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
Corn and soy beans. then plowed the profits into more prime iowa acreage. shirley loved farming. she did everything. she just took to it, huh? she was a natural. she loved being in the tractors. long time friend and neighbor, irene schultz, says shirley brought a little pizzazz to the fields when she climbed into her custom made tractor. she always put a little bit of make-up on every morning before she went on. up on the john deere she s decked out? she had rosy cheeks. she was beautiful inside and out. in time, daughter jana married and moved away to a job in des moines. son billy went into the heating and air-conditioning business. but jason the youngest child took to the land. i really enjoyed working with him. i was teaching him. he is a good farmer. jason would carry on the farming tradition for another generation. and best of all, he and his wife shelly lived close by. bill and shirley soon had grandchildren to dote on. a
Thing you d ever seen. as bill tells it, they were kids in love, deeply. maybe carelessly. during her sophomore year shirley got pregnant. we were married at a very young age. i was 18 had just turned 18 and she was 16. soon, daughter jana was born and then came billy. 8 years later jason completed the family. with three kids to raise, bill and shirley went into farming. on a small plot of starter land they grew some corn and soy beans. then plowed the profits into more prime iowa acreage. shirley loved farming. she did everything. she just took to it, huh? she was a natural. she loved being in the tractors. long time friend and neighbor, irene schultz, says shirley brought a little pizzazz to the fields when she climbed into her custom made tractor. she always put a little bit