Men like him are incredibly good at making other people like them. They come across as very nice people, but if you truly knew them as their wife, you would know who they really are. His wife was terrified he would kill her and you can't ignore that.
Or a good actor sitting there like a poor soul. He wasn't concerned about his wife being murdered. Any normal person would be eager to find his wives killer. Instead I see no emotion no reaction in the interview no concern. He thought his plan would work and it didn't. There was no physical evidence of footprints or a stranger entering the farm
@@awright119021 My stepfather pretended to be a quiet person when he first met my mother he hardly spoke. Then after my baby brother was born thinking he had trap her his true nature unfold he was abusive verbally and physically and had major temper flare ups for no reason he was narcissistic
The judge wasn't "loud" and the attorneys did the best they could given the overwhelming evidence against him. The one huge mistake that the defense made was conceding this was a murder, this probably costed them the trial....but other than that they did a fine job given the facts of the case and the evidence they had against him.
I agree they are pretty awful but if you want to see the worst, check out Donald Hartung's attorneys in his trial. I live about 20 min from Pensacola where his trial happened so its good to know who NOT to hire if I ever were to need any sort of defense attorney. Hopefully, this guy and Donald will win their appeals and get new trials with better attorneys.
I can not remember ever seeing the judge do the swearing in of witnesses on UTube. I think it is rare. I kind of like it. Perhaps it is more likely in States with smaller populations. Is there a clerk in this court?
If I was a juror, I would want to see more STRONGER evidence that this man killed his wife. That younger detective did not CONVINCE me that Todd was the only one responsible for those Google searches.
Sandee Jaime I don’t think Todd was searching for wedding rings and wedding dresses. I doubt he searched if DNA can be obtained without a husband’s knowledge.
@@sandeedriver1941 I believe the son. The father did not have time to kill her. Someone hired an attorney for the child, he has his own lawyer. His lawyer would have told him to tell the truth. They needed an accident recreation expert.
If he planned it to look like an accident.... a pitch fork in the back does not come to mind! He lives on a farm and would have many plausible options. If it was a crime of passion, how did he manage to do it so quickly and appear normal to his son? It makes no sense. We are missing something.
@@chelsealondon3982 You have no right to blame a teen boy that you do not know. Todd knew. Go listen to the 911 call tape where he calls her a cheating whore on the tape.
cocatfan Can you say with 100% surety the boy didn’t do it? My only thought is if it were the boy the dad isn’t doing much to take the charge and roll over.
Wait. Wait. Wait! "Everybody knew the password" to the Ipad??? WTF? So how do we know it was him doing those searches? Maybe someone was setting him up. Probably not, but I don't like that there's more than one or two people that could access that Ipad.
I'm clueless as to how a jury found this guy guilty beyond a reasonable doubt - I'm struggling to find even a basis of circumstantial evidence beyond his presence near the scene of the death to consider he committed a murder. I'm not even convinced there was a murder. Quite frankly the son sounds as credible a suspect if there was a crime committed. The police and their investigation seemed superficial and amateur.
Agreed. We can easily attribute same to an obvious deputies set up albeit Amy slept around with many of them. This as a good way of deflecting the attention onto a scapegoat, Todd Mullis.
@@zxy78267 I'm trying to think back to this case.... was it not the defence proposition that she fell on it and had had dizzy spells around the time.. also explained any multiple puncture attempts if she tried to get up. From what I recall of this case there is serious doubt a crime ever occurred and the sequence of events regarding prosecution case seemed ropey and unlikely.
@@pete6726 I just watched it and I respectfully disagree. The coroner ruled it as a homicide, and I think her education and experience is far greater than any layperson.
I don’t think the state proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt imo at this point!!! The prosecutors have done a horrible job of proving the case against him!!!
Watch him testify he’s squirming his voice is uncontrollably shaken, not 1 tear or feeling of horror on finding Amy with a pitch fork sticking out of her body.
So he was working his ass off to make ends meet so she could quit her job and stay home. He completely remodeled the house while working to make a comfortable living. Yet she was ungrateful and having affairs. She golfed, went to bars, went to Florida, house boat trips, Alaska...but ‘felt like a slave’? He went to counseling and tried to work it out. Damn.
Yes, but unfortunately, she's not here to tell her story. He could have divorced her, but didn't want to lose any property in a divorce settlement. This came down to money. Simple.
I'm having trouble with 2 comments Todd made. 1..."she didn't want to fell worthless". Interesting choice of word. As someone who has been exposed to verbal abuse in my past, the word worthless made me cringe. Why would he use that word instead of saying something like 'she wanted to be helping us because she had been inside for 5 day's. The other issue I have is when he's talking about seeing his wife with a corn fork in her back, he's trying to get her to respond and he comments "somethings wrong". Ummm...ya think!?!?!?! As for the cameras..for a farmer who's in those barns all the time it seems like he would have noticed those cameras being on the ground. Todd has no emotion but the son didn't either. I would think a 14 year old would be a crying mess on the stand describing this day.
I agree. The "worthless" comment struck me, too, as someone with verbal and emotional abuse in my past. That, and based on everything Amy said about him, make me think he is a manipulative abuser. The internet searches, the cameras being off that day, too many "coincidences"-- he's guilty and I think his son definitely knows a lot more than he's saying and probably helped.
Agreed "that comment stuck out...."she didn't want to feel worthless" . Wish there was some video online to see his behavior in a regular setting... Or more photo of him to get a better image of his real personality. He is trying really hard to come across as an innocent meek Iowa farmboy. Nothing bothers him and everything was great
I think he might have been describing it from her point of view. Maybe she described it that way. But then again, why not then just say "she said she didn't want to feel worthless". He did say she was always out there helping, so I'm sure she did feel worthless and ready to get back to it. She wasn't one to sit around all day from what I can tell.
