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 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
a stunning twist in a family s desperate search for justice. nothing has turned outright. a wife and mother murdered. she was in a casket like 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. 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 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 gunsho
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
Warrant agent ludwick entered the house with crime scene techs. it looks as though someone had ransacked the place but there sitting on a chair you first see this purse. that s going to be a key item for a burgular. it s untouched. money in it? money in it, cash in it, credit cards in it, gift cards in it. was not touched. some papers were strewn about. that s it. her jewelry boxes were untouched. and in the kitchen was the unlikely victim. shirley s bodies was lying right here on the kitchen floor. we know the gun was in this area and shirley was standing in the middle of the kitchen. the first bullet went through shirley s body and pierced the refrigerator. they thought the weapon was a high powered gun, perhaps a rifle. held from the hip. we know shirley would have fallen on the kitchen floor and the
Division of the state police, the department of criminal investigation, the dci. this was his first case in pleasantville, about an hour away from des moines. there were multiple vehicles in the driveway, law enforcement on the scene and the family is gathering around the big tree. does any of the arriving officers tell you that s the husband or that s the son? i meet with the sherriff and it was apparent to me these are family member and i don t know names yet. as soon as he got a search warrant agent ludwick entered the house with crime scene techs. it looks as though someone had ransacked the place but there sitting on a chair you first see this purse. that s going to be a key item for a burgular. it s untouched. money in it? money in it, cash in it, credit cards in it, gift cards in it. was not touched. some papers were strewn about. that s it. her jewelry boxes were untouched.