Alex Murdaugh goes on trial in 2021 killings of wife, son


              Former Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh walks in the Colleton County Courthouse during the first day of jury selection in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)
            
              Defendant Alex Murdaugh prepares for jury selection to resume during his murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.( Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)
            
              Creighton Waters for the state and Dick Harpootlian for the defense speak with Judge Clifton Newman as jury selection begins the in Alex Murdaugh murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.( Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)
            
              Former Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh listens at the Colleton County Courthouse during the first day of jury selection in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)
            
              Former Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh listens at the Colleton County Courthouse during the first day of jury selection in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool)
            
              Alex Murdaugh stands to be recognized for the jury the first day of jury selection as his murder trial begins at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool)
            
              Defendant Alex Murdaugh prepares for jury selection to resume during his murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.( Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)
            
              Former Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh walks in the Colleton County Courthouse during the first day of jury selection in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)
            
              Defendant Alex Murdaugh prepares for jury selection to resume during his murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.( Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)
            
              Creighton Waters for the state and Dick Harpootlian for the defense speak with Judge Clifton Newman as jury selection begins the in Alex Murdaugh murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.( Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)
            
              Former Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh listens at the Colleton County Courthouse during the first day of jury selection in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)
            
              Former Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh listens at the Colleton County Courthouse during the first day of jury selection in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool)
            
              Alex Murdaugh stands to be recognized for the jury the first day of jury selection as his murder trial begins at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool)
            
              Defendant Alex Murdaugh prepares for jury selection to resume during his murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.( Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)
            
              Creighton Waters for the state and Dick Harpootlian for the defense speak with Judge Clifton Newman as jury selection begins the in Alex Murdaugh murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.( Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)
            
              Former Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh listens at the Colleton County Courthouse during the first day of jury selection in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)
            
              Former Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh listens at the Colleton County Courthouse during the first day of jury selection in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool)
            
              Alex Murdaugh stands to be recognized for the jury the first day of jury selection as his murder trial begins at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool)
            
              Defendant Alex Murdaugh prepares for jury selection to resume during his murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.( Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)
            
              Creighton Waters for the state and Dick Harpootlian for the defense speak with Judge Clifton Newman as jury selection begins the in Alex Murdaugh murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.( Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)
            
              Former Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh listens at the Colleton County Courthouse during the first day of jury selection in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)
            
              Former Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh listens at the Colleton County Courthouse during the first day of jury selection in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool)
            
              Alex Murdaugh stands to be recognized for the jury the first day of jury selection as his murder trial begins at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool)
            
              Defendant Alex Murdaugh prepares for jury selection to resume during his murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.( Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)
            
              FILE -  Alex Murdaugh awaits the beginning of his bond hearing in the Richland Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C., on Oct. 19, 2021. Murdaugh's trial on two counts of murder in the June 2021 deaths of his wife and son is scheduled to start Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Lewis M. Levine, Pool, File)
            
              FILE - Alex Murdaugh is escorted out of the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., on July 20, 2022. Murdaugh's trial on two counts of murder in the June 2021 deaths of his wife and son is scheduled to start Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, File)
Alex Murdaugh goes on trial in 2021 killings of wife, son