According to prosecutors, Alex Murdaughs motive for allegedly killing his wife and son was to distract and delay investigations into his growing financial problems. Murdaugh had been caught by his own law firm misappropriating money from the firms clients and was forced to resign. Prosecutors claim that his financial crimes were about to be exposed, and he killed his family to gain sympathy and buy time to cover up his wrongdoing. The lack of direct evidence, such as a murder weapon, bloody clothing, or eyewitnesses, has led the prosecution to hinge their case on circumstantial evidence, including a video placing Murdaugh at the crime scene that night. Murdaugh himself has denied killing his wife and son but admitted to lying to investigators about his whereabouts the night of the killings and stealing millions of dollars from his former clients and law firm.