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He was the unlikely 'star witness' on whose evidence the case turned.
And now, the Murdaugh family's yellow Labrador, Bubba, spends his days rolling in the grass and playing with his chew toy like an oversized puppy, under the care of his new owner.
Seen in these exclusive pictures obtained by DailyMail.com, the ten-year-old pooch is now living with Blanca Simpson, 56, herself a key witness for the prosecution in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial.
Murdaugh family dog Bubba, became a key 'witness' in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial by helping destroy the disgraced legal scion's alibi and placing him at the scene of the crime
The boisterous yellow lab was taken in by the family as a puppy and was known to accompany them on hunting trips
After the deaths of Maggie and Paul (pictured) Murdaugh had trouble finding a home for Bubba and couldn't keep him while he moved from house to house
He lumbers around, tongue lolling, and leans in to be petted.
A member of the Murdaugh family since puppyhood, it was the boisterous dog's habit of pestering birds that destroyed Alex Murdaugh's alibi and placed him at the scene of the crime just moments before his wife and son were shot.
Former housekeeper Blanca Simpson, herself a key witness in the trial, was asked to look after Bubba in the aftermath of Maggie and Paul's deaths
Murdaugh, 54, had consistently denied being anywhere near the kennels at the time of wife Maggie, 52, and son Paul's, 22, deaths in June 2021.
But 58 seconds of cellphone video, recorded by Paul himself, saw the disgraced attorney caught in a lie.
The video was of a friend's dog, but Maggie can be heard in the background talking about Bubba.
'He's got a bird in his mouth,' she exclaims in the clip.
Murdaugh, unaware that he is being recorded, calls Bubba by name and corrects Maggie when she says, 'He's got a guinea.'
'It's a chicken,' Murdaugh says, before coaxing, 'C'mon Bubba,' to get the dog to relinquish the bird.
Simpson was the housekeeper at the Murdaughs' Moselle estate for more than a decade.
Today, Bubba spends his days rolling in the grass and playing with his chew toy like an oversized puppy, under the care of his new owner
According to Simpson, Bubba has also grieved the loss of the life he once knew, his owners Maggie and Paul, but two years on he seems settled and happy in his new home
Now-convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh, 54, had consistently denied being anywhere near the family's dog kennels at the time of his wife and son's deaths on June 7, 2021
Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22, were found shot dead on the grounds of the family home on June 7. Maggie was killed with an assault rifle, whereas Paul had been killed with a shotgun. Both were shot multiple times
At Maggie's request she cooked the family the last meal they ate together on June 7, 2021 – country fried steak and macaroni cheese – and she counted the mother-of-two as a friend.
She told the court what Murdaugh was wearing when she saw him earlier that evening and noted that she never saw that shirt again, though she did the family's laundry and was familiar with their clothing.
She also said that Murdaugh had pressured her to tell cops that he was wearing a different shirt to the one he had been wearing earlier on the day of the murders.
Simpson is still grieving the loss of her friend Maggie, trying to live with the horror of the murders, and
