Position. Her Jewelry Boxes 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. There were only two people who knew what happened that day. One of thems dead and the other one is sitting in that chair. Too much to bear. Its just been a hell on earth. Hello and 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. But 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. Council bluffs, iowa. In a small courtroom the new and final scene of a four yearlong drama was playing out. Count one murder in the first degree. The defen
i did not shoot my mom and i would never shoot my mom. two trials. every emotion hit. two verdicts. there were only two people who knew what happened that day. one of them s dead and the other one is sitting in that chair. too much to bear. it s just been a hell on earth. hello and welcome to dateline. bill and shirley carter built a comfortable life and raised a family on their sprawling farm in america s heartland. as their golden years approached the couple fell into a routine. daily coffee, working the fields and spending time with the grandkids. but one morning gunshots rang out, leaving shirley dead and planting the seeds of a mystery that would turn one family member against another. here s dennis murphy with the farm. council bluffs, iowa. in a small courtroom the new and final scene of a four-yearlong drama was playing out. count one murder in the first degree. the defendant did with malice and forethought with premeditation
dateline. bill and shirley carter built a comfortable life and raised a family on their sprawling farm in america s heartland. as their golden years approached the couple fell into a routine. daily coffee, working the fields and spending time with the grandkids. but one morning gunshots rang out, leaving shirley dead and planting the seeds of a mystery that would turn one family member against another. here s dennis murphy with the farm. council bluffs, iowa. in a small courtroom the new and final scene of a four-yearlong drama was playing out. count one murder in the first degree. the defendant did with malice and forethought with premeditation kill shirley carter. it s a case that ripped the stitches out of a close-knit family. he strikes her in the side. it puts a hole through her chest, shattering ribs and perching holes through her long and heart.
if you want to characterize him as a bad guy for carrying on an affair, fine. but that doesn t make a man a killer. jason s wife, shelley, told the jury despite everything, she still supported her husband. every day, i work on forgiving. but never forgetting. i love my husband. and we have reconciled. as for the motive, the lawyer argued jason didn t have one. shelley conceded that at one
welcome back. did someone close to shirley carter want her dead? a rifle missing from her husband s bill s gun safe led investigators to believe her killer knew where bill stored his weapons. shirley s loved one was were under scrutiny, and soon detectives would discover that someone in the carter clan had plenty to hide. continuing with our story, here s dennis murphy with the farm. shirley, the farm wife and mother, had been gunned down in her own kitchen and there was no obvious explanation for the crime. as investigators began digging into the carter family background, though, they came across a detail that became the focus of investigation. it concerned the son jason. the one who d found his mother s body. we found out jason carter was having an affair. how had you find that out? a friend during the interviews. so who s this girlfriend? we locate her, we bring her