These appeals were rejected by the Indiana Supreme Court, which reaffirmed all of his convictions. Murder charges have been approved for his alleged killing of a North Philadelphia Dunkin' store manager. Fox's "America's Most Wanted" did a segment on the boys in late June 1997 it aired twice, according to the Tampa Bay Times which resulted in a tip on June 30 from a woman in Pensacola who recognized the truck. Meanwhile, the defense has portrayed him as a loving husband and father and argued that police ignored the possibility that anyone else could have killed them. They argued over some prescription medication that Gibson had supposedly stolen. "He says that hes a hitchhiker, got picked up, theyd been doing copious amount of drugs, alcohol, and just having a party," Quinn explained. During the trial, however, more detail about that day has emerged. Clayton said that the half-siblings went for a walk to the local grocery store that day. The Pensacola police called in its SWAT team and a hostage negotiator, and then called the boys' room. Alex Murdaugh faces 30 years to life in prison without parole if convicted of the killings, for which he has pleaded not guilty and adamantly denied. "Having two murders and a bank robbery all within a circle of eight miles? Late Friday, DOC spokesperson Jason Miller said that during an April 27 sentencing, Gibson's public defender "cited new factors" asking for time served, "including that Gibson had prospects for stable housing, a job, and community supports upon release.". The trial has drawn a packed courtroom, with lines outside. Michelle then dialed 911 and told the operator they had returned home from shopping to find Steven had been murdered. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Wilson testified that on the morning of September 4, hours before Murdaugh would call 911 saying he had been shot in the head by a stranger on the side of the road, he confronted him about the accusations. [McBee] then took the knife and slit the victims throat.. Despite pleas from prosecutors, probation officers and police in two states to keep a convicted killer locked up, a Delaware judge authorized the release of the man who is now being investigated in at least six more slayings. The narrative jumps from speculation about the stress the family was under following the boat crash, to a ghoulish reconstruction of Murdaugh walking around the bodies of his wife and son, overlaid with the audio from his 911 call. Thirdly, Owen acknowledged that SLED was told that Murdaugh was spending $50,000 a week on drugs, which he was buying from gang members who were never investigated by law enforcement in connection with the murders. According to a text message Maggie sent her housekeeper Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson, Murdaugh requested she come "home" to Moselle, where the murders occurred, as opposed to staying at the beach house where she preferred to be in the summer, according to various witnesses' testimony. "Murders dont take place and banks rarely get robbed.. The narrative presented in the show relies heavily on heartwrenching interviews with Beach's family and friends, including Morgan Doughty, who was dating Paul Murdaugh, and who describes him as a troubled and entitled young man, prone to extreme intoxication and abusive behavior. The defense ended their questioning on Friday by again asking Alex Murdaugh if he murdered his wife and son. He is now being held in a Delaware prison on $305,200 cash bail on the robbery charge. They also told Medinilla that Gibson had an extensive history of violence including 29 felony arrests and nine convictions a documented history of anger issues, and that they felt he posed a threat to himself and the community. She said that some days later, Murdaugh had a conversation with her that she found upsetting, in which he told her that the visit had lasted 30 to 40 minutes, but that to her recollection, it had lasted 20 minutes. On June 21, the girls' parents called back: Their daughters had returned home safely. [5] Hodella's badly decomposed body was found on January 7, 2003, and identified via thumbprints from a previous arrest. Rose Harsent, victim of the Peasenhall murder. [4] Despite these diagnostics and his refusal to complete the rehabilitation program, he was deemed unlikely to re-offend. Alex Murdaugh faces about 100 other charges for allegations ranging from money laundering to staging his own death so his surviving son could cash in on his $10 million life insurance policy. On Tuesday, June 7, Gibson was arrested on suspicion of pistol-whipping a Rite Aid clerk during another Wilmington robbery. When asked by his lawyer about those prior statements, Alex Murdaugh admitted to lying to investigators. The Murdaugh family legacy is now coming crashing down as 54-year-old Richard Alexander Murdaugh (known as Alex, pronounced "Alec") stands trial accused of shooting his wife Maggie and adult son Paul to death on June 7, 2021. However, during the prosecution's case over the past month, there has been minimal evidence to suggest Murdaugh would benefit from the deaths, financially or otherwise. He rolled out of bed, bundled up warmly, pulled on his boots, and stepped outside with a metal pail. While her case was considered credible due to the visible injuries on her face, it was ultimately not pursued due to a lack of evidence. Famous Alabama Murders Some of the most famous Alabama murders over the years include the 2005 murder of Charles Newman, who was killed on Halloween night by Andrew Lackey, later named the "Halloween Killer;" the 1941 Gibson Family Murders; and the 2001 unsolved murder of Shannon Paulk. On June 11, 1997, police were contacted by a farmer and landlord, Joe Hollop, in the town of What Cheer, Iowa. When police went to her home shortly after 9:30 a.m., they found the door unlocked and Garber . Im with my kids and I just got home and my husbands out in the garage dead!. He often got in trouble for fighting, talking in class, and not following directions. Crucial testimony also established that Murdaugh's father was in terminal condition (he later died three days after the murders on June 10, 2021), which the defense has argued would cause enough sympathy and distraction from the financial matters. [4] While Gibson complained of frequent headaches, stomachaches, insomnia and hypochondriasis, Howerton and the prison's mental therapist concluded that he suffered from mild anxiety and had indications of anti-social behavior, but was otherwise sane. Isn't that true?" Murdoch?" He was sentenced to 16 years in prison. McAbee pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and agreed to testify against Michelle. Gibson was eventually sent back to Delaware. Keith Gibbson "If I was under the pressure that they're talking about here, I can promise you I would hurt myself before I would hurt one of them. Two suspicious deaths and a fatal boat crash in the preceding years are all part of this astonishing story that the Netflix documentary was set to unravel. The Gibson household has a record of domestic violence calls between the parents, but they consistently refused to press charges, Peoria Police Department spokeswoman Amanda Jacinto tells PEOPLE. Later, after they picked him up in a church parking lot, he allegedly stated: Whats done is done, prosecutors allege. Her motive stemmed from a wish to collect from a $320,000 life insurance policy. Gibson, 39, has been back in custody since June 8, when he was captured wearing body armor and weapons after an alleged armed robbery in Wilmington, police said. Upon his return, he saw Steven Sr. awake and holding his head, so he hit him again. "I did a lot of damage, I wreaked a lot of havoc, there's no question," Alex Murdaugh said. Michelle Gibson, Steven Jr. and McBee have each been charged with first-degree murder and remain in police custody. Gibson was released from prison and sent to Level IV Community Corrections custody. "This is rural Iowa," Michael Berrier, an officer with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, told "Killer Siblings,"airing Fridays at 8/7c on Oxygen. The way we lost her was terrible. He also said he entered a rehab facility. Asked whether he felt bad, Kauffman told police, "No, not really. NBC10's Danny Freeman has the details. Waters asked Alex Murdaugh. They followed her home, and McMahan told Kauffman they'd use her pickup to commit the robbery. Gibsons mother was shot dead in her place of work in Philadelphia. Philadelphia police were then contacted by Elsmere police, and both agencies began working very closely together, Vanore said. Linda was the best sister in the world.. After his release from the hospital, he was sent to serve the rest of his sentence at the Floyd County Jail, where he remained until his discharge on March 12, 2002.[4]. Gibson eventually stopped attending church altogether in late August 2011, when his mother was admitted into a nursing home. This time, Robert Gibson's father . Harsent was six months pregnant at the time of her death. Just over 60 years ago, prominent and successful dairy farmer Orville Gibson woke up around 3:30 a.m. to milk his cows. Murdaugh also denied the murders, emphatically responding "no" to Griffin's explosive opening questions delivered while waving guns in the courtroom that outright asked him whether he shot his wife and son to death. Neither the prosecution nor the Netflix production is obliged to provide a motive in order to accuse Murdaugh of murder, but in its absence, both jurors and viewers alike will likely be left wondering what exactly they are being told to believe happened on the night of June 7, 2021. In the body camera footage from that night, a distraught Alex Murdaugh told officers, "It's bad, it's bad," and mentioned that his son had been getting threats following a boat wreck he was involved in. Dateline was unable to reach an official at the Pulaski Sheriffs Department for comment, but according to their press release, it took four days for the Pulaski County Sheriffs Department, along with help from the Somerset Police Department, to find their bodies. William Gardiner, a preacher of the Primitive Methodist Chapel, was suspected due to his affair with the victim. Do you, This was definitely in IL because we are friends with, Hi. Maggie and Paul Murdaugh are not presented in the most flattering of lights in the docuseries. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Is anyone feeling that the mom has strong narcissistic vibes, I worked on both cases. At 11:47 p.m., the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, known as SLED, arrived on the scene, and Murdaugh was interviewed by agents in a car. NBC10's Tim Furlong and Hannah Gross contributed to this story. Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. The interview sees Murdaugh make various statements that will later be used against him, including that he tried to turn Paul's body over despite having no visible blood on him, and that he last saw his wife and son hours before the murders, which a video filmed by Paul would later disprove. Local News Everett. Investigators began reinterviewing the family and others. According to Clayton, the Gibson family had always lived in the Somerset, Kentucky, area. [6] On August 15, 2014, Gibson was sentenced to death again, with sentencing Justice Orth deeming that it was "the only appropriate sentence" in regards to the brutal killing. Michelle Gibson claims she was out shopping with her kids at the time, but her 16-year-old daughter Alysa told police that after the three of them drove to a store, Steven Jr. was driven back to the house by his mom after he received a phone call. After spending the day doing drugs and having sex, the pair returned to Gibson's house, where they argued over some pills. He grew emotional when asked by his lawyer what he saw at the scene of their murders. At one point, Steven Jr returned to the house and stabbed his father three times in the chest. On January 5 1991, Gibson hit his pickup truck in an automobile accident but sped off after seeing a nearby police officer attempt to inspect the damage. Young Women in Salt Lake City Fearful of Serial Killer, Barbara Jean Rockys Sisters Speak Out on Reopening Her Case. Gibson was once again released from prison and began his probation term. "So bad.". For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. They planned to dispose of the body elsewhere but left it in the garage after hearing sirens. It was a crime that "almost slipped through our fingers," Los Angeles police said--an 84-year-old . This narrative is corroborated in part by reporting by Mandy Matney, a local journalist who was one of the first to begin investigating the incident and whose podcast about the family has been credited with bringing the story to the masses. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner approved murder charges Wednesday against Keith Gibson in connection to the February fatal shooting of his mother, Christine Gibson. [12] At his sentencing the following month, Gibson was subsequently handed a death sentence, to which he told the sentencing judge that it was "no big deal" and that he deserved what he was getting. However, in February, around the time of his mothers death, Philadelphia police arrested him, though they could only find that he was violating probation by being in the city. They received life sentences in federal court and consecutive life sentences in state court, guaranteeing neither would ever get out of prison. While he was considered an obedient inmate who rarely caused trouble, even earning an associate's degree in art from the Lindsey Wilson College, several psychiatric assessments concluded that Gibson had poor judgment and often experienced conflicting feelings of loneliness and losing control. McMahan and his stepbrother Chris Kauffmann, 18, were familiar to the local police:Mahaska County Sheriff Chief Deputy Paul Degeest called them "typical teenage boys.". Authorities announced on June 12, after matching the shell casings in Garber's and Schultz's murders, that the boys were suspects. Alex Murdaugh, right, speaks with defense attorney Jim Griffin during a break in his trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Feb. 15, 2023. Soon after the murder, he had a tattoo inscribed on his lower right arm indicating the date of the murder, accompanied by an image of a knife. At the time, Paul Murdaugh was awaiting trial on a charge of allegedly boating under the influence after a crash in February 2019 that killed a 19-year-old woman, Mallory Beach of South Carolina. But in 1997, a vicious crime spree proved things aren't always "Iowa nice" here. One key question left unanswered by the docuseries is what potential motive Murdaugh could have had for murdering Maggie and Paul. It was tragic, the way we lost them., He told Dateline that, Cody was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.. In May 2003, Gibson sued the prison authorities, claiming that they had improperly denied him access to Seroquel and for housing him in squalid conditions, but the suit was thrown out by a federal judge, who considered it baseless. In addition to learning about the brothers' drug use, police learned that McMahan had borrowed a friend's gray station wagon in May and returned it on June 11. Murdaugh's testimony rendered the Maggie and Paul elements of the docuseries immediately outdated, as Murdaugh, questioned by lawyer Jim Griffin, attempted to explain away inconsistencies in his story. Asked if the Gibsons 16-year-old daughter would be implicated in the plot, Jacinto added, More arrests could occur depending on how the investigation plays out. His father, Alex Murdaugh, a local attorney and the son of Randolph Murdaugh III, owns the boat.. The judge, whom the DOC said was Vivian Medinilla, instead sentenced him to 31 days, time served, in April. Secondly, Griffin used the opportunity to tell