Defence case begins after prosecution rests in Murdaugh’s murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina

‘At this time, we believe he acted alone. His motive is not yet known,’ governor says

Shootings occurred across multiple locations

Maggie’s cellphone was found by investigators one day after the murders, dumped by the side of a road around a quarter of a mile from the Murdaugh property

‘I am still in EB because when you get here we have to talk. Mom found several bags of pills in your computer bag,’ it says

It was not immediately clear when the incident occurred

Dick Harpootlian resorted to shouting at SLED Senior Special Agent Ryan Kelly during a combative exchange in the disgraced legal scion’s murder trial

Tyre Nichols died in hospital three days after he was beaten and tased during a traffic stop in Memphis on 7 January

‘I don’t know how to explain to you the guilt, the horror, the guilt, the pain that I felt, and I still feel,’ MSU assistant professor Marco Díaz-Muñoz said after two of his students were murdered in his class

Defence case begins after prosecution rests in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial at Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina