Return to the Farm

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True Crime, Culture, Social, Society & Culture, News

4.4 • 38K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

When Shirley Carter is gunned down in her kitchen in rural Iowa, the whole town is stunned. But when police and her family are left with no leads, Shirley’s husband does something even more shocking -- he points the finger at their son. Dennis Murphy reports on the major developments in the case, and the family feud that led to a murder trial. Originally aired on NBC on June 14, 2019.

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0:00.0	My mom, I'm going to lay here on the floor, do whatever.
0:06.0	A twist, in a family's desperate search for justice.
0:10.0	Nothing has turned out right.
0:13.0	A wife and mother murdered.
0:16.0	She was in a casket-like position.
0:18.0	Her arms were crossed.
0:19.0	Who would have a motive to kill a lady in a world Iowa?
0:22.0	You see this purse, sun-touched. Her jewelry boxes untouched.
0:28.0	Did someone have a bigger prize in mind?
0:31.0	A family farm worth a fortune.
0:34.0	I did not shoot my mom and I would never shoot my mom.
0:38.0	Two trials.
0:39.0	Every emotion hit.
0:41.0	Two verdicts.
0:42.0	There are only two people who know what happened that day.
0:45.0	One of them's dead and the other one's sitting in that chair.
0:48.0	Too much, too bare.
0:50.0	It's just been a hell on earth.
0:54.0	Father against son in a small town mystery.
0:57.0	I'm Lester Holt and this is Date Life.
1:01.0	Here's Dennis Morphe with Return to the Farm.
1:10.0	Council bluffs Iowa.
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