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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.
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.
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S1, EP34 "Pointing The Finger At The Son"The reality of the broken marriage between Gary and Melody Farris was explained further for jurors. The couples' youngest son happened to be a 35-year-old farmhand who lived and worked on the 10-acre property. Despite the Defense's hints of Scott Farris in being the real killer in this case, prosecutors argued instead that he had no motive to kill his father. One, he was completely reliant on him financially and two, he emotionally testified through tears that he loved his father.
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S1, EP35 "I Was A Suspect"Gary and Melody Farris' son who was living on the farm with them had to defend himself on the stand. Scott, who first discovered his father's remains, was being accused by his mother's defense as being the real shooter in Gary's death. Scott testified that he was told that he was a suspect in his father's death soon after he came across his remains. But until the arrest of his mother for first-degree murder nearly a year after Gary was killed no other persons were treated as a suspect by police.
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S1, EP36 "Denying Any And All Involvement"Melody Farris' defense team wasn't letting Scott Off the Hook. Her lawyer argued that with his height and Weight only he could've shot and killed his dad, Gary, and dragged his 300-pound body to a burn pile to have his remains charred. Scott denied having any role in killing his father and disposing his body. He admitted to the jury that he fully understood why investigators deemed him as a suspect in the homicide.
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S1, EP37 "Youngest Daughter Speaks"A close friend of the defendant's son took that stand. He happened to be with Scott Farris earlier that morning when Gary Farris was found dead with his human remains charred in a burn pile on the family property. Next, the youngest child of Gary and Melody Farris testified. Jurors already heard extensive testimony from two of the couple's adult sons.
