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Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP25 "Aggravating Factors"Cold, calculated, and premeditated were the aggravating factors prosecutors contended led Scott Nelson to kill Jennifer Fulford. In their opening statements in his penalty phase, the prosecution team pushed for him to be executed by the state of Florida. Next, a victim of an earlier crime he was accused of testified against Nelson. She was a bank teller for the time he attempted to rob her branch with a fake bomb. Jurors were learning more of Nelson's violent criminal past.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP26 "Bank Robberies"Bank robberies was on Scott Nelson's resume years before he graduated to being a convicted killer in Jennifer Fulford's death. Prosecutors brought in two cases of him when he attempted to rob bank branches with threats of a bomb and a gun. Prior acts and aggravated factors are key elements prosecutors wanted to use against Nelson in their attempt to persuade jurors to recommend he face the death penalty.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP27 "Victim-Impact Statements"Prosecutors turned the jury's attention to victim-impact statements. First up, was Jennifer Fulford's daughter who testified remotely for the jury. Next was her son. Fulford was killed on the same exact Day her granddaughter was born. Emotions filled this courtroom when jurors and the Gallery Heard both her daughter and son talk about their painful grief in losing their mother.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP28 "Remembering Jennifer Fulford"Stipulations from written statements and court testimony took over trial proceedings. This was his death penalty phase where prosecutors were presenting evidence to the jury in Scott Nelson's role in killing Jennifer Fulford, a woman he never met before. Prosecutors recalled the chief medical examiner back to the stand. Jurors listened to graphic detail again on how Fulford lost her life from suffocation and multiple stab wounds to her body.
Victim to Verdict: Murdaugh Family Murders
Once prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh's life begins to unravel after the murders of his wife, Maggie and youngest son Paul as an investigation uncovers years of drug abuse and theft of millions of dollars.
Victim to Verdict: Doomsday Cult Mom Murder
When Lori Vallow's children go missing, she moves to Hawaii and marries cult leader Chad Daybell, leaving behind a path of destruction and several dead bodies in her wake.
Victim to Verdict: Movie Popcorn Murder
A Sunday afternoon movie date turns deadly when a confrontation over a cell phone and a bag of popcorn ends with a gunshot and retired police captain Curtis Reeves claims he acted in self-defense.
Victim to Verdict: Christmas Parade Rampage
The annual Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wis., is struck by tragedy when Darrel Brooks drives his SUV through the parade route; the tragedy turns into a spectacle when Brooks decides to represent himself at trial.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP10 "Skipping Town"Jurors watched plenty of surveillance footage pinpointing Scott Nelson's movements out of town just hours after Jennifer Fulford disappeared. The State alleged that he broke his federal probation by skipping town at the time he was arrested for murder. The condition of Nelson's body after he was taken into custody was brought to the jury's attention. Was he on the run after he allegedly killed Jennifer Fulford? Or was he plotting his next crime in another city?
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP25 "Scott Farris"The defendant's second son testified against her. Melody Farris' defense team have hinted to the jury that it was Scott, the military veteran, who was the actual shooter in Gary's death on the family farm. According to investigators, Scott immediately recognized his father's dead corpse. Why? He was in the military and saw plenty of deceased bodies and decomposing human remains during his three tours in Iraq.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP26 "Mountain Dews And Cigarettes"A key witness for the State gave more insight into the messy family life of the Farris'. Scott Farris explained his childhood years growing up and the day he came across the dead corpse of his father. Mountain Dews and cigarettes were Gary Farris' daily addictions before he died, according to both his sons who testified. Prosecutors wanted jurors to make clear that health issues was not the culprit that led to his remains being found in a burn pile on his property.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP27 "The Family's Finances"Jurors learned about the lavish lifestyle of the Farris family. On the stand, Scott Farris, the youngest son of Gary and Melody, recalled how Melody liked to shop and had full access to the family account until months before the murder. The financial arrangement between her husband, Gary, and their youngest son was made clear to jurors. From the time they brought the 10-acre family farm, Scott was living and working as a farmhand.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP28 "The Son And The Family's Farmhand"On the stand, Scott Farris explained to the jury how his father, Gary, operated and managed the burn pile on the family farm. It was there where his charred remains were found. Later in their deliberations, the jury would have to weigh heavily Scott's alibi that July 4th holiday. He was living and working on the property where his father was killed and then later buried in this burn pile. The Defense wanted to raise any evidence that pointed to Scott to exonerate Melody Farris for malice murder.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP29 "The Family Search And 911 Call"It was the second day of the defendant's youngest son testifying against her. Scott Farris broke down details of those weeks leading up to his father, Gary's, shooting death. Scott emotionally recalled coming across his father's remains while he family was looking all around for him and immediately calling 911. He also recalled how his mother, the defendant, was faking her emotions when Gary's corpse was discovered.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP30 "Suspecting The Mother"Jurors listened to more descriptive testimony from the person who discovered Gary Farris' human remains. After his youngest son, who was living on the family farm, discovered the corpse in that burn pile he told police he was missing a gun and he found some blood inside the home. It didn't take long for Scott Farris to suspect his mother, Melody, in shooting and killing his father. Scott pointed out for jurors the fights and suspicious behavior of the defendant leading up and after the homicide.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP31 "Challenging His Alibi And Motive"An intense cross-examination was underway. Melody Farris' defense argued that the state got it all wrong. It was Scott who was the real killer in this homicide because he was living and working at the farm when Gary disappeared and then turned up dead. Scott was the defense's straw man. The Defense wanted to poke holes in his take on what happened to his father and raise doubts that he had nothing to do with Gary Farris' death.