{"id":45333,"date":"2026-08-14T22:53:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45333"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:53:04","slug":"alex-murdaugh-retrial-defense-claims-allendale-homicide-gun-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45333","title":{"rendered":"Alex Murdaugh retrial: Defense claims Allendale homicide gun link"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Alex Murdaugh\u2019s defense attorneys on Friday raised an unverified claim that a recent <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832369\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/homicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allendale County homicide<\/a> could be connected to the Murdaugh murders, surprising prosecutors and the judge overseeing his retrial.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Murdaugh returned to court after the South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously overturned his 2023 convictions and two life sentences earlier this year for the killings of his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and son, Paul Murdaugh.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The court found that former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill improperly influenced jurors, depriving Murdaugh of an impartial jury, and ordered a new trial. Murdaugh remains imprisoned on separate state and federal financial-crime sentences.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832370\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/alex-murdaughs-double-murder-conviction-unanimously-overturned-south-carolina-supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ALEX MURDAUGH&#8217;S DOUBLE MURDER CONVICTION UNANIMOUSLY OVERTURNED BY SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">On Friday, defense attorney Jim Griffin told South Carolina <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832371\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/events\/in-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Circuit Court Judge<\/a> Debra McCaslin that the defense learned through FITSNews reporting that a recent Allendale County murder may have involved weapons connected to the Murdaugh case.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/alex-murdaugh-aug14.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/alex-murdaugh-aug14.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/alex-murdaugh-aug14.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/alex-murdaugh-aug14.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/alex-murdaugh-aug14.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/alex-murdaugh-aug14.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/alex-murdaugh-aug14.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/alex-murdaugh-aug14.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/alex-murdaugh-aug14.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Alex Murdaugh\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Before August 14, 2026, Alex Murdaugh was last in plainclothes during his financial crimes sentencing on November 28, 2023, at the Beaufort County Courthouse.<\/span> <span>(Pool)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Griffin said the defense wanted the state to investigate and turn over any related records.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">FITSNews told Fox News Digital that Griffin\u2019s reference was to its Aug. 8 &#8220;Week in Review&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t_flKOtC3YE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">YouTube episode<\/a>. According to a transcript reviewed by Fox News Digital, FITS founding editor Will Folks and research director Jenn Wood discussed what they described as an unverified report involving a possible third gun at the Moselle crime scene.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832373\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/alex-murdaugh-demands-new-evidence-search-hunt-cracks-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ALEX MURDAUGH DEMANDS NEW EVIDENCE SEARCH IN HUNT FOR CRACKS IN CASE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;We\u2019re hearing reports that a Murdaugh gun was used in a subsequent crime,&#8221; Folks said. &#8220;We\u2019re not going to say where at this point. We\u2019re not going to get into the details.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/343\/192\/alex-murdaugh-retrial-fox-news_003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/686\/384\/alex-murdaugh-retrial-fox-news_003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/672\/378\/alex-murdaugh-retrial-fox-news_003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1344\/756\/alex-murdaugh-retrial-fox-news_003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/931\/523\/alex-murdaugh-retrial-fox-news_003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1862\/1046\/alex-murdaugh-retrial-fox-news_003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/720\/405\/alex-murdaugh-retrial-fox-news_003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1440\/810\/alex-murdaugh-retrial-fox-news_003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1200\/675\/alex-murdaugh-retrial-fox-news_003.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Judge McCaslin presides over the Alex Murdaugh hearing\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>State Judge Debra McCaslin oversees a judicial hearing on Monday, June 29, 2026, at the Marc H. Westbrook Judicial Center in Lexington, South Carolina. Alex Murdaugh will be retried in the June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of his wife and son, after his original conviction was overturned due to jury tampering.<\/span> <span>(Tracy Glantz\/The State via Pool)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Folks said the outlet was investigating whether the firearm was tied to the Murdaugh family and perhaps one of the guns that has never been recovered.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Wood cautioned that the information had not been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;It\u2019s a pretty consistent rumor and, you know, I\u2019m hearing it from very good sources,&#8221; Wood said. &#8220;We have not been able to validate a lot of it and I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s even the gun. It just said that it was tied to the murder of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832374\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/alex-murdaugh-lawyers-allege-fabricated-evidence-secure-murder-indictments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ALEX MURDAUGH LAWYERS ALLEGE \u2018FABRICATED\u2019 EVIDENCE WAS USED TO SECURE MURDER INDICTMENTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Neither speaker identified Allendale County, described a ballistics comparison or said investigators had established that a weapon used in the Murdaugh killings was used in a subsequent crime.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/343\/192\/Ian-Jopson-home-for-sale-murdaugh-thumb.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/686\/384\/Ian-Jopson-home-for-sale-murdaugh-thumb.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/672\/378\/Ian-Jopson-home-for-sale-murdaugh-thumb.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1344\/756\/Ian-Jopson-home-for-sale-murdaugh-thumb.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/931\/523\/Ian-Jopson-home-for-sale-murdaugh-thumb.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1862\/1046\/Ian-Jopson-home-for-sale-murdaugh-thumb.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/720\/405\/Ian-Jopson-home-for-sale-murdaugh-thumb.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1440\/810\/Ian-Jopson-home-for-sale-murdaugh-thumb.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1200\/675\/Ian-Jopson-home-for-sale-murdaugh-thumb.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Murdaugh's family home at Moselle.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>The Moselle Estate House in Islandton, which once served as the Murdaugh family&#8217;s primary residence.