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Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP74 "Melody Farris, The Victim"Melody Farris was heard divulging more details in her extended police-recorded Interview. She sat down with detectives just after Gary's remains were discovered in a burn pile on his family's estate. Melody sounded like she was the victim in this story. As police was interviewing the teal victim, Gary, and his death, Melody was heard telling the lead detective how her husband wouldn't let her work outside the home and how she was cut off from the family finances over time.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP75 "The Second Police Interveiew"Just days after Gary Farris' remains were found in a burn pile, investigators interviewed all his family members. It was all recorded and played back for all to hear in the courtroom. The second Interview police conducted of the defendant came the very next day after the first interview. She insisted, telling the lead detective that she had more to say about her thoughts on her husband's shooting death.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP76 "Defendant Gives Police Clues"The second police interview law enforcement conducted of Melody Farris was played back. Jurors heard her playing detective giving investigators clues as to what happened and who may have been responsible for Gary Farris' demise. These jurors had to be asking themselves a key question. Was Melody helping their case or helping her case? The defendant was heard giving the two detectives clues pointing the guilt of her two sons, Chris and Scott, for the murder of her husband, Gary.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP49 "Kidnap, Torture And Murder"During the State's long closing argument, jurors were retold the timeline of events that led to Jennifer Fulford's murder. The prosecutor reminded the jury how in a short period of time on one fateful morning Nelson kidnapped, carjacked, robbed, and then killed this 56-year-old nanny. Torture was one of the aggravating factors prosecutors claimed led to this murder. The State hoped the same jury that convicted Nelson of murder would also recommend that he faced the death penalty.
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.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP38 "His Mental Health Evaluation"Scott Nelson's mental health evaluation would be his defense's best evidence to spare his life from death row. On the stand was forensic psychologist Dr. Valerie McClain who evaluated the defendant. If his lawyers could convince the jury that he has significant psychological disorders and mental illness that may be enough to show Nelson wasn't fully cognitive aware on what he was doing when he kidnapped, robbed, and killed an Innocent Nanny.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP39 "Personality Disorders"The forensic psychologist on the stand went through her results of Scott Nelson's mental health evaluation. According to Dr. Valerie McClain, Nelson's ability to analyze a situation, problem solve, or even think rationally was negatively affected by his serious mental health decline. The doctor went on to claim that the lack of treatment for Nelson's mental health woes only exacerbated his behavioral problems. He allegedly lacked coping skills due to his cognitive impairment.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP40 "Mental Health Decline"Cross-examination continued the forensic psychologist who performed a full mental health evaluation of Scott Nelson. Dr. Valerie McClain testified that he suffered neurocognitive disorder which negatively affects his cognitive abilities like learning, memory, problem-solving and perception. Throughout the Defense's case jurors heard about his poor physical and mental Health. Ultimately, it would be up to them to decide whether these were serious mitigating factors to spare his life.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP55 "Rusty Barton"Jurors learned more about the link between Melody Farris and her lover, Rusty Barton. The two of them was having an affair in the months leading up to Gary's death. Investigators wanted to know Rusty's actions and potential knowledge to this murder. The sexual affair the defendant was entangled in became an important subject in her murder trial. An avid hunter who owned a bunch of guns and liked to ride his Harley motorcycle was the profile of Rusty Barton.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP56 "The Cheating Wife's Boyfriend"Candid details of Melody Farris' love affair with Rusty Barton was shared with the jury. During her marriage with Gary, the defendant began a friendship with Rusty which over time evolved into a romantic Affair. Both of them admitted they were in love with each other. The not-so secret Romantic affair was made clear to jurors. For several years she was cheating on her husband, Gary, with at least two different lovers. But it was Rusty who admitted that it was he who turned her over to police.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP57 "Interviewing The Secret Lover"The defendant's lover told the jury all that he told police during several interviews he had with him. One of which included an unsigned arrest warrant given to him for the murder of Gary Farris. Rusty Barton told jurors how he knew nothing about the murder and confirmed for the jury his alibi. Melody and Rusty were involved in a long, out-of-town affair months before the homicide, where the two of them would meet halfway between their homes in Tennessee and Georgia.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP58 "He's In The Burn Pile"Prosecutors accusing Melody Farris of intentionally killing her husband, Gary, had more probing questions of her lover on the stand. According to Rusty Barton, Melody told him, Gary is in the burn pile. More insights and tidbits of conversations between the defendant and Her boyfriend were brought up for jurors. Some of the conversations were of phone calls she made to Rusty Barton after she was arrested for the murder of Gary, her husband.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP59 "Jailhouse Calls And Police Interviews"More jailhouse phone calls were played for the jury. After she was arrested for first-degree murder in her husband, Gary Farris's death, Melody called her lover, Rusty Barton, who was afraid the two of them would break up. So, what did Rusty know about the victim's remains being found in a burn pile on the Farris family farm? The State tried raised suspicion on his role with what he said on recorded police interviews played out in Court.
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