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Alex Murdaugh was found guilty yesterday of murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul after a successful six-week trial.
There was a mountain of evidence and a long and emotional testimony from many of those involved.
But some key questions remain unanswered.
Here, DailyMail.com breaks down the puzzles prosecutors still couldn’t solve.
Alex Murdaugh with his lawyer. He was found guilty of double murder, but many questions remain unanswered.
WHY DID ALEX MURDAUGH KILL HIS SON AND WIFE?
Prosecutors put forward the theory that Murdaugh murdered his wife and son because his life was out of control, but did not give a specific motive.
He testified that he was in the midst of a crippling opioid addiction, faced mounting financial problems, and there were rumors that his marriage was falling apart.
All of these factors led to rampant speculation.
Did Alex kill Maggie because she was planning to divorce him and that would have revealed his financial misdeeds?
Did you shoot Paul because his drunken boating accident that killed a teenage girl put the family in financial jeopardy?
While both were hinted at both inside and outside of the courtroom, prosecutors were unable to determine specifically when or why it broke.
WHERE ARE THE MURDER WEAPONS?
The Murdaugh family had an impressive arsenal of weapons, but none of the seized firearms were definitively declared murder weapons.
Prosecutors said Paul was shot in the head and chest with a shotgun, while Maggie was shot five times with an assault rifle. They suggested that she was on the run at the time and that the fatal shot was an execution-style blow to the head.
None of the weapons described have ever been recovered.
A missing rifle Alex bought for Paul could be a match, prosecutors said, but it was never found. Expert witnesses testified that the Blackout casing discovered near Maggie’s body came from the same gun as shells elsewhere on the property.
WHY DID BUSTER MURDAUGH SUPPORT HIS FATHER IN TRIAL?
Buster, Maggie and Alex’s only surviving son, was constantly at his father’s side during the grueling six-week trial.
Her support of him was a marked change from when she told DailyMail.com that she did not want him to ‘write anywhere’ that she supported him.
Buster took the stand in his father’s defense to tell the jury that he was “devastated” by the murders.
He did not go so far as to officially state that he did not believe his father was capable of killing, but he was very close to him throughout the process.
Her support for him remains unexplained.
WHERE ARE THE ‘BLOODY CLOTHES’ THAT MURDAUGH APPARENTLY WAS WEARING AT THE TIME OF THE MURDERS?
The prosecution told a grand jury that Murdaugh’s shirt had “blood splatters” from the murders.
It was part of the evidence that led them to charge him. But it turned out to be false.
During the trial, it emerged that blood was never found on the white T-shirt Murdaugh was wearing when police first questioned him after the murders.
Videos from that night show him wearing a different set of clothing just hours earlier, and it’s unclear if those garments were ever seized or tested for DNA or blood.
Murdaugh told the court that he changed his clothes because it was hot that day and he had been working on the property.
Buster Murdaugh also testified that it was not unusual for his father to shower multiple times a day.
WHERE IS ALL THE MONEY?
Murdaugh is accused of fraudulently acquiring $14 million for both embezzling funds from his law firm and defrauding the children of his late housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield.
He told the court that he spent $50,000 a week on drugs, but even such a consistent habit would not have spent all that money as quickly as he claims to have.
He faces separate charges for financial crimes. It is unclear how the murder conviction will affect that case.
WILL ALEX MURDAUGH APPEAL HIS CONVICTION?
Murdaugh maintained his innocence throughout the trial.
Yesterday, his lawyers said in their closing arguments that he only lied about circumstances such as his whereabouts, and that it was due to his habit of lying as a drug addict, but that he had always been truthful about his innocence.
It remains to be seen if he will appeal the double murder conviction and continue his efforts to clear his name.