There is reasonable doubt here especially since she was dizzy multiple times before heading to the red shed to get the pet carrier. Would be interesting to know where the corn fork was positioned originally and to have someone who specializes in accident scenarios to see if there is any possibilities other than murder.
Why would you send your wife to get a carrier after she tells you that she's dizzy? He purposely wanted her to go there. For all we know, he may have drugged her first.
@@misslori66 Again, both her husband & son repeatedly tried to get her to go back to the house, but she kept insisting that she wanted to help, so to appease her, Todd suggested that if she wanted to help then she could go get the pet carrier on her way to the house. I believe that is what she decided to do. So she goes to the red shed, reaches up to get the pet carrier, got dizzy & passed out & fell on the corn rake, which impaled her the first time. She then regained consciousness & tried to pull the rake out, but was only able to get it partially out & due to the pain/blood loss she passed out again falling on the corn rake a 2nd time impaling herself again. I don't believe for one second that out of ALL the options he had to make it look like a farming accident that he decided stabbing her with a corn rake was the best one. Not to mention if he had stabbed the mother of his children & his wife of 14-years with a corn rake no way would he then send his 14-year-old son into that shed to find his dead mother.
@@julianyc422 Both her husband & son repeatedly tried to get her to go back to the house, but she kept insisting that she wanted to help, so to appease her, Todd suggested that if she wanted to help then she could go get the pet carrier on her way to the house. I believe that is what she decided to do. So, she goes to the red shed, reaches up to get the pet carrier, got dizzy & passed out & fell on the corn rake, which impaled her the first time. She then regained consciousness & tried to pull the rake out, but was only able to get it partially out & due to the pain/blood loss she passed out again falling on the corn rake a 2nd time impaling herself again. I don't believe for one second that out of ALL the options he had to make it look like a farming accident that he decided stabbing her with a corn rake was the best one. I don't believe for one second that he would have sent his 14-year-old son to that shed to find his dead mother if he had been the one to kill her.
@@solomon2424 He murdered his wife. You think he's going to tell the truth? He has lied about a number of details and there no way someone is going to fall on a rake multiple times.
I think that too. One time I fell down. Every time I tried to get up I fell again on a broken clay pot. Well at the end of that I looked murdered. I just kept thinking she fell on the fork and tried to get up and fell again.
Terri was helping Amy set Todd up in case she filed for divorce. She would have had “witness” if Todd showed up, catching them together and possibly loose his temper. Todd was smart, he didn’t go
Cheating is a dangerous thing. You never know how deep the rage will go. Especially when there's the possibly of the cheater walking away with what you feel is yours.
Man, after watching Todd testify, he does not seem as bad as they made him out to be. I feel like Amy might have been setting him up for her divorce plan; doing crazy internet searches under his ID, and making him look like a crazy, wife beating, jealous man who kept her locked up. Not getting that vibe... Idk. Part of me thinks he did it, but I definitely have doubts.
This guy is innocent. He put up with a lot from his wife, she left him frequently on the farm with the kids and all the work. He’s a country boy. He doesn’t do affairs and such, that’s out of his realm. I see no anger or any degree of rage. Incapable of murder. This is a puzzle.
What? Country boys don't have affairs? WTH country do you live in? Do you think because he isn't a huge raging maniac in court he isn't capable of blind rage or calculated murder because his wife cheated on him and he knew she wanted out? One of the main reasons people get murdered, Love or Money in this case it was both
@Jeanne McCarthy He hasn't been approved for a new trial yet. His sentencing was delayed until July 2020 and he's filed a motion for a new trial but judge has not ruled on that.
@Jeanne McCarthy His attorney is not qualified to even be handling this case. Yes, he is just plain stupid and ill prepared! He should stay with traffic court.
Actually, there is evidence that points to him. His searches on how to kill your wife is one of them. He was unaccounted for periods of time. No it was later revealed that his son was not with him the whole time. Either he killed his wife or his son did it. He had motive to do it. There was no evidence of anyone else being on the farm during that time. He apparently sent his wife to the shed to fetch a carrier AFTER she told him she was feeling dizzy. Who does that? If someone is feeling dizzy, you make sure they get back to the house immediately. He also had a lot to lose in a divorce. His farm that's worth a lot of money to him. She would have taken half of it. She affairs but that doesn't mean she should die because of it.
The prosecution said the searches were done in early hiurs of morning, but they know for a FACT the times were in UTC (GMT) so all the searches are 5 hours earlier, the prosecution know this and ignored it
LegendLength Agree! I will never understand how or why the police/prosecution are always so vehement in their tunnel vision making the pieces fit their chosen suspect. So far I am not convinced. My first thought was Jerry and/or very likely his wife. The authorities put too much weight on electronics. So many possible scenarios for those internet searches. Maybe Amy was researching cheating spouses to put a check on her own behavior 🤔 The most telling is the dna search. That says to me Amy might have been questioning paternity of one of their children. Says a heck of a lot about her and her character in addition to the romantic rendezvous on the side of the road. I’m certain most people’s search history could be used to fit any given scenario. Anyways...not convinced of guilt yet. I find it disturbing so many can’t presume innocence in these cases. Yes someone lost their life...but you better be damned certain this man did it. It’s not just about him...
@@thehaglin apparently his wife has an alibi, but i think she still needed to take the stand she could have corroborated some parts of Jerry and Todd's stories, I'm not at all convinced thst Jerry's phone being on the celltower near his house carries much weight at all, and now he is divorced, maybe Amy was getting to close and he didn't want to leave his wife or her to find out full truth
Anton14a agree. Find it actually a bit odd the wife didn’t testify 🤔. One would think her testimony would at the least corroborate what’s already been said and take away any doubts in the prosecutions case.
