Defense Attorney

You're getting on the Ferris wheel.

You're getting on the Ferris wheel.

From day one, everything was tailored specifically to attempt to convict Melody of the It was a highly circumstantial case. There was no direct evidence to tie Melody, you know, to shooting Gary. There was no gun found in the house. Melody had no accelerants on her hands. There was none of that directly tied back to Melody.

From day one, everything was tailored specifically to attempt to convict Melody of the It was a highly circumstantial case. There was no direct evidence to tie Melody, you know, to shooting Gary. There was no gun found in the house. Melody had no accelerants on her hands. There was none of that directly tied back to Melody.

You got to have Gary alive to make the money because it didn't necessarily come out at trial. They weren't really cash rich. If Gary wasn't working, then there is no money.

You got to have Gary alive to make the money because it didn't necessarily come out at trial. They weren't really cash rich. If Gary wasn't working, then there is no money.

The blood leading down the stairs, for instance. They never tested any of the drops on the stairs. You had two drops on the basement floor that the crime lab determined that was Gary Ferris' blood.

The blood leading down the stairs, for instance. They never tested any of the drops on the stairs. You had two drops on the basement floor that the crime lab determined that was Gary Ferris' blood.

The weekend before, Gary Ferris had been bit by the dog, and he was bleeding when he went down the stairs from his ankle. As for the bullet found in the basement... There is no blood found around the bullet, no impact mark from the bullet on the floor. It is literally like the bullet was dropped and placed on the floor.

The weekend before, Gary Ferris had been bit by the dog, and he was bleeding when he went down the stairs from his ankle. As for the bullet found in the basement... There is no blood found around the bullet, no impact mark from the bullet on the floor. It is literally like the bullet was dropped and placed on the floor.

And the last person who was in the basement prior to law enforcement arriving was Scott.

And the last person who was in the basement prior to law enforcement arriving was Scott.

How could a 120-pound woman move a 300-pound man down to a burn pile roughly 50 yards below the house in the woods on a relatively treacherous terrain? There is one person that could have done that, and that would have been Scott Ferris.

How could a 120-pound woman move a 300-pound man down to a burn pile roughly 50 yards below the house in the woods on a relatively treacherous terrain? There is one person that could have done that, and that would have been Scott Ferris.

And your father saw you as the exact same way, and he kept a very tight rein over you and your mooching off of him.

And your father saw you as the exact same way, and he kept a very tight rein over you and your mooching off of him.

When it came to Scott, I think it was important to show that if his mother is framed with murder, then he always saw that estate as his.

When it came to Scott, I think it was important to show that if his mother is framed with murder, then he always saw that estate as his.

He would claim things as his that were not his. That's fair to say.

He would claim things as his that were not his. That's fair to say.