the juryabout acontroversialblood spatterreport to argue a rush to judgment by law enforcement. [2] Hospital staff claimed that Gibson seemed disinterested in the treatments, and two psychiatrists later diagnosed him with a bipolar disorder, for which he was prescribed Seroquel, but again, no indications of a mental illness or a psychiatric disorder were noted. On June 5, a masked man carrying a revolver forced Christine Lugo, also a mother, into a Dunkin store in Philadelphias Fairhill neighborhood. Familicide, Mass Murder Esker Gibson flew into a murderous rage after seeing a man leave his home in Irvington, AL, on April 24, 1941. After two jurors tested positive for COVID-19, both sides were worried an outbreak could sicken more jurors and force a mistrial. Michelle, along with her two teenage children, Steven Jr, 16, and Alysa, 17, decided to kill the family patriarch, Steven, but she didnt want them doing the dirty work. A few days later, he confessed responsibility for Hodella's murder. It's hard to tell whether the show expects viewers to care about the murders because two people lost their lives, or feel that some type of karmic justice has been served. The examining psychologist, J. Robert Noonan, concluded that Gibson had an IQ of 79 and refused to take responsibility for his actions, which he blamed on his alcoholism, but did not suffer from any mental illnesses that impaired his judgment. A neighbor said that they'd seen a strange car in Garber's driveway around 5:15 a.m., leading police to speculate that there were two suspects involved. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. When police went to her home shortly after 9:30 a.m., they found the door unlocked and Garber, sitting in a chair with her breakfast in reach, shot twice in the head and twice in the chest. The Delaware DOC document shows corrections officials told Medinilla that early reports suggested Gibsons mother had told friends and family members that if anything happened to her, her son would be responsible. Prosecutors have focused on footage taken from Paul Murdaugh's cellphone the night of the murders, including a video taken at the kennels several minutes before the victims were believed to be killed that investigators said has Alex Murdaugh talking in the background. When they asked, McMahan told them that he'd robbed a bank and two people had been killed. In the following month, Eric McAbee, Michelle Gibson, Steven Gibson Jr., Alysa Gibson, and Karen Molina-Pompa were all arrested and charged with murder. Once inside, the responders found the brutalized bodies of four teenage girls-Amy Ayers, Jennifer Harbison, Sarah Harbison and Eliza Thomas. At this point, we knew we were dealing with the same people.". [14] A substantial issue arose when Gibson had a tattoo done on the back of his shaved head, which said "Death Row X3". Their bodies were found in a remote area outside of Somerset, hidden by tall weeds. The docuseries devotes more than half of its airtime to telling the story of Mallory Beach, who died in 2019 aged 19 after a boat seemingly driven by a heavily intoxicated and belligerent Paul Murdaugh, also 19 at the time, crashed into a bridge, hurling her overboard into the waters where she drowned. Dr. Mark Wangler killed his wife, Kathy Wangler, at their home in Lima, Ohio, and tried to cover it up by blaming her death on a carbon monoxide accident. [4] During that time, he found a job at C&C Hardwood Flooring in Borden, where he was described as a diligent worker, and was regarded positively by friends and neighbors for attending the local non-denominational "Power of the Cross" church, making papier-mch figures and for helping his sick mother - on the other hand, patrons of the bars he frequented considered him strange, and on at least a few occasions, he had asked out women to visit his home, to varying success.[4]. Two weeks after this incident, he joined the Army and was stationed in West Germany as a mechanic. That arrest, combined with the surveillance video from the murder of Christine Lugo at a Dunkin' shop in Philadelphia this past weekend, has developed into a wide-ranging investigation. Its just what it is.". Krasners office has approved murder charges against Gibson in the North Philadelphia killing of 40-year-old Dunkin manager Christine Lugo over the weekend. The boys grew up together inOskaloosa, Iowa a city of then about 10,000 people around 25 miles from the aforementioned crimes. A man who has been charged with a violent attack in a Delaware store is now being investigated for a possible connection to three murders, including that of a North Philadelphia Dunkin store manager and a Delaware Metro by T-Mobile store employee, law enforcement sources said. A neighbor had seen a green pickup truck parked outside the home around 9:30 a.m. The unemployed carpenter's helper confessed to. "No, I did not," Alex Murdaugh said. Federal Bureau of Prison records indicate that Kauffman, now 42, remains incarcerated in McCreary Federal Prison in Kentucky. At age 13, he also started drinking and later that year, would be arrested for stealing a motorbike.[2]. But by weighting it so heavily within the series, the murders that many assumed would be central to the docuseries are largely lost in the story. 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