The same man that was so concerned about injuring a kitten supposedly very violently killed his wife? No, I just don't buy that plus letting his son find his mother with a rake in her back? Nope. Just because she cheated does NOT mean he killed her! If everyone that cheats on their spouse/significant other in this day and time were murdered by said spouse/significant other, there wouldn't be enough prisons to hold them all in the entire country! I just don't believe he killed her; I don't know how a jury found him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt because there's plenty of reasonable doubt in this case.
The actual Evidence PROVES that this guy is a push over. He forgives his cheating wife, supports her desire to stay at home, ignores rumors about his wife, encourages her to spend time w friends, accuses his friend of sleeping w his wife but then cowers down and apologizes.... there is no evidence of a temper or abusive behavior. There is no evidence of rage or anger. I just don’t see him doing this horrible crime. He loved her.
Michelle Anguiano he never forgave her, he only wanted her home so he could keep an eye on her, he encouraged her to lunch with friends so he could then text her friends to see what she was doing. This is not love, it’s called control.
The actual evidence proves he is GUILTY,with no remorse whatsoever he even had the nerve to lay his dead wife,on his son in the truck,KNOWING he had just killed her,Todd was pissed at his wife for cheating for the second time,and took her life,he got his revenge.
No o e but the married couple knows what that marriage was like. Locals know Todd to be a real hothead. You were not in that marriage and don't know either of them.
What locals?? Her friends?! Who by the was so fearful that he would hurt he that she tried to set it up so that he would catch her. 🙄 There’s no proof anywhere. He didnt even leave the barn. And unlike half the other witnesses - his body language agrees with him So what if he didnt trust her. He has plenty of reason not to -prosecution has proven nothing
@@mawmawlisa No offence taken, Lisa, but there are two sides to every story. Amy was a highly respect nurse, and mother of three children, and she had a tragic, and premature death.
I actually think a lot of his awkwardness on the stand is his social anxiety and his introvertedness. Just because the cops can't think of anyone else who would have wanted her dead, doesn't necessarily mean Todd killed her. I definitely see reasonable doubt here. I can't believe the jury convincted him.
I agree. I was born in Iowa and spent my childhood there. He reminds me of many farmers I have known. Todd is used to being on his farm, not being in a courtroom with all eyes on him!
@@toniakilman9451 yes, but there is a chance it could of legit been a freak accident during the time the cameras were down. I mean stranger things have happened and been true. I think his defense did him in and there really does need to be a better retrial with better defense and all evidence and aspects brought up and considered not picking and choosing what they want to leave out.
Listen our whole lives could be falling apart and my husband would go to work. Work work work. I had a serious lifesaving emergency surgery back in the day and almost died in the middle of the night from complications and infection. They couldn’t get a hold of my husband he was at home sound asleep.They sent the police over to wake him up and bring him to the hospital. The nurses thought we both were nuts.
I realize this guy was sentenced to a life in prison but I do not believe he is guilty of this horrible crime! A lot of freak accidents happen on farms. Sadly I believe this was one of them. Many blessings to his family!
I agree 100%! Both her husband & son repeatedly tried to get her to go back to the house, but she kept insisting that she wanted to help, so to appease her, Todd suggested that if she wanted to help then she could go get the pet carrier on her way to the house. I believe that is what she decided to do. So she goes to the red shed, reaches up to get the pet carrier, got dizzy & passed out & fell on the corn rake, which impaled her the first time. She then regained consciousness & tried to pull the rake out, but was only able to get it partially out & due to the pain/blood loss she passed out again falling on the corn rake a 2nd time impaling herself again. I don't believe for one second that out of ALL the options he had to make it look like a farming accident that he decided stabbing her with a corn rake was the best one. Not to mention if he had stabbed the mother of his children & his wife of 14-years with a corn rake no way would he then send his 14-year-old son into that shed to find his dead mother.
@@solomon2424 I'm curious where you got the analogy about how the crime took place!!?! About Amy getting the pet carrier, her falling twice, her trying to pull the rake out of her back etc etc?? I may have missed that info...
I cant believe that he was convicted. There simply was not enough evidence to convict. Much more investigating needed to be completed. Tunnel vision. Its obvious that they picked a suspect and then built the case around the suspect. Im not saying he didn't do it, but I am not saying he did. To be honest, there is the same amount of circumstantial evidence to say the son did it as well. A son that was questioned by Dad asking if Mom was acting different; knowing his mother had an affair prior. A son that could search the web to see what a spouse would act like; to understand what Dad meant. Did the Father have an obsession with Aztecs? What is the son learning right now in school? Aztecs? Why was that search wondering what an ancient civilization did to cheating spouses? A boy who sees his family being pulled apart by his mother? Could have been a simple accident or a confrontation that got carried away. Who knows! There are simply too many unanswered questions to throw this man in jail.
There were only the three people on the farm. She got stabbed twice with a corn fork. And we're to believe she fell twice on it and killed herself? There's no video of him doing the murder, but this is about as slam dunk as you can get.
He is soooo believable! It would take rage to kill someone like this. Is there not 1 account of him ever yelling or losing his temper? Youd think if he was brewing all those months or years there would have to be some history of him raging. Wouldn't there be?
Mitchell not necessarily, have you heard of the Christopher Watts Murders? Their wasn’t one person the detectives could find that had nothing but amazing things to say about him. Perfect father and husband. But look what he did or allowed to happen in front of him.. which ever you believe
@@CamGam212 i dont know more than the surface of the Watts case, but chris seemed a totally different profile. Guy was having affairs w both sexes and that was easy to prove. Chris had limited friends and connections, also very different from Todd. The life-long character had major shifts in Watts. Wasnt the Watts wife the main breadwinner and the children her's? Also, Chris had ALL kinds of holes in his story where I dont see any in Todd's. Appears Todd was blamed by reasin of not another person to be FOUND on premise. Reasonable doubt of todd's guilt is clear to me. And why was no DNA test evidence from under her fingernails not brought? She clearly fought SOMEONE.
