Peter Van Sant

Hello, listeners.

It's 48 Hours correspondent Peter Van Sant.

Today, I have a special episode to share with you from my new podcast, Blood is Thicker, The Ferris Wheel.

It's the story of a family caught up in a blame game when their beloved patriarch is murdered.

Gary Ferris went missing and was later discovered dead on his 10-acre Georgia property.

Who would want to kill him?

Much like an actual Ferris wheel, the blame game in this family went round and round.

Here's the episode.

Scott Ferris was worried.

No one had seen his father, Gary, in two days.

It was July 5th, 2018, a hot and humid Thursday in Cherokee County, Georgia, just outside Atlanta.

Scott was talking to Detective Daniel Hayes on the Farris' beautifully manicured family farm.

Scott was in his mid-30s, ex-military, and a big guy like his dad, six feet, six inches tall.

He managed the farm for his parents.

On that Thursday, he was heading out to get a haircut when he saw his sister sitting on the front porch of the main house with his mother, Melody.

Apparently, no one in the family had.

Scott noticed that Gary's Mercedes was still parked at the farm.

He then ticked through the other clues that might indicate Gary was somewhere on the property, beginning with his dad's wallet.

When Gary was home, he'd leave that on his dresser in the master bedroom.

But it wasn't there.