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What Happens When The Defense Runs Maggie Murdaugh's DNA Through CODIS?
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- May 24, 2026
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Summary
Jim Griffin confirmed at the defense press conference that unknown male DNA was recovered from under Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails and never run through CODIS. Physical evidence from the person who was fatally shot, documented in the investigation, sitting unmatched in an evidence file. The defense has plans for it at retrial. That revelation sits alongside a catalog of alleged SLED investigative failures the defense intends to weaponize in front of a second jury. Tire tracks at the crime scene that were never properly processed. GPS data from Maggie's phone that was overwritten. A crime scene that sat in the rain and was walked through by family members before it was secured. A coroner who estimated time of death by touch. None of this is new — but it was buried under twelve hours of financial crimes testimony the first time. That testimony is now sharply limited by the Supreme Court's ruling. The physical evidence has to stand on its own, and the defense is betting it can't. The retrial logistics are significant. Eight thousand pages of sworn trial testimony to review — a built-in impeachment roadmap the prosecution can't take back. Every witness who testified at trial one is now locked into their story. New expert witnesses are being retained. The defense doesn't expect the retrial before next year. Venue is contested. A change-of-venue motion is under consideration, but the receiving county must match Colleton's demographics — Griffin specifically noted Richland and Charleston likely wouldn't qualify. Harpootlian referenced the Pee Wee Gaskins case and the necessity of individual voir dire given the saturation of pretrial publicity statewide. The federal civil rights lawsuit against Becky Hill functions as a parallel investigation — civil discovery tools designed t…