Relative Danger
Blood is Thicker: The Farris Wheel
CBS News
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
As detectives begin investigating the murder of Gary Farris, his wife Melody makes a disturbing statement: she fears one of their children may be responsible. Investigators uncover a family powered by resentment, mistrust, and financial disputes. Melody says Gary was planning changes to the way money was handled before he was killed. Was that enough to give someone a motive for murder?
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| 0:00.0 | This is horrible to have to put all the secrets out on the table. |
| 0:07.0 | Melody Ferris was upset that her family's private lives were now public record. |
| 0:13.0 | She was talking to detectives Daniel Hayes and Trent Kikendahl in Cherokee County, Georgia. |
| 0:20.0 | And just so, you know, I am sincerely sorry for you and her family's loss. |
| 0:24.6 | I don't know what to say. |
| 0:26.6 | It was on the morning of July 6, 2018, the day after Gary Ferris' remains were found. |
| 0:34.3 | Melody was at the local sheriff's office. |
| 0:37.3 | Unlike her earlier conversations with the detectives, |
| 0:40.3 | this one would go on for nearly eight hours, |
| 0:44.3 | as Melody spun stories of intrigue and suspicion. |
| 0:49.3 | I had nothing, nothing to gain. |
| 0:52.3 | By him and I. I had everything to gain. |
| 0:55.9 | By him died. |
| 0:57.3 | I had everything to lose. |
| 1:00.8 | Everything to lose. |
| 1:06.0 | Almost as soon as they started recording, |
| 1:08.9 | Melody didn't hesitate to point fingers. |
| 1:14.4 | The only thing I found odd was that he wanted to leave immediately. |
| 1:19.3 | Melody was talking about her oldest son, Chris. |
| 1:23.5 | He had left the farm not long after investigators arrived. |
| 1:25.9 | Melody said she didn't trust him. |
| 1:33.3 | And he left and came back. He came back after Emily got there. |
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