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Corn Rake Murder Trial
S1, EP23 "No Proof To The Corn Rake Attack"Todd Mullis's lead attorney argues that there is no proof Todd carried out a murder and that the police investigation had fallen apart; Todd always denied killing Amy; the defense counters the State's case against the defendant.
Corn Rake Murder Trial
S1, EP24 "The Verdict"The State delivers its rebuttal during closing arguments; the lead prosecutor denies the claim that Todd Mullis didn't know Amy was cheating on him again, in the weeks before she died.
Corn Rake Murder Trial
S1, EP25 "The Sentencing"The sentencing phase begins for Todd Mullis; this is nearly a year after he was convicted of murdering his wife, Amy; it was postponed because Covid had shut everything down; Todd faced life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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 to the guilt of her two sons, Chris and Scott, for the murder of her husband, Gary.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP77 "Detectives Push Back On Melody"In Melody Farris' second police interview, she finally came clean about her extramarital affair with her longtime lover, Rusty Barton. The jury was hearing her side of the story in a recorded conversation the day after her husband, Gary's remains were found. Both detectives sounded more stern and more accusatory in this second interview. What began as a fact-finding mission early on in their murder investigation, gradually turned into police zeroing in on their prime suspect.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP78 "Defendant's Initial, Inconsistent Story"Prosecutors could not call Melody Farris to the stand. So, for jurors to hear her side of the story on what happened to her husband they played back both interviews detectives recorded of her early in their murder investigation. In the unedited second recorded police interview, topics ranged from Melody's extramarital affairs, access to the family's finances, and even her blood found in different parts of the crime scene where Gary's remains were discovered.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP79 "Asssumptions Based On Evidence"The second recorded police interview of Melody Farris was not over yet in playback for jurors. In the long conversation, she went into details in the hours leading up to her husband, Gary's, murder. The whole time she sounded as if she didn't know what could have happened to him. The detective questioning her pushed back on her for inconsistent and erroneous claims she was making. Lead Detective Daniel Hayes was heard saying: Our assumptions are based on evidence.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP80 "Lies, Denials And Distortions"The jury heard detectives raising doubt in her role in Melody Farris' claims. These doubts were heard on an audio recording of her second extended police interview. Investigators were not letting her off the hook. They were catching her in lies, denials and even distortions about her alleged role in Gary's murder and why his corpse was found burning up in a pile of debris on the family farm. Toward the end of this interview, the defendant sounded frustrated at the two detectives questioning her.
Corn Rake Murder Trial
S1, EP11 "The Deadly Affair"Amy Mullis's close friends testify against her husband, Todd; the State wanted those close to Amy to share their inside knowledge about their marriage and her affair; prosecutors claim that the affair ultimately led to her death.
Corn Rake Murder Trial
S1, EP12 "Google Searches"Prosecutors bring in the investigators who've worked extensively on the case; officers were suspicious of Todd's initial claim that Amy Mullis somehow accidentally fell on an upended corn rake.
Corn Rake Murder Trial
S1, EP13 "Uncovering Clues On The iPad"The searches done from Todd Mullis's iPad become a big focus for the jury; those searches include "Women cheat and relationships", "Six traits every cheating woman has" and "Killing unfaithful women".
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP64 "Ashley Pope"Another key detective who was assigned to Gary Farris' homicide investigation. Not only did investigators come upon key crime scene evidence they interviewed people of interests as they were gathering their information. While Ashley Pope is an arson Investigator, he was a Sergeant with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. He was among the detective team that scoured the large 10-acre family farm Looking for valuable clues and key evidence. Pope interviewed Rusty Barton, Melody's longtime Lover.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP65 "Phone Calls From Jail"Jurors heard jail calls between Melody Farris and her daughter, her son-in-law, and the man she was having an affair with. The calls took place shortly after the defendant's arrest for the murder of her husband, Gary. What did Melody say in these recorded calls and what did she leave out? Jurors got the sense of her demeanor and explanations after she was accused of first-degree murder.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP66 "Calls With Her Lover"Jurors listened to more of Melody Farris' recorded jail phone calls she made after being arrested for her husband, Gary's, murder. On the phone was her lover. Prosecutors wanted the jury to get a deeper insight into the sexual affair she was having with Rusty Barton months leading to this homicide. While she never confessed to the murder of her husband, Melody did appear calm and collected in the recordings. She was convinced police did not have key evidence linking her to the murder.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP67 "This Was A Set Up"The family turmoil following the arrest of Melody Farris was heard in jailhouse phone calls. The jury listened to the back and forth between her and her lover, Rusty Barton, who remained loyal to her after her husband was killed, and she came out as the prime suspect. Rusty was heard saying: This was a set-up. Early on, Melody pointed the finger at her two sons—Chris and Scott—for her husband Gary's fatal shooting.
Interview With a Killer
S1, EP5 "Teenage Rage"Tyler Hadley discusses how he, as a troubled 17-year-old, bludgeoned his mother and father to death with a hammer.