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Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP5 "Responding Officers To The Scene"The unedited version of the police bodycam questioning Sarah Boone on what happened played in court. Prosecutors claimed she intentionally killed her boyfriend, Jorge Torres, using a suitcase in a deadly game of hide-and-seek. They introduced police bodycam video from two responding officers to the crime scene. At the time of his death Torres' height was five feet three inches, and he weighed only 103 pounds.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP6 "Crime Scene Investigation"Crime scene photos displayed for jurors. As officers gathered information and collected key evidence they were learning about the alcohol-induced game of hide-and-seek that led to Jorge Torres death. Cross-examination began on the crime scene investigator who collected and processed key evidence. The state was trying to prove that Boone intentionally killed her boyfriend, Jorge Torres, when she zipped up the suitcase he got into before going off to bed.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP7 "Environmental Suffocation"The State's medical examiner took the stand. Dr. Sara Zydowicz conducted the autopsy of Jorge Torres. Prosecutors told jurors Torres died of environmental suffocation when he lay in a suitcase for at least 11 hours. Next, the jury shifted their attention to the physical evidence prosecutors believed proved Boone killed her boyfriend. This testimony came from the DNA analyst assigned to this case.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP18 "Death Of The Family's Patriarch"According to the defendant's oldest adult child, family tension was brewing in the weeks leading up to Gary Farris' death. This family tension involved accusations of mischief with finances and spousal cheating. Gary went missing out of the blue during the July 4th holiday. All of his four adult children were panicking and went on a search. Unbeknownst to them at the time, their father was shot to death at home and his remains were burnt up and buried outside.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP19 "First Confusion Then Suspicion"Melody Farris' oldest son learned how awful it was to find out that his dad, Gary, was dead and his remains were found in a burn pile on the family farm. Chris Farris gave the jury his memory of events that led up to that tragic discovery. After Gary's remains were discovered and the police began their investigation, confusion was the first to set in among his four adult children and then suspicions arose.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP20 "Temporary Administrator To The Estate"Chris Farris told jurors that he and his siblings were frantic and confused after their father's remains were found. As the oldest of the children, Chris was given the role of the temporary administrator of his father, Gary's estate. On the stand, he told the jury that his father's accounts were all frozen during the police investigation.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP21 "Getting Personal On The Stand"Cross-examination began on the oldest child of Gary and Melody Farris. Melody's defense team wanted to poke holes in the family drama which the State claims was the motive for her to kill her husband, Gary, of 38 years. But, things got personal with Chris Farris on the stand. He admitted that he struggled with alcohol addiction which affected his relationship with his family.
Interview With a Killer
S2, EP1 "Psycho Killer, Part One"The oldest serial killer in America reveals new information about his crimes in his first televised interview; journalist David Scott confronts Gary Hilton about his killing spree when he preyed on hikers in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP32 "Testifying On The Victim's Birthday"On the very day of Jeff Wright's Birthday, his wife took the stand in her own murder trial. In her emotional testimony, Susan told jurors that she was basically trapped in her tormenting marriage. As a stay-at-home mom of two young children she didn't have her own money and was constantly beaten up by Jeff every time he got mad. According to his wife, Jeff was a child abuser, drug addict and a wife beater, who regularly cheated on Susan and vacationed to remote places without her.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP33 "I Didn't Want To Die"I didn't want to die. That's how Susan Wright emotionally recalled to the jury the alleged attack by her husband, Jeff. This was just minutes before she countered his knife attack and began stabbing him to death. Susan claimed, He was still alive after she stabbed Jeff numerous times throughout his body. She emotionally recalled to jurors that she was so scared that he was still alive even after she dumped his body in the makeshift grave in the backyard.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP34 "Distraught Killer Remembers"More teary-eyed testimony continued with the defendant on the stand. Susan Wright gave her side of the story on how her husband, Jeff, came at her with a knife after he allegedly raped her. She wrestled the knife away from him and used to stab him multiple times while he was tied to the bed. Wright told jurors: I still hadn't grasped everything that happened in that room. Next, the defendant faced a probing cross-examination.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP5 "Family Farm As The Crime Scene"Police uncovered hundreds of pieces of physical evidence in this case. On the stand was the crime scene technician who processed the scene where Gary Farris' remains were found. The evidence collected included blood, charred human remains, fingerprints and even the fatal bullet. According to the crime scene technician's testimony, the fatal bullet that killed Gary Farris was found in the ribs of his human remains.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP6 "Poke Holes At The Investigation"The jury got glimpses of the Farris family property where Gary was found dead. Police wanted to process the entire 10-acre property to make sure they left no stone unturned in their investigation. Lieutenant Lee Stewart, the crime scene technician, faced a probing cross-examination. Melody Farris' defense wanted to poke holes in the way law enforcement conducted this death investigation.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP7 "Crime Scene Technicians"The investigative lieutenant who processed the crime scene where Gary Farris lost his life wrapped up his testimony. As police were searching for clues on the 10-acre family property, they were also looking for a possible motive to this murder. How much is too much in a crime scene investigation? When the victim's remains were found on his property, investigators photographed, video-recorded, processed, and collected hundreds of pieces of evidence.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP8 "Processing The Large Crime Scene"The State called in another crime scene technician in their case against Melody Farris, who is accused of killing her husband, Gary. Police needed all the support to scour the 10-acre family property collecting key evidence and looking for incriminating clues. Jurors learned how investigators split duty in processing the crime scene. One crime scene technician worked the outside area of the property. Another crime scene technician focused on the family home.
Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall
S1, EP5 "And Murder Makes Three"Small-town plumber John Cataneo fixes other people's homes for a living, until death came knocking on his front door; to find out who wanted him dead, police investigate the contents of Cataneo's own home, and get the leak they need.