Peter Van Sant

And investigators checked it out to see if there was any DNA inside that shovel that matched Gary Ferris. and they found nothing there. So there was just no evidence at all that a body had been dragged from the house up to the burn pile, had been dragged anywhere, and there were no tire marks that went directly from the house to the burn pile.

And investigators checked it out to see if there was any DNA inside that shovel that matched Gary Ferris. and they found nothing there. So there was just no evidence at all that a body had been dragged from the house up to the burn pile, had been dragged anywhere, and there were no tire marks that went directly from the house to the burn pile.

And investigators checked it out to see if there was any DNA inside that shovel that matched Gary Ferris. and they found nothing there. So there was just no evidence at all that a body had been dragged from the house up to the burn pile, had been dragged anywhere, and there were no tire marks that went directly from the house to the burn pile.

So to this day, it's like a space alien came down and somehow scooped up his body and put him in that pile. And for me and for 48 Hours producers who were there at the trial, it just eats away at us. How did she get that body in that burn pile?

So to this day, it's like a space alien came down and somehow scooped up his body and put him in that pile. And for me and for 48 Hours producers who were there at the trial, it just eats away at us. How did she get that body in that burn pile?

So to this day, it's like a space alien came down and somehow scooped up his body and put him in that pile. And for me and for 48 Hours producers who were there at the trial, it just eats away at us. How did she get that body in that burn pile?

The strap that Scott is talking about is a strong nylon strap. You can hook it on the back of an RTV. There's usually an eyelet there. They'll use it oftentimes if they're out deer hunting, let's say, and they want to bring a carcass back, or if they're hauling waste materials from the farm, if they're pruning trees or whatever, and they'll take things to the burn pile.

The strap that Scott is talking about is a strong nylon strap. You can hook it on the back of an RTV. There's usually an eyelet there. They'll use it oftentimes if they're out deer hunting, let's say, and they want to bring a carcass back, or if they're hauling waste materials from the farm, if they're pruning trees or whatever, and they'll take things to the burn pile.

The strap that Scott is talking about is a strong nylon strap. You can hook it on the back of an RTV. There's usually an eyelet there. They'll use it oftentimes if they're out deer hunting, let's say, and they want to bring a carcass back, or if they're hauling waste materials from the farm, if they're pruning trees or whatever, and they'll take things to the burn pile.

That strap may be missing, and it's one of many unanswered questions in the course of this case, but it doesn't count as evidence. And this is important. No remnants of that strap was ever found on that burn pile.

That strap may be missing, and it's one of many unanswered questions in the course of this case, but it doesn't count as evidence. And this is important. No remnants of that strap was ever found on that burn pile.

That strap may be missing, and it's one of many unanswered questions in the course of this case, but it doesn't count as evidence. And this is important. No remnants of that strap was ever found on that burn pile.

It's interesting because I was getting briefings from producers who were at the trial, and they felt as though it was going Melody's way, in that this unanswered question of how she could have gotten the body from the house to the burn pile was huge. Right.

It's interesting because I was getting briefings from producers who were at the trial, and they felt as though it was going Melody's way, in that this unanswered question of how she could have gotten the body from the house to the burn pile was huge. Right.

It's interesting because I was getting briefings from producers who were at the trial, and they felt as though it was going Melody's way, in that this unanswered question of how she could have gotten the body from the house to the burn pile was huge. Right.

So during the defense close, there was a moment of real drama because the big question, how could she have possibly gotten that 300 pound body to the burn pile? And the attorney brings in these large sacks of rock salt, one bag at a time, dumps it in front of the jury and then keeps talking. Then the next one, boomf.

So during the defense close, there was a moment of real drama because the big question, how could she have possibly gotten that 300 pound body to the burn pile? And the attorney brings in these large sacks of rock salt, one bag at a time, dumps it in front of the jury and then keeps talking. Then the next one, boomf.

So during the defense close, there was a moment of real drama because the big question, how could she have possibly gotten that 300 pound body to the burn pile? And the attorney brings in these large sacks of rock salt, one bag at a time, dumps it in front of the jury and then keeps talking. Then the next one, boomf.

eventually getting up to around that 300-pound mark to try to demonstrate whether a person would be able, especially someone of that weight, 120 pounds, would be able to move that weight. But I believe that strategically, this is where the defense attorney made an enormous mistake. What he should have had done then is say, Here's someone from my office. Here's Carol. She's 120 pounds.

eventually getting up to around that 300-pound mark to try to demonstrate whether a person would be able, especially someone of that weight, 120 pounds, would be able to move that weight. But I believe that strategically, this is where the defense attorney made an enormous mistake. What he should have had done then is say, Here's someone from my office. Here's Carol. She's 120 pounds.