The Farris Wheel, Wife Kills Husband, Blames Son | Gary Farris

Scott Farris came back home to Georgia on July 3 looking for missing father

Now part of the Darkcast Network. Welcome to Indie Podcasts with a dark side. On July 3, 2018, Scott Farris came back home to his family’s 10 acre property in Cherokee County, Georgia. Around 11:30pm When I pulled into the driveway, you could look off in the direction where the burn pile was and you can see it was burning. The burn pile, usually used for burning yard waste and brush, was currently glowing in the distance. Scott remembered that his father had told him that he had plans to burn some stuff there, so he initially thought nothing of it. The next day, July 4th went by without any issues. But neither Scott or his mother, Melody Ferris, had seen Scott’s father, Gary, which wasn’t actually unusual in this household. Then on July 5th, two of Gary’s grandchildren who had spent the night at the house asked to ride the rtv, which is a rough terrain vehicle, with their grandfather, who they called Big Daddy. I told them, I said, go ask Big Daddy to go ride it with you all. And they said they couldn’t find him. This is when everybody realized that they actually hadn’t seen Gary in a while. So then they started searching for him. Amanda, Gary’s daughter, was already at the house and helped look for him. Their other son, Chris, came to the house to join the search. Then when Scott went to the burn pile he’d seen on the third, he. He saw something that shouldn’t have been in the ashes. Quote, I’ll never forget it until the day I die. Scott would later say that the memory is clearly etched into his mind. According to Melody, Scott’s exact words were, quote, oh, I found him. To which she said, what do you mean you found him? Welcome, lambs. Welcome to Love and Heartbreak, to Homicide. This is your weekly true crime podcast that tells you cases of relationships that have turned to murder. I, uh, retell these cases thinking about the viewpoint of the victim, the victim’s families and their loved ones. So you might hear some ranting within this case. I also invite you to go ahead, take a seat, take a listen all the way to the end, and if you like my retelling, don’t forget to subscribe. Did you know that another way you could subscribe is on my Patreon? You can subscribe for free patreon.com loveandmurder. You do get some benefits of being a free subscriber, but. But if you want to help me to be a voice of the victim, so then you be a voice of the victim as well. If you want to keep this podcast on the air and help keep it running. If you want bonus episodes, if you want behind the scenes, if you want to hear me mess up words in my bloopers and everything like that, then uh, go ahead and choose one of the bonus tiers and join the lamb fam over in the Patreon. Patreon.com forward/loveandmurder and don’t forget that I just started a new series, Deadly Duos where I tell cases of people who are relationships who think that if you stay together, you kill together. That is only in the $10 and above tier. So if you want to hear the Deadly Duo series, then go ahead and join at the $10 and above tier and you get all the other bonuses that other tiers get as well. Patreon.com forward/loveandmurder now let’s grab your butts, let’s grab your delicious glass of apple juice and let’s get back into this love and murder.

Police received a 911 call about human remains in a burn pit

Police received a 911 call about human remains in a burn pit. Detective Daniel Hayes of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene. I had never personally responded to a call like that, ever. What he found was the charred remains of 58 year old Gary Ferris, the 300 pound patriarch of the Ferris estate, now reduced to skeletal remains in the burn pile approximately 50 yards from the family home. Gary had been married to Melody for 38 years. He was a wealthy commercial real estate attorney who had four adult kids with his wife, Chris, Scott, Emily and Amanda. And Gary was the one holding everything together well, financially. He made his money as an attorney like I said, and he specialized in commercial real estate. Um, Melody managed their huge Cherokee county property. Gary paid for Scott’s living and work expenses while while Scott ran the farm and lived in an apartment above the barn. Scott had served in the army, but now he was back home and he was living on the property. On the outside they might have looked like what a typical close knit family looked like, but behind the scenes it was more like a, uh, telenovela. I’m kidding. It probably wasn’t that bad. Was more like a soap opera. Novellas are soap operas but with more drama. So Gary and Melody lived completely separate lives under the same roof. He stayed in a makeshift bedroom in the basement. She had the upstairs. Their marriage had been rocky for a while and they’d been sleeping in separate rooms for years. So on the day the police were called out, they initially considered the possibility that Gary had suffered a medical issue and fallen into the fire. However, that was quickly shut down when a bullet was discovered lodged in one of Gary’s rib bones. Yeah, that’ll kind of change it from accidental to homicide real quick. They inspected the property more after that, and then found some of Gary’s blood and then a second.38 caliber bullet in the basement of the house. So now investigators started questioning friends, families, neighbors, anybody they could find. They learned that a lot of that tension between Melody and Gary came from Melody’s affairs. Affairs? Uh, plural. When investigators heard affairs, they questioned Melody. And at first, she denied everything. Well, later, investigators found a credit card in Melody’s purse under the name Roy Barton. So they asked her who this Roy person was, so she said okay. Okay, well, remember when I said I wasn’t having any of your fears? Well, that was a teeny, tiny lie. Then she admitted to sleeping with a man named Roy Rusty Barton, a farm equipment salesman from, uh, Tennessee. She said she’d met him back in 2014 while taking care of his sick stepmother, who was also Melody’s cousin. But she claimed that it had, ah, ended a year before Gary died. Melanie had also been secretly involved with her sister’s partner, Ted Wiley, for almost four years, starting around 2008. She seems to love messing with her family members. Men, or is this just my imagination? Gary had suspected that she was cheating, so he’d gotten tired of it and filed for divorce in February 2010, but the case was dismissed in August. Uh, wait, what? How can you tell somebody they’re not getting divorced? Okay, hold on, hold on. I need to research this. Okay, so the AI on Google. I have to point out that it’s. The AI on Google says to dismiss a divorce petition, the petitioner must file a motion for dismissal with the court. This motion should be filed before the case has been finalized, and it may require notifying the other party and possibly setting a hearing. If the other party has filed a response, both parties must agree to the dismissal, and a, uh, judge’s approval may be necessary. The dismissal removes the case from the court’s docket, but it does not affect any cross petitions that may exist. If the petitioner wishes to proceed with the divorce, they must file a new petition and begin the process anew. So I guess what I’m gathering from this is either both of them changed their minds about getting divorced, or Gary didn’t serve Melody. I’m. I’m unclear if I’m wrong. Please correct me in the comments. I’m kind of unclear about this still, so correct me in the comments, please.

Police believe Melody Scott moved Gary’s body by herself on July 4

Anyway, moving on. This drama even carried over into family events at Emily’s wedding in 2016, Melody invited Rusty, and it caused a scene, as I would imagine it would. Why would she bring this person to her daughter’s wedding? Gary was furious. The rest of the family, they weren’t happy either. Money was another big issue. Melody had access to some of Gary’s accounts, but he started limiting her spending because she was using their money to spoil her boyfriends. Melody claimed that she thought she could use their debit card however she wanted, and she said she had no clue what their finances look like. Ma’, am, you can use your family’s money in most ways that you want to, except to cheat on your husband and fund your boyfriends. I mean, I never thought this would be something I would have to say. Then she, uh, sent a text to her friend about Gary saying, I hope he dies alone, and a gruesome death. Then, just days before Gary died, she was recorded on a phone call, throwing a plate and screaming, quote, I can’t wait till that effing man’s dead. I can’t wait till I don’t have to live with him anymore. Gary had recorded the whole thing. Smart. Oh, and also, I now stand corrected. This marriage was a, uh, telenovela. Now, as you figured. Investigators asked Melody when she saw her husband alive last, and she said that it was that evening when he came in wanting dinner. And her last words to him were, quote, gary, there’s enough food in that refrigerator to feed Cox’s army. If you don’t want it, then go get something to eat. Police said that during their investigation, what started out as rumors and possible hearsay slowly turned into a case built on timelines, phone data, and things that Melody couldn’t explain away. In multiple interviews, Mary gave different versions of what she said happened. The timeline didn’t add up, and detectives started taking a closer look. Then investigators interviewed, uh, Rusty. He told police that Melody had said, Gary is in the burn pile. Not that Gary’s missing or even I don’t know where he is, but straight up told him that Gary was in the burn pile. Rusty even said he stopped her and told her not to say another word. This was interesting to investigators because at that point in the investigation, only the killer would have known where Gary’s body was. And phone records didn’t help her case either. Detectives pulled up phone data and saw that Melody and Rusty were constantly talking. It didn’t matter that they lived in different states. They were on the phone non stop, even in the early hours of July 4, which was the day before Gary’s body was found. But the Biggest piece of tech evidence came from Gary’s phone since he had an Android. Android for the win. With location services turned on, investigators could track exactly where the phone moved around the property. Between 7:58 and 9:05am M. On July 4, his phone traveled from the house out to the burn pile and back to the house. And since police thinks he died on July 3 after 10pm by the time that his phone was walking back and forth, Gary was already dead. This is not the walking dead. If you’re dead, you’re dead. We don’t have zombies. And the only person home during that window, you guessed it. Melody Scott’s phone was miles away from the farm, leaving at about 6:30am and not even getting back until 8pm or 8:30pm that day. They also tested the family’s RTV that they used around the property and found Melody’s blood on the gear shifter. That detail mattered because investigators believed Gary’s body had been moved to the burn pile using that vehicle. Because think about it. Remember earlier I said that he was about 300 pounds and I didn’t say this part. He was 6 4. So how could she have moved the body by herself? He was a big man. A, uh, big, big man. I mean, if you watch spongebob, you know what I’m talking about. But anyways, when confronted with all of this, Melody stuck to her story and tried to point the finger at Scott, her own son. Wow. She told investigators Scott and Gary had been butting heads and claimed that Gary wanted him off the farm. She said that sometimes their arguments even turned to physical fights and called her son hot tempered. Now, I just want to point this out. Anytime a parent tries to blame their child for something so heinous, all I could think of is, what a piece of work. I mean, there are billions of people on this planet that you could point a finger at, but you choose your own shot. But anyway, Scott told a different story. He said that he immediately suspected his mother. I’ve always had this gut feeling if something ever happened to my dad, that somebody needed to check her out. He said the real problem was Melody spending too much of Gary’s money and disappearing for days, which, based on the evidence so far, I more believe. So even though suspicion initially fell on Scott, and despite Melody later claiming he failed a polygraph test, investigators were eventually able to rule him out. And, um, you know, she never brought forth this polygraph test that he supposedly failed. But either way, polygraph tests are not reliable because he could have just been nervous. He could have Been going through some stuff. I mean, his dad did just die, so. But anyways, investigators ruled him out. The biggest factor was Scott’s cell phone data, which showed that he was miles away from the property during the time when Scott’s phone was moving from the house to the burn pile, which I told you all already, but also, as it was later pointed out during the trial, polygraph tests aren’t reliable or admissible in court anyway, as I said before, too. So basically, investigators could track Scott’s phone. And during all this time, he’s, like, literally never there. So I don’t know how she’s blaming him when his phone, I guess, I don’t know. Did he put his phone on in his friend’s car and then came back, snuck back on the property? Like, how are you trying to explain this away? The back and forth and change in stories caused investigators to coin this case as the Ferris wheel, which is clever. They said that it embodied the continuous cycle of dysfunction inside the Ferris family. They said that everyone had a role to play in the drama. Shift in allegiances, old grudges, the silent resentments that kept the wheel spinning. No one confronted anything directly. Instead of talking to each other, family members passed messages through intermediaries, letting things build and boil over behind closed doors. And I have to say, I wouldn’t be able to stand a family like this. I can’t. I’m a very upfront person. I don’t like talking behind people’s back. If I do talk behind your back, I’m saying it to your face, too. I don’t like rumors. I don’t like gossip. I don’t like silent treatment. I don’t like being passive aggressive. That would drive me nuts.

