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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.
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.
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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, 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.
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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.
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S1, EP22 "Family Drama"Family drama was the aim for Melody Farris' defense during their cross-examination of her oldest son. After all, the problems at home were what the prosecution team claimed led her to shoot and kill her husband and then burn and bury his body. Jurors learned about the problems in the Farris household over the years. Chris, the oldest child, admitted to issues like theft of money among family members, alcohol addiction and mental disorders.
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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, 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 on 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, 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 she 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, 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 was 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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