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Fight over evidence in Alex Murdaugh retrial turns to DNA and missing murder weapons
WORLD Magazine reaches for "alleged" where KMBC9 (Hearst, Kansas City) stays flat.
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As of October 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedProsecutors and lawyers for Alex Murdaugh have returned to court amid disputes over evidence for his retrial next year on charges he killed his wife and son.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "Fight over evidence in Alex Murdaugh retrial turns to DNA and missing murder weapons". The right frames it as "Retrial set for Alex Murdaugh’s alleged murder of wife, son".
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CenterFight over evidence in Alex Murdaugh retrial turns to DNA and missing murder weapons
WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightRetrial set for Alex Murdaugh’s alleged murder of wife, son
Fight over evidence in Alex Murdaugh retrial turns to DNA and missing murder weapons
Prosecutors and lawyers for Alex Murdaugh have returned to court amid disputes over evidence for his retrial next year on charges he killed his wife and son.
