June 7, 2021: Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh and Paul Murdaugh found dead at the family hunting lodge. 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. Fox's "America's Most Wanted" did a segment on the boys in late June 1997 it aired twice, according to the Tampa Bay Times which resulted in a tip on June 30 from a woman in Pensacola who recognized the truck. In the following month, Eric McAbee, Michelle Gibson, Steven Gibson Jr., Alysa Gibson, and Karen Molina-Pompa were all arrested and charged with murder. The high-profile family is linked to five deaths, two of which patriarch Alex is on trial over. Police have not yet offered a possible motive. Wilson then left the meeting. Officials concluded this after a month . One key question left unanswered by the docuseries is what potential motive Murdaugh could have had for murdering Maggie and Paul. Maggie and Paul Murdaugh are not presented in the most flattering of lights in the docuseries. They found him in possession of a revolver. 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. His colleague John Quinn echoed Barrier's sentiments. Christine Gibson . [2] In 1979, he was dishonorably discharged for stealing a car and sentenced to a year of imprisonment at Fort Leavenworth, where he attempted to kill himself by slitting his wrists on one occasion. The third man ended picking up the phone. Ultimately, McMahan released the hitchhiker, then left Kauffman leave, and finally gave himself up. By the time it gets to describing their murders, viewers have sat through 1 episodes of people detailing how they were wronged by the Murdaughs, as well as harrowing accounts of the boat crash Paul is accused of causing. At the time, Paul Murdaugh was awaiting trial on a charge of allegedly boating under the influence after a crash in February 2019 that killed a 19-year-old woman, Mallory Beach of South Carolina. 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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On Tuesday, June 7, Gibson was arrested on suspicion of pistol-whipping a Rite Aid clerk during another Wilmington robbery. 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. Vanore said there still remain questions to be answered in the slayings, but its certainly on our list of cases that were looking at with regard to Gibsons possible involvement. We were terrors., Both Lofreddo and formerDes Moines Register reporterKirsten Scharnberg-Hamptontold "Killer Siblings" McMahan was the outgoing, charismatic (and attractive) older brother, while Kauffman was a quiet, non-athletic kid in their circle that Loffredo described as a "dweeb. The story of how Gibson escaped a lengthy prison term two months ago is revealed in documents . Tennessee has its own rough past, drenched in murderous stories that will keep you locking your doors. The friends they did know were contacted and told police something the parents weren't aware of. Murder charges have been approved for his alleged killing of a North Philadelphia Dunkin' store manager. I just want people to remember Linda and little Cody.. [6] On August 15, 2014, Gibson was sentenced to death again, with sentencing Justice Orth deeming that it was "the only appropriate sentence" in regards to the brutal killing. 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. Prosecutor Creighton Waters asked him to recount what he did during a "crucial" four-minute period around 9 p.m. that night, when Alex Murdaugh said he was in his home getting ready to visit his mother. "But both of them were in bad places and it was really just a recipe for disaster.". The T-shirt Murdaugh was wearing when he says he discovered the bodies appeared to have no visible blood on it. Alex Murdaugh faces about 100 other charges for allegations ranging from money laundering to staging his own death so his surviving son could cash in on his $10 million life insurance policy. Murdaugh is also being charged with insurance fraud and assisted suicide in relation to what has become known as the "roadside incident," in which Murdaugh initially claimed to have been shot in the head by an unknown assailant after pulling over with a flat tire, but which he subsequently told police was an elaborate plot in order to have a former client shoot him to death so that his remaining son, Buster, could collect a $10 million life insurance policy. Michelle Gibson and Steven Gibson Jr. Erik McBee approached Steven Sr. as he slept upstairs on his bed and struck him several times with a baseball bat before going back downstairs. Authorities announced on June 12, after matching the shell casings in Garber's and Schultz's murders, that the boys were suspects. Crime Concerns Around Temple's Campus: The Lineup, Ex-Philly Councilman to Learn Fate in Federal Corruption Case, North Philadelphia killing of 40-year-old Dunkin manager Christine Lugo, 28-year-old Metro by T-Mobile employee Leslie Ruiz-Basilio, Two men were shot dead in a store in Philadelphias Germantown neighborhood, Gunshots Interrupt Funeral at Northeast Philly Cemetery, Wells Fargo Closes 3 Branches in the Philadelphia Area, Plans to Shutter 3 More, Ghost Cars': Blurred Plates, No Plates on Philly Streets, Beyond, PennDOT Begins Work to Cap I-95, Build Park at Penn's Landing. When police went to her home shortly after 9:30 a.m., they found the door unlocked and Garber . Here are seven of the key pieces of information we've learned from the trial so far. "He says that hes a hitchhiker, got picked up, theyd been doing copious amount of drugs, alcohol, and just having a party," Quinn explained. They argued over some prescription medication that Gibson had supposedly stolen. Maggie Murdaugh Facebook. The unemployed carpenter's helper confessed to. I have no clue why my mom would do this. It was a crime that "almost slipped through our fingers," Los Angeles police said--an 84-year-old . On April 13, a probation violation hearing was held where the judge found Gibson guilty. After his release from the hospital, he was sent to serve the rest of his sentence at the Floyd County Jail, where he remained until his discharge on March 12, 2002.