Murdaugh housekeeper haunted by white truck she saw night of murders

The Murdaugh household’s longtime housekeeper, Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson, stated a white pickup nonetheless “haunts” her years after the brutal Lowcountry murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh.

Her ebook “Inside the Home of Murdaugh: Amid a Distinctive Friendship,” co-written with Mary Frances Weaver, particulars not solely her shut relationship with Maggie Murdaugh, but additionally the small print surrounding the night time Maggie and her son Paul have been murdered.

In an interview with Fox Information Digital, Turrubiate-Simpson mentioned the second that also haunts her greater than 4 years later, together with a white pickup truck she noticed close to the household’s property on Moselle Street in Colleton County, South Carolina. The property was recognized merely as “Moselle”.

“The half that basically haunts me,” she stated, “wasn’t that white truck parked there by the hangar.”

Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson solutions questions from prosecutor John Meadors throughout Alex Murdaugh’s homicide trial on the Colleton County Courthouse on Friday, February 10, 2023. (Joshua Boucher/Pool by way of USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn)

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She recalled initially assuming it was Paul’s and having no cause to examine.

“After I heard testimony on the trial the place they specified that Paul’s telephone was ringing in Okatie, I stated, who was driving that truck? Who was driving the white truck? The white F-150? That is one of many important issues that bothers me.”

Disbarred legal professional Alex Murdaugh arrives in court docket in Beaufort, SC on Thursday, September 14, 2023. (AP Picture/James Pollard)

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Turrubiate-Simpson stated she has typically replayed that second in her head, questioning why she felt compelled to depart the property via a special gate as a substitute of driving previous the kennels.

Maggie and Paul have been discovered useless close to canine kennels on the household’s dwelling, police stated. The Colleton County Sheriff’s Workplace stated each victims suffered a number of gunshot wounds.

“Perhaps it was divine intervention or one thing that stated, ‘No, it’s a must to undergo the opposite gate,’” she stated. “I wasn’t fearful as a result of the truck appeared precisely like Paul’s truck, so it wasn’t a purple flag on the time.”

A facet view of the home on Murdaugh Moselle’s property on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 in Islandton, South Carolina. (Andrew J. Whitaker/Pool by way of USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn)

Within the ebook, Turrubiate-Simpson shares some minor inconsistencies on the bottom the morning after the murders that solely a longtime confidant may spot.

She advised Fox Information Digital that Maggie’s automobile was parked in a spot she had by no means seen her use.

“Maggie at all times stopped to Paul’s left,” she defined. “However that morning, Maggie’s automobile was on the suitable facet, and it wasn’t near the home. It was somewhat additional to the suitable, about the place the doorway to the searching room is. I knew she did not put it there.’

The position was mistaken, she stated: “There was no want for her to park there when there have been principally no different automobiles.”

Bullet holes are seen within the glass of the Murdaugh Moselle property on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 in Islandton. (Andrew J. Whitaker/Pool by way of USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn)

‘Oh my God. He did it.’

Turrubiate-Simpson stated she had doubts about Alex Murdaugh’s duty within the double murders till physique digicam video was performed in court docket.

In the course of the trial, prosecutors performed a video of Deputy Daniel Greene, the primary officer to reach on the crime scene. Turrubiate-Simpson stated her husband inspired her to observe the video, despite the fact that she initially stated she had no real interest in seeing the crime scene.

“He stated, ‘I believe you need to no less than have a look at somewhat little bit of it,’” she stated.

When the digicam briefly handed the household’s black Suburban, she instantly acknowledged a towel.

“I noticed one of many towels I washed that was going again to Edisto [Murdaugh family’s island getaway]she stated. “Immediately one thing caught my eye.”

Alex Murdaugh talks together with his legal professional Jim Griffin throughout a jury tampering listening to on the Richland County Judicial Heart, Monday, January 29, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (Andrew J. Whitaker/The Publish And Courier by way of AP, Pool)

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She stated she instantly requested her husband to rewind.

“And I stated to my husband, ‘Return, return, return.’ He says, ‘What is going on on?’ I stated, ‘Return to the truck, return to the truck.’ So he is steadily going again, and I am pondering, ‘Oh my God.’ I stated, ‘He did it.’ And at that second my husband stated, ‘What are you speaking about?’ I stated, ‘He did it. He was.’ I stated, ‘That towel went again to Edisto. I had simply washed it and put it on the shelf.’ I stated, ‘He… he… he did it.'”

“To me, there was no level in that towel being there until he grabbed it,” she added, suggesting she believed Alex used the towel throughout a frantic cleansing spree as he moved between the home and the kennels.

“His conduct was not according to the caring, loving father I noticed at dwelling,” she stated.

A view from the trail to the kennels’ dwelling on the Murdaugh Moselle property on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 in Islandton. (Andrew J. Whitaker/Pool by way of USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn)

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In her ebook, Turrubiate-Simpson places ahead a principle through which she believes Alex might have acted alone that night time, not within the murders themselves, however within the aftermath.

“My principle within the ebook is that he had assist with the cleansing and probably the set-up,” she advised Fox Information Digital.

In accordance with her, the gap between the primary constructing and the kennels performs an important position.

“It takes a couple of minutes to trip. Within the time they stated it was carried out, there simply is not sufficient time.”

Turrubiate-Simpson stated her theories are rooted in her intimate data of the household’s routines, noting that “there isn’t any proof” that she is aware of Alex has had assist.

“Contained in the Home of Murdaugh: Amid a Distinctive Friendship, Blanca and Maggie” is a 2024 ebook by Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson that gives a private account of her experiences with the Murdaugh household. (Palmetto publishing home)

‘Due to Paul and Maggie’

In her memoir, Turrubiate-Simpson stated her aim was to not gasoline hypothesis, however to remind the world of the lives of Paul and Maggie.

“I wrote this ebook due to Paul and Maggie,” she stated. ‘I do not need her to be forgotten. Once they hear his title, I am uninterested in simply listening to his title. The 2 victims have been forgotten in all this.’

A potential new course of

The South Carolina Supreme Court docket will hear Murdaugh’s attraction on February 11.

Murdaugh’s staff requested a brand new trial, arguing that he didn’t obtain a good trial on account of alleged jury tampering by Colleton County Court docket Clerk Becky Hill.

Alex Murdaugh, proper, is proven right here together with his household. (Fox Information)

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“I believe all of us deserve a good trial,” Turrubiate-Simpson stated. “In the event that they decide he hasn’t obtained one, we’ll simply have to maneuver on. That is the legislation.’

The headstones of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh mark their ultimate resting locations in Hampton. (Michael M. DeWitt Jr. / USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn)

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Turrubiate-Simpson stated she has no plans to observe Hulu’s latest dramatization of the Murdaugh saga.

“I’ve seen just a few documentaries,” she stated. “However I do not really feel the necessity to watch the Hulu sequence as a result of I lived it. There is not any level in watching one thing I’ve already skilled.”