<\/span> <span>(South Carolina State Attorney&#8217;s Office\/Keen Eye Marking)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">At Friday\u2019s hearing, Griffin did not identify the victim, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832375\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/alex-murdaugh-lawyers-allege-fabricated-evidence-secure-murder-indictments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the alleged weapon<\/a> or any testing that supported the purported connection. He said the defense wanted related records as potential Brady material \u2014 evidence that could be favorable to the defense.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Griffin told McCaslin that a South Carolina <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832376\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Law Enforcement Division<\/a> (SLED) firearms examiner testified at Murdaugh\u2019s first trial that shell casings from the .300 Blackout rifle used to kill Maggie Murdaugh bore extraction marks matching casings recovered from the Murdaugh family\u2019s shooting range.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Griffin said that if shell casings from the Allendale County case matched casings tied to the Murdaugh murders, the defense wanted the underlying testing and investigative records.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832377\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/alex-murdaugh-explosive-bid-blow-up-murder-case-hinging-dna-dirty-money-lies-expert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ALEX MURDAUGH MAKES &#8216;EXPLOSIVE&#8217; BID TO BLOW UP MURDER CASE HINGING ON DNA, DIRTY MONEY AND LIES: EXPERT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Such a finding, he argued, could raise questions about the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832378\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/murdaugh-defense-fights-death-penalty-venue-change-evidence-could-change-second-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">original ballistics analysis<\/a> or suggest that a firearm associated with the Murdaugh case was later used in another killing.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832379\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxTrueCrime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/343\/192\/97570b11-Alex-Murdaugh-Murder-Trial-Day6_016.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/686\/384\/97570b11-Alex-Murdaugh-Murder-Trial-Day6_016.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/672\/378\/97570b11-Alex-Murdaugh-Murder-Trial-Day6_016.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1344\/756\/97570b11-Alex-Murdaugh-Murder-Trial-Day6_016.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/931\/523\/97570b11-Alex-Murdaugh-Murder-Trial-Day6_016.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1862\/1046\/97570b11-Alex-Murdaugh-Murder-Trial-Day6_016.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/720\/405\/97570b11-Alex-Murdaugh-Murder-Trial-Day6_016.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1440\/810\/97570b11-Alex-Murdaugh-Murder-Trial-Day6_016.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1200\/675\/97570b11-Alex-Murdaugh-Murder-Trial-Day6_016.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A man wearing a suit points inside of a courtroom.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Creighton Waters, a prosecutor for the S.C. Attorney General\u2019s office, points at Alex Murdaugh in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023.<\/span> <span>(Andrew J. Whitaker\/The Post and Courier\/Pool)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832380\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/alex-murdaugh-defense-teases-new-trial-strategy-jury-fight-testimony-looming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lead prosecutor Creighton Waters<\/a> told the court the allegation was entirely new to him.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;I have never heard the first thing about that,&#8221; Waters said, adding that he communicates with SLED daily and had not been told of any such development.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;I will certainly look into that, but I would be flabbergasted to find out that actually had happened and no one had advised this office of that,&#8221; Waters said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832381\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">McCaslin also appeared struck by the allegation.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832382\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/true-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LIKE WHAT YOU&#8217;RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;As far as the murder in Allendale with the murder weapons, you certainly raised my eyebrows on that,&#8221; McCaslin told Griffin.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/343\/192\/Alex-Murdaugh-Sentencing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/686\/384\/Alex-Murdaugh-Sentencing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/672\/378\/Alex-Murdaugh-Sentencing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1344\/756\/Alex-Murdaugh-Sentencing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/931\/523\/Alex-Murdaugh-Sentencing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1862\/1046\/Alex-Murdaugh-Sentencing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/720\/405\/Alex-Murdaugh-Sentencing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1440\/810\/Alex-Murdaugh-Sentencing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1200\/675\/Alex-Murdaugh-Sentencing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Alex Murdaugh Sentencing\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Alex Murdaugh is taken to the Colleton County Courthouse for sentencing on March 3, 2023.<\/span> <span>(Joshua Boucher\/Pool\/The State\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832383\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SEND US A TIP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Griffin said FITSNews had broken other Murdaugh-related stories before the defense learned of them. He also told the court that a podcast included a reference to the alleged connection.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832384\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tips#&amp;_intcmp=fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>GOT A TIP?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">McCaslin directed Griffin to send the material to Waters for review.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832385\" href=\"https:\/\/link.podtrac.com\/cjdr_fnd_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LISTEN TO THE NEW &#8216;CRIME &amp; JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO&#8217; PODCAST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Waters said he does not follow podcasts or blogs covering the case.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_6832386\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;I don\u2019t watch the podcast and I don\u2019t read the blogs because I try to base what I\u2019m doing on the evidence and not on speculation that\u2019s out there in the media,&#8221; Waters said. &#8220;It would blow my mind if something like that had happened in SLED and not call me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">No evidence establishing a connection between an Allendale County homicide and weapons used in the Murdaugh killings has been presented.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Waters later said during Friday&#8217;s hearing that SLED then told him there is no known ballistics match linking a .300 Blackout used in an Allendale County shooting to another crime. Waters said the firearm evidence from the Allendale case was entered into a ballistics database but &#8220;there have been no leads or no matches on that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;I\u2019m going to find out more and double check and we\u2019re going to run this down,&#8221; Waters said, adding that SLED told him there were &#8220;no leads or hits&#8221; involving the .300 Blackout used in the Allendale shooting.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><i>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Greg Wehner is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering U.S. news and crime, with a focus on breaking developments, law enforcement, public safety and major stories shaping communities across the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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