Gibson was convicted of manslaughter in 2010 and released last year. [19] Gibson has also done several interviews on various podcasts, on which he has professed responsibility for an additional 30 murders committed across multiple states, additionally claiming that he has sexually abused and even cannibalized the victims' corpses. Later that night, as police officers were putting tape around the crime scene, McAbee and Molina-Pompa returned to the house and approached the investigators. Police are investigating whether he is responsible for at least six killings in both states, including that of his mother. The tragic story of the boat crash and Beach's death, the traumatic impact it had on a group of teenagers, and the way it spotlights the weight of the Murdaugh name in the local area make it an obvious entryway to the family's story. The judge accepted the recommendation. ", "On June the 7th, I wasn't thinking clearly," he said. Four of the murders Gibson is linked to happened in May and June. Prosecutors have focused on footage taken from Paul Murdaugh's cellphone the night of the murders, including a video taken at the kennels several minutes before the victims were believed to be killed that investigators said has Alex Murdaugh talking in the background. [13] In regards to his upcoming murder trials, he changed his plea and waived his right to a speedy trial, choosing to plead guilty to Hodella's murder instead. It was neither the unfamiliar gray station wagon seen in Garber's driveway at 5:15 that morning, nor her truck. The trial has drawn a packed courtroom, with lines outside. [3] After his release, he started dating Kelly Bailey. By Olivia Gunn. 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. They argued over some prescription medication that Gibson had supposedly stolen. When asked how she interpreted the conversation, Turrubiate-Simpson said, "I know what he was wearing the day he left the house and I was basically confused. April 24, 1941: Esker Washington Gibson set fire to his house, killing his wife and five children, ranging in age from 7-months-old to 7-years-old. McMahan's mother and Kauffman's father got together in 1979 and eventually married. On April 27, at the sentencing hearing, Gibson's public defender presented new evidence that the 39-year-old had community supports lined up as well as job prospects. Kauffman had just graduated from high school with apparently few prospects and a group of friends who "ran the streets," and McMahan had recently lost his job at a local plant. [15] In spite of the guilty plea, prosecutors pushed for another death sentence, aiming to prove aggravating factors during the commission of Kirk's murder. Late Friday, DOC spokesperson Jason Miller said that during an April 27 sentencing, Gibson's public defender "cited new factors" asking for time served, "including that Gibson had prospects for stable housing, a job, and community supports upon release.". "I didnt shoot my wife or my son any time, ever.". Keith Gibbson In a frantic 911 call on March 1, Michelle Gibson tearfully told police about a grisly discovery she made at 2 a.m. in the familys Peoria, Ariz., home. [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. McAbee pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and agreed to testify against Michelle. On March 1, 2013, Michelle, Steven Jr, and Alysa left their home under the pretense of going shopping; this was to be their alibi. They also told Medinilla that Gibson had an extensive history of violence including 29 felony arrests and nine convictions a documented history of anger issues, and that they felt he posed a threat to himself and the community. "If I was under the pressure that they're talking about here, I can promise you I would hurt myself before I would hurt one of them. [6] In his anger, Gibson proceeded to rape and strangle her, sexually assaulted her body, breaking her back in the process and then burying her body in his backyard. In interviews with police, the teenage girls said that they had "partied" with McMahan and Kauffman at the hotel on the night of June 10. They are awaiting his extradition out of Delaware. The three-part documentary looks into the different cases surrounding the family, most prominently the death of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh, the son and wife of Alex Murdaugh, who is currently on. Clayton told Dateline that in the weeks and months leading up to July 3, his sister had told him and their father that she thought someone was going to hurt her. Gibson was eventually sent back to Delaware. Here are seven important details the Netflix show missed about the story of the two murders. Mahaska County seems like a peaceful, quiet place. No arrests have been made, but according to the Pulaski Sheriffs Department press release, the investigation has uncovered possible suspects and investigators have been concentrating on those leads. Court is adjourned until Monday morning. When they asked, McMahan told them that he'd robbed a bank and two people had been killed. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner approved murder charges Wednesday against Keith Gibson in connection to the February fatal shooting of his mother, Christine Gibson. And if you didnt, you were far and few between.. Officials have said they expect more charges, both in Philadelphia and Delaware. They found him in possession of a revolver. On Wednesday, June 9, Krasner approved murder charges against Gibson in Lugos slaying. I would never hurt Paul," Alex Murdaugh said. "I would never hurt Maggie. The defense is expected to have four more witnesses before the state is allowed its rebuttal. Later that evening, one of the two boys, Erik McBee, 16, who worked at Popeyes Chicken, allegedly beat a sleeping Steven Gibson in the head with a baseball bat, according to the prosecutors complaint. He rolled out of bed, bundled up warmly, pulled on his boots, and stepped outside with a metal pail. "So bad.". Regardless, it certainly backs the hypothesis that Alex Murdaugh is behind them. Alex Murdaugh is accused of killing his wife and son. NBC10's Danny Freeman has the details. 