Alex Murdaugh and Matthew Farwell — DNA They Never Tested and Texts She Was Told to Delete

Two cases in one episode. Murdaugh's defense team put untested DNA before a judge — unknown male profiles under both of Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails and on the phone recovered from the roadside, none belonging to Alex. A federal prisoner's statement naming $15,000-a-week pill sales had been buried in state files since before the first trial. The defense attorney told the judge Murdaugh passed a polygraph; the judge corrected him — failure, on financial crimes, never the murders. In Matthew Farwell's federal trial, a prosecutor and an FBI agent alternated reading his text messages with Sandra Birchmore. He said he figured she woul...