I agree. Where is any history of him losing his temper. All they have is hearsay. People saying that Amy said that he would "kill her" which is a super common saying is not literal. Why would Tina send him to catch Amy if she thought Todd would actually kill her.... I mean seriously.
He may have intended the word "worthless" to mean that his wife didn't want to feel hopeless, or surplus to requirements, since she was in recovery. Not easy to articulate when you are in a nerve wracking situation, regardless of whether you're guilty or innocent.
I almost feel sorry for him,.....he loved her I believe....my gut tells me he is not guilty, just extremely nervous.i wouldn’t want to be a juror in this case.
I was leaning towards guilty until Todd testified that they were going to counseling and he felt like it was working. Anyone who has been divorced should be able to attest to the fact that if your spouse won’t go to counseling, no matter how much begging and pleading you do, they’re done they don’t care. If he’s violent, he’s probably not going to be going to counseling either. In my case, dude wouldn’t even sit down and read a couples devotion once a day with me much less go to counseling, but he sure was telling me how he’s got enough strength in his pinky to choke the life out of me if he wanted to. So this guy cared enough to go to counseling, but was also googling how to kill her and then ultimately allegedly puts a rake in her back? Get the heck outta here. Hopefully the jury sees it too.
i wish we had evidence of how often and when this counselling was..who attended first or together? if i was innocent and knew that, i would get the records to definitively show (nothing to lose - everything to gain), without having to even have therapists testify.
Potr64 That’s true, I didn’t think about therapists testifying but like in the Skylar Richardson case they had to push the trial because the defense wanted doctors to be able to testify. Seeing how these defense lawyers were, I doubt they wanted to go through the trouble or even knew how. The defense lawyers were awful In my opinion
Amiee's WebSCam He’s no dummy but he allegedly had some pretty damning web searches? Lol all due respect, if he was smarter he wouldn’t have left an internet trail like that
I noticed the porn hub searches but was really hoping it wasn't going to be brought up. I'm not sure what the point is. LOTS of us watch porn now and then. There is absolutely nothing abnormal about it as long as it's not bad stuff like child porn. Poor guy. I was embarrassed for him when his lawyer brought that up. I'm also having a hard time believing that this man could stab anyone with a corn rake, much less his own wife, and THEN tell his 13 year old son to go find his mother. He's also very believable. I do not really detect any deception with him. So he's either a total psychopath/narcissist/sociopath or he's innocent.
Freudian Slip at 1:26:59 Todd says “he (Trysten), went over there to see what happened”, then his lawyer corrected him and quickly rephrased it by saying “well he went over there to see what went on with the pet carrier”.
Teute Morina I wouldn’t say innocent, but not guilty for sure. The state did not prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt, and the jury got it wrong in that aspect.
I haven't watched or researched a ton about this case but I have a gut feeling Todd didn't do it...what if the rake was hanging on the wall and feel while she struggled to pull our the animal crate? It very easily could have fallen into her back ....what's the smoking gun? Make me understand how the jurors came to this conclusion?
I agree with you. It could be them or friends or neighbours. He called 911 immediately. any one could have accessed his iPad to do searches. I think if he wanted to do it, this would have been the last method he would use. So I think he is innocent.
How cruel to send his son to find her impaled. No, he may not have done it. His brother admitted he came to their house almost daily. He could have been angry with her too. His mother had words with Amy and called her a bad mother.
@@feurigerStern I think Jerry had a motive. Todd had already called his wife. Wonder how many men would want Jerry coming around their farm if the affair came out ? Jerry's wife may have been mad enough too.
wow, i don't know how he does it all, Hogs, Row crops, chemicals, kids, multiple properties (farms), helping all the other family farms of his father & brothers. Just an immense amount of things on his plate. How do farmers do all that?
Why does staying faithful have anything to do with a rake slamming through your wife a couple of times piercing their body and killing her?? Or is it just me 🤷♀️
@maggie millican but maybe a little bit......also the other searches he did....I can't remember them all.....but they added up to evidence I think......anyways.....
Sad he was found guilty he seems like a good honest hard working man that honest hard work hard for what he built she cheated on him and her children hope he finds loop hole for new trial on a appeal god bless both sides of family
Are you kidding me? You see the hate and disgust when he speaks about her. Then there's awkward smiles and little chuckle here and there. Duping delight.
Why are there so many people in the comments saying he is innocent? The case seems pretty clear that she did not fall on that rake and there was no one nearby that could have done this otherwise. The fact that she was having an affair and going to leave the guy is just the metaphorical icing on the conviction cake. It really seems like a bunch of the people from this community are in the comment sections and they just want to protect him because they are okay with killing their wives if they cheat.
@@froggitylumpus3805 i’m an insurance broker in northern Virginia, and participate because i believe this was a massive injustice. Fyi, you’re not guilty of murder because you are proximate to the dead body. You must present evidence. There is no direct evidence in this case. “Who else could have done it” is insufficient to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. I would encourage you to, as i have, watch the entire trial. It’s available on court tv’s website. I’m pretty sure though that if you are brilliant enough to believe that people are posting here because there’s a large contingent in IA that supports killing our wives…you probably don’t possess the grey matter to properly analyze this case.
@@paulb85 In this case we had motive, proximity, and opportunity didn't we? Also, he said that she fell on a rake, which just wasn't true. He should've heard screaming, seen someone, or soemthing else. She died by homicide. Lets say a woman is stabbed to death in her living room while her husband is home and he says he didn't see anyone or anything and that maybe she fell on the knife. You really think that's legit?
