Most murders happen for a simple reason greed, fear, lust. There are no little lies in this kind of investigation . A lie is only there to cover something up. But someone thought the sheriff wasnt moving fast enough to uncover things. My life ended that day. I think he just had to know the truth. Reporter a father and son battle for justice. Against each other. It wasnt jason that got everything. Guess who it was . Him. You shot your mother to death. Absolutely not. Reporter a small town mystery. And a family torn apart by murder. You could hear a pin drop in that courtroom. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with the farm. Reporter sitting way up in the cab of a tractor can give an iowa corn and soybean farmer like bill carter plenty of time to reflect on just how hard this life can be sometimes. We put this farm together from nothing. Reporter there was the summer when the heat scorched the crops the winter when there wasnt enough snow on the ground and always expensive equipment to be maintained. Just a lot. But bill carter had way too much time to contemplate things no man on a john deere should ever have to. There was something shakespearean brewing in these cornfields. Something out of the old testament. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 911 where is your emergency . I need a i need an ambulance fast. My life ended that day. Reporter before the acreage and the little house before the three children. They were two highschoolers, billy carter and shirley worthington. The only girl he ever really went out with. Whered you go on your first date, do you remember . Took her to the homecoming dance. I played football. And then i went out after the game and picked her up. She was quiet. Prettiest thing youve ever seen. Reporter they were in love deeply maybe carelessly. During her sophomore year, shirley in the language of the day, got in trouble. She was pregnant. Back then they didnt want cha in school. If you h had that happen. So we both had to leave school. Reporter bill had a strong moral code and did what he saw as the right thing. We were married at a very young age. I was 18 had just turned 18. And she was 16. Reporter soon, daughter jana was born. Eventually, bill earned his high school diploma. But with another child soon on the way. Life wasnt easy. We didnt have indoor plumbing. And that was really hard on shirley. Shes not 20. Shes got a baby on her hip . Yeah, she had two babies. Its good she liked you . Yeah. Reporter their last born, jason, completed the family. He was such a good boy growing up. He was me favorite. The corn crew high and the seasons passed and bill kept expanding his operation, buying more acres of prime farm land. Shi sh sir surely. From 1985 on, she did everything. She just took to it, huh . She was a natural. Bill even had this custom built tractor built for her. Reporter you were saying if we pop the hood here, you would see her signature, a little plaque or something . Yes. She loved being on the tractors. Reporter long time friend and neighbor she always put a little bit of makeup on. The carters new their maybes might be wearing hair curlers underneath her handkerchief. She did amount of stuff that you would think after all those years of marriage would have gone on the wayside. Son billy went into the heating and air conditioning business. That must have been disappointing for you, because that was like going back to your great granddaddy, for farming. Reporter but much to bills delight, his youngest, jay son took to farming. When he started farming, i really enjoyed working with him. I was teaching him, he is a good farmer. The Carter Family tradition would carry on another generation anyway. The icing on the cake, jayson and his wife shelly lived nearby. Chase and i would build a treehouse right south of the house. And little mckena, she was the apple of shirlys eye. Reporter a hard working family man and good husband and son. The now tumbled down treehouse, the abandoned swing by the porch are the artifacts that were all but destroyed on the morning of j june 19, 2015. It started off as a day like so many for bill and shirley. Shirley liked her coffee. A big cup of coffee, and it was just something they did together before their days got started. Reporter after coffee, they bounced down the driveway toward the home. Bill stopped in the driveway. I let her out of the pickup and she said i think ill finish my coffee before i chore. I went home the slow way because i wanted to get a coffee and a doughnut. Reporter he got a call from his daughter that he would never forgot. A wife and mother murdered in her own kitchen, was it a robbery . Revenge . Or Something Else. When we come back. She looked like she was asleep. 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And i thought, what . Reporter jason had called his sister with the horrible news. Bill dialed 911 as he tore down the road toward his house. 