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
Safe in his basement. so, the question is where is this 270 remington and is that a murder weapon? that s correct. the crime scene investigators had examined the at jason s place. two slugs they collected. and it could be ammo used in a.270 remington. and i didn t sleep that night. i smoked cigarettes and i walked that deck. in the meantime, crime techs the crime scene investigators had examined the two slugs they collected. and it could be ammo used in a.270 remington. it was a.270 round. certainly consistent with being rounds fired from that type of weapon. that s correct. bill stored that rifle unloaded deep in his basement. the killered with have gotten lucky finding the gun or the ammo. or investigators thought maybe the shooter was someone who knew where that gun was, maybe someone in the family. that didn t go over well with the carters. we go over to the crime scene and the family is mad. jason, his wife shelly, bill and daughtera jana all gathered in th
The killered with have gotten lucky finding the gun or the ammo. or investigators thought maybe the shooter was someone who knew where that gun was, maybe someone in the family. that didn t go over well with the carters. we go over to the crime scene and the family is mad. jason, his wife shelly, bill and daughtera jana all gathered in the living room. and jana and bill let us have it. they are upset that we are wasting time on this investigation. that we re screwing up the investigation because we were looking at family members. bill and his daughter were right about one thing, they were now focusing on the family. coming up we found out that jason carter is having an affair. if jason was hiding an affair, was he hiding anything else? i never hurt my mom. if you want to hold those affairs against me that s fine. but i never hurt i never hurt my mom. when dateline continues.