@@froggitylumpus3805 you garnered this wisdom about the large contingent supporting killing cheating wives where? Can you point me to this statistic? Motive, proximity, and opportunity do not a murderer make. If you believe he should have heard screams…from over 100 yards away when he was in a different building, btw, where you have no knowledge of what machine or other noises were in the background, then by necessity you implicate his son in the murder. Further, i don’t believe it was a homicide. However, if it were then i would be more likely to implicate Jerry than Todd, as he had a better motive. Remember that todd had been cheated on 5 years prior, and when he found out do you know how crazy he went? No…because he didn’t. He took his wife back, went to counseling, and never even contacted the guy she cheated with. Then she cheats again, or at least is suspected of it, and do you know how crazy todd gets? He calls jerry and talks to him about it calmly and with civility. Then he calls jerry to apologize for asking him about it, and jerry continues to work on the farm and with todd where jerry said everything was normal as could be between the, whew…this guy is a raging psycho just ready to unleash…with a corn rake…on a murder they’d have you believe he planned for 2 years…just waiting for the day his wife had a surgery that would make her dizzy one day so he could sprint across the farm in under a minute to kill her while his son is right there. You didnt watch the case. Go watch all the witnesses and then contribute with opinions based on knowledge of the case.
My 4 yr child was hurt at home.....her leg was torn so badly I was afraid shed lose her foot.....I put the other 3 children in the car w her in her brothers lap....headed for hosp on the only hard road.....called 911.....I got to ER as the ambulance was pulling out of hosp driveway......she did keep her leg, thank God!
This poor man is NO MURDERER!!! He's lost his wife AND has been taken away from his kids who he has been an awesome Dad to their whole lives. SOMEONE knows something and SOMEBODY else didnt do a thorough investtigation!! There is NO PROOF that Todd carried out this awful crime! TRAGIC!!! 💔
Well maybe I am a pushover but while listening to his testimony he is looking at the places (in his mind) where this was happening and I believe he is showing proper emotion now that he is reliving it. When things like this happen you are not thinking you are reacting, jmo
That detective is wrong in his assumption that your gmail can't be logged into multiple devices and all showing the same search history. My work and personal comps have the same gmail logged in and my searches appear as one singular google history REGARDLESS of which device I was on.
You know what surprises me Todd and his oldest son leave with Amy, the two young children were left at home alone.... No one's asking who's watching them.
I was wondering about that too. Maybe the shock of your loved one on the verge of dying, they just didn't think about anything except getting her help. I can't imagine ever leaving my kids home but I've never been in such a life and death situation either.
The lawsuit asks an Iowa District Court in Delaware County to mandate that Todd Mullis “reasonably compensate” Amy's parents and children. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Amy Mullis's estate, her mother and stepfather, and the conservatorships of her three children, ages 9, 11, and 13. Certainly old enough to stay alone. I think in farm life kids stay in the big house while farming is being done. Well it was when I was a kid.
The testimony ive been waiting for....Todd's...I still feel the state has still hasnt convinced me Todd is guilty of this crime....Like ive said in all my comments i have been bingeing the trial since the opening statements and not googling to find the verdict in this case....The finger nails still should have been tested...I feel Amy died in her own actions...I feel she struggled after getting stabbed by falling on the corn rake...being of the location of the red shed nobody heard her cries for help....I think this was an accident gone terribly wrong....
@Jessica K theres reason behind my theory of this....she struggled on her weak self to free herself from the rake....she cried for help and nobody heard her....so my theory is this....nobody killed her.....slip and falls happen and with amy blacking out like she did in the hog barn before she may have well done it again and again in the "red barn"....cant wait til the jury comes back with a verdict and i hope theory is correct....if the jury finds him guilty i hope they appeal this verdict because i truly dont think todd or trysten did this....or a homeless person....
I wouldn't say a drill sergeant, but just someone with an unbelievably annoying voice. and watch how the judge just stares at the witnesses .... like he is locked in.
Just such a strange case... I would feel so much doubt and not confident to point a finger at anyone. It just seems like there is no strong evidence that Todd did it, but he is the adult with the most access to the crime - and if he was angry about her screwing around then he would have cause - but I'm not convinced.
How or why any attorney would allow his client to take the stand, I'll never understand. It's just "not done". How an entire team of them could let this happen is craziness, but in this case, the more the prosecutor grilled away, the more detailed the picture became. The truth stared everyone in the face. The defense should have summarized it, spelled it out for the benefit of the jury. They should have backed it up with measurements and illustrations in their closing argument on behalf of their client, but they didn't. They were unprepared and missed the boat so shamefully, they might as well have phoned it in for all the good they did. Although he might have been found to be at fault had this case been tried in civil court, this man is clearly, not guilty of murder. Even when the prosecutor examined the witnesses, the testimony still supports this conclusion. The verdict in this case is just such a shame.
When you own/live on a farm like that an ambulance can take a long time to get there. Every farmer knows this. So trying to drive them tells me that they were doing the right thing. I'd think waiting there for an ambulance would of been more suspicious being it wouldn't be fast knowing that to where the person has a better chance on dying than trying to rush to get to the hospital. If somebody wants somebody else to die they would not act on a quick instinct.
What if she was dizzy, fell on it and tried to get up and fell again and met her demise. Hence why she had one too many marks. He has an alibi and a witness 😳 still found guilty
there's no way he did it .no one reacts the same in a stressful situation and some men were brought up to be strong and not cry, but i can see that hes very sad that this has happened to his wife . i noticed that every time he speaks of Amy he smiles he really loved her. they need to look at the son because he knew about the affairs and what it was doing to his father . Todd is protecting his son that's what i think.
@Axel Lloret The medical examiners can tell the difference between pre and postmortem injuries and an accident and a murder. If they weren't sure it was a homicide they would have had to write "undetermined"... There's no way it was an accident. He planned it.
@@babydoe42 yes..also those prongs were in deep (in each "set" there was at least one deep one)..they would not just have fallen out - only for her to fall back on them again - they had to be tugged out.