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. Alex Murdaugh, 54, who called 911 to report the discovery, was charged with their murders 13 months later. Asked if the Gibsons 16-year-old daughter would be implicated in the plot, Jacinto added, More arrests could occur depending on how the investigation plays out. 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. The story of how Gibson escaped a lengthy prison term two months ago is revealed in documents . He told Dateline that in 1994, Linda lived with her 4-year-old daughter, Stephanie, not too far from the family. William Gardiner, a preacher of the Primitive Methodist Chapel, was suspected due to his affair with the victim. In May 2003, Gibson sued the prison authorities, claiming that they had improperly denied him access to Seroquel and for housing him in squalid conditions, but the suit was thrown out by a federal judge, who considered it baseless. Dateline was unable to reach an official at the Pulaski Sheriffs Department for comment, but according to their press release, it took four days for the Pulaski County Sheriffs Department, along with help from the Somerset Police Department, to find their bodies. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. Gibson eventually stopped attending church altogether in late August 2011, when his mother was admitted into a nursing home. On June 21, the girls' parents called back: Their daughters had returned home safely. While the documentary suggested the unraveling of the Murdaughs' finances was due to the boat crash, trial testimony suggests that the law firm was already looking into inconsistencies surrounding funds relating to some of Murdaugh's cases, the severity of which was revealed to him that day. It was tragic, the way we lost them., He told Dateline that, Cody was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.. [McBee] then took the knife and slit the victims throat.. 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. [2] Eight months later, Gibson was charged with robbery and sexual battery relating to an incident involving a 21-year-old woman whom he sexually assaulted in a phone booth near the Louisville Galleria in Louisville, Kentucky. His colleague John Quinn echoed Barrier's sentiments. Waters asked Alex Murdaugh. While they don't exactly offer answers, they are important pieces to the puzzle. [2] Due to this, he was found competent to stand trial and accepted an Alford plea, for which he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in La Grange. ", Alex Murdaugh disputed that, replying, "That's not correct.". The same type of weapon was used in the Philadelphia killing of Lugo at the Dunkin store. Murdaugh's story that he tried to stage his own murder in a suicide plot in order for his son Buster to collect his life insurance has been treated with skepticism, especially after the man involved in the incident, Curtis Eddie Smith, said he was set up. Firstly, Murdaugh's former close friend Chris Wilson testified that on September 3, he had been told by Murdaugh's law firm partners that Murdaugh had been stealing money. March 1, 1975, in rural Indiana and firefighters were called to . In their cross-examination, prosecutors grilled the former attorney on his actions around the time investigators believe the murders occurred. Her motive stemmed from a wish to collect from a $320,000 life insurance policy. Keith Gibson was arrested after allegedly attacking a Rite Aid clerk in Delaware during a robbery. "Mahaska County, it is one of the safest counties in the state of Iowa," he told producers. Wilson had worked with Murdaugh on various cases in which Murdaugh has been accused of misappropriating funds. While her case was considered credible due to the visible injuries on her face, it was ultimately not pursued due to a lack of evidence. During the trial, which began last month, prosecutors have presented more than 60 witnesses and evidence, including body camera footage of police arriving at home following the murders and an interview Alex Murdaugh gave to police two months later, in which he denied killing his wife and son. "He says that hes a hitchhiker, got picked up, theyd been doing copious amount of drugs, alcohol, and just having a party," Quinn explained. After a month-long investigation, detectives now say it was all a sinister act. Two happened earlier, in January. He would say, If you dont tell us, we cant help you.. James Waybern Hall: The murderer known as "Big Jim" killed 4 people, including his wife, in Arkansas between 1944 and 1945. Investigators began reinterviewing the family and others. Im no detective, but for 20 years I have gone around door to door, asking questions and trying to help solve this case, Clayton told Dateline. "And you want this jury to believe a story manufactured to fit the evidence that you brought forth just yesterday after hearing this trial's worth of testimony? [2], Later that year, Bailey filed a police report claiming that Gibson had blocked her car with his vehicle while she was delivering newspapers and proceeded to hit her before stealing her car keys and fleeing the scene. "I did lie to them," he said, and confirmed he was in the video the night of their murders on June 7, 2021. Isn't that true?" List of serial killers in the United States, "Remains from Ind. Steven Gibson, 39, was allegedly the target of a family murder plot hatched by his wife Michelle and their son Steven Jr., 15, who took part in stabbing him. 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. "Murders dont take place and banks rarely get robbed.. His employee-tenant, Barb Garber, 52, had unusually for her not shown up for work that morning. "No, I did not," Alex Murdaugh said. Smith testified that she was at Murdaugh's parents' house when he visited the night of the murders, before he said he discovered Maggie and Paul's bodies. The trial adjourned Thursday evening while prosecutors were in the middle of questioning Murdaugh about his financial dealings as a lawyer -- during which he admitted to stealing money from several clients. When police went to her home shortly after 9:30 a.m., they found the door unlocked and Garber, sitting in a chair with her breakfast in reach, shot twice in the head and twice in the chest. 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Subsequent text messages indicated she was concerned about Murdaugh's wellbeing when she decided to return to the Moselle property. Authorities announced on June 12, after matching the shell casings in Garber's and Schultz's murders, that the boys were suspects. Of the parade of SLED agents and affiliated professionals who testified over the course of the prosecution's month-long case, the defense attorneys poked holes in each testimony, in particular highlighting errors in securing the crime scene early on and collecting evidence. Later, after they picked him up in a church parking lot, he allegedly stated: Whats done is done, prosecutors allege. Maggie Murdaugh Facebook. Law enforcement also acknowledged they had a warrant to search the house where the murders occurred the day after they happened, but chose not to execute it as there were lots of people there that would be "displaced" as a result. The friends they did know were contacted and told police something the parents weren't aware of. Around 2:24 a.m. on June 6, 42-year-old Ronald Wright as shot and killed in a street robbery in Wilmington, Delaware. 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. She was only 21 and she had been used and abused, Clayton told Dateline. There were .22 caliber shell casings on the floor. Authorities are investigating whether he was responsible for six . He is now being held in a Delaware prison on $305,200 cash bail on the robbery charge. They were right to be: Schultz's body was found in her living room. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? On May 23, Gibson was officially charged with her murder as well, with prosecutors announcing that they would seek the death penalty for all three killings. She had been shot both in the back of her head and her forehead. "In the last year, the two brothers started getting into meth," Lofreddo explained. Thirdly, Owen acknowledged that SLED was told that Murdaugh was spending $50,000 a week on drugs, which he was buying from gang members who were never investigated by law enforcement in connection with the murders. Wilson then left the meeting. Tennessee has its own rough past, drenched in murderous stories that will keep you locking your doors. The pair moved to an apartment in Borden, Indiana. After going through a four-day withdrawal, he was examined by the prison's psychiatrist, Dr. Daniel Howerton. 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. On June 5, a masked man carrying a revolver forced Christine Lugo, also a mother, into a Dunkin store in Philadelphias Fairhill neighborhood. Mom Nearly 3 Months in Advance: Prosecutors. Since the murders, Murdaugh who says he was living with a decades-long opioid addiction has been disbarred and faces more than 100 further charges in which he's accused of financial crimes, including stealing millions of dollars from clients. The reputable South Carolina family first made headlines in 2019, when the then-teenage son Paul Murdaugh was involved in a boating accident that killed 19-year-old Mallory.. Last summer, Paul and his mother Maggie Murdaugh were both shot and murdered - and discovered by the family . 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. Police found $29,000 in cash less than half of what they'd stolen 19 days before and a .22 caliber handgun. 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 warnings did not sway Medinilla in accepting the public defender's recommendation. It was a crime that "almost slipped through our fingers," Los Angeles police said--an 84-year-old . On January 5 1991, Gibson hit his pickup truck in an automobile accident but sped off after seeing a nearby police officer attempt to inspect the damage. On December 6, 1991, Austin, Texas was shell-shocked by a vicious crime. 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. ", "These two stepbrothers were starting to develop a closer relationship," said Scharnberg-Hampton. Just over 60 years ago, prominent and successful dairy farmer Orville Gibson woke up around 3:30 a.m. to milk his cows. Murdaugh's remaining son Buster does not receive a call from his father until 10:44 p.m. that night, according to cell phone records. The elder Steven Gibson had been arrested in Nov. 2012 for allegedly assaulting an officer during a DUI stop, but none of the family members had any other significant criminal history. "All the sudden, Jamie McMahan grabs the phone and is yelling at the hostage negotiator.". Paul's best friend, Rogan Gibson, took the stand and testified that he was "100 percent sure" that the voices belonged to Paul, Maggie and Alex Murdaugh on the night of the killings. 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. He said he was even spoiled but acknowledged that his father was an alcoholic who would become combative when drunk. Michelle Gibson, Steven Jr. and McBee have each been charged with first-degree murder and remain in police custody. Weeks into the trial, Alex Murdaugh was called to take the stand by his defense team on Thursday. man's yard identified", "S. 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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. [4], During his imprisonment, where he was ordered to attend a sex offender rehabilitation program, Gibson refused to admit responsibility for his crime and was thus deemed ineligible to participate. The bodies of Margaret Murdaugh, 52, and Paul Murdaugh, 22, were found dead from multiple gunshot wounds near the dog kennels at the family's home near Islandton, South Carolina, in June 2021, authorities said. Michelle Gibson, 41, a nursing school student, allegedly offered $1,000 each to two of her sons friends on Feb. 28, telling them they needed to kill [her husband] before he killed her or [his son], according to court documents filed by prosecutors. The next day, the Fourth of July, their family reported them missing. Harsent was six months pregnant at the time of her death. 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