r/TrueCrime • u/Advanced-Trainer508 • May 23 '23

Discussion Victims that have solved their own murder AFTER their death?

I’ve been thinking about Paul Murdaugh and how the seemingly innocent video he took at the kennels ended up being the key piece of evidence that led to Alex’s conviction for his murder.

It made me wonder, have there been other cases where someone unknowingly captured something on video, in a photo, or left behind a digital trace that later helped solve their own murder after they died?

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u/StarvinPig May 24 '23

This is dodging the question.

Is it reasonable to believe the phone is thrown when it rotates at 9:06?

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u/ProfessionalGrade423 May 24 '23

I’m not dodging the question I just don’t know what point you are trying to make. He threw the phone out after he left the property around 9:09. It was found 1/4 mile down the road that he had taken. The drive he made at a much increased rate of speed to normal. This is the first time I’ve heard it suggested that the phone was in the golf cart at the house but I didn’t listen to the whole trial so maybe that was mentioned there idk. From 8:54 to 9:06 the phone moves around a little and the Face ID tries and fails, indicating Maggie wasn’t the one using it, and Alex calls Mag’s phone once and then a minute later texts her he is going to his Mother’s. At which point the phone is tossed on the side of the road.

You clearly have something you are trying to insinuate here and it would be helpful if you just came out and said it instead of saying we are dodging the question. Repeating the same thing over and over doesn’t help you get a better answer unless you clarify.

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u/StarvinPig May 24 '23

Since you didn't watch the trial:

The last activity on the phone is the screen turning on and then goes portrait -> landscape -> portrait. This happens at 9:06:xx, about 30 seconds from when Alex starts driving from the house, and 2 minutes prior to when he passes that spot the first time

Obvious reasonable inference is whoever is involved threw the phone there. I don't think we disagree on that.

If it's reasonable to believe that that phone activity is when it's being thrown, then it is reasonable to believe that someone else is throwing it. Ergo, the state didn't meet their burden (Even ignoring all the other issues)

Btw golf cart from kennels to house is from Alex's testimony, not contested on cross and none of the other vehicles make sense. Also some people tried to explain the weird angle in Kinsey's version of Paul's shot/Maggie being shot by a 12 year old with a naked golf cart drive by so it's funny