Murdaugh wants Idaho murders DNA dream team behind Kohberger case to help rewrite second murder trial

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Criminal defense attorney Donna Rotunno weighs in on new motions in the Alex Murdaugh murder case. The defense is requesting independent DNA testing from evidence beneath Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails, aiming to ensure truth and justice. Rotunno emphasizes the importance of testing any available DNA, regardless of who it might implicate in the South Carolina double murder. Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys want a Texas forensic DNA lab known for helping crack some of the nation’s most notorious murder cases to test unknown male DNA found beneath Maggie Murdaugh’s fingernails as the disgraced South Carolina attorney heads toward a new double-murder trial. Murdaugh, once a powerful personal injury attorney in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, was convicted in 2023 of killing his wife, Maggie, 52, and their younger son, Paul, 22, at the family’s hunting estate in Ju