911 where is your emergency . My son just called and said he found my wife dead on the floor in the kitchen. We do have an ambulance on the way there. Reporter it turned out, his son jason found his mother and had already called it in. My mom my mom is laying here on the floor blood there is blood everywhere and shes dead and i dont know what happened. Reporter bill got to the house and ran from his truck, past his son jason on the back deck. And he was on the phone walkin in circles. And i didnt pay any attention to him. I went in. And there she lay and she looked like she was asleep. And i couldnt get a pulse. And i kissed her forehead and it was cold. And i knew she was dead. Reporter at first, bill says he couldnt tell how shirley died. But jason came into the kitchen and pointed something out. He showed me a bullet hole in the refrigerator. And one in the floor beside her. And then he said, dad, somebodys robbed you and the office was torn completely up, drawers pulled out, papers on the floor. Did that explain anything to you . I mean, your head is such a jumble at this point you dont know whats goin on, i imagine . I think i was in shock. Reporter their bedroom had been ransacked too. Soon, emts, and sheriffs deputies arrived. One found bill in the kitchen bent over shirley. And he took my arm, and he said, bill, you gotta come outside. Because your home had become a crime scene . Yeah. And your wife of 52 years is dead on the Kitchen Floor . Yeah. Reporter after they moved shirleys body, investigators told bill she had been shot twice. She was shot the left armpit. The second shot, she was laying on the Kitchen Floor as shes down . As shes down. So a coup de grace shot, huh . Right. Reporter news of the coldblooded murder travelled quickly through the farmlands. The carters neighbors, tony and irene schulz were out running errands when a friend called to Say Something had happened to shirley they turned around and headed over to the carter place. And bill came and said that shirley was dead. That she was killed. There was just such anguish in his eyes. Such terror reporter irene called their neighbor, matt russell. She said, shes been shot in the kitchen. Shes been murdered it made no sense. She could have been saying a space ship just landed at our farm, right . Reporter that night, shirleys murder led the evening news on our affiliate whotv. We begin tonight with a developing story out of Marion County a Homicide Investigation is currently underway. What was the story out there in the coffee shop and the feed store about what had happened. Well that there was an intruder and theyd ransacked the house and and theyd murdered shirley. That shirley caught them in the middle of them doin somethin reporter with a killer on the loose, rural iowa was throwing rusty, rarely used, doublebolt locks. Just couldnt believe it. We dont even lock our doors. Our keys are always in the vehicles. And im thinkin if you know, just was a crazy deal. Reporter but the more investigators looked inside that ransacked house, the more they thought the killer might have come from inside the family. Reporter a different theory of the crime. With an investigator drawing a bead on bill. He said, you know, you couldve done this, when you brought her back from coffee. Reporter when dateline continues. But lying and cheating has torn us apart and im moving on. When you said youe, sir. Were at the doctor, but your shirt says you were at a steakhouse. Thats when you know its halfwashed. Add downy odor protect with 24hour odor protection. Downy and its done. Wecagefree eggs. Ng and we care about amazing taste. 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They recovered a spent bullet at the bottom of the refrigerator, and another fragment in the floor. Investigators told bill they thought something was off with the whole deal. Her purse was hanging on mckennas high chair with her credit cards, and 140 in cash in it. Reporter jewelry boxes were undisturbed. Prescription meds, normally a prized item for a drug crazed robber, were untouched. So if this was a botched robbery, theres nothing taken . Nothing taken. Reporter so with the intruder theory a bust, as they would in any murder case, police now began to look hard at the people close to shirley. Bill says the lead investigator cut right to the chase. And he said, you know, you couldve done this when you brought her back from coffee. Well, spouses are always suspects were told. Right. Reporter deputies took both bill and son jason down to the station for interviews. Bill says they asked him about his movements that morning, about his relationship with shirley, and with jason. They also interviewed jason, who told them hed also made a run to the grainery that morning, and then gone to his parents house to spray the weeds in their fields. Reporter deputies let bill and jason go home that night. Investigators still had the house taped off as a crime scene, so bill stayed at jasons home. And i didnt sleep that night. I smoked cigarettes, and i walked that deck. Reporter in the days that followed, bill says his grief was compounded by a sense that people were looking at him differently. I cant go uptown. People ive known all my life will cant look at me. Reporter as bill dealt with his loss, he also had to pull himself together to aide the investigators. Deputies seized half a