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Melody Farris's lead attorney had more questions for the lead crime scene investigator testifying. Chris Shaw recalled working with his team to meticulously identify and collected the human remains of Gary found charred in a fire pit. The Defense nitpicked the lead crime scene investigators work in this case. Melody's defense accused police of confirmation bias in only zeroing in on her for the murder of her husband.
Melody Farris's lead attorney had more questions for the lead crime scene investigator testifying. Chris Shaw recalled working with his team to meticulously identify and collected the human remains of Gary found charred in a fire pit. The Defense nitpicked the lead crime scene investigators work in this case. Melody's defense accused police of confirmation bias in only zeroing in on her for the murder of her husband.
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S1, EP16 "The Close Neighbor"The neighbor caught up in the middle of the Farris family drama continued his testimony. Terry Braswell recalled his close relationship with Melody and what the two of them were texting each other in the lead up to her husband's disappearance and eventual death. He told jurors he and her were so close he knew about her longtime affair she was having outside of her marriage. While Braswell admitted that he didn't get too involved in her affairs he did have enough details on what was happening.
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S1, EP17 "Chris Farris"The jury learned about the family problems that led to a tragic murder and an attempted cover up. The defendant's own son testified against her. The State alleged that family drama dealing with finances and extramarital affairs led to Gary Farris' death at the hands of his wife. Chris Farris, the couple's oldest child, gave background of his family. Context was important for jurors in understanding how the Farris' home life gradually turned turbulent leading to murder.
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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.
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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.
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S1, EP15 "What Did The Neighbor Know?"The State called in a fire battalion chief to the stand. Crime scene investigators who testified earlier recalled that the burn pile where Gary Farris' remains were found were so hot and burning they called the fire department to come out. Jurors then listened to testimony from a close neighbor to the Farris family. Just days before Gary's remains were found he went missing. His family began searching the property and the neighborhood for him.
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S1, EP14 "Gun Fire Tests"Jurors watched test-firing police did inside the Farris home during their on-site investigation. The aim was to reenact the manner in which Gary Farris lost his life to fatal gunshots and then his dead body dragged to a burn pile to incinerated and then later buried. Prosecutors had former Lieutenant Chris Shaw walked the jury through on how Gary was fatally shot in his own home and the his remains covered up in a burn pile outside.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP13 "Task-Oriented"Melody Farris's defense attorney had more questions for the lead investigator in this case. A CSI team led by a forensic anthropologist excavated and collected the victim's remains found buried in a burn pile on his property. Lead investigator Chris Shaw had more to say on how his team processed the massive crime scene. Police reenacted the fatal shooting in the home with a test fire on a dummy model.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP12 "Challenging The Police's Investigation"Melody Farris's lead attorney had more questions for the lead crime scene investigator testifying. Chris Shaw recalled working with his team to meticulously identify and collected the human remains of Gary found charred in a fire pit. The Defense nitpicked the lead crime scene investigators work in this case. Melody's defense accused police of confirmation bias in only zeroing in on her for the murder of her husband.
