Judge expected to rule next week on request to dismiss Alex Murdaugh murder charges

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - A judge is expected to decide next week whether to dismiss the murder charges against Alex Murdaugh after his attorneys argued Friday that a state investigator misled the grand jury that indicted him.Murdaugh’s defense team alleged that the lead South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agent lied in grand jury testimony and presented fabricated evidence. Prosecutors denied those allegations, saying investigators presented what they reasonably believed to be accurate at the time and that other evidence supported the indictment.No ruling was made at Friday’s hearing. If the judge dismisses the charges, prosecutors could seek new indictments from a grand jury.Murdaugh was convicted in 2023 of killing his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, in Colleton County in 2021. The South Carolina Supreme Court later granted him a new trial, which is scheduled for April 5 of next year.Evidence challengedThe defense presented its arguments in a courtroom presentation focused in