dozen guns they found in his house including some in this unlocked gun safe deep in the basement. When they gave jason a list of the weapons theyd confiscated he noticed one gun was missing from the inventory a highpowered rifle like this one. How did the weapon come to you . My oldest son bought it for me in 2005 for christmas. Did you ever shoot it . I shot it that day, the day i was given it. Reporter when ballistics experts looked carefully at the bullets recovered from the kitchen, they told bill they thought that missing rifle could well be the murder weapon. They said, this is similar to, or, this is from the very weapon that they cant reporter killed shirley . Say for sure its from the very weapon, but it is very close to the bullet that went in the refrigerator. Reporter if that was the murder weapon it quickly limited the universe of suspects because very few people knew where the gun safe was, or that it was unlocked. Their hypothetical suspect, therefore, was most likely someone in the Carter Family, whod all gathered for shirleys funeral, five days after her murder. Irene shulz was there. Family and close friends. Because there was just a lot of speculation. It was you know, an incredible emotional thing. Reporter she couldnt imagine someone in this family being capable of murder. Weve known them for, oh, about 40 years. Good family, good, strong, well thought of in the community. Friends rejected outright the very idea that jason or bill could have done this. Reporter what about bill . How would would his life be better with his wife shot to death on the Kitchen Floor . Exactly. Reporter whats the motivation here . Exactly, theres none. Reporter and what about jason, the kid next door she watched grow up . Were still seeing the same kid that we always saw, the Good Neighbor kid. Reporter by the end of august, the corn was high. Two months since shirleys murder and investigators were hinting that the case was wrapping up. Police in Marion County appear closer to making an arrest, but it turned out there was no break, no arrest. Reporter bill carter was turning it all over endlessly in his mind and was beginning to consider the unthinkable. 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I miss her all the time. Reporter six months went by and still no one had been charged with shirleys murder. The case seemed to be growing as cold as an iowa winter. A plea for justice today in Marion County. Reporter frustrated with pace of the investigation, dozens of shirleys family and friends gathered outside the courthouse. Nbc affiliate, whotv covered the rally. We must bring some closure, we must have justice for shirley. We were hoping that the county attorney would be there. Reporter did anything happen as a result of that . No, no. Reporter bill felt the case was stalled, so decided he needed his own investigator. [ gunshot ] reporter he hired nick webb, a crime scene analyst and former homicide detective from texas. Bill asked him to dig into the case with an open mind. If its the good, the bad, and the ugly, is it all gonna be in your final report . We are only advocates for the truth. Once we find out what the truth is, they have to decide what to do with it. Reporter to aid his investigation, webb purchased a rifle just like the one missing from bills basement. Its a remington model 770, magazine fed, bolt action, 270 caliber rifle. Reporter at the carter home, webb showed us how it might have gone down. One possibility is that the shooter couldve opened the door and fired from a low position. Reporter the bullet that ripped through shirleys body still had enough power to punch a hole in the refrigerator across the room. As shirley fell to the floor, webb theorized the killer probably stepped closer, and fired again. This time directly at her chest. The second shot wouldve been fired from between the edge of the doorway and the edge of the countertop. Reporter it was all theory, but if that rifle was the murder weapon, webb says it reveals Something Else about the killer. The remington rifle ejects a shell between shots. At least one of those would have flown out since the killer shot shirley twice. Did you find that . No. It was never found. Reporter so somebody had the presence of mind to gather it up. Thats correct. Reporter he concluded shirleys killer was one cool customer. Do you see elements of panic here . I do not. Reporter webb also took look at bills movements that morning. He realized bill couldnt have killed shirley right after their coffee run as an investigator had suggested. Thats because phone records show shirley making a call from the house phone at 8 45am after bill dropped her off. And by 9am, bill was spotted at the granary 50 miles from the house. Webb said bills only chance to kill her, was after that. Bill has to leave the granary, he has to get home, kill his wife, shirley, and then leave before jason can get there. Reporter is it impossible for bill to do all this toing and froing in the time allowed . It would certainly be a very tight timeline. Reporter squeaky to get it done huh . Certainly. Reporter from the beginning, bill had harbored doubts about