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
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
Her jewelry bonx untouched. Did someone have a bigger prize in mind . A family farm worth a fortune. I did not shoot my mom and i would never shoot my mom. Two trials. Every emotion hit. Two verdicts. Theres only two people that know what happened that day. One is dead and the other is sitting in that chair. Too much to bear. Its just been a hell on earth. Shirley built a comfortable life. The couple fell into a routine. Daily coffee working the fields and spending time with the grand kids. One morning gunshots rang out leaving shirley dead and planting the seeds of a mystery that would turn one Family Member against another. Here is Dennis Murphy with the farm. The defendant did having malice aforethought kill shirley dean carter. Its a case that ripped the stitches out after a close knit family. The bullet goes through her chest. In pleasantville, iowa, so much of the rhythm of life is set by the season. Then bringing in the harvest. Corn and soy mostly so that june morning in 2015,
A family farm worth a fortune. I did not shoot my mom, and i would never shoot my mom. Two trials. Every emotion hit. Two verdicts. There are only two people who know what happened that day. One of them is dead, and the other one is sitting in that chair. Too much to bear. Its just been a hell on earth. Hello. Welcome to dateline. Bill and Shirley Charter built a comfortable life and raised a family on a sprawling heartland. The couple fell into routine. Daily coffee, spending time with the grandkids. One morning, gunshots rang out, leaving shirley dead and planting the seeds of a mystery that would turn one Family Member against another. Heres Dennis Murphy with the farm. Reporter council bluffs, iowa. In a small courtroom the new, and final, scene of a fouryear long drama was playing out. Count one, murder in the first degree. The defendant did, having malice aforethought, willfully deliberately, and with premeditation kill shirley dean carter. Reporter its a case that ripped the sti
A familys desperate search for justice. Nothing has turned out right. A wife and mother murdered. She was in a casketlike position. Her arms were crossed. Who would have a motive to kill a lady in rural iowa . This purse is untouched. Her jewelry box is untouched. Did someone have a bigger prize in mind . A family farm worth a fortune. I did not shoot my nmom and would never shoot my mom two trials and two verdicts. There are only two people who knew what happened that day. One of them is dead and the other one is sitting in that chair. Too much to bear. Its just been a hell on earth. Hello. Welcome to dateline. Bill and Shirley Carter built a comfortable life and raised a family on their sprawling farm in americas heartland. As their golden years approached, the couple fell into a routine. Daily coffee, working the fields, and spending time with the grandkids. One morning, gunshots rang out, leaving shirley dead, planting the seeds of a mystery that would turn one Family Member agains