Two jurors in the high-profile murder trial of Alex Murdaugh are speaking out for the first time about their doubts about the guilty verdict.
Myra Crosby – the infamous ‘egg juror’ – and Mandy Pearce – ‘juror Z’ – relived the trial in Fall on the House of Murdaugha new documentary airing today on Fox Nation.
Pearce was the only juror to claim her guilty verdict was influenced by clerk Becky Hill.
She said her initial doubts arose from the lack of a murder weapon, but as the trial progressed she became concerned that police “had in mind he was guilty” and “hadn’t tried to look for anyone else” during the investigation.
Two jurors in Alex Murdaugh’s high-profile murder trial speak out for the first time to express doubts about the guilty verdict
Mandy Pearce has identified herself as Juror Z – the only juror to claim her guilty verdict was influenced by clerk Becky Hill
Myra Crosby has revealed that she is the ‘Egg Juror’ who asked her to pick up her eggs and wallet when she was fired from the case
“She made it seem like he was already guilty,” Pearce said. “What Becky did was not right.”
“She came into the jury room and started talking and interacting with all of us.”
The documentary, hosted by Fox News host Martha MacCallum, contains sensational claims of jury manipulation and outside pressure to plead guilty, casting doubt on the final verdict.
Murdaugh is serving a life sentence for the 2021 deaths of his wife and son at a family estate.
The 56-year-old has always maintained his innocence, and his lawyers accuse clerk Becky Hill of telling jurors “not to be fooled by him.” Hill did this to secure his conviction so she could make money from a book about the case.
She denies any wrongdoing, but has since resigned from her job while an investigation is underway.
The South Carolina patriarch won a small victory in court two weeks ago when the justices agreed to consider whether Hill had interfered in the case and whether that swayed the jury.
Therefore, the Supreme Court will now consider whether Murdaugh qualifies for a new trial.
Even if Murdaugh ultimately gets a new murder trial, he will still face 40 years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from his law firm’s clients.
This sentence will be served concurrently with his 27-year prison sentence for his separate convictions for state fraud.
While Pearce is the only juror so far to express concerns about Hill during deliberations, Crosby has also indicated that she felt Hill was “attacking” her because she remained undecided for much of the trial.
She said the decision to remove her from the jury felt like a mistake.
The South Carolina patriarch won a narrow victory in court just two weeks ago, when judges agreed to consider whether Hill had interfered in the case and whether it had swayed the jury.
During his six-week trial, it was revealed that both his wife and son were shot in the head after initially being wounded near dog kennels on the family’s Islandton property.
Paul was shot twice with a shotgun, each round containing a different size of buckshot. His mother, who apparently ran to her son as he was being slaughtered, was shot multiple times with a .300 Blackout semi-automatic rifle.
The murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh shocked South Carolina, where the family was known as a political and legal dynasty.
Members of the family served as attorneys and prosecutors for the Low Country region for 85 years.
Murdaugh claimed he found the bodies of his wife and son when he returned home from visiting his parents. However, prosecutors based their case on incriminating evidence from cellphones that showed he was at the crime scene around the time of the murders.