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The jury in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial has been shown a Snapchat video of the legal heir filmed an hour before their deaths wearing a different outfit to the clean white t-shirt cops found him in after he called 911 claiming to have just found their bloodied bodies.
Murdaugh is on trial in South Carolina for the murders of his wife Maggie and son Paul, who were shot dead at the family's hunting lodge in June 2021.
Prosecutors are still laying out their case, which includes a video they say puts Alex at the scene of the crime moments before the pair were shot dead.
He denies the murders, and says he was visiting his elderly mother when the pair were shot.
Yesterday, the jury was shown a video which showed Alex trying to plant a tree on the property. It was taken at 7.56pm, and shows him wearing a light blue shirt and khaki pants.
7.56pm: Alex Murdaugh is shown in a Snapchat video filmed by his son Paul. He is wearing a blue shirt and khaki pants, and is planting a tree in the family's yard
10.20pm: Alex called 911 at 10.07pm, claiming he'd just returned home from visiting his elderly mother to find his wife and son dead, their bodies covered in blood. He was wearing a pristine white t-shirt and shorts
At 8.44pm, Paul filmed a video of a dog he was looking after, in which prosecutors say Alex's voice can be heard.
All activity on Maggie and Paul's cell phones stopped suddenly after that video was filmed.
At 10.07pm, Alex Murdaugh called 911, claiming he had just come home from his mother's house to find his wife and son lying dead.
He later described a gruesome scene, telling cops he flipped over his son's bloodied body to find a pulse, and that he could see his 'brains'.
Bodycam footage and dashboard footage shows him wearing a pristine, white t-shirt and shorts.
Yesterday, prosecutors pointed out to the jury that he had changed, but they offered no explanation for it.
Murdaugh's attorneys have not yet offered an explanation for the outfit change.
12.56am: Murdaugh in police car. He described being able to see his son's 'brain'
Maggie and Paul Murdaugh (left) were murdered in June 2021. He denies the killings. Their oldest son, Buster, is shown, right
They had claimed in opening statements that the video would help to exonerate their client, and that it showed what a loving father he was.
Today, the judge will rule on whether prosecutors will be able to disclose to the jury that Alex was drowning in debt and stealing from his law firm.
He has been charged with embezzling millions from the firm.
The jury has not yet heard of those crimes, which the prosecution claims paints a picture of a desperate man trying to hold on to whatever he had