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Hours after killings, Alex Murdaugh said he didn’t see wife

Dalila Cirencione, an investigator with SLED, discusses evidence gathered at the crime scene as she testifies during Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool) Prosecutor Creighton Waters, left, speaks with defense attorney Dick Harpootlian before witness testimony continues in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh becomes emotional during testimony in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh, seated between his two layers Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, becomes emotional during testimony in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Buster Murdaugh, Alex Murdaugh's son, listens to testimony during his father's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh at the defense table during testimony in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Prosecutor John Meadors asks for information about a photograph from Laura Rutland, CCSO crime scene investigator, as she testifies during Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool) Sheriff deputies keep watch over defendant Alex Murdaugh, center right, who talks with defense attorney Jim Griffin, during Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Melinda Worley, SLED foot and tire tread expert, discusses evidence found at the crime scene as she testifies during Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh, seated between his two layers Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, listens during his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Dalila Cirencione, an investigator with SLED, discusses evidence gathered at the crime scene as she testifies during Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool) Prosecutor Creighton Waters, left, speaks with defense attorney Dick Harpootlian before witness testimony continues in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh becomes emotional during testimony in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh, seated between his two layers Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, becomes emotional during testimony in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Buster Murdaugh, Alex Murdaugh's son, listens to testimony during his father's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh at the defense table during testimony in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Prosecutor John Meadors asks for information about a photograph from Laura Rutland, CCSO crime scene investigator, as she testifies during Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool) Sheriff deputies keep watch over defendant Alex Murdaugh, center right, who talks with defense attorney Jim Griffin, during Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Melinda Worley, SLED foot and tire tread expert, discusses evidence found at the crime scene as she testifies during Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh, seated between his two layers Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, listens during his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Dalila Cirencione, an investigator with SLED, discusses evidence gathered at the crime scene as she testifies during Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool) Prosecutor Creighton Waters, left, speaks with defense attorney Dick Harpootlian before witness testimony continues in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh becomes emotional during testimony in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh, seated between his two layers Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, becomes emotional during testimony in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Buster Murdaugh, Alex Murdaugh's son, listens to testimony during his father's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh at the defense table during testimony in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Prosecutor John Meadors asks for information about a photograph from Laura Rutland, CCSO crime scene investigator, as she testifies during Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool) Sheriff deputies keep watch over defendant Alex Murdaugh, center right, who talks with defense attorney Jim Griffin, during Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Melinda Worley, SLED foot and tire tread expert, discusses evidence found at the crime scene as she testifies during Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The 54-year-old attorney is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh, seated between his two layers Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, listens during his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh, seated between his two layers Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, becomes emotional during testimony in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Buster Murdaugh, Alex Murdaugh's son, listens to testimony during his father's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh at the defense table during testimony in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Sheriff deputies keep watch over defendant Alex Murdaugh, center right, who talks with defense attorney Jim Griffin, during Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Defendant Alex Murdaugh, seated between his two layers Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, listens during his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool) Alex Murdaugh cries as the murder of his wife and son is described by Colleton County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Daniel Greene during testimony in Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP) Members of the Murdaugh family listen to testimony during Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool) Judge Clifton Newman presides during Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool) Alex Murdaugh becomes emotional during testimony in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool) Chief prosecuting attorney Creighton Waters, left, asks Daniel Greene, a sergeant with the Colleton County Sheriff's Office to identify the 12-gauge shotgun, presented as evidence in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool) Chief prosecuting attorney Creighton Waters,left, talks with defense attorney Dick Harpootlian prior to the start of the day in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool) Murdaugh listens during his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool) Alex Murdaugh becomes emotional after seeing his family in the courtroom as opening statements begin in his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool) Alex Murdaugh cries as the murder of his wife and son is described by Colleton County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Daniel Greene during testimony in Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP)
Hours after killings, Alex Murdaugh said he didn’t see wife