his son. Jason was at the scene. He found his mother and he was one of the few who knew where that rifle was in the basement. If jason is the shooter, what events have to come together . He already puts himself there during the time that the murder wouldve been committed. So jason simply has to commit the murder instead of doing the other tasks that he said he did. Reporter is it your belief that jason shot his mother . Yes. Reporter webb had affirmed bills worst suspicions. And after shirleys murder, bill learned Something Else disturbing about jason. He was having an affair. He liked other women and i did not know it until after shirley was killed. Reporter and you know now he was, what, running around huh . Yeah, yeah. Reporter webb thought that could have been a motive. An affair would have probably caused his father to cut him off. Reporter disinherit him. That serious . Very serious. Reporter in that household, that was a mortal sin that couldnt be forgiven, huh . Bill carter was almost puritanistic in his view of matrimony. Reporter and webb discovered that inheritance could indeed be worth killing for. The hundreds of acres bill and shirley had bought over the years were now worth millions. We made a terrible mistake when we changed our will. We left all the land to jason. And the big mistake was we told him. They said the land, at the time, woulda been worth around eight million. Reporter i cant imagine whats going on inside your whole emotional mental apparatus, bill. Here youve lost the love of your life, and then youre starting to believe that your son is responsible for the worst of reasons . It was terrible. Reporter just about grubby money . Greed and sex. Reporter and while bill never confronted his son about his suspicions, he remembered a moment when it all became clear. Not long after the murder, bill says, jason found out he was going to visit his lawyer. The son was over at the house in minutes. He came bargin through the door and he said, what are you gonna go see your lawyer about . And i said, i just need to get some things straightened out. Theres some things that dont add up. And thats when he slammed his fist on the countertop and he said, my life is over. Reporter his life. Jasons life is over. His life is over. I knew then he had done it. Reporter it was a horrible realization. Youre tellin me your boy became a monster . He did. He did. Im ashamed. Reporter you shouldnt be ashamed. You did everything you could for the boy. I didnt do somethin right. Reporter bill may have been sure about jason. The District Attorney was not. So, bill decided to up the ante and put even more pressure on the d. A. He would do what investigators had not, force his own son to answer questions under oath. My attorney said you know, we can file a wrongful death suit. And that will force the county attorney to make a move. Reporter take him to civil court to get the county to do what you thought should be the right thing . Should be the right thing. Reporter so this might be the only shot theres ever gonna be in a courtroom . Thats right. And for shirley, its worth it. Reporter but as certain as bill was, there were those in this little town who thought there was no way jason could have killed his mother. The battle for justice was just beginning. Reporter coming up you could hear a pin drop in that courtroom. Reporter blood against blood in court. You shot your mother to death. Absolutely not. Reporter when dateline continues. One for someone in yo. Buy an iphone 8 and get a second iphone 8 on us. The unique formula with nourishing almond oil leaves skin smoother moisturized for 24 hours. Enjoy smoother skin and now try new Oil Infused Lotions moisturize with indulging scents wecagefree eggs. Ng and we care about amazing taste. Because at best foods, were on the side of food. 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Reporter there was someone unexpected sitting in the courtroom the District Attorney. The same d. A. Who had not charged jason. He brought his legal pad to court almost every day and took detailed notes. Do you solemnly swear . Reporter one of the first witnesses was the plaintiff bill carter who talked about the day of the murder. She was standing in the circle drive, holding her cup of coffee. Thats the last time i seen her. Reporter bill carters lawyer now focused on what he characterized as jasons suspicious behavior. Reporter he played jasons 911 call. Theres a hole through the floor and into the frigerator. Reporter even though he sounded distraught, the lawyer said, jasons own words incriminated him. He knew things. That only the killer would know. He knew there been two gunshots fired. Reporter weinhardt argued jason said Something Else that he couldnt possibly have known. Reporter looks like shes been laying here for two hours. I dont get what happened. And you hear him say that his mother has been dead for two hours, which medically is absolutely not the fact based upon what we know about the condition of the body. But also, why would he be saying that, other to already start to create the narrative, hey it wasnt me. Reporter now bills lawyer also attacked