Nation Opening statements given in former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial January 25, 2023January 26, 2023N'dea Yancey-Bragg and Michael M. DeWitt, Jr., USA TODAYComments Off on Opening statements given in former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial Attorneys delivered opening statements Wednesday in the trial of ex-lawyer Alex Murdaugh, who is charged with killing his wife and son.