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Gary and Melody Farris' son who was living on the farm with them had to defend himself on the stand. Scott, who first discovered his father's remains, was being accused by his mother's defense as being the real shooter in Gary's death. Scott testified that he was told that he was a suspect in his father's death soon after he came across his remains. But until the arrest of his mother for first-degree murder nearly a year after Gary was killed no other persons were treated as a suspect by police.
Gary and Melody Farris' son who was living on the farm with them had to defend himself on the stand. Scott, who first discovered his father's remains, was being accused by his mother's defense as being the real shooter in Gary's death. Scott testified that he was told that he was a suspect in his father's death soon after he came across his remains. But until the arrest of his mother for first-degree murder nearly a year after Gary was killed no other persons were treated as a suspect by police.
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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.
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S1, EP34 "Pointing The Finger At The Son"The reality of the broken marriage between Gary and Melody Farris was explained further for jurors. The couples' youngest son happened to be a 35-year-old farmhand who lived and worked on the 10-acre property. Despite the Defense's hints of Scott Farris in being the real killer in this case, prosecutors argued instead that he had no motive to kill his father. One, he was completely reliant on him financially and two, he emotionally testified through tears that he loved his father.
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S1, EP35 "I Was A Suspect"Gary and Melody Farris' son who was living on the farm with them had to defend himself on the stand. Scott, who first discovered his father's remains, was being accused by his mother's defense as being the real shooter in Gary's death. Scott testified that he was told that he was a suspect in his father's death soon after he came across his remains. But until the arrest of his mother for first-degree murder nearly a year after Gary was killed no other persons were treated as a suspect by police.
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S1, EP36 "Denying Any And All Involvement"Melody Farris' defense team wasn't letting Scott Off the Hook. Her lawyer argued that with his height and Weight only he could've shot and killed his dad, Gary, and dragged his 300-pound body to a burn pile to have his remains charred. Scott denied having any role in killing his father and disposing his body. He admitted to the jury that he fully understood why investigators deemed him as a suspect in the homicide.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
