Omar Serrato is solo this week as he covers the beginning of the Alex Murdagh Murder Trial that started this week in South Carolina. Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and Paul Murdagh, were murdered in June of 2021 on the Murdaugh estate. Alex Murdagh, husband and father to the victims, was the lone suspect in the murders, and is standing trial, indicted on four charges: The Murder of his wife, son, and the possession of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime as to both.

Opening Statements were presented by Creighton Waters, lead prosecutor for the State of South Carolina, and Dick Hartpootlian, lead defense counsel for Alex Murdaugh. Omar Serrato breaks down the opening statements of both attorneys, raising questions stemming from the implications from the opening statements, and analyzes the first day of evidence.