Minute-by-minute breakdown of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh's cell phone movements ... trends now Read the FULL minute-by-minute breakdown of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh's cell phone movements on night they were executed: Prosecutors say it proves Alex murdered his wife and son Maggie and Paul's phones both locked at 8.49pm - within four seconds of each other. Prosecutors say they were shot dead by Murdaugh just moments later. Paul's iPhone allegedly reveals that Murdaugh was at the kennels that night, contradicting the defendant's claim he only arrived there to find them dead Maggie's phone shows movement after the time prosecutors say she was killed - suggesting that somebody was handling her iPhone after she was murdered By Ross Ibbetson For Dailymail.com Published: 18:02 GMT, 2 February 2023 | Updated: 18:06 GMT, 2 February 2023 Viewcomments Prosecutors say the cell phone data in the timelines below is central to proving that Alex Murdaugh shot his wife and son at the kennels of the family's hunting estate in South Carolina's Lowcountry on the night of June 7, 2021. Paul's iPhone recorded some 900 data entries in the space of four hours that night - he was a 'prolific' phone user - but then at 8.49pm the device 'locked forever' and ongoing conversations with friends abruptly ended. Murdaugh's son also made a phone call at 8.40pm that night during which his friend Rogan Gibson testified he could hear Alex in the background, as well as in a video taken at 8.44pm at the kennels - where Paul, 22, and Maggie, 52, were killed. The alleged killer, 54, claims he was only ever at the kennels when he got back to find them dead after visiting his mother. He called 911 at 10.07pm. After 8.49pm, Paul's phone shows no more activity - however, his mother's phone continues to record movement, steps and orientation changes. Maggie's phone was discovered on a roadside about a quarter mile from the crime scene the following afternoon, while Paul's was found resting on his back after Murdaugh told cops it fell out of his dead son's pocket when he checked on him. Maggie's phone was discovered on a roadside about a quarter mile from the crime scene the after the killings on June 7, 2021. The prosecution suggest that Murdaugh was handling his wife's phone at the murder scene and made a series of calls and texts to the device in order to 'manufacture an alibi.' The defense have rebutted this suggestion, highlighting how steps recorded on Alex's phone do not align with his wife's, so it is not possible he was holding both phones at the same time in the aftermath of the shootings. They claim that orientation changes could be because the phone was taken by assassins who tossed it out of their getaway car. They also say Maggie was running away when she was shot. This could explain the steps recorded at 8.53pm. The prosecution suggest that Murdaugh was handling his wife's phone at the murder scene and made a series of calls and texts to the device in order to 'manufacture an alibi.' The defense have rebutted this suggestion, highlighting how steps recorded on Alex's phone do not align with his wife's, so it is not possible he was holding both phones at the same time in the aftermath of the shootings. They claim that orientation changes could be because the phone was taken by assassins who tossed it from their getaway car. They also say Maggie was running away when she was shot. This could explain the steps recorded at 8.53pm. Maggie and Paul's phones both locked at 8.49pm - within just four seconds of each other. The prosecution say they were shot dead by Murdaugh just moments later. Paul's iPhone recorded some 900 data entries in the space of four hours that night - he was a 'prolific' phone user - but then at 8.49pm the device 'locked forever' and ongoing conversations with friends abruptly ended. Murdaugh's son also made a phone call at 8.40pm that night during which his friend Rogan Gibson testified he could hear Alex in the background, as well as in a video taken at the kennels - where Paul and Maggie were killed - at 8.44pm. Maggie and Paul's phones both locked at 8.49pm - within just four seconds of each other. The prosecution say they were shot dead by Murdaugh just moments later. TIMELINE: NIGHT OF THE KILLINGS Alex Murdaugh, 54, is accused of shooting his wife, Maggie, 52, and younger son Paul, 22, at the family's hunting estate in Islandton, South Carolina, on the night of June 7, 2021. Here are the key events in the timeline laid out by prosecutors: At 7.56pm, Paul sent a Snapchat video to friends showing the 22-year-old riding around the estate with his father. At 8.15pm, Murdaugh's wife Maggie arrived home and the trio ate dinner together. Autopsies showed similar stomach contents in Maggie and Paul. About 8.30pm, Paul's phone starts moving towards the kennels. Then at 8.44pm, a second video taken by Paul at the kennels - soon to become a murder scene - allegedly proves that Maggie, Paul and Alex were together. At 8.49pm, the prosecution say Maggie and Paul's phones locked and went silent forever. Moments after this they say the pair were killed, Paul shot first with a shotgun before Maggie was killed with a rifle. At 9.06pm, Murdaugh's car is fired up. The alleged killer said he went to go visit his mother who is in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease. At 10.07pm, Murdaugh called 911 claiming he had arrived home a to find his wife and son shot dead. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility