Sentencing Recap: GA v Melody Farris, Burn Pile Murder Trial

#MelodyFarris surprised everyone in court when she spoke at sentencing, declaring her innocence and blaming her own son #ScottFarris for the murder of #GaryFarris.

#CourtTV's MattJohnson sat near Scott in the gallery and is LIVE with the family's reaction.

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[euridisisorellana]

How can a mother hate her son so much? It bothered her that her husband was spending money on her own children, she thought that none of them deserved it, only she deserved the money.

[lanalou]

Try to remember she used Gary’s credit card to buy minutes on her burner phone at midnight! Then called rusty and said he’s on the burn pile!

[linq]

I totally understand why her lawyers didmt want her to take the stand. Her story doesnt match the time line at all. She wants justice ifor Gary? O please! She hated him to the core!! All she wanted was to take trhe life insurance money and marry Rusty. That she already chose wedding bands with a month before she killed Gary.

[lkb]

Tired of convicted defendants going off on the victims, i.e. Sara Boone, now Melody Farris

[tonyafromgeorgia]

This is what a Narcissistic person does! She cannot stop, she already looked bad, but now she looks even worse and I guarantee the jury is saying to themselves, YEP, We made the right call!!
A narcissist first hand, she does not like her Sons and she wants to put doubt in everyone’s heads! That’s what she wants to do, place doubt on the people that convicted her.
If that were true, she would have taken the stand if she had so much to say, she would have told her attorney all of this, she is such a liar and a very evil person. I have a feeling, she will get herself in trouble with the other inmates if she doesn’t control her narcissistic behaviors! She’s very evil! Sad for her son she is blaming!

[dorito]

Oh please, “help me get Justice for Gary”. I’m almost vomiting. She didn’t give two sh*ts about Gary.

[kathysattic]

What a horrible mother. She is the one who did this. Treated her husband like trash and just wanted the money hubby had didn't want anything else from him. She moved him with the tractor. I guess she forgot her telephone callers were recorded. She never stayed gone long because of Gary being her cash cow. She had up and left her husband and children to run to a man. Then when that didn't work out, she runs back. Then rubs her husband nose in it at her daughter wedding she again is running with another man. Then we are supposed to believe she cares so much about Gary she wants justice for him.

[LaurenLakes]

“When he was in kindergarten….” omg what a looney bin.

[Notpublished]

I can’t believe how long the judge let her go on.

[debturner]

She said over and over in her interview with the investigators that she did not know how the tractor got moved and that it was in its normal place last time she saw it. Now in her statement to the judge she claims Scott told her to move the tractor, “now she knows why.” Yet another lie of hers. I sure don’t want to miss the appeal if one happens. It ought to be good.

[rainymctrixie]

Thank you jurors. Blessings to Scott, Chris, Emily and grandchildren.

[lilyflower]

She made a complete fool of herself. She thought she was saving her image for the world to see or talking terribly about her kids would put her on a pedestal.
No wonder her lawyers didn't want her to talk.

[Leslie]

The whole world got to see evil personified when she spoke and what Gary had to see in the last minutes of his life. She is a vile and despicable woman and this was on full display today. A jury of her peers found her guilty and the correct verdict in my opinion. To validate her evil character (or lack thereof) she then drones on in a self-serving, narcissistic statement which she’s probably been planning to do for years. Transparently Manipulated but she’s not fooling me at all. She is now exactly where she belongs!
My heart aches for what she has done to Scott….😢

[caramelhoney]

One of the things I noticed is that throughout the trial is that she showed little to no emotion about her husband's death. She even referred to him as a "body" when she said he wasnt supposed to be burned that bad. But now she's so worried about him? Nope.

[MaryAlexander-on]

Melody surprised no one in the courtroom with her rambling as usual it's all about her. She is a cold blooded selfish murderer who is pissed that she got caught and couldn't use Gary's money to buy her innocence. No one believes her lies. Off to prison Melody, you sure earned it. Justice for Gary Farris💔❤️💔

[maymemont]

What kind of a mother, what kind of a wife!!! And she has the nerve to ask judge to dismiss the verdict!!! Melody, old witch, rot in prison!

[kristendavis]

Am I in The Twilight Zone? This woman didn't try to protect her son. She let her lawyer blame her son.

[HelenMurray]

Why would Scott kill the one person supporting him the most and put his future in the hands of the person who wanted to cut him off? Forget the emotion of it, the facts speak for themselves.

[terrywilliams]

Scott didn't do it. She's still lying. She did it. She hated Gary

[ptrpan]

in the he audio she clearly says, he's on the burn pile. she did it or was complicit or helped. either way, she's not innocent.