Prosecutor in Alex Murdaugh double murder trial is now on TWITTER

The prosecuting attorney in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial has now started a Twitter account and has begun sharing his insights in the wake of the disgraced lawyer's explosive court case.

South Carolina state prosecutor Creighton Waters made his first post on the social media platform on March 4 to say he was happy the trial was over and that he was proud of the work his team did - and has now racked up more than 21,000 followers in 24 hours.

Waters' prosecution led to Murdaugh being found guilty of murdering his wife and son in June 2021. The former South Carolina attorney was sentenced to two life sentences on March 3.

The attorney said he was pleased to have helped brought justice to victims Maggie and Paul Murdaugh over the course of the five-week trial.

He also posted about how the trial wound up being nothing like he expected, writing he had 'an idea of the journey the trial would be - but actually I didn't.'

Creighton Waters delivers his closing statement during the Alex Murdaugh murder trial

Alex Murdaugh with a shaved head in his first mug shot taken since he was found guilty

In his first tweet posted a day after sentencing, Waters express his thanks for those involved in the trial. 

'Yes this is me. So happy this trial is over,' he wrote. 'So proud of my team. And so grateful the jury spoke justice for Maggie and Paul. I want to thank everyone in the public for all the support - it has meant a lot.   

'I'm currently packing up the hotel room I've lived in for 6 weeks and it's a little nostalgic,' he wrote in a follow-up tweet. 'We've made a lot of friends here including hotel staff that really took care of us. So much hard work, blood, sweat and even tears - but also fun - in these rooms the team stayed.'

On a lighter note, he posted a picture of himself with his electric guitar, saying he was excited to play it again after not touching it since the trial began.

'Hardly even touched it,' he wrote. 'Definitely the least I've played guitar over a period of time since I got my first one at fifteen.'

'Peace Walterboro. We will be back soon,' he added.

He also shared a photo of himself in his hotel room taken the day before the trial started. 

'This was January 22 - the day before the first day - as I was writing my opening,' he said. 'I had an idea of the journey this trial would be - but actually I didn't.'

'Many of you took the journey of this trial with us. The most important destination was reached and that was the jury speaking for Maggie and Paul. There are still roads left,' he added.

Last week, Waters delivered a scathing closing statement, in which he called Murdaugh 'the master liar.'

Waters said Murdaugh was facing legal action that 'could not only potentially ruin him but expose the reality of what he had been doing for years.'

'Nobody knew who this man was,' he told the court, after laying out the lies Murdaugh had told while embezzling millions from his prestigious family law firm and the lies he told to cops after the killings.

'He avoided accountability his whole life, he had relied on his family name, he had a powerful family, he carried a badge and used that in authority, he lived a wealthy life - but now finally he was was facing complete ruin.'

'His father who he idolized - who I worked with on occasion - was dying, his son was facing charges for the boat case, he was facing a civil action that could not only potentially ruin him but expose the reality of what he had been doing for years, he had an opiate addiction, his life was about to be altered, he couldn't live for that - he's the kind of person for whom shame is an extraordinary provocation.

'His ego couldn't stand that and he became a family annihilator.'

Waters concluded by asking jurors: 'On behalf of the State of South Carolina I ask you to return a verdict of guilty against the defendant Richard Alexander Murdaugh for the murder of his wife Maggie and son Paul.' 

'This defendant has fooled everyone, everyone. Everyone who thought they were close to him he's fooled them all and he fooled Maggie and Paul too and they paid for it with their lives. Don't let him fool you too.'

Creighton Waters gives his closing statement on March 3 in Walterboro, South Carolina

Creighton Waters cross examining Alex Murdaugh during his trial on February 24

Murdaugh will spend the next few weeks at the R&E facility where he faces rigorous testing before he will be assigned to a permanent state prison. As he is a double murderer, he will be housed with the state's most brutal and violent inmates.

The life he faces is a far cry from the privileged world of multi-million dollar homes from the coast to the hunting lands of the Lowcountry to which he has grown accustomed in his 54 years.

The disgraced legal scion appeared with a shaved head in a yellow jumpsuit after being booked into South Carolina's Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center on Friday. 

'As part of the intake process, like all inmates, (Murdaugh) will undergo medical tests, mental health and education assessments, and the South Carolina Department of Corrections will gather other additional background information,' the South Carolina Department of Corrections said in a statement. 

After the evaluation, Murdaugh will be sent to one of the state's maximum-security prisons to serve out the rest of his life behind bars.

Kirkland is home to more than 1,700 of the most violent criminals in the state and churns through more than 8,000 prisoners each year for evaluation.

This undated file photo provided on July 11, 2019, by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the new death row at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, SC

Alex Murdaugh (right) with wife Maggie and their sons Buster (left) and Paul (right) 

As well as serving as the processing site for all of the state's convicts, it is also home to a specialized maximum-security jail for the most dangerous and violent offenders.

'Kirkland is also responsible for the maximum-security unit which houses some of the most violent and dangerous inmates in the state,' the site's website says.  'Furthermore, Kirkland Correctional Center houses inmates who are in the statewide protective custody program.'

Trial attorney Robert Rikard tweeted last night ahead of Murdaugh's sentencing: 'Tomorrow will be a much different day for Murdaugh. After sentencing instead of going to the county jail he will go to Reception and Evaluation on Broad River Rd. 

'They'll shave his head and put him through a battery of tests that vet weeks.'

'Then he will be assigned to a SC Department of Corrections facility. Because he's convicted of a violent crime, he will go to a facility that only houses the violent criminals. The worst of the worst.

'It will be a much different scene than the county jail. These are brutal environments and it will be quite a shock after the privileged life he has lived.'