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South Carolina prosecutors have denied Alex Murdaugh’s defense claims that critical cellphone evidence was withheld, stating instead that the evidence had already been provided multiple times. Filed on Tuesday, the state’s response includes 40 pages of emails and screenshots showing the delivery of raw extractions, password logs, keychain files, and reports to the defense as early as October and November 2022. Prosecutors are “glad” to offer the evidence again if needed, suggesting the defense's claims may be false or manufactured.
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South Carolina prosecutors are dismissing claims by Alex Murdaugh’s defense team that the state withheld critical cellphone evidence. The defense had argued in September 2023 that they never received extraction files, keychain files, and extraction logs from seized smartphones. In March 2023, Murdaugh was convicted of killing his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, in 2021, receiving two life sentences. However, his conviction was overturned in May 2026 due to improper juror influence by Rebecca "Becky" Hill, the former Colleton County Clerk of Court. Prosecutors now assert that emails from January 20, 2023, show the defense team requesting duplicate copies of Murdaugh’s phone extraction because they had misplaced the original. The state has provided 40 pages of documentation to refute the defense's claims and is prepared to offer evidence again on a 2TB drive for the upcoming April 2027 trial.
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New court documents reveal South Carolina state prosecutors are rejecting claims by Alex Murdaugh’s defense that the state withheld critical "raw" cellphone evidence.
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state → reveal → evidence
The motion, filed Tuesday, is the state's response to a motion Murdaugh's legal team filed in September claiming it never received extraction files, keychain files and extraction logs from seized smartphones.
asserted
it → file → smartphones
In March 2023, Murdaugh was convicted of the 2021 killings of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul.
asserted
Murdaugh → convict → wife
He was sentenced to two life terms.
asserted
He → sentence → terms
However, his conviction was overturned in May 2026 after the South Carolina Supreme Court found that former Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca "Becky" Hill improperly influenced jurors.
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Hill → overturn → jurors
Murdaugh is scheduled for a new trial in April 2027.
asserted
Murdaugh → schedule → April
In this new round of court documents related to the case, prosecutors claim the defense already had the evidence — in some instances multiple times — and that its new account is "false," "manufactured" and contradicted by its own emails.
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account → relate → emails
The state released 40 pages of emails, file folder screenshots and signed discovery receipts spanning late 2022 to early 2023.
asserted
state → release → 2023
Court records reveal South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) investigators provided full, unredacted raw extractions, password logs, keychain files and reports to defense experts as early as October and November 2022.
asserted
investigators → reveal → October
Furthermore, prosecutors produced emails from Jan. 20, 2023 — three days before jury selection began in the first trial — showing the defense team requesting a duplicate copy of Murdaugh’s phone extraction because they had misplaced the original.
asserted
they → produce → original
"The State will be glad to send the cell phone evidence to the defense yet one more time if they have somehow messed up or lost their copies again," the motion states.
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motion → send → copies
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Fox News Digital has reached out to Murdaugh's defense team for comment.
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Digital → read → comment
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