jasons character to show the jury he was not a devoted family man. There had been rumors around town about jasons extramarital affair. Do you solemnly swear . Reporter now here came proof. I do. Reporter this was jasons woman on the side. Her name tara hoch. You could hear a pin drop in that courtroom. Reporter tara told a sizzling tale about a 15month affair with the married jason carter. How frequently were you guys having sex . Uh on average it wouldve been several times a week. Did you ever tell mr. Carter you loved him . I did. Did he ever reciprocate and tell you that he loved you . He did. Reporter but bills lawyer said there was Something Else. Jason and tara texted each other constantly. On the morning of the murder they exchanged more than a hundred texts. Some of them steamy. Do you recall what your last text message from mr carter was. Um it was something sexual. Reporter weinhardt said conversation ended only when jason stopped texting as he pulled up to his parents house. Text, text, text, until 10 50 a. M. , at which point the text traffic goes dark. Reporter quiet for 13 minutes until jason made that phone call to his sister telling her their mother was dead. Weinhardt said that was more than enough time to kill his mother and stage a robbery. When youre deliberating, somebody start a timer for 13 minutes. And as youre sitting there, think about what he could be doing in that space. Plaintiff calls jason carter. Mr. Carter, if you would come up. Reporter then came the moment so many had been waiting two years for jason, the favorite son and accused killer, on the stand, under oath telling the jury about seeing his mother dead. I couldnt believe what id found. Reporter weinhardt probed about his 911 call. Was it important to you, to tell the 911 operator that she had been gone for two hours to make it less likely that anyone would think that you were involved with the death . No. Reporter weinhardt confronted jason about the affair. You had sex with her multiple times a week. Correct. You did it in a friends residence, in cars, even in your own house. Correct. You became a practiced, skilled a chronic liar . Correct. Reporter now bills lawyer tried to prove motive. It was, he argued, about money. The jury was told jason was a spendthrift. He puts money into motorcycles and nice cars and trips and vacations. Reporter at the same time jason was expanding his farm operation. Where did all that leave him . More than half a Million Dollars in debt. Jason was as broke as he had ever been. He had 40 in his personal bank account, 80 in his Business Bank account so he at that point is feeling like his back is to the wall. Reporter weinhardt said jason saw only one way out. Getting control of his parents farmland worth up to eight Million Dollars. Jason knew he stood to inherit all of it. My dad said that, shelly and i and our kids will inherit the ground and that your sister and brother will inherit everything above ground. Reporter the lawyer mapped out his theory. Shirley had found out about jasons affair. And if shirley knew, bill would soon know, too. Jason worried he would be disinherited. Weinhardt also suggested jason might have had something more sinister in mind. Maybe jason expected to find bill with shirley that morning. What was his plan on that morning of the 19th . Was it to kill them both . We dont know. Well never know. But if the two of them died, jason got all of it, free and clear. Reporter jason owned up to being a liar and a cheat. But there was one thing he was adamant about. I want you to look at the jury and tell them the truth. And the truth, sir, is that as she stood in the doorway of the house where she raised you in her sock feet, you shot your mother to death. Absolutely not. Reporter bills lawyer wasnt buying it. He insisted jason had broken half of the ten commandments. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not bear false witness. Thou shalt not covet. Honor thy father and mother. And thats all visited to that little farmhouse. Thats right. Reporter now it was the defenses turn and jasons attorney would stand the story completely on its head. It was bill carter that killed her. Reporter coming up did bill carter have a motive for murder . Something happened on that friday that made him snap. Reporter and, the verdict. 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Old testament and fiery judgment, shakespearean in the relationships between fathers and sons, and soap opera with an affair, all packaged into one. Reporter lawyer wandro challenged the accusation that jason, in his 911 call, had revealed details only the killer would know. Theres a hole through the floor and into the refrigerator. Reporter wandro says those bullet marks would have been visible to anyone. At no point did he say shes been shot, but look it. Theres a mark in the floor, there is a hole in the refrigerator. And that is obvious when you look at those crime photographs. [ crying ] i couldnt believe what i was seeing. I dont remember everything i said. Reporter as for jasons affair . Wandro told the jury it was irrelevant, a salacious distraction, and of course jason