", "These two stepbrothers were starting to develop a closer relationship," said Scharnberg-Hampton. The docuseries devotes under 10 minutes of its last episode to the September 4, 2021, roadside incident, a tale so strange it left people baffled well into the trial. Donna Thorngren shot her husband, Curtis Curt Thorngren, three times at their home in Meridian, Idaho, and then tried to stage the incident like a burglary. During Turrubiate-Simpson's testimony, she said she had a conversation with Murdaugh around two months after the murders in which he told her he was wearing a shirt by the brand Vineyard Vines on the day, although she remembered a different polo shirt from that day. But it was the cross-examination of lead investigator David Owen by defense lawyer Jim Griffin that would leave onlookers with the most questions in the investigation. However, in February, around the time of his mothers death, Philadelphia police arrested him, though they could only find that he was violating probation by being in the city. They call it Iowa nice.. One key question left unanswered by the docuseries is what potential motive Murdaugh could have had for murdering Maggie and Paul. Hours later, Murdaugh says he was planning to stage his own murder. The judge accepted the recommendation. 2. Of the parade of SLED agents and affiliated professionals who testified over the course of the prosecution's month-long case, the defense attorneys poked holes in each testimony, in particular highlighting errors in securing the crime scene early on and collecting evidence. Then, on June 13, two local families contact police: Their 16-year-old daughters had been missing for several days, and the parents were sure they were with Kauffman and McMahan. Instead, McMahan dropped the two off in an orange grove in nearby Kissimmee, Florida, threw cash at them, and drove off. Authorities announced on June 12, after matching the shell casings in Garber's and Schultz's murders, that the boys were suspects. [12] At his sentencing the following month, Gibson was subsequently handed a death sentence, to which he told the sentencing judge that it was "no big deal" and that he deserved what he was getting. In the months following his wife's and son's murders, Alex Murdaugh resigned from his law firm, which sued him for allegedly funneling stolen money from clients and the law firm into a fake bank account for years. The way we lost her was terrible. [4] While Gibson complained of frequent headaches, stomachaches, insomnia and hypochondriasis, Howerton and the prison's mental therapist concluded that he suffered from mild anxiety and had indications of anti-social behavior, but was otherwise sane. While they don't exactly offer answers, they are important pieces to the puzzle. Later, after they picked him up in a church parking lot, he allegedly stated: Whats done is done, prosecutors allege. When they asked, McMahan told them that he'd robbed a bank and two people had been killed. The plan was to use chloroform to knock Steven Gibson out, drive him to a nearby park, shoot him in the head, and make it look like a drug deal gone bad, the documents say. Clayton told Dateline that in the weeks and months leading up to July 3, his sister had told him and their father that she thought someone was going to hurt her. [9] He also willingly led them to the location where he had buried her body, and on April 27, authorities dug up her body from his backyard. His father, Alex Murdaugh, a local attorney and the son of Randolph Murdaugh III, owns the boat.. After a month-long investigation, detectives now say it was all a sinister act. On May 23, Gibson was officially charged with her murder as well, with prosecutors announcing that they would seek the death penalty for all three killings. At age 13, he also started drinking and later that year, would be arrested for stealing a motorbike.[2]. And if you didnt, you were far and few between.. Paul's best friend, Rogan Gibson, took the stand and testified that he was "100 percent sure" that the voices belonged to Paul, Maggie and Alex Murdaugh on the night of the killings. Law enforcement also acknowledged they had a warrant to search the house where the murders occurred the day after they happened, but chose not to execute it as there were lots of people there that would be "displaced" as a result. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Secondly, Griffin used the opportunity to tell the juryabout acontroversialblood spatterreport to argue a rush to judgment by law enforcement. However, during the prosecution's case over the past month, there has been minimal evidence to suggest Murdaugh would benefit from the deaths, financially or otherwise. Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters. The boys wanted to drive to Florida and check out the theme parks with the two teenagers. [7] On April 18, he was visited by a 75-year-old friend of his late mother, Christine Whitis. Gibson was extradited from Philadelphia to Delaware toward the end of the month, according to Miller. According to the Pulaski Sheriffs Department, after investigating the scene, it seemed that Linda and Cody had been murdered elsewhere, and their bodies were then dumped in the field, which was only two miles from the road on which they were last seen. "And you want this jury to believe a story manufactured to fit the evidence that you brought forth just yesterday after hearing this trial's worth of testimony? Later that evening, one of the two boys, Erik McBee, 16, who worked at Popeyes Chicken, allegedly beat a sleeping Steven Gibson in the head with a baseball bat, according to the prosecutors complaint. ", "It is an absolute fact that I am not manufacturing an alibi," Alex Murdaugh said. William Clyde Gibson III was born on October 10, 1957, in Raleigh, North Carolina, the youngest of four children born to William, Jr., a foreman for a tree-trimming company, and Jeraline "Geri" Gibson, a cashier at a Sears store. The DOC asked that Gibson