You fail to understand a corn rake. They're dull. Penetrating a coat, hoodie, and t-shirt would take massive force, not possible for a 7th grade boy who isn't even big for his age. In fact, most people who have worked with a corn rake think the killer (Todd, IMO) would've had to put a knee in her back and shove it in manually or a foot on her back and stomp it in. I live 20 minutes from this crime.
On some level I feel sorry for this guy. He seems like a simple man and a hard worker. Amy seemed to have a very active social life traveling around, golfing and other activites. It seems she was always looking for greener grass when she could of had a gem of a life right at home. Love is a choice. Lust maybe not so much. The fact that he was unsure about his children being his as evidenced by checking DNA of children on computer is telling about his suspicion of his spouse. That's a terrible place to be with a partner. Still she didn't deserve to die. Now multiple people's lives are ruined.
Annmarie Sailings a friend said he had a bad temper. He just doesn’t protest that much. If he were innocent it would seem he would be more convincing. No one else was there. I’m not sure they have beyond reasonable doubt tho.
The only thing that bothers me is the biting of his lips when asked serious questions. Some say that this is a sign of washing away what happened. This guy has an alibi. He was with his son Tristan. When listening to the 911 tape and the Prosecution insisting he was calling her a whore is unbelievable. The tape is not audible well enough to come to that conclusion. The fact that he teared up when speaking of the event is a sign that he didn't do this. I believe she fell twice on the fork. Once when trying to pull it out , She might of pulled it out and fell on it again. There is reasonable doubt here and this guy should have never been convicted. He is reacting the way an innocent man would react under the circumstances. Of course, this is just my opinion. The fact that he and Tristan were together that morning and he went into the house to change boots and Tristan went to check on mom says it all. My opinion is that this guy didn't do it. From witnesses testimonies, she seemed to want every excuse as to get out of this marriage. She seemed like she was a marter. No intention of damning the deceased, but this guy forgave her and even apologized to the man and his wife his wife had an affair with. He was willing to go to counseling, etc. Doesn't fit the profile of a vindictive man ticked off about an affair. It is possible that Tristan, (not to blame by any means) might have tried to pull the fork out to help his mother and she fell on it again. More than reasonable doubt here folks.
I agree. I think maybe she almost passed out or did pass out, fell got up, couldn’t, I believe the fork that empaled her was stuck on her and the barn door. Could have been why there was 6 holes and had a broken handle. I could be wrong but this man doesn’t fit the mad husband. I think she could have left if she wanted to. Although I have been wrong before. But I think he’s innocent.
I disagree with you. What loving husband would send his wife right after a DNC to go get a pet carrier that is 15+ lbs to bring it 30 feet or more to him? Right after she was dizzy. He's so full of it. I also have to disagree with you on what he said on 911 put headphones on. Plus.......it is pretty much impossible to do proper CPR on someone in the seat of a truck that laid back. Why was 911 not called????? Also, Everyone knows NOT to pull something out. Dude, he's a farmer.
How come the medical examiner wasn't called? My gut instinct says this was a freak accident or this guy is one cool cucumber. He just doesn't seem like a rage killer to me.
I dont think for a second he did this and I’m not easily convinced. Naturally suspicious. His body language has agreed with everything he has said with the exception of him encouraging her to go out. ( which is natural he didn’t like that giving she could t keep her pants up) The prosecution has not proven anything against him. If anything it’a been the opposite. It’s a terrible death but this man is not guilty.
@@bulldogmomx2901 I personally believe an accident happened at the farm. She was dizzy and unsteady earlier in the day so I believe it was very likely that she lost her balance and had an accident. A horrible, unfortunate accident. Too much reasonable doubt here in my opinion; I don't know how the jury convicted him beyond a reasonable doubt.
I dont think he did it. He's definitely fishy about certain things and I know her cheating is a motive but something tells me he is being honest. His 911 call sounds like he is really panicked. I dont know. I guess I'd just need more to actually convict him.
Agreed. This man had a lot of different ways he could've killed his wife to make it look like it was an accident. He also seems like a wonderful father, considering she left Todd with the farm and kids regularly, I can't see him sending his son into a building, knowing he would find his dead mother in there. Who knows how many enemies this lady made. We only know of two affairs and one we know one was/is married with a child. It may not be the Jeff guy but who says there aren't more men and wives, with kids, she was involved with.
@@4Runneradventures I was thinking the exact same thing that he wouldn't send his son to find his dead mom; no way! I really hope he gets a new trial and a jury that understands "reasonable doubt".
@@kimberlyvinson8386 completely agree. Even if he did have his issues with his cheating wife, doesn't mean he will take it out on his child(ren). The critics saying he's bad for putting his wife on his son in the truck has no idea what they will do in a panic
The poor mom. She looks resigned altogether. just watch the verdict day as the losing lawyer goes over to explain the details of his failure and what their option is going forward... The brothers and sisters are listening intently, whereas the Mother is just like "Get out of my face"
His attorney is useless. I do not believe he did it. I believe she fell on the rake. She was trying to get the pet carrier out and was struggling with it, lost her grip and fell on the rake. The additional two marks they never asked or mentioned how deep those were. It was apparent of the depth of the forks four tines. There were so many unasked questions. He needs another attorney that understands technology and how Gmail and devices work. There was room for debate.Reasonable doubt was there..
medical doctor said she was struck multiple times with it so unless she fell down on it three or four times I bet that guy she was having an affair with wife snuck on and did it
Four of the wounds were deadly- they came as a result of the corn rake. Judged by the position of the wounds, she was impaled twice. The other two puncture wounds did not impale her at all and have a unique shape,position and distance between each-other and in comparison to the four other ones,so that means they were caused by another (or two other) object and these most likely were auger screws because the DA said there were auger screws on the ground on that day so...
@shadowrdydr1 hahaha ha really? Moron. You don't fall on a pitch fork that is sticking up out of your back. Plus she was stab 3 times. The hubby did it. Deal with it. He is lying thru his teeth.