lied about it to preserve his family. If you wanna characterize him as a bad guy for carrying on an affair, fine. But that doesnt make the man a killer. Reporter wandro called jasons wife, shelly, to the stand. She told the jury despite everything she still supported her husband. Have you and jason reconciled . Everyday i work on forgiving, but never forgetting, because i dont deserve that, and neither do my children. [ crying ] but yes, i love my husband, and we have reconciled. Reporter the defense now turned to motive. Wandro argued jason didnt have one. Shelly said they were never in money trouble. She conceded that at one point, they owed the bank more than half a Million Dollars on their loan. But she said that was business as usual for farmers. And you paid that off in 2016 . We paid that off just like we paid it off every year so we could renew our line and start again. The same routine every year. Reporter jasons lawyer said even if they were in debt, killing shirley would not have solved jasons financial problems as long as his father was still alive. He argued, it simply didnt make sense. There was never any inkling, that there was any problem between jason carter and his mother. Reporter but wandro was about to tell what he said was the real story and it would completely change the plot of this courtroom drama. Mr. Weinhardts is right. The killer of Shirley Carter is in this room. And its not jason carter. Its him, the accuser. Reporter as for motive, wandro suggested perhaps bill and shirley were having trouble in their marriage. Maybe she had even threatened to leave him. She had to get permission for everything. Reporter jasons wife testified that shirley complained to her that bill was too controlling. Whether it be to make a hair appointment or to help with the kids whatever it was, she had to get his permission before she could do that. Reporter she said shirley couldnt even do the Little Things she wanted. The night before shirleys death, she turned and looked at me and she said, the one thing id like to be able to control is the way i mow my yard, and i cant even do that. Reporter wandro said it all must have come to a head on that june morning. And something happened on that friday that made him snap. And he is the one that killed his wife. Reporter finally, more than two years after shirley had been shot to death. And after two weeks of trial, the epic battle between father and son went to the jury. The court will now read the verdict. Reporter it took the jurors just a little more than two hours of deliberation to reach a verdict. Question one. Did the defendant, jason carter, batter Shirley Carter causing damages to plaintiffs . Answer yes. Jason was found liable for killing his mother. And since the defense had accused bill of killing shirley, there was a second question the jury had to answer. Question two did plaintiff, bill g. Carter, batter Shirley Carter causing damages to her estate . Reporter answer no. Bill was in the clear. I seen my son lay his head down on the table in front of him. It had to come. Sooner or later, it had to come. Reporter since this was a civil case, jason wasnt getting any prison time. What amount of punitive damages if any do you award the estate of Shirley Carter . Reporter answer 10 million. Reporter ungettable money. We dont expect to collect much of anything, if reporter was was money ever if any. Reporter part of this for bill . No. The more important thing for bill was simply to have eight people from that county hearing all the evidence and saying jason did it. The burden was lifted. Thats just the best way i can say it, it was lifted off of me. Jason carter was found by the jury responsible for Shirley Carters death. Reporter news of the verdict had barely been broadcast when there was another startling development in the case. Less than 48 hours later on a sunday afternoon they arrest jason. Reporter bill got a call to come down to the sheriffs office. He arrived just in time. Two deputies were taking him in, in cuffs. Reporter jason was charged with first degree murder and now faces a criminal trial. He has pleaded not guilty, and plans to file an appeal in the civil case. Jason, i loved him so much. Probably still do. Reporter well you either have a lot of healing to do or theres just going to be ruptures there forever. I hope that i get to talk to jason sometime. Reporter what would the first question be . Why . Why . Why . Reporter i know youre a religious man, bill. Did ya tell shirley about all these things . Ive talked to her. Ive seen her in my dreams. Reporter you tell her, we finally got justice here . Did up at the cemetery, yeah. Its still so cold up there. She shouldnt be there. Its not right. Reporter written on shirleys gravestone are the names of her children, daughter jana and son billy. But theres one name missing, the once favorite son, jason carter. Reporter thats all for this edition of dateline. Well be off for the next three weeks as nbc brings you coverage of the winter Olympic Games in pyeongchang. Im lester holt. For all of us at nbc news, goodnight. 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