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Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP66 "Calls With Her Lover"Jurors listened to more of Melody Farris' recorded jail phone calls she made after being arrest for her husband, Gary's, murder. On the phone was her lover. Prosecutors wanted the Jury to get a deeper insight into the sexual affair she was having with Rusty Barton months leading to this homicide. While she never confessed to the murder of her husband, Melody did appear calm and collected in the recordings. She was convinced police did not have key evidence Linking her to her the murder.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP67 "This Was A Set Up"The family turmoil following the arrest of Melody Farris was heard in jailhouse phone calls. The jury listened to the back and forth between her and her lover, Rusty Barton, who remained loyal to her after her husband was killed and she came out as the prime suspect. Rusty was heard saying: This was a set up. Early on, Melody pointed the finger of her husband, Gary's, fatal shooting at Her two sons-Chris and Scott.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP68 "Statements From Jail"I love you was heard in jail phone recordings between Melody Farris and her lover, Rusty Barton. This was after she was arrested for the murder of Gary, her husband. The two remained loyal during the police's investigation. Nearly a year after Gary Farris' remains were found in a burn pile, his wife, Melody, was arrested for his murder. But before she was out on bond leading up to her murder trial she made several phone calls as jail inmate. Next, the lead detective in this case testified.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP69 "Tapped Phone Calls"With the lead detective on the stand, more recorded conversations between Melody Farris and Her Lover was played out in Court. This time it was from a burner phone the two lovers were using to communicate during police's investigation into Gary's death. The questionable role of Rusty Barton kept coming up in this trial. He continued his communication with her even after Melody was arrested on allegations of killing her husband. All their recorded calls were played back for the jury.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP70 "Lead Detective Explains"The theme of candid, recorded phone calls continued to play out the courtroom. The jury listened to the all the calls her lover made to Melody Farris on his burner phone--all while police were investigating the death of her husband, Gary. Lead Detective Daniel Hayes explained to jurors how he and his team began their investigation. After they processed the crime scene, police scoured the large 10-acre family property to search for the murder weapon. Ultimately, they never found it.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP71 "The First Police Interview"What exactly did Melody Farris tell police in the beginning of their homicide investigation? Jurors was learning just that in the audio recording of her initial police interview. This was months before she was the prime suspect in the death of her husband, Gary. Prosecutors wanted to use the defendant's words against her. They played back the entire interview she intiially gave to police. During their months-long investigation, detectives were asking tough questions to the entire Farris family.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP72 "Extending Her Interview"The candid yet unedited police interview Melody Farris initially gave was played nack in full. According to Lead Detective Daniel Hayes, the defendant kept talking. This was after he wrapped up his initial police interview with her. The jury would decide later in their deliberations whether Melody was divulging more truth on what happened to her husband or whether she was coming up with her side of the story to shift any potential blame away from her and to her adult children.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP73 "Blaming The Sons"In her police Interview, Melody Farris was heard raising suspicion to her two sons, Chris and Scott, in their alleged role in her husband's death. Jurors listened to her account in the days and hours leading up to her Gary's murder. Melody recalled that several family members were on the property when Gary went missng and the search was on to look for him. The State wanted to use Melody's recorded interview with police as their elaborate attempt to get her to testify in her murder trial.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP50 "Case For Life In Prison"Scott Nelson's defense attorney began closing arguments with the claim, This case does not warrant the death penalty. hat's how Scott Nelson's attorney told jurors during closing arguments. It was important for the Defense to dismiss the idea that he planned Jennifer Fulford's murder. By going in this direction, his lawyer highlighted instead how impulsive, irrational and even reckless Nelson was when his robbery attempt spotaneously turned into a homicide.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP51 "Sparing A Convicted Killer's Life"Poor cognitive function and impaired brain damage coupled with an abusive childhood were mitigating factors Scott Nelson's defense wanted jurors to consider in his death penalty trial. His lawyers portrayed the defendant as a recurring felon from an abusive childhood where the penitentiary system, made to rehabiliate offenders, just made him worse.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP52 "Death Row Or Life In Prison?"Jury deliberations began for a second time in this trial. This time it was a matter of life or death. Jurors would need to decide whether or not Scott Nelson should face the death penalty for his role in the murder of Jennifer Fulford. After two days of deliberations, jurors reached their unanimous verdict in the fate of Nelson. Ironically, the very day of the verdict was also the victim, Jennifer Fulford's, birthday.
Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall
S1, EP7 "Home Alone?"After leaving a work party late at night, Ramona Krotinea's body gets discovered in the trunk of her own car the next day, and police need to reconstruct who and what happened in the intervening hours.
Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall
S1, EP11 "Medical Mystery"Rosemarie Essa appears to die in a car crash; when police learn this was no more than a low-speed fender bender, they begin to suspect foul play by someone who knew what they were doing.
Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall
S1, EP3 "Last Call"Ashley Biggs thought it was just another pizza delivery, and didn't know who was waiting on the other end; she didn't come back, and police found the delivery address abandoned, with a pool of blood on the ground.
Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall
S1, EP13 "Mirror Image"When teenager Dennis Lewis is killed fighting off home invaders, all police have to go on is a single handprint; when lab results reveal who the print belongs to, no one wants to believe it.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP73 "Blaming The Sons"In her police Interview, Melody Farris was heard raising suspicion to her two sons, Chris and Scott, in their alleged role in her husband's death. Jurors listened to her account in the days and hours leading up to her Gary's murder. Melody recalled that several family members were on the property when Gary went missng and the search was on to look for him. The State wanted to use Melody's recorded interview with police as their elaborate attempt to get her to testify in her murder trial.
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