He would say, If you dont tell us, we cant help you.. According to The Independent, filming for the documentary wrapped before the trial began, so many of the explosive details that have come from the 19 days of testimony and counting are absent from the show. Im no detective, but for 20 years I have gone around door to door, asking questions and trying to help solve this case, Clayton told Dateline. On April 13, a probation violation hearing was held where the judge found Gibson guilty. The Dupont De Ligoness Family Murders Coverup Theory Explained. Gibson eventually stopped attending church altogether in late August 2011, when his mother was admitted into a nursing home. Two suspicious deaths and a fatal boat crash in the preceding years are all part of this astonishing story that the Netflix documentary was set to unravel. The officer who found it recognized it as belonging to Gibson resident Island Schultz, 18. For more on this case and others like it, watch "Killer Siblings,"airing Fridays at 8/7c on Oxygen,or stream episodes here. That disturbed the girls so much they said they wanted to go home. As fans of the blockbuster musical "Hamilton" are now acutely aware, Founding Father and architect of the American financial system Alexander Hamilton was mortally wounded in a duel with his. "So bad.". In the following month, Eric McAbee, Michelle Gibson, Steven Gibson Jr., Alysa Gibson, and Karen Molina-Pompa were all arrested and charged with murder. [5] Hodella's badly decomposed body was found on January 7, 2003, and identified via thumbprints from a previous arrest. He said that being asked about his relationship with his wife and getting tested for gunshot residue following the murders triggered his paranoia. Harsent was six months pregnant at the time of her death. Upon learning of his conviction, his wife divorced him. Three of the killings would have happened after the Delaware judge allowed his release. The boys wanted to drive to Florida and check out the theme parks with the two teenagers. At the time of his death, Steven was facing aggravated assault charges. Two men were shot dead in a store in Philadelphias Germantown neighborhood, but police did not recover a gun. In interviews with police, the teenage girls said that they had "partied" with McMahan and Kauffman at the hotel on the night of June 10. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your device and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. Defense attorney Jim Griffin, right, questions Alex Murdaugh, left, as he gives testimony during his murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., Feb. 23, 2023. During the cross-examination on Friday, Waters later asked Alex Murdough about family, friends and colleagues he has lied to over the past decade. Asked whether he felt bad, Kauffman told police, "No, not really. On May 15, Leslie Ruiz-Basilio, a mother of two, was shot to death by a masked man while working at an Elsmere, Delaware, Metro by T-Mobile store. Gibson was released from prison and sent to Level IV Community Corrections custody. [4], After being released from jail, Gibson continued hanging around bars, but on February 21, 2006, he stole the purse and $300 from a female acquaintance. Firefighters responded to reports of smoke rising from a yogurt shop on West Anderson Lane. (The defense argued during the trial that this was a result of him mistyping in shock.). Sentencing was delayed by two weeks to provide the defense time. McAbee pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and agreed to testify against Michelle. The judge, whom the DOC said was Vivian Medinilla, instead sentenced him to 31 days, time served, in April. The defense is expected to have four more witnesses before the state is allowed its rebuttal. Authorities are investigating whether he was responsible for six . Attempts to reach their attorneys were unsuccessful. He grew emotional when asked by his lawyer what he saw at the scene of their murders. After spending the day doing drugs and having sex, the pair returned to Gibson's house, where they argued over some pills. On June 11, 1997, police were contacted by a farmer and landlord, Joe Hollop, in the town of What Cheer, Iowa. Alex Murdaugh was arrested in October 2021 and remains in jail, where he is being held without bond Credit: SLED. Netflix's popular true-crime series Unsolved Mysteries has covered over 1,000 mysteries since it started airing (originally on television.) [18], In 2018, he was among several death row inmates to be featured in the documentary Inside Death Row, hosted by British journalist Trevor McDonald. This is a complete shock to the rest of the family, Amber McGonagill, 23, Steven Gibsons stepdaughter, tells PEOPLE. [12] At his sentencing the following month, Gibson was subsequently handed a death sentence, to which he told the sentencing judge that it was "no big deal" and that he deserved what he was getting. Donna Thorngren shot her husband, Curtis Curt Thorngren, Dr. Mark Wangler killed his wife, Kathy Wangler. Four of the murders Gibson is linked to happened in May and June. The officer requested that Gibsons probation be revoked and that he be given a maximum sentence. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. Michelle, along with her two teenage children, Steven Jr, 16, and Alysa, 17, decided to kill the family patriarch, Steven, but she didnt want them doing the dirty work. [2] Hospital staff claimed that Gibson seemed disinterested in the treatments, and two psychiatrists later diagnosed him with a bipolar disorder, for which he was prescribed Seroquel, but again, no indications of a mental illness or a psychiatric disorder were noted. State investigators went to the boys' home the following day, shocking their parents, who said they didn't know much about McMahan's friends, but knew he had been hanging out with Kauffman often. The police held a press conference to explain the crimes to the public on the afternoon of June 11, and immediately got a tip from a man who saw resident Jamie McMahan driving the pickup that day, which he was certain the unemployed 22-year-old could not afford. Clayton said that the half-siblings went for a walk to the local grocery store that day. Linda Gibson was a fun-loving and easygoing 21-year-old woman, according to her younger brother, Clayton Gibson. On the following day, one of Gibson's sisters went to their mother's house to settle the division of the family estate, and after checking the garage and finding Whitis' body, she immediately notified the police. A neighbor said that they'd seen a strange car in Garber's driveway around 5:15 a.m., leading police to speculate that there were two suspects involved. When asked how she interpreted the conversation, Turrubiate-Simpson said, "I know what he was wearing the day he left the house and I was basically confused. According to the Pulaski Sheriffs Department, after investigating the scene, it seemed that Linda and Cody had been murdered elsewhere, and their bodies were then dumped in the field, which was only two miles from the road on which they were last seen. Investigation Discovery is in Peoria, Arizona, to investigate the chilling murder of Steven Gibson, who was killed after his wife, Michelle Gibson, enlisted the help of her son and two teenagers to kill him brutally. Molina-Pompa held a gun on Steven as McAbee bashed the 39-year-old several times in the head with a baseball bat. The interview sees Murdaugh make various statements that will later be used against him, including that he tried to turn Paul's body over despite having no visible blood on him, and that he last saw his wife and son hours before the murders, which a video filmed by Paul would later disprove. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. McMahan had borrowed but not yet returned the same friend's .22 caliber handgun. Bizarrely, this is after Murdaugh opened a group text message, called a videographer he barely knew, and appeared to Google "Whaley's Edisto," a restaurant in the beach town where the Murdaughs were renovating a home. Michelle Gibson, 41, a nursing school student, allegedly offered $1,000 each to two of her sons friends on Feb. 28, telling them they needed to kill [her husband] before he killed her or [his son], according to court documents filed by prosecutors. Do you, This was definitely in IL because we are friends with, Hi. When Michelle and Alysa returned home, they aided the other three in destroying evidence. However, in February, around the time of his mothers death, Philadelphia police arrested him, though they could only find that he was violating probation by being in the city. The mystery at the heart of one particular episode, however, looks set to remain frustratingly out of . Then, he left the body on the garage floor, surrounded by garbage bags. "All the sudden, Jamie McMahan grabs the phone and is yelling at the hostage negotiator.". Investigators found .22 caliber shell casings nearby and noted her green Ford pickup truck was missing. Later, after they picked him up in a church parking lot, he allegedly stated: Whats done is done, prosecutors allege. She was real shy. "I have never believed in coincidences and having one homicide in a small rural area in a five-year period is unusual," said Berrier. According to a Pulaski County Sheriff's department press release, Linda and Cody were last seen walking along Bourne Avenue, near the Dairy Mart. Paul's best friend, Rogan Gibson, took the stand and testified that he was "100 percent sure" that the voices belonged to Paul, Maggie and Alex Murdaugh on the night of the killings. According to Justice Susan Orth, the tattoo could prejudice the jury and possibly prevent a fair trial, and because of this, prison authorities were forbidden from cutting Gibson's hair so the tattoo could be covered up. Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. He then took them to Rose Hill Cemetery and proceeded to bury them all alive. According to Clayton, the Gibson family had always lived in the Somerset, Kentucky, area. When asked why he lied about the last time he saw his wife and son, Murdaugh blamed his addiction to painkillers, which he said caused "paranoid thinking. Clayton said that his father would beg Linda to tell them who she was talking about and why. By 11:00 a.m., the deputy, Quinn and other officers were at Schultz's residence, unsure if she was a participant or a victim but, in Quinn's words, "very concerned for her safety and welfare.". "This is rural Iowa," Michael Berrier, an officer with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, told "Killer Siblings,"airing Fridays at 8/7c on Oxygen. But for those following closely, it will likely feel like it barely scratched the surface. Hours later, Murdaugh says he was planning to stage his own murder. On October 10, 2002, Gibson was out drinking at a bar in Jeffersonville when he met 44-year-old Karen Sue Hodella, a beautician from Port Orange, Florida, who was visiting a boyfriend of hers at the time. Without objection from probation and parole officials, the judge accepted the public defender's recommendation for time served and placed him on 18 months of probation, Miller said. Her brother, Dave, argued . Vanore said there still remain questions to be answered in the slayings, but its certainly on our list of cases that were looking at with regard to Gibsons possible involvement. Alex Murdaugh told the court Friday that he lied to investigators about the last time he saw his wife and son due in part to his distrust of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), a state investigative agency. When asked by his lawyer about those prior statements, Alex Murdaugh admitted to lying to investigators. Crucial testimony also established that Murdaugh's father was in terminal condition (he later died three days after the murders on June 10, 2021), which the defense has argued would cause enough sympathy and distraction from the financial matters. Federal Bureau of Prison records indicate that Kauffman, now 42, remains incarcerated in McCreary Federal Prison in Kentucky. On June 7, 2021, agents with the South . Gibson was convicted of manslaughter in 2010 and released last year. After a month-long investigation, detectives now say it was all a sinister act. For several days, McMahan and Kauffman spent the cash "like crazy," said Quinn but by the time the foursome got to Disney World in Orlando, the girls wondered how they'd actually come by so much money. Just over 60 years ago, prominent and successful dairy farmer Orville Gibson woke up around 3:30 a.m. to milk his cows. A man who has been charged with a violent attack in a Delaware store is now being investigated for a possible connection to three murders, including that of a North Philadelphia Dunkin store manager and a Delaware Metro by T-Mobile store employee, law enforcement sources said. Gibson was convicted of manslaughter and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, Delaware Department of Corrections spokesman Jason Miller said. It didnt take this long. Among the murders he has confessed to is the 2000 murder of Elizabeth Banister, who was stabbed to death at her home in Evansville, but so far, he has not been charged with her murder.[20]. Crime Concerns Around Temple's Campus: The Lineup, Ex-Philly Councilman to Learn Fate in Federal Corruption Case, North Philadelphia killing of 40-year-old Dunkin manager Christine Lugo, 28-year-old Metro by T-Mobile employee Leslie Ruiz-Basilio, Two men were shot dead in a store in Philadelphias Germantown neighborhood, Gunshots Interrupt Funeral at Northeast Philly Cemetery, Wells Fargo Closes 3 Branches in the Philadelphia Area, Plans to Shutter 3 More, Ghost Cars': Blurred Plates, No Plates on Philly Streets, Beyond, PennDOT Begins Work to Cap I-95, Build Park at Penn's Landing. During the trial, however, more detail about that day has emerged. After going through a four-day withdrawal, he was examined by the prison's psychiatrist, Dr. Daniel Howerton. We were terrors., Both Lofreddo and formerDes Moines Register reporterKirsten Scharnberg-Hamptontold "Killer Siblings" McMahan was the outgoing, charismatic (and attractive) older brother, while Kauffman was a quiet, non-athletic kid in their circle that Loffredo described as a "dweeb. She had been shot both in the back of her head and her forehead. During his deployment, he was awarded badges for marksmanship and hand grenade usage, but at this time, he developed an addiction to drugs such as heroin, cocaine, and LSD, which he often mixed with alcohol. They received life sentences in federal court and consecutive life sentences in state court, guaranteeing neither would ever get out of prison. "I didnt shoot my wife or my son any time, ever.". Her motive stemmed from a wish to collect from a $320,000 life insurance policy. Alex Murdaugh, a disgraced South Carolina attorney accused of killing his wife and youngest son, testified in his own defense in his double murder trial -- admitting to jurors that he lied to investigators but denying that he committed the brutal murders. Murder charges have been approved for his alleged killing of a North Philadelphia Dunkin' store manager. Is anyone feeling that the mom has strong narcissistic vibes, I worked on both cases. On April 27, at the sentencing hearing, Gibson's public defender presented new evidence that the 39-year-old had community supports lined up as well as job prospects. They argued over some prescription medication that Gibson had supposedly stolen. Michelle Gibson was sentenced to life in prison, and her son, Steven Gibson Jr, was sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and hindering prosecution. McAbee pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and agreed to testify against Michelle. Murdaugh's remaining son Buster does not receive a call from his father until 10:44 p.m. that night, according to cell phone records. It's hard to tell whether the show expects viewers to care about the murders because two people lost their lives, or feel that some type of karmic justice has been served. But the cloud of suspicion over the Murdaughs didn't begin with the murders of Maggie and Paul. [6] On August 15, 2014, Gibson was sentenced to death again, with sentencing Justice Orth deeming that it was "the only appropriate sentence" in regards to the brutal killing. While the documentary suggested the unraveling of the Murdaughs' finances was due to the boat crash, trial testimony suggests that the law firm was already looking into inconsistencies surrounding funds relating to some of Murdaugh's cases, the severity of which was revealed to him that day. Gibsons mother was shot dead in her place of work in Philadelphia. 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