be sentenced to 6 years in prison for his violation. In their cross-examination, prosecutors grilled the former attorney on his actions around the time investigators believe the murders occurred. He had. The unemployed carpenter's helper confessed to. Linda and Cody were last seen walking along Bourne Avenue, Pulaski Sheriffs Department press release. On Wednesday, a month into an explosive murder trial that has rocked South Carolina's Lowcountry region and captivated audiences across the globe, Netflix dropped a highly anticipated docuseries which promised to explore the complex web of power, secrets, and suspicion that ultimately led to the downfall of a local family dynasty. A probation violation report obtained by NBC10 shows that the Delaware Department of Corrections in early February told a judge that Keith Gibson, 39, was violent, had violated his probation by traveling to Philadelphia and that police there had indicated he was the prime suspect in his mothers murder. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. Later that night, as police officers were putting tape around the crime scene, McAbee and Molina-Pompa returned to the house and approached the investigators. Crime News is your destination for true crime stories from around the world, breaking crime news, and information about Oxygen's original true crime shows and documentaries. When he was two years old, the family moved out of state and settled in New Albany, Indiana, where Gibson grew up. Once inside, the responders found the brutalized bodies of four teenage girls-Amy Ayers, Jennifer Harbison, Sarah Harbison and Eliza Thomas. Wilson said that evening he called Murdaugh to tell him what he'd heard, and they agreed to meet the next day. IE 11 is not supported. In May 2003, Gibson sued the prison authorities, claiming that they had improperly denied him access to Seroquel and for housing him in squalid conditions, but the suit was thrown out by a federal judge, who considered it baseless. Alex Murdaugh, a disgraced South Carolina attorney accused of killing his wife and youngest son, testified in his own defense in his double murder trial -- admitting to jurors that he lied to investigators but denying that he committed the brutal murders. [16], Since his incarceration, Gibson has repeatedly appealed his death sentences, with his defense lawyer claiming that his confession to the Kirk murder was a mitigating circumstance. The mom also allegedly told the two boys that they needed to make sure her husbands body was found so a money inheritance could be paid out.. Without objection from probation and parole officials, the judge accepted the public defender's recommendation for time served and placed him on 18 months of probation, Miller said. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your device and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. Her brother, Dave, argued . Donna Thorngren shot her husband, Curtis Curt Thorngren, Dr. Mark Wangler killed his wife, Kathy Wangler. It was a crime that "almost slipped through our fingers," Los Angeles police said--an 84-year-old . A habitual criminal noted for his increasingly violent streaks and his handlebar moustache, Gibson has claimed responsibility for upwards of 30 additional murders across multiple states, none of which have been confirmed. Authorities are investigating whether he was responsible for six . Here are seven important details the Netflix show missed about the story of the two murders. He thought of Island Schultz and the two drove over there. His employee-tenant, Barb Garber, 52, had unusually for her not shown up for work that morning. Waters asked Alex Murdaugh. [2] Eight months later, Gibson was charged with robbery and sexual battery relating to an incident involving a 21-year-old woman whom he sexually assaulted in a phone booth near the Louisville Galleria in Louisville, Kentucky. Asked whether he felt bad, Kauffman told police, "No, not really. The examining psychologist, J. Robert Noonan, concluded that Gibson had an IQ of 79 and refused to take responsibility for his actions, which he blamed on his alcoholism, but did not suffer from any mental illnesses that impaired his judgment. That was confirmed by a subsequent tip from a local hotel employee who'd seen the boys with two girls at the hotel around the time of the murders. The officer requested that Gibsons probation be revoked and that he be given a maximum sentence. Michelle Gibson was sentenced to life in prison, and her son, Steven Gibson Jr, was sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and hindering prosecution. This is a complex case and theres still a lot of evidence to review.. READ MORE 5. "No, I did not," Alex Murdaugh said. Two men were shot dead in a store in Philadelphias Germantown neighborhood, but police did not recover a gun. The police held a press conference to explain the crimes to the public on the afternoon of June 11, and immediately got a tip from a man who saw resident Jamie McMahan driving the pickup that day, which he was certain the unemployed 22-year-old could not afford. Wilson testified that on the morning of September 4, hours before Murdaugh would call 911 saying he had been shot in the head by a stranger on the side of the road, he confronted him about the accusations. Alex Murdaugh detailed on the stand a 20-year addiction to opioids, noting that he has been clean for 535 days. The Pensacola police found it parked behind a hotel, and hotel staff confirmed the boys were there with a new third person. The third man ended picking up the phone. Owen's cross-examination also revealed multiple inaccuracies in his prior testimony to the state's grand jury, which some onlookers may interpret as a sign that Murdaugh never should have been indicted for the murders in the first place all of which was absent from the Netflix documentary. The interview sees Murdaugh make various statements that will later be used against him, including that he tried to turn Paul's body over despite having no visible blood on him, and that he last saw his wife and son hours before the murders, which a video filmed by Paul would later disprove. Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Frank Vanore said that Gibsons mother was shot dead at her place of work and that neighbors had brought up Gibsons name, but investigators did not recover a gun at the time, nor was there video evidence of a suspect. Dateline was unable to reach an official at the Pulaski Sheriffs Department for comment, but according to their press release, it took four days for the Pulaski County Sheriffs Department, along with help from the Somerset Police Department, to find their bodies. Keith Gibson Indicted On 41 Felony Charges For Multiple Murders, Assaults, And Robberies - State of Delaware News State Agencies Social Media Mobile Apps Topics NEWS FEED Nominations Open for State of Delaware's Compassionate Champion Awards Date Posted: February 20, 2023 Michelle insisted that Steven had physically abused her and that she feared for her life. Four of the murders Gibson is linked to happened in May and June. Murdaugh also denied the murders, emphatically responding "no" to Griffin's explosive opening questions delivered while waving guns in the courtroom that outright asked him whether he shot his wife and son to death. The girls took a train back to Iowa. Michelle then dialed 911 and told the operator they had returned home from shopping to find Steven had been murdered. Closing arguments are expected to take place Wednesday before the case is turned over to the jury. Linda Gibson and Cody Garrett were found murdered in a field outside of Somerset, Kentucky, on July 7, 1994. Secondly, Seckinger testified that the conversation was cut short when Murdaugh received a phone call telling him his father, who was in hospital, was terminal. For more on this case and others like it, watch "Killer Siblings,"airing Fridays at 8/7c on Oxygen,or stream episodes here. On March 1, 2013, Michelle, Steven Jr, and Alysa left their home under the pretense of going shopping; this was to be their alibi. Kauffman had just graduated from high school with apparently few prospects and a group of friends who "ran the streets," and McMahan had recently lost his job at a local plant. The narrative jumps from speculation about the stress the family was under following the boat crash, to a ghoulish reconstruction of Murdaugh walking around the bodies of his wife and son, overlaid with the audio from his 911 call. Two suspicious deaths and a fatal boat crash in the preceding years are all part of this astonishing story that the Netflix documentary was set to unravel. "All kids that I knew in the town of Oskaloosa were either on it, making it, selling it. On December 6, 1991, Austin, Texas was shell-shocked by a vicious crime. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! He did, he said. According to a text message Maggie sent her housekeeper Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson, Murdaugh requested she come "home" to Moselle, where the murders occurred, as opposed to staying at the beach house where she preferred to be in the summer, according to various witnesses' testimony. Gibson eventually stopped attending church altogether in late August 2011, when his mother was admitted into a nursing home. "This is rural Iowa," Michael Berrier, an officer with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, told "Killer Siblings,"airing Fridays at 8/7c on Oxygen. "If I was under the pressure that they're talking about here, I can promise you I would hurt myself before I would hurt one of them. A neighbor said that they'd seen a strange car in Garber's driveway around 5:15 a.m., leading police to speculate that there were two suspects involved. [4], During his imprisonment, where he was ordered to attend a sex offender rehabilitation program, Gibson refused to admit responsibility for his crime and was thus deemed ineligible to participate. He told Dateline that in 1994, Linda lived with her 4-year-old daughter, Stephanie, not too far from the family. They argued over some prescription medication that Gibson had supposedly stolen. Gibson was eventually sent back to Delaware. On June 11, 1997, police were contacted by a farmer and landlord, Joe Hollop, in the town of What Cheer, Iowa. However, two details from that day emerged during the trial. "Murders dont take place and banks rarely get robbed.. Gibson was convicted of manslaughter in 2010 and released last year. The prosecution has argued that the murders were an attempt to distract from the investigation into his finances, a seemingly outlandish suggestion but a crucial one as it allowed evidence of the financial crimes he's charged with to be entered in the murder trial to demonstrate motive. McAbee then slit his throat before they then moved the body into the garage. He is currently on death row. Schultz's family and friends knew them both: Her best friend, Amanda Fenton, said they were friends with McMahan, and even Schultz's grandmother, Sonja Schultz, had met him. While he was considered an obedient inmate who rarely caused trouble, even earning an associate's degree in art from the Lindsey Wilson College, several psychiatric assessments concluded that Gibson had poor judgment and often experienced conflicting feelings of loneliness and losing control. He often got in trouble for fighting, talking in class, and not following directions. He is now being held in a Delaware prison on $305,200 cash bail on the robbery charge. Couple Is Killed in Alleged $750,000 Murder-for-Hire Plot Designed to Keep Suspect's Affair Secret, Suspect Arrested and 'Charged with Murder' in Killing of Houston Teen Diamond Alvarez: Authorities, How a Camping Trip Among 4 Arizona Teens Ended in Murder, After 12-Year-Old's Murder, Police Arrest Teen and Suspect's Father, Who Allegedly Drove Son to Scene, 'Big Family, Old Money, New Drama': Inside the Powerful S.C. 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