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Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP39 "Homicide And The Family Divide"Melody Farris' daughter recalled the day her dad, Gary, was found dead with his remains charred in a burn pile. Things got emotional when Emily Farris recalled for the jury they moment she learned of her father was found dead. She had her own suspicion that he mother had something to with her father's death. This came as soon as investigators found the Bullet lodged in the chest of Gary's remains and concluded his death was a homicide.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP40 "The County Coroner"The county coroner who arrived on the scene where Gary Farris's human remains were found in the burn pile. This coroner happened to live just up the road from the 10-acre Family Estate. It took several months for a death certificate to be finalized in Gary's death. It took nearly a year for police to narrow down their homicide in his fatal shooting when they arrested his wife, Melody, in another state.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP41 "Blue Star"Prosecutors turned jurors' attention back to the crime scene where Gary Farris charred remains were found. Investigators had to scour the entire 10-acre family farm to figure out what exactly happened. Traces of blood was the focus for these crime scene investigators searching the Farris family home. While Gary's corpse was found in a burn pile outside, police came across key physical evidence inside the house, which included bloodstains and bullet fragments.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP42 "DNA Analysis"The jury learned more about how much bloodstains and where exactly they were found at the Farris family farm where Gary lost his life. On the stand were crime scene investigators who processed and examined the different bloodstains and smears uncovered. A forensic expert from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation testified on her DNA and Blood analysis in this homicide case. The State wanted experts to break down key pieces of physical evidence linked to the shooting death of Gary Farris.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP43 "Georgia Bureau Of Investigation"Agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation dominated testimony. Prosecutors wanted to show jurors that key Crime Scene evidence analyzed had Melody Farris's DNA on them. This went along with the state's Theory on how Gary was killed. His wife shot him and then moved his body to a PURN pile in attempt to get rid of any signs of his remains. Finding and linking Melody Farris' DNA on the tractor and a bullet inside the home was more proof that she was involved in this murder.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP44 "Autopsy Report"The thorough but limited autopsy report was explained to jurors. Forensic pathologist Dr. Stephen Atkinson admitted how hard it was to find out how physically Gary Farris died because his remains were so burnt up. A process of elimination was the way he concluded the manner of death. Dr. Atkinson claimed Gary's remains showed no signs of a natural death, accidental death nor suicide. So, only homicide and undetermined were the only classifications left.
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
S2, EP8 "FL v. Larzelere :The Root of Evil"After a masked man shot dentist Norman Larzelere who dies in the arms of his hysterical wife Virginia, police initially suspect a robbery gone wrong; a friend of Virginia's oldest son Jason reveals a twisted plot.
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
S2, EP9 "TN v. Turner: The Deadly Game"The murder of hometown NBA player, Lorenzen Wright remains unsolved until alleged accomplice Jimmy Martin reveals the location of the murder weapon, implicating Wright's ex-wife Sherra and her yardman Billy Ray Turner.
Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield
S1, EP8 "Florida v. Carlton"Tommy Carlton owed his ex-wife Elizabeth $85,000 in back child support; so he allegedly paid a hit man $2,000 to make her go away permanently; the hit man was an undercover cop and Elizabeth helped stage her demise.
WI v. Dahmer
S1, EP19 "Psychiatrist Evaluated Jeffrey Dahmer"According to the defense's psychiatry expert, Jeffrey Dahmer suffered mental illness and therefore could not stop himself in luring and attacking his many victims.
WI v. Dahmer
S1, EP20 "Dahmer's Mental Disease Getting Worse"The defense's psychiatric expert Dr. Fred Berlin concluded that Dahmer's mental disease was progressing over time and got out of control; he went on to conclude that Dahmer was afflicted by a mental disease that was driving him to his heinous acts.
WI v. Dahmer
S1, EP21 "Defense's Clinical Psychiatrist Testifies"The opinion of a board-certified psychiatrist who ran his own mental health clinic was key evidence for the defense in maintaining Jeffrey Dahmer's insanity plea.
WI v. Dahmer
S1, EP22 "Psychiatrist Says He's Insane"A medical health doctor who evaluated the defendant for hours confirmed he was insane before, during, and after his heinous murders.
WI v. Dahmer
S1, EP23 "Defendant Declared Insane"The defense's first expert witness; a board-certified psychiatrist; Dr. Fred Berlin testifies to the Jeffrey Dahmer's diagnosis of insanity.
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
S1, EP3 "MS v. Edmonds"Tyler Edmonds was just thirteen when he confessed to helping his half-sister Kristi Fulgham kill her husband, Joey; did he really commit murder, or was he just one more in a long line of men that Kristi had manipulated to do her bidding?
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
S1, EP4 "SC v. Robertson"Investigators compared the gruesome scene of Earl and Terry Robertson's death to that of the Charles Manson murders; how the quiet and mild-mannered Meredith Moon became an accomplice to one of South Carolina's most horrific crimes.