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The State called in Dr. Alice Gooding, a forensic anthropologist, who helped investigators excavate and recover Gary Farris's remains. They were found in a burn pile on his family farm with a bullet lodged in one of his ribs. The jury learned how the forensic pathologist and the forensic anthropologist collaborated in their conclusion on Gary's death. After he was shot and killed, his body was moved over a fire burning at over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
The State called in Dr. Alice Gooding, a forensic anthropologist, who helped investigators excavate and recover Gary Farris's remains. They were found in a burn pile on his family farm with a bullet lodged in one of his ribs. The jury learned how the forensic pathologist and the forensic anthropologist collaborated in their conclusion on Gary's death. After he was shot and killed, his body was moved over a fire burning at over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
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S1, EP60 "Two Girlfriends And An Open Marriage"Cross-examination got personal with Melody Farris's lover during his testimony on the witness stand. While she was cheating on Gary, her husband, with a man named Rusty Barton, Rusty himself was cheating on Melody with another woman. Rusty told the jury that Melody blamed her two sons for killing Gary. This not-so-secret lover in the Farris's turbulent marriage wrapped up his testimony for jurors.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP61 "The Detective's Probing Interview"After Gary Farris' remains were found, police wanted details in the hours leading up to his death. Sergeant Trent Kuykendall testified under cross-examination on what the defendant told him as well as what she didn't tell him. In the second part of police's interview Melody divulged more about her not-so-secret boyfriend, the intensity of the fire where his remains were found, and a detailed timeline leading up to the murder.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP62 "Fact-Finding Mission"According to Sergeant Trent Kuykendall, it was a fact-finding mission early on when police were investigating Gary Farris' death. He was telling the jury how his team wanted to simply collect information on what exactly led to Gary's remains being found charred in a burn pile on his family farm. But, Melody's lawyer challenged the role of the detective under cross-examination on the stand. The defense hinted the crime scene was messy and unorganized.
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S1, EP63 "Limited Information"The detective working Gary Farris' Death Investigation wrapped up his testimony. Sergeant Trent Kuykendall explained to the jury how careful his team was in drawing conclusions early on in Gary's mysterious death. Next, prosecutors recalled the defendant's granddaughter, Addison. They wanted to give jurors more inside info on the lead-up to the victim's charred remains being found on a burn pile on the family's property.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP59 "Jailhouse Calls And Police Interviews"More jailhouse phone calls were played for the jury. After she was arrested for first-degree murder in her husband, Gary Farris's death, Melody called her lover, Rusty Barton, who was afraid the two of them would break up. So, what did Rusty know about the victim's remains being found in a burn pile on the Farris family farm? The State tried to raise suspicion on his role with what he said on recorded police interviews played out in Court.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP58 "He's In The Burn Pile"Prosecutors accusing Melody Farris of intentionally killing her husband, Gary, had more probing questions of her lover on the stand. According to Rusty Barton, Melody told him, "Gary is in the burn pile." More insights and tidbits of conversations between the defendant and her boyfriend were brought up for jurors. Some of the conversations were of phone calls she made to Rusty Barton after she was arrested for the murder of Gary, her husband.
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S1, EP57 "Interviewing The Secret Lover"The defendant's lover told the jury all that he told police during several interviews he had with him. One of which included an unsigned arrest warrant given to him for the murder of Gary Farris. Rusty Barton told jurors how he knew nothing about the murder and confirmed for the jury his alibi. Melody and Rusty were involved in a long, out-of-town affair months before the homicide, where the two of them would meet halfway between their homes in Tennessee and Georgia.
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S1, EP56 "The Cheating Wife's Boyfriend"Candid details of Melody Farris' love affair with Rusty Barton were shared with the jury. During her marriage to Gary, the defendant began a friendship with Rusty which over time evolved into a romantic affair. Both of them admitted they were in love with each other. The not-so-secret romantic affair was made clear to jurors. For several years she was cheating on her husband, Gary, with at least two different lovers. But it was Rusty who admitted that it was he who turned her over to police.
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