1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Crime Alert hourly update. Here now 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: some of the biggest stories of the week. 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 2: The South Carolina Supreme Court drops a bombshell in the 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: case of convicted killer Alec Murdog. The South Carolina Supreme 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 2: Court has overruled a previous ruling that the jury and 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 2: the Murdog case was tampered with. This means he could 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 2: get a new murder trial. Lawyers have argued that the 8 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 2: Collington County Clerk, Rebecca Hill, tampered with the jury during 9 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 2: the original six week trial. Murdog was found guilty in 10 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 2: the murders of his wife and son. Here's the police 11 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 2: body com audio from the crime scene. 12 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: Sir, I want to let you know because of the scene, 13 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: I did go get a gun and bring it down. 14 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 2: Here's in your vehicle. 15 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: I just have any guns on you meet. 16 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 3: Nosearch and leaning up against the side of my car. 17 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 3: This is your wife and son. 18 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 4: It's bad. 19 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 3: It's bad. 20 00:00:55,040 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: Take the pulses, Jack, They've already checked them. 21 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 4: They did check them. 22 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 3: The subsision that they're dead. 23 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 4: Yes, sir, that's what it looks like. 24 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 2: According to WCSC, the county clerk, Rebecca Heel is accused 25 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 2: of telling jurors quote not to be fooled when speaking 26 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 2: as to Murdoch's emotional testimony. For more, Here's Crime Online. 27 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 2: Sidney Sumner. 28 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 3: Former South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Gene Toles says defense 29 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 3: attorneys must not only prove that Coliston County Clerk of 30 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 3: Court Bucky Hill told jurors not to believe Alex Murdau's testimony, 31 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 3: but that her comments were made with prejudice against the 32 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 3: former attorney. Hill maintains that she did not discuss Murdaw's 33 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 3: guilt with jurors and never suggested that he was the murderer. 34 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 3: Hill is facing her own jury tampering and misuse of 35 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 3: office investigations. So far, she has not been charged. One 36 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 3: thing has been proven against Hill. Her attorneys acknowledged that 37 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 3: Hill had submitted a BBC reporter's writing to her co 38 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 3: author as if it were her own words. 39 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 2: The six year old man is convicted of fatally shooting 40 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 2: his wife, Maggie and their twenty two year old son, Paul. 41 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 2: He was given two consecutive life sentences. In January. Chief 42 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 2: Justice Jen Tole was informed of the alleged jury tampering, 43 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 2: but concluded there was insufficient evidence to grant a new trial. 44 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 2: This latest decision means that the South Carolina Supreme Court 45 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: we'll hear arguments both for and against a new murder 46 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 2: trial for Alec Murdoch and then make a decision. 47 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 4: A Texas man is facing serious charges after allegedly attempting 48 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 4: to kill his four month old daughter by forcing her 49 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 4: to drink gas. Twenty four year old Edgar James Bridgman 50 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 4: was arrested for the heinous act. Paramedic Scot there and 51 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 4: called for law enforcement assistance, and when officers arrived at 52 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 4: the home, they found a disturbing scene. They also found 53 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 4: Bridgman attempting to flee the area. He had been briefly 54 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 4: watching his infant daughter while the baby's mother was away 55 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 4: from the house. He was apprehended about a block away 56 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 4: and take it into custody. Captain Terry Bull of the parents' 57 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 4: police department told KFDW when they got there, the baby's 58 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 4: mother was holding the. 59 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 2: Girl, presented the child's to the officers and said that 60 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 2: the child's father had actually given it gasoline to drink. 61 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 4: The child was breathing alike and crying. The mother told 62 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 4: the TV station she returned home with the strong smell 63 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 4: of gasoline in the house. When she figured out what 64 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 4: had happened, she called nine to one one. The baby 65 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 4: was immediately transported to a local hospital, then taken to 66 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 4: a specialized facility in Dallas for further care. The child 67 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 4: is recovering, but her condition remains closely monitored. Bridgeman has 68 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 4: a history of legal troubles. He's currently being held in 69 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 4: the Lamar County Jail on a two hundred and fifty 70 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 4: five thousand dollars bond. The mother is in deep distress, 71 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 4: calling the situation terrifying. Quote, I don't think I can 72 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 4: ever trust someone with my kids again. She's asked to 73 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 4: remain anonymous, saying quote, I just want my baby to 74 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 4: come home. I want to hold her again. The Paris 75 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 4: Police Department is stated that Bridgman is cooperating with the 76 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 4: investigation and has been participating in several interviews, but the 77 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 4: motive behind his actions remains unclear. Police are continuing to investigate. 78 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 4: According to police, Bridgeman confessed to giving the baby gasoline 79 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 4: with the intention of killing her. This is what led 80 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 4: to Bridgman being charged with attempted capital murder along with 81 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 4: evading arrest. 82 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 5: Los Angeles Police Department officials are questioning multiple suspects in 83 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 5: connection with the tragic murder of General Hospital actor Johnny Whacter. 84 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 5: The arrests come weeks after the thirty seven year old 85 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,799 Speaker 5: actor was fatally shot while confronting thieves trying to steal 86 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 5: his car's catalytic converter in downtown Los Angeles on May 87 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 5: twenty fifth. Law enforcement sources have identified the suspects as 88 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 5: members of the Florencia thirteen gang, a notorious criminal organization 89 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 5: involved in a surge of catalytic converter thefts across the region. 90 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 5: The investigation, which has been closely followed by actors, grieving 91 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 5: family and friends, gained momentum after the release of surveillance 92 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 5: footage and a plea for information earlier this month. Fingerprints 93 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 5: lifted from a floor jack used in the crime proved 94 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 5: to be a crucial piece of evidence, leading detectives to 95 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 5: identify Robert Barcelo, Sergio Estrada, and Lionel Gutierrez as primary suspects. 96 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 5: According to The Los Angeles Times, a neighbor who did 97 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 5: not want to be identified, talked to KTLA five news 98 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 5: about the trio who made themselves known in their South 99 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 5: La neighborhood. 100 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 2: I think they say the health been trol leaders on 101 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 2: the street for a long time, wields of upper down 102 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 2: the street. 103 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 5: The night of the murder, whactor had just finished his 104 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 5: shift at the nearby Level eight bar when he and 105 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 5: a coworker discovered the thieves, who he originally thought were 106 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 5: towing his car. A confrontation ensued, during which the actor 107 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 5: was tragically shot and killed. Witness has described the suspects 108 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 5: fleeing the scene in a stolen black Infinity Q fifty. 109 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 5: While this marks a significant step forward in the case, 110 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 5: the investigation is still ongoing. 111 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: For war crime and Justice news, follow Crime Alert hourly 112 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: update on your favorite podcast app.