[4]. But in 1997, a vicious crime spree proved things aren't always "Iowa nice" here. NBC10's Tim Furlong and Hannah Gross contributed to this story. On March 24 that year, he met 35-year-old Stephanie Marie Kirk at the Uptown Bar in New Albany, where he arranged to take her on a motorcycle ride. Investigation Discovery is in Peoria, Arizona, to investigate the chilling murder of Steven Gibson, who was killed after his wife, Michelle Gibson, enlisted the help of her son and two teenagers to kill him brutally. 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. 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. [3] After his release, he married an artist in June 1980, but after he was diagnosed with infertility, Gibson intensified his drug usage, supposedly smoking upwards of 20 marijuana joints a day. The Gibson household has a record of domestic violence calls between the parents, but they consistently refused to press charges, Peoria Police Department spokeswoman Amanda Jacinto tells PEOPLE. The Pulaski County Sheriff's Department and the Somerset Police Department are. Alex Murdaugh faces 30 years to life in prison without parole if convicted of the killings, for which he has pleaded not guilty and adamantly denied. William Clyde Gibson III (born October 10, 1957) is an American serial killer and rapist who is currently on Indiana 's death row for the sexually-motivated murders of two women in 2002 and 2012, in addition to serving a 65-year sentence for a third murder committed in 2012. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. 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. He rolled out of bed, bundled up warmly, pulled on his boots, and stepped outside with a metal pail. The next morning, they used a ruse about needing Garber's phone and once inside, McMahan told Kauffman he had to kill Garber in order to prove himself. Alex Murdaugh, right, speaks with defense attorney Jim Griffin during a break in his trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Feb. 15, 2023. State investigators went to the boys' home the following day, shocking their parents, who said they didn't know much about McMahan's friends, but knew he had been hanging out with Kauffman often. 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. The DOC asked that Gibson be sentenced to 6 years in prison for his violation. The docuseries devotes more than half of its airtime to telling the story of Mallory Beach, who died in 2019 aged 19 after a boat seemingly driven by a heavily intoxicated and belligerent Paul Murdaugh, also 19 at the time, crashed into a bridge, hurling her overboard into the waters where she drowned. They call it Iowa nice.. Soon after the murder, he had a tattoo inscribed on his lower right arm indicating the date of the murder, accompanied by an image of a knife. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. He also briefly addressed accusations that he tried to stage a cover-up in the 2019 boat case a huge part of the Netflix series' narrative saying they were untrue. 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. Police found $29,000 in cash less than half of what they'd stolen 19 days before and a .22 caliber handgun. Closing arguments are expected to take place Wednesday before the case is turned over to the jury. On June 11, 1997, police were contacted by a farmer and landlord, Joe Hollop, in the town of What Cheer, Iowa. In the body camera footage from that night, a distraught Alex Murdaugh told officers, "It's bad, it's bad," and mentioned that his son had been getting threats following a boat wreck he was involved in. [4] During that time, he found a job at C&C Hardwood Flooring in Borden, where he was described as a diligent worker, and was regarded positively by friends and neighbors for attending the local non-denominational "Power of the Cross" church, making papier-mch figures and for helping his sick mother - on the other hand, patrons of the bars he frequented considered him strange, and on at least a few occasions, he had asked out women to visit his home, to varying success.[4]. On March 1, 2013, Michelle, Steven Jr, and Alysa left their home under the pretense of going shopping; this was to be their alibi. Linda Gibson was a fun-loving and easygoing 21-year-old woman, according to her younger brother, Clayton Gibson. On October 10, 2002, Gibson was out drinking at a bar in Jeffersonville when he met 44-year-old Karen Sue Hodella, a beautician from Port Orange, Florida, who was visiting a boyfriend of hers at the time. Surveillance video captured the suspect forcing Lugo to give him money which Vanore said amounted to around $300 before shooting and fleeing. "I never manufactured any alibi in any way shape or form, because I did not and would not hurt my wife and my child.". As part of the deal, it was decided that evidence presented at the Hodella trial would not be used as evidence or an aggravating factor in any follow-up trials. [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. Federal Bureau of Prison records indicate that Kauffman, now 42, remains incarcerated in McCreary Federal Prison in Kentucky. McMahan's mother and Kauffman's father got together in 1979 and eventually married. Two crucial witnesses throughout the trial were Murdaugh housekeeper Blanca Turrubiate-Simpsonand caregiver Mushell "Shelly" Smith, who worked for Murdaugh's parents taking care of his mother, who has dementia. Wilson had worked with Murdaugh on various cases in which Murdaugh has been accused of misappropriating funds. [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. 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