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I do not believe he killed his wife, Maggie, or their son, Paul.

Here’s why:

The two gun theory does not work for me. Paul was killed with a shotgun blast to the head. Maggie was shot at least five times with a long rifle.

Maggie and Paul were killed near the family’s dog kennel. A video from Paul’s cellphone placed the trio together at the kennel shortly before the murders.

Where were the guns? It defies logic that Alex Murdaugh would have had them at the kennel. How could he conceal them at the kennel and retrieved them without Maggie or Paul noticing it?

If the guns were not stashed at the kennel, that means Alex would have quickly gone to a distant location, got the two guns, and returned to the kennel carrying a gun in each hand. Maggie and Paul would have seen him approaching carry both guns. Such an unusual sight would have aroused a fearful suspicion.

Once back at the kennel with the two guns, he would have had to shoot Paul in the head with the shotgun, drop it, pick up the long rifle, and shoot Maggie five times.

That defies logic, physics, and human behavior, especially by someone the prosecution, as well as the judge, said was an opioid addict.

And why didn’t the police immediately perform a GSR (gunshot residue) test on Murdaugh’s hands? GSR testing is standard law enforcement protocol when they are in the early stages of a family murder investigation.

None of the guns found at the Murdaugh residence were ever identified at the murder weapons that killed Maggie and Paul.

And how did Murdaugh get rid of the clothing, and clean himself—both of which would have contained blood, skin tissue, and brain matter—during the narrow 17-minute timeline laid out by the prosecution?

Why didn’t the police search the Murdaugh residence and grounds for that critical evidence?

My theory is this: two social media-driven teenagers showed up at the residence looking for Paul. They wanted to exact vengeance because Paul killed that young lady in a boating accident. Social media was filled with death threats and vows of revenge against Paul.

The teenagers entered the Murdaugh residence not realizing Alex was asleep inside. They found weapons readily accessible in the residence. Each picked up a gun. Both were cowards. They went outside to look around and stumbled upon Maggie and Paul. Surprised and afraid, one reflexively shot Paul and the other shot Maggie—the five bullet wounds a measure of the shooter’s fear.

They fled with the weapons—and they got away with murder.