Arguments over money, inheritance and control fueled family dysfunction

At the center of all this dysfunction was a lot of money. Gary held tight control over the family’s finances. Even though they were wealthy, he decided who got what and when. I mean, it’s his money. If you want to be wealthy, go make your own money. What are we complaining about here? So that created serious friction within the family, especially with Melody, which I would say, ma’, am, like I just said, if you want to be rich, make your money, then nobody can tell you what to do with your money. Melody felt boxed in, cut off, and increasingly frustrated with how much control he had over his own damn money. And the tension between them only got worse as estate planning came up. The couple clashed over how to divide assets amongst the kids. And every conversation seemed to dig the hole deeper. And, I mean, I guess part of the conversation was how much Could I actually spend on my boyfriends? I mean, you’re trying to divide it among the kids. It’s not like he’s trying to divide it among his mistresses or an 18 year old girl. He said, I’m going to leave you for like, it’s his kids. Like, where’s the argument? And as I previously said, Gary had helped Scott out covering business expenses, letting him live at the barn, because, I mean, he is his son. But that didn’t stop the fighting. Arguments over money, inheritance and control stirred up resentment and divided the family even further. By the time Gary died, that wheel had been spinning for years and no one had managed to stop it. Now I wonder if Scott ever was fighting with his father about money or even the rest of the children. Or was this money fighting just Melody? The burden of Gary’s body was viewed by investigators as a deliberate attempt to cover up a crime and destroy evidence. On top of that, Melody had bought a prepaid phone, cleaning supplies, around the time of Gary’s death. And I’m wondering how she’s like, everything is pointing to her. There’s no evidence at all saying that it was Scott. Everything is pointing to her, but she’s blaming her son. Then, in a strange twist, Gary’s missing wallet and phone, both of which the kids had already searched for, was just suddenly found by Melody. Look, I found it. It was sitting in the corner under that bag the whole time. In June 2019, after nearly a year of digging, investigators felt that they had what they needed. They had motive, opportunity, and evidence that just kept circling back to Melody. So she was arrested and you’ll never guess where. Police found her and arrested her in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Do you remember who lives in Tennessee? That’s right. She was chilling there with Rusty, to which investigators were like, I thought you said you hadn’t seen him since A year before Gary’s death. Melody was charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, concealing the death of another, and making a false statement. The false statement charge stemmed from her lying to authorities about having extramarital affairs and about ending her relationship with Rusty. Damn. Damn. Um, they tagged her for that too, yo. That’s funny. Rusty then tried to recant his earlier statement, claiming. Oh, wait, no, no, no, I had the date. You said that burned. Pissed. July 4th. Uh, no, no, no, no. She was burning something. And her mouse, her pet mouse that was named Gary, he had jumped into the pit. So I thought you were talking about July 4, 1984, where Melody’s pet mouse, Gary, had jumped into the burn pit. And then Melody told me that Gary was in the burn pit. Is that okay? Can. Can I recant my statement then? Like, seriously? He did say he got the dates wrong. Like, what are you. What are you talking about? So if it was an earlier time that she said, gary’s in the burn pit, that would have meant something different. Like, what are you talking about? But the prosecutors, just like Kai, didn’t believe him. They said that he was trying to protect Melody because they were still in a relationship. Like, sir, your wife murdered her husband. Why would you still be with her? Because you never know. She has the propensity to murder you too. Like, what the frick.

