{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Why Alex Murdaugh's Prosecutor Had Never Heard About THIS","description":"Creighton Waters told Judge Debra McCaslin on August 14 that he talks to SLED every day. Minutes earlier, the defense told the same judge about a potential link between weapons from an Allendale County murder and the Murdaugh case. Waters said he was hearing it for the first time.\n\nJennifer Coffindaffer, a retired FBI Special Agent, joins Tony Brueski on Hidden Killers Live to cover the pretrial hearing and what it means for the April 2027 retrial.\n\nThe judge ordered independent DNA testing on material collected from Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails. SLED had confirmed the presence of unknown male DNA but could not identify its source. The defense wanted an outside lab to run the analysis and argued SLED's internal retesting would destroy the sample.\n\nMcCaslin moved the retrial out of Colleton County and the entire circuit. She will personally oversee jury selection. The first trial conviction was overturned after the clerk of court was found to have tampered with the jury.\n\nMurdaugh's 2023 testimony is coming in — his admission about lying and his presence at the kennels. The prosecution lost a significant block of financial crimes evidence the Supreme Court excluded. The defense alleges SLED's lead agent testified falsely about blood on a T-shirt and that the forensic lab stopped testing after results came back negative.\n\nCoffindaffer covers whether a prosecutor who learns about evidence from the defense can still credibly lead this case, and how the retrial is shaping up compared to what the first jury saw.\n\nAlex Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty. He is presumed innocent.\n\nTony Brueski and retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer.\n\nListen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292\n\nWant to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg\n\nJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/\n\nInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod\n\nThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.\n\n#AlexMurdaugh #MaggieMurdaugh #HiddenKillersLive #JenniferCoffindaffer #MurdaughRetrial #SLED #TrueCrime #SouthCarolina #CreightonWaters #CriminalJustice","author_name":"Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5078367-hidden-killers-live-daily-true-crime-news-breakdowns","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43792052/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}