When beloved family patriarch, Gary Ferris went missing, his family looked everywhere on their

property until they came across something horrifying. It's a homicide.

Absolutely. The blame game in this family went round and round. This is Blood is Thicker,

the Ferris Wheel. I don't see how anyone can look at this story and think they were happy.

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I loved you before this ceremony, and I love you more because of it.

You may kiss your breath.

They were inseparable.

Tex absolutely adored Diane.

And Diane adored Tex. I feel like the prosecution has tried to make this out to be about someone who is successful

and powerful trying to get away with something like murder.

They don't know Tex and Diane personally like I do.

A woman died after she was shot inside a car on this block.

Previously on Breakdown.

Welcome back.

Before we plunge back into the story of Tex McIver... I'm a reporter with the Atlanta Journal of Constitution, and we've been covering the

Tex-McGyver case since day one.

This was an enormously high-profile case.

They were big-time power coupled.

We're going to have plenty of beverages over here, so just everybody start walking.

Tex owned a ranch out in Putnam County,

which is a pretty nice place for a vacation home.

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