Emotional Buster Murdaugh seen visits grave of murdered mother and brother

Emotional Buster Murdaugh was seen honoring the victims in the gruesome murder case that has gripped the country — his late mother Maggie and younger brother Paul — as their father’s murder trial continues in South Carolina.

The only surviving son of disgraced legal scion Alex Murdaugh is seen in exclusive DailyMail.com photos visiting the graves of his family members slain on Sunday, ahead of a fourth, and potentially final, week of testimony.

The 26-year-old was supported by his girlfriend Brooklynn White, also 26, at the Hampton Cemetery in South Carolina, where Buster took a moment to kneel and pay his respects to his mother and brother before planting a kiss. in their graves. .

The 26-year-old was accompanied by his girlfriend Brooklynn White, also 26, on an emotional visit to the cemetery, where murdered members of the Murdaugh family are buried.

Until now, the graves of Maggie and Paul have not been publicly revealed. At one point, Buster picked up a small statue of a dog that he had left at their burial sites and placed it on his mother’s grave.

The dog appears to resemble the Murdaugh family dog, Bubba, who has become a key player in the case against Alex, 54, who faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted of the murders of his wife. 52 years old, and his son. 22

As jurors had heard earlier in the trial, the yellow Lab was in the family kennel the night Maggie and Paul were shot dead on their Moselle hunting ground on June 7, 2021, and his presence could result in Damning for Alex who, according to witnesses, was heard talking to the dog on video recorded at the kennel.

Prosecutors have focused on cellphone video recorded by Paul minutes before his death in which voices can be heard in the background ordering Bubba, who had a habit of disturbing chickens and birds, to leave the animals alone. peace.

After the murders of Maggie and Paul on June 7, 2021, Buster became the only surviving son of Alex Murdaugh.

He was seen picking up a small statue of a dog that had been left at their burial sites and placed it on his mother’s grave.

The poignant statue of the dog is among the various trinkets and items that dot the burial sites of Maggie and Paul.

The dog appears to resemble the Murdaugh family dog, Bubba, who has become a key player in the case after a video featuring voices mentioning the yellow Lab appears to place Alex at the scene of the murders.

Buster’s girlfriend Brooklynn has been seen supporting him at his father’s trial.

State witness Rogan Gibson, a close friend of the Murdaughs, testified last week that he was “100% sure” he heard Alex’s voice on the video, which placed him at the crime scene where he claimed he had not been. .

Buster, who has been named as a defense witness, and his girlfriend have been seen attending trial proceedings together in recent weeks, and he could take the stand when defense attorneys begin to argue their case.

As testimony continued Monday, footage of Alex Murdaugh sobbing into his phone was revealed meters from the blood-soaked bodies of his wife and son.

Redacted images on the body of the first officer on the scene were finally released Monday after they were shown to the jury earlier in his double murder trial.

Exclusive photos from DailyMail.com show the headstones of the mother and son placed side by side.

Maggie, who was 52, is believed to have been first killed at the family’s hunting lodge in Moselle. The headstone of the murdered mother is relatively nondescript and only lists the year of her birth and her death.

Paul’s tombstone, which has the same design, sits just below his mother and similarly contains only his name and the year of his birth and death.

Murdaugh’s wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul, were found shot to death on the family’s property in June 2021. Alex called 911 around 10 p.m. claiming he had just found them, which prosecutors They say it’s a lie.

Murdaugh is seen sobbing on the phone and asking an officer: ‘They’re dead, aren’t they?’ The bodies of Maggie and Paul appear in a blur after being shot multiple times on the family’s hunting ground.

“It’s bad, I checked his pulses,” Murdaugh tells the officer as he paces, dressed in a white T-shirt, shorts and sneakers, past the property’s kennels.

After three weeks of explosive testimony, the State is set to rest its case this week, however some key witnesses, including Curtis ‘Cousin Eddie’ Smith, have yet to testify. Smith is accused of shooting Murdaugh in the head three months after he allegedly killed his wife and child.

Murdaugh and Smith face separate prosecution for the life insurance scam that was allegedly designed to provide their surviving son Buster with $11 million.

Buster Murdaugh and Brooklynn White were asked to stand so witness Chris Wilson could see them during Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse on Thursday, February 9.

Alex Murdaugh pictured with his wife Maggie and their two sons Paul (left) and Buster

Smith denies having any part in the scheme, instead stating that he tried to stop a suicidal Murdaugh from attempting suicide.

Before trial, Murdaugh’s defense suggested that Smith was involved in the murders of Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22, on the family’s sprawling hunting estate in Islandton, South Carolina, on June 7, 2021.

The disbarred lawyer also faces 100 other charges ranging from stealing money from clients to running a drug ring and money laundering.

Prosecutors say Murdaugh thought he was about to be caught stealing and killed his wife and son to buy time and cover up the money trail.

Murdaugh has strongly denied killing his wife and son. His lawyers said he was visiting his ailing mother on the night of the murders and that police wrongly focused on him from the start.