I haven’t gotten to the end of this trial yet. The prosecution is terrible so far. Duh, yes we can use each other’s accounts for searching the net. The interrogation was BS. And how can they decide that Jerry and his wife are in the clear because they gave each other an alibi? They did not mention checking out their alibis. So strange. And the search for DNA without approval? Is that the son?
Guilty people usually don't take the stand. Todd deserves a new trial on appeal because this case didn't present the whole truth and just convicted him where there is doubt beyond reason he killed Amy.
He is sitting in prison tonight bc he had the worst defense attorneys ever.
are you saying he was convicted and already sentenced? omg.
I deffinitely agree with you on that. That so called attorney needs to be dis barred.
I agree!!
Wish i could afford to hire him a real defense team. This guy was railroaded.
From what I’ve seen so far, this guy seems a lot more honest and trustworthy than any of the prosecution witnesses...
Neil-Francis McAuley I really do think he’s innocent!
Micro expressions of hate and disgust is constant when speaking of her. You have to be blind to think he is honest.
Men like him are incredibly good at making other people like them. They come across as very nice people, but if you truly knew them as their wife, you would know who they really are. His wife was terrified he would kill her and you can't ignore that.
Or a good actor sitting there like a poor soul. He wasn't concerned about his wife being murdered. Any normal person would be eager to find his wives killer. Instead I see no emotion no reaction in the interview no concern. He thought his plan would work and it didn't. There was no physical evidence of footprints or a stranger entering the farm
@@awright119021 My stepfather pretended to be a quiet person when he first met my mother he hardly spoke. Then after my baby brother was born thinking he had trap her his true nature unfold he was abusive verbally and physically and had major temper flare ups for no reason he was narcissistic
Strange accidents do happen, I feel this guy needs a new trial n new lawyer!
watch the whole thing
This guy needs a new trial and certainly a new lawyer🥲🥲
Also Todd's attorneys are worst I've ever seen defending a client of murder. He needs NEW attorneys and NEW TRIAL.
The judge wasn't "loud" and the attorneys did the best they could given the overwhelming evidence against him. The one huge mistake that the defense made was conceding this was a murder, this probably costed them the trial....but other than that they did a fine job given the facts of the case and the evidence they had against him.
I agree they are pretty awful but if you want to see the worst, check out Donald Hartung's attorneys in his trial. I live about 20 min from Pensacola where his trial happened so its good to know who NOT to hire if I ever were to need any sort of defense attorney. Hopefully, this guy and Donald will win their appeals and get new trials with better attorneys.
But the state sucks aswell
I can not remember ever seeing the judge do the swearing in of witnesses on UTube. I think it is rare. I kind of like it. Perhaps it is more likely in States with smaller populations. Is there a clerk in this court?
@@haunted_hallwayz The judge WAS loud. And the word is “cost,”
Not “costed”
If I was a juror, I would want to see more STRONGER evidence that this man killed his wife. That younger detective did not CONVINCE me that Todd was the only one responsible for those Google searches.
Sandee Jaime I don’t think Todd was searching for wedding rings and wedding dresses. I doubt he searched if DNA can be obtained without a husband’s knowledge.
I think the three children need their father at home taking care of them. I also think it was an accident.
@@e.wilson1205 I am starting to believe that it was an accident as well.
@@sandeedriver1941 I believe the son. The father did not have time to kill her.
Someone hired an attorney for the child, he has his own lawyer. His lawyer would have told him to tell the truth.
They needed an accident recreation expert.
Me too.
Did Todd pay for this attorney? He deserves a refund.
Todd’s attorney is dumber than dirt, and the prosecutor isn’t much better!!!
If he planned it to look like an accident.... a pitch fork in the back does not come to mind! He lives on a farm and would have many plausible options. If it was a crime of passion, how did he manage to do it so quickly and appear normal to his son? It makes no sense. We are missing something.
Michelle Anguiano the son did it. He knew Amy was cheating on Todd, Todd himself never really tapped into it...
@@chelsealondon3982 You have no right to blame a teen boy that you do not know. Todd knew. Go listen to the 911 call tape where he calls her a cheating whore on the tape.
cocatfan Can you say with 100% surety the boy didn’t do it? My only thought is if it were the boy the dad isn’t doing much to take the charge and roll over.
@maggie millican counting 3...4...
@@cocatfan that tape, I didn't hear anything. I heard panicked gasps
His Attorney needs to retire😫he is painful to listen to.
Wait. Wait. Wait! "Everybody knew the password" to the Ipad??? WTF? So how do we know it was him doing those searches? Maybe someone was setting him up. Probably not, but I don't like that there's more than one or two people that could access that Ipad.
I'm clueless as to how a jury found this guy guilty beyond a reasonable doubt - I'm struggling to find even a basis of circumstantial evidence beyond his presence near the scene of the death to consider he committed a murder. I'm not even convinced there was a murder. Quite frankly the son sounds as credible a suspect if there was a crime committed. The police and their investigation seemed superficial and amateur.
Agreed. We can easily attribute same to an obvious deputies set up albeit Amy slept around with many of them. This as a good way of deflecting the attention onto a scapegoat, Todd Mullis.
the defendants lawyers were amateur. I don’t see how all these questions will help .
How do you think the rake could have pierced her back if it just fell off the rack?
@@zxy78267 I'm trying to think back to this case.... was it not the defence proposition that she fell on it and had had dizzy spells around the time.. also explained any multiple puncture attempts if she tried to get up. From what I recall of this case there is serious doubt a crime ever occurred and the sequence of events regarding prosecution case seemed ropey and unlikely.
@@pete6726 I just watched it and I respectfully disagree. The coroner ruled it as a homicide, and I think her education and experience is far greater than any layperson.
