Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh have filed a motion asking a judge to force South Carolina prosecutors to hand over pieces of key forensic evidence, like the unidentified male DNA found under Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails that they say the state crime lab never fully tested.The 93-page filing by Alex Murdaugh's attorneys on Friday seeks the additional DNA and ballistics evidence, along with raw data from a laser scan of the crime scene in Colleton County, South Carolina.Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh accused the state of stalling in a way that could jeopardize the defense's trial preparation.MURDAUGH WANTS IDAHO MURDERS DNA DREAM TEAM BEHIND KOHBERGER CASE TO HELP REWRITE SECOND MURDER TRIALAlex Murdaugh enters the courtroom for a pretrial hearing ahead of his murder retrial at the Lexington County Courthouse in Lexington, S.C., Aug.14, 2026.
(Tracy Glantz of The Columbia, South Carolina, State/Pool)"Every week the State withholds this material is a week taken from the preparation of the defense, and if the delay continues the defense may be forced to seek a continuance that Mr.Murdaugh does not want and that the Court has said it will not grant.
The State should not be permitted to create, through inaction, the very delay it would then oppose," the motion states.Alex Murdaugh's defense team previously requested that DNA evidence from underneath Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails be released to Othram, Inc.After Othram tested the DNA, the defense argued that additional testing is needed to recover a male DNA profile that the defense says the state crime lab found but never fully pursued.SEND US A TIPREAD IT: Alex Murdaugh defense team's motion to compel evidenceHis defense argued that the partial DNA profile from swabs on Maggie Murdaugh's phone should be further tested as well.LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MOREAlex Murdaugh appears in court during a pretrial hearing ahead of his murder retrial at the Lexington County Courthouse in Lexington, S.C., Aug.
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