‘It Still Haunts Me’: Murdaugh Housekeeper Recounts White Pickup, Bodycam Towel and Why She Believes Alex Was Involved

Colleton County, S.C. — Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson, the longtime housekeeper for the Murdaugh family, says a white pickup truck she saw parked by a hangar on the Moselle estate still "haunts" her years after Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were killed.

Memoir Recounts Close Bond and Troubling Details

In her memoir, Within the House of Murdaugh: Amid a Unique Friendship, co‑authored with Mary Frances Weaver, Turrubiate‑Simpson describes her close relationship with Maggie Murdaugh and revisits the night the mother and son were fatally shot near the family dog kennels. She says small anomalies the morning after the murders—a car parked in an unusual spot and a truck she did not inspect—have replayed in her mind ever since.

“The part that really haunts me was not looking into that white truck that was parked out there by the hangar,” she told Fox News Digital.

Questions Raised by a White F‑150 and a Rewound Bodycam

Turrubiate‑Simpson said she initially assumed the white pickup belonged to Paul and did not check it. She later wondered who had been driving that truck after trial testimony showed Paul’s phone registering activity in Okatie the night of the killings.

She says her view shifted after her husband urged her to watch bodycam footage played at trial from Deputy Daniel Greene, the first officer on the scene. When the camera briefly passed the family’s black Suburban, she recognized a towel she had washed and planned to return to the family’s Edisto Island home.

“Go back, go back, go back,” she recalled telling her husband. “That towel was going back to Edisto. I had just washed it and set it on top of the shelf. He did it.”

Turrubiate‑Simpson suggested the towel’s presence indicated a frantic cleanup between the house and the kennels, though she acknowledges this is her interpretation rather than definitive proof.

Theories, Timeline and Limits of What She Knows

In her book she also raises a theory that Alex Murdaugh may have had help with cleanup after the shootings, not necessarily in committing the murders themselves. She notes the distance between the main house and the kennels and says the timeline prosecutors described left her with questions about how all movements could be completed so quickly.

Still, Turrubiate‑Simpson is careful to state she has no direct evidence of an accomplice. She emphasizes that her memoir aims to preserve the memory of Maggie and Paul, not to fuel speculation.

Legal Developments and Personal Response

The South Carolina Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Alex Murdaugh’s appeal on Feb. 11. His legal team has requested a new trial, arguing he was denied a fair proceeding because of alleged jury tampering involving Colleton County court clerk Becky Hill. Turrubiate‑Simpson said she supports the rule of law and a fair trial for all.

When asked about dramatizations of the case, she said she will not watch Hulu’s recent series because she lived the events firsthand and has already seen documentaries. “There’s no point in watching something that I already lived,” she said.

Facts: Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were found dead near dog kennels on the Moselle property; authorities reported both victims suffered multiple gunshot wounds.