Melody Ferris is accused of murdering her husband Gary in July 2018

Melody’s trial started in October 2024 and lasted for three weeks. Judge David Cannon Jr. Presided over the case. Prosecutors Jeffrey Foggus and Megan Frankish laid out the state’s argument, while Melody’s defense team was led by attorneys Michael Ray and John Luke Weaver. Attorney Foggus gave the opening statement. Quote, the answer to the question, who did it? Sits right there. Melody Walker Farris. From the start, prosecutors focused on a straightforward theory. Melody Ferris was the only person with the means, motives and opportunity to murder her husband. She stood to gain financially. There was a $2 million life insurance policy in her name, plus Gary’s multi million dollar assets. Prosecutors argued that the couple had been arguing about money, with Gary refusing to give Melody funds. He instead directed to their adult children, which sounds about financially, right? She also wanted to be with her boyfriend, and Gary stood in the way of that. Melody wanted to live happily ever after with her lover. The prosecution constructed a timeline showing that on July 3, 2018, Gary and Melody argued in the kitchen before she shot him. He goes downstairs trying to get away. She shoots him again. One family friend testified, quote, the strain in their relationship was no secret to those close to them, but nobody expected it would end like this. The prosecution presented a long list of evidence. Gary’s phone moving after he was dead while Scott was away and only Melody was home. What Rusty told investigators. So in addition to what I told you earlier, Rusty also admitted to their four year affair with Melody. When asked about wedding ring shopping, he said, quote, we talked about getting plain gold bands, so they were planning on getting married. More evidence was Gary’s blood that was found in the basement along with a.38 caliber bullet. Melody’s DNA was found on the gear shifter of the Kubota and a blue shoe. Now, I don’t know what they’re talking about. The blue shoe. I just saw a blue shoe in passing. So I had to put it in here. The blue shoe. Text messages and recordings showed Melody’s clear hatred for Gary. Three of their children, Chris, Emily and Scott, actually testified against their mother. Emily described her mom as aggressive and obsessed with money. Scott broke down on the stand saying that he loved his father and had nothing to do with his death. Scott said that his mother was the one who murdered his father and that he was an easy target because he lived on the property and was former military. He said Melody was creating drama and trying to turn them against Gary. Scott also testified that when investigators told the family they’d found human remains, his mother’s reaction didn’t feel real. Quote, I’ve seen my mother cry hundreds of times and it appeared to me to be fake. So basically what he was saying was when she was crying, when they said, hey, there’s human remains here, the crying that she was doing then, based on the hundreds of time he’s seen his mom cry before, this one was fake. He also told the jury about things he’d seen and heard leading up to his father’s death, like her history of affairs and also hearing her say, quote, I can’t wait for the day he’s dead and I don’t have to live with him anymore. All of these observations together are, uh, what made him certain that his mother was responsible. Then Chris talked about his parents rocky marriage, telling the jury that his father often said, quote, every day with mom was the worst day of his life. Chris explicitly denied any involvement in his father’s murder, distancing himself from both the crime and, and his mother’s defense strategy. Chris also told the court that there was no funeral for his father. So basically his mother had never set up a funeral for his father. So I guess he took the preemptive strike. Like, you blame Scott, now you’re not going to blame me. I had nothing to do with his, with my father’s death. Melody’s defense team pointed the finger at Scott in their opening statement. They countered the prosecution’s narrative, saying, quote, where’s the gun? No idea. Everything that was done in this case was tailored specifically to attempt to convict Melanie. So he’s a mastermind now? Scott’s a mastermind? Really? He got her blood, smeared it all over the place, got her DNA and put it where it wasn’t supposed to be. Is that what you’re trying to tell me? Attorney Ray said that the police suffered from, quote, confirmation bias. And they argued that Scott, not Melody, was more physically capable of killing Gary and moving his 300 pound body to the burn pile. Scott was 6, 8, and 280 pounds. And Melody was 130 pounds. And then to make their point, defense attorney John Luke Weaver even wheeled in bags of rock salt to demonstrate the weight. Yeah, but did you use an ATV to wheel it into the court, or did you use a wheelbarrow? Because with an atv, it’s the vehicle pulling the weight. So literally all she had to do was back up. If she had a trailer attached, back up the trailer on the body, strap the body in, then drive the car to the burn pile, unstrap the body, and then drive away. Like, I don’t understand why you’re wheeling in rock salt. They also said there was no blood trail from the house to the burn pile, which, I mean, again, she put him on a car and pulled him. She could have put him on a blanket or something. There would not be a blood trail. Like, the blood would have gone into, soaked into the blanket or whatever, and then she just burned the blanket in the burn pile. Like, what are you talking about? So the defense said, well, we’re going to bring forward our own list, long list of evidence. Number one, the murder weapon was never found. Number two, Scott had access to the.38 caliber ammunition. Number three, the blood it found in the house they claimed could have come from a dog bite, not a shooting. Number four, they accused investigators of mishandling the scene and saying Scott’s apartment above the barn was never searched. Number five, the defense claimed Scott had motive, too. He wanted to far and was worried Gary was about to cut him off financially. They said that he was financially dependent on his parents. Quote, she thought you were a mooch. To which Scott replied, no, I wasn’t. 6. They said Scott was quick to blame his mother, mentioning her name just 13 minutes after deputies arrived. Well, if you listen to the prosecution, he always thought it was a possibility. Amanda Bruce Ferris, Gary and Melody’s youngest daughter, testified for the defense, believing in her mother’s innocence. She said that she would believe her mother was not guilty until proven otherwise and expressed the pain of losing her father and the possibility of her mother spending the rest of her life in prison. Quote, she supports her mother’s innocence and believes in the justice system to find her guilty or not guilty of her father’s murder. A man that said that she would, quote, support her father if the roles were reversed. Melody even went so far as to accuse Scott of planting the bullet in the basement just to frame her.

