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Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP28 "The Son And The Family's Farmhand"On the stand, Scott Farris explained to the jury how his father, Gary, operated and managed the burn pile on the family farm. It was there where his charred remains were found. Later in their deliberations, the jury would have to weigh heavily Scott's alibi that July 4th holiday. He was living and working on the property where his father was killed and then later buried in this burn pile. The Defense wanted to raise any evidence that pointed to Scott to exonerate Melody Farris for malice murder.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP29 "The Family Search And 911 Call"It was the second day of the defendant's youngest son testifying against her. Scott Farris broke down details of those weeks leading up to his father, Gary's, shooting death. Scott emotionally recalled coming across his father's remains while he family was looking all around for him and immediately calling 911. He also recalled how his mother, the defendant, was faking her emotions when Gary's corpse was discovered.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP30 "Suspecting The Mother"Jurors listened to more descriptive testimony from the person who discovered Gary Farris' human remains. After his youngest son, who was living on the family farm, discovered the corpse in that burn pile he told police he was missing a gun and he found some blood inside the home. It didn't take long for Scott Farris to suspect his mother, Melody, in shooting and killing his father. Scott pointed out for jurors the fights and suspicious behavior of the defendant leading up and after the homicide.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP31 "Challenging His Alibi And Motive"An intense cross-examination was underway. Melody Farris' defense argued that the state got it all wrong. It was Scott who was the real killer in this homicide because he was living and working at the farm when Gary disappeared and then turned up dead. Scott was the defense's straw man. The Defense wanted to poke holes in his take on what happened to his father and raise doubts that he had nothing to do with Gary Farris' death.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP32 "Life Back Home"Jurors listened to his son's troubled life after coming back home from his three tours in Iraq. After he returned and before his father, Gary, was killed, Scott struggled to get and keep a job. He was essentially forced to live at home and work for the family as a farmhand. Melody Farris' attorney brought jurors back to the family money which prosecutors claimed was her motive to kill her husband, Gary.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP33 "The Money Exchanges"Who had the debit card? Gary Farris' son living at the farm or his wife, Melody? That was a question raised during Scott Farris' cross-examination. The Defense dismissed the State's assertion that Melody killed her husband so she can reap money from his multi-million dollar estate. A murder weapon was never found. The .38 caliber bullet found in the Gary's remains did not match the revolver Scott came across. Jurors also learned there were a share amount of firearms on the family property.
Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield
S1, EP33 "Arizona v. Falater"Scott Falater claims he was sleepwalking when he brutally stabbed and drowned his wife and the mother of his children.
Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield
S1, EP26 "Arizona v. Johnson"At one point, Baby Gabriel's mother Elizabeth Johnson claimed she killed him; at another, she said that she gave him to a mysterious couple in Texas.
Interview With a Killer
S2025, EP2 "Psycho Killer, Part Two"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.
Killer Girlfriend Murder Trial
S1, EP101 "The Surprised, Fatal Attack"During closing arguments, the State recalls the physical evidence in Wisconsin versus Ezra McCandless; they lay out its theory of how it believed Ezra intentionally killed Alex Woodworth.
Killer Girlfriend Murder Trial
"Foggy Memories and Lies"During closing arguments, the State tried to counter the defense's strategy of blaming the victim, Alex Woodworth, by turning that blame to the defendant.
Killer Girlfriend Murder Trial
"Defense Delivers Closing Arguments"McCandless' lead defense attorney starts closing arguments by dismissing the state's claims about her drama-filled life and, instead, focuses on self-defense.
Killer Girlfriend Murder Trial
"Reasonable or Not"The defense presents their theory that McCandless and Woodworth had a conversation that got out of hand and led to a fatal knife fight.
Killer Girlfriend Murder Trial
"Explaining The Lies And Misstatements"The defense revisits Ezra McCandless's police interview; the state claims Ezra lied to police to cover up a murder, but the defense claims she didn't tell police everything because of her mental condition after the stabbing.
Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield
S1, EP15 "California v. Bardo"Rebecca Schaeffer was talented, pretty, and had her whole life ahead of her when she unknowingly opened the door of her Hollywood apartment to her killer Robert Bardo; Bardo's lawyers say his mental illness caused him to snap.
Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield
S1, EP22 "New Jersey v. Neulander"Rabbi Fred Neulander was a pillar of his Cherry Hill, New Jersey community - the founder of a synagogue, a father and a husband. Little did anyone know, he was also an adulterer, one capable of hiring a hitman to murder his own wife.