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