Melody Ferris accused her son Scott of murdering her father Gary

She also said that the only reason her children were testifying against her is because they were lying for money. So are you trying to say the prosecution was paying them or that if she went to prison, they would get the money? Because as far as I know, he was giving them the money anyway, and you would have only had the $2 million, so they still would have had more money than doing the assets and stuff. So what money are they lying for? On October 30, 2024, the jury announced that they were deadlocked. Judge Cannon told them to keep trying. Just a few days later, on November 4, the jury found Melody guilty on all five counts. Malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, concealing the death of another and making a false statement. Jurors later said that the cell phone data showing Gary’s phone, um, moving while Melody was the only one home was what convinced them of her guilt. Melanie didn’t testify during the trial, but got her chance to speak during sentencing. And what she said shocked everyone. Instead of apologizing or asking for mercy, she doubled down and accused Scott of killing Gary. Quote, not only did I not do this, I know who did. I know Scott killed his father. She claimed she spent her life protecting Scott, but. But now she wouldn’t take the blame. She said her deceased mother had begged her to cover for him. She even asked the judge to, quote, throw out this verdict and become the, quote, 13th juror, insisting that she would accept punishment if she were guilty, but that she wasn’t. She said that she wanted to see Scott, quote, chained and shackled and brought to justice. Judge Cannon had no patience for Melody’s accusations, and he cut her off, saying, quote, you’re not supposed to go into evidence at this phase of the case. Your statements need to be constrained to the punishment. Scott, as you can imagine, just was sitting there shocked in the courtroom, like, what the. What the frick? And he called this Melody’s, quote, last final jabs and said that she had, quote, taken one last turn of the knife. And then he started crying, and he said, quote, I absolutely had nothing to do with my father’s death, and it was 100% Melody Ferris who murdered my father. That is the truth. Judge Cannon sentenced Melody to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years, though he said that it was unlikely she would live long enough to be released. Damn, she’ll be 94 by the time she’s eligible. He added another five years for concealing Gary’s death and and five more to run concurrently for lying to investigators. He also ordered her to have no contact with her family. After the verdict. Scott Said, because we got justice for my father. We fought six years to get answers. Melody is now serving her sentence at Arundel State Prison in Alto, Georgia. In the end, the Ferris wheel finally came to a stop, but the damage was done. A father was murdered, A, uh, mother is in prison, and the family is fractured beyond repair. I wonder if the siblings are going to talk to Amanda because she’s the only one who testified for her mother. I mean, I don’t blame her, you know what I’m saying? Like, that’s her mother, and she’s not really sure that her mother killed her father. So you can’t really be mad at Amanda. Everybody has different thought processes. Now, I could understand if she walked in and saw her mother holding the gun and you know what I’m saying? And she was still on that stuff. I could understand that, but she didn’t. And she’s not sure if her mother did it. You can’t really be mad at her. Despite the verdict, Melody continues to claim that she’s innocent. And when asked if she believed she would walk free again, she said, quote, I certainly hope so. I do. But I will be sitting right there behind my son in court. What an asshole. And that is the case of Melody and Gary Farris. What did you think about this case? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Some of these people, I tell you, I don’t understand some of these parents. Did you listen to the bonus episode that I put out this weekend about the man who ran and let his son be kidnapped? If you didn’t, go ahead and listen to that. And then with that bonus episode, there was another episode attached to that one about a man who hid under the bed while his wife and child were kidnapped. Now, here’s this mother, like, literally saying, I’ll see my son in shackles. Like, oh, my God. And then she had a problem with her children getting her husband’s money. She wanted the money to fund her boyfriends, but she had a problem with the children getting her husband’s money. I mean, can just. Can you imagine parents like that? Just. Oh. So let me know your thoughts in, uh, the comments below.

Let me read some comments from the Spotify. So I’m in the Spotify right now

And speaking of your thoughts, let me read a couple comments here. So I’m in the Spotify right now. I’m going to read some comments from the Spotify. So these are the most recent comments. Um, this case was World’s Greatest mom. Mother abandoned her children for years. It was the case of Kelly Bryant. The Queen of Sheba said, oh, my God, what a story. Yeah, it goes back to These parents. This woman was a piece of work. And I will have that link to that episode in the show notes below. Uh, if you missed that episode, this woman literally left her children to raise themselves while she was sitting nice, taking the money from what she was supposed to be getting from them. She took that money, she got herself another apartment, and she was sitting nice while her children were starving to death and had nothing to clean themselves with or just live. Basically another parent for the books. So the link to that is in the show notes below. Another comment from an episode. Utah mom accused of murdering husband during divorce. This was the case of Jennifer Gledhill. Christina Bobo said, involving your parents in a murder cover up allegedly is crazy. Shout out to the side, dude, because he would have been next for sure. That’s all I’m saying. That’s all I’m saying. He came out, he sang like a bird because he’s not stupid to believe. Kind of like Rusty in this case. He’s not stupid to believe that he wouldn’t have been next. The next comment comes from the case of a deadly Florida love triangle, the murder of Aileen Seiden. Christina Bobo says, I most definitely would not have called or met the father at an alternate location because apples don’t fall far from the tree. And I would assume that he would want to protect his child at all costs, you know, but to each their own. 25 years for murder is crazy. Christina shouldn’t have had a chance to see freedom growing up in law enforcement. She probably thought she was above the law. So I’m glad she received some time. But I don’t think it’s enough considering the facts of the case, which I agree, Christina, like, like I said in the case, I wouldn’t have gone to meet him because everything is going to run through my. I’m not meeting you at a remote location. We gonna meet right there at the police station. Oh, uh, no, no, no, no, no. Let me take that back. Let’s meet at a mall where everybody’s there. Something. Something public, you know what I’m saying? I wouldn’t have gone and just met him. I’d have brought people with me too. There’s no way. And then the other thing is, that’s what I was thinking too, about her growing up in law enforcement. She thought that her father was going to make it disappear if she, you know, if she. If not that, she wanted to go tell him, but she thought if he ever found out, he would just make it disappear. So I have a feeling that’s what she was thinking too then.

The quick action saved Allison Boa’s life, says Christina Bobo

The last comment that I’m going to read today came from actually a bonus episode that I had put out. Um, it’s titled Stabbed 30 Times, Her Throat Cut. She lived the Allison Boa story. This case was really, it was really something. Um, and if you want to hear that, that’s actually a bonus episode, you could hear this bonus at the $5 tier. So if you want to join the Patreon and hear this bonus, it’s at the $5 tier. Patreon.com LoveAndMurder Christina Bobo says you spoke horrific poetry in telling this episode. I cannot imagine the horror, pain and fear Allyson felt. Thank God for sending the right person to help her. Quick acting is what saved her life. Those men should have been disemboweled as punishment. It’s surprising that she survived. Her resilience is powerful, courageous, and is what kept her going. I’m glad she lived a fruitful life after. I’m so angry those demons were released without protecting Allison and endangering others. Yeah, Christina, when they were released, I was, I was shocked. I was shocked. And is the fact that they were released without even them telling her or asking, basically asking her permission or anything like that, that was really, really shocking. And then in speaking of, you know, the quick action saved her life and the people who stopped for her. I’m not even going to down talk the people who didn’t stop for her because with all these scams going on in the world, I might not have stopped. Like, I might not have stopped. I might have think that she was scamming me to get me to stop so then somebody could rob me and kidnap me or something. Like I might not have stopped. I’m not going to 100% say I wouldn’t, but it’s a 50, 50% chance. So yeah, it’s a good thing that somebody stopped. I’m, um, not talking about the people who didn’t. And it’s a good thing that the person who stopped was actually a vet. Which side note, if you didn’t know a vet is just as good as a doctor. People don’t know that. They just think vets. But a vet could help you if something medical were to happen to you. And the only person that was on the flight, for instance, was a vet, that vet could actually help you. They’re doctors too. So yeah, it’s good that the person who stopped was actually a vet because he was able to, you know, help her and keep her calm and help her medically. And that is Part of what saved her life. So, yeah, you should check out that story, though. Go to our Patreon. It was, uh, oh, it was a really good. It was a heart wrenching story. It was really hard. and murder going. Um, you become a voice of the victim and you help me try and help other people learn to get help, like, in their situations that they need to get. Because that’s something that I’m now, like, also focusing on raising awareness to people who need help in getting out of their situations. 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