The Defense Lawyers were a Joke
Why do I feel sorry for this man? Sad story...💯
The #1 sign you are dealing with a narcissist or psychopath is that they inspire your pity
I don’t think the state proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt imo at this point!!! The prosecutors have done a horrible job of proving the case against him!!!
Watch him testify he’s squirming his voice is uncontrollably shaken, not 1 tear or feeling of horror on finding Amy with a pitch fork sticking out of her body.
So he was working his ass off to make ends meet so she could quit her job and stay home. He completely remodeled the house while working to make a comfortable living. Yet she was ungrateful and having affairs. She golfed, went to bars, went to Florida, house boat trips, Alaska...but ‘felt like a slave’? He went to counseling and tried to work it out. Damn.
Substance82 you are right. 😩 She didn’t deserve to die.
sounds very selfish and self centered.
Yes, but unfortunately, she's not here to tell her story. He could have divorced her, but didn't want to lose any property in a divorce settlement. This came down to money. Simple.
She was doing the accounting, that's a job. Todd devalues her contribution.
She 'ruined' it for everyone
I'm having trouble with 2 comments Todd made. 1..."she didn't want to fell worthless". Interesting choice of word. As someone who has been exposed to verbal abuse in my past, the word worthless made me cringe. Why would he use that word instead of saying something like 'she wanted to be helping us because she had been inside for 5 day's. The other issue I have is when he's talking about seeing his wife with a corn fork in her back, he's trying to get her to respond and he comments "somethings wrong". Ummm...ya think!?!?!?! As for the cameras..for a farmer who's in those barns all the time it seems like he would have noticed those cameras being on the ground. Todd has no emotion but the son didn't either. I would think a 14 year old would be a crying mess on the stand describing this day.
I agree. The "worthless" comment struck me, too, as someone with verbal and emotional abuse in my past. That, and based on everything Amy said about him, make me think he is a manipulative abuser. The internet searches, the cameras being off that day, too many "coincidences"-- he's guilty and I think his son definitely knows a lot more than he's saying and probably helped.
Agreed "that comment stuck out...."she didn't want to feel worthless" . Wish there was some video online to see his behavior in a regular setting... Or more photo of him to get a better image of his real personality. He is trying really hard to come across as an innocent meek Iowa farmboy. Nothing bothers him and everything was great
I thought the same thing when he used the worthless comment
I think he might have been describing it from her point of view. Maybe she described it that way. But then again, why not then just say "she said she didn't want to feel worthless". He did say she was always out there helping, so I'm sure she did feel worthless and ready to get back to it. She wasn't one to sit around all day from what I can tell.
Charlene G. You took the words right out oh my mouth!!! Exactly what I thought👍🏻
The man that Todd's wife was cheating with had a WIFE that COULD HAVE been angry and jealous enough to kill her.
I agree
she - and her husband Terry - had alibi's for the time she was murdered, with multiple witnesses.
I think the wife got pregnant and had a miscarriage. Hence the search for finding out who the father is and then the D & C a little while after.
BINGO. Why is no one talking about the DNC? Did Amy have it bc of perimenopause or bc of recent pregnancy?
@@lionswimmer4637 you're on to something there
You are thinking along the right lines here. When you piece it together, let us know. Hopefully someone will discuss this in more detail.
@@dabneyoffermein595 Thank you, Dabney.
EXACTLY!! Don’t know why that didn’t come up
What happened to innocent until proven quilty? This man was not proven guilty.
There is reasonable doubt here especially since she was dizzy multiple times before heading to the red shed to get the pet carrier. Would be interesting to know where the corn fork was positioned originally and to have someone who specializes in accident scenarios to see if there is any possibilities other than murder.
Why would you send your wife to get a carrier after she tells you that she's dizzy? He purposely wanted her to go there. For all we know, he may have drugged her first.
How does a four fork rake stab you more than 4 times? What stranger ran on the farm, ran into a shed looking for a rake and a person to stab?
@@misslori66 Again, both her husband & son repeatedly tried to get her to go back to the house, but she kept insisting that she wanted to help, so to appease her, Todd suggested that if she wanted to help then she could go get the pet carrier on her way to the house. I believe that is what she decided to do. So she goes to the red shed, reaches up to get the pet carrier, got dizzy & passed out & fell on the corn rake, which impaled her the first time. She then regained consciousness & tried to pull the rake out, but was only able to get it partially out & due to the pain/blood loss she passed out again falling on the corn rake a 2nd time impaling herself again. I don't believe for one second that out of ALL the options he had to make it look like a farming accident that he decided stabbing her with a corn rake was the best one. Not to mention if he had stabbed the mother of his children & his wife of 14-years with a corn rake no way would he then send his 14-year-old son into that shed to find his dead mother.
@@julianyc422 Both her husband & son repeatedly tried to get her to go back to the house, but she kept insisting that she wanted to help, so to appease her, Todd suggested that if she wanted to help then she could go get the pet carrier on her way to the house. I believe that is what she decided to do. So, she goes to the red shed, reaches up to get the pet carrier, got dizzy & passed out & fell on the corn rake, which impaled her the first time. She then regained consciousness & tried to pull the rake out, but was only able to get it partially out & due to the pain/blood loss she passed out again falling on the corn rake a 2nd time impaling herself again. I don't believe for one second that out of ALL the options he had to make it look like a farming accident that he decided stabbing her with a corn rake was the best one. I don't believe for one second that he would have sent his 14-year-old son to that shed to find his dead mother if he had been the one to kill her.
@@solomon2424 He murdered his wife. You think he's going to tell the truth? He has lied about a number of details and there no way someone is going to fall on a rake multiple times.
So far I'm not convinced that there's even been a murder
I think that too. One time I fell down. Every time I tried to get up I fell again on a broken clay pot. Well at the end of that I looked murdered. I just kept thinking she fell on the fork and tried to get up and fell again.
I'm not sold either. she could have fell on it. but there were 3 extra holