Peter Van Sant

Once detectives got a closer look, they noticed something.

We're talking, though, a couple of drops, right?

There was also blood on an RTV.

Detectives talked to the oldest, Chris Ferris.

Chris was already en route to pick up his daughter from her sleepover at the farm that morning when Amanda called with news that their father was missing.

Chris recounted his movements in an interview with detectives a few weeks after the remains were discovered.

Chris said that he was on the RTV looking for his father when he spotted Melody walking towards the burn pile.

He was suspicious no one in the family had checked that area until after he arrived.

Scott also told detectives about something he thought was strange.

Back on the first day of the investigation, Scott noticed more than just his father was missing.

A few weeks before Gary disappeared, Scott said he saw an unfamiliar .38 snub-nosed revolver in a basement drawer.

However, when he searched the house the day of his father's disappearance, the gun was gone.

Later, he told detectives that during that same search, Melody walked up to him, holding something that belonged to Gary.

She came back out with his wallet.

That didn't sit right with Scott.

He had looked earlier for that wallet because he said his father only kept it in two places, a dresser or his back pocket.

Detectives spoke to Scott that night until the early morning of July 6th.

That's when Detective Hayes decided to let Scott in on a major new discovery.

I got to tell you something, and it's not easy, but there's no good way to say it.

Detective Hayes told Scott that investigators had recorded a temperature of 230 degrees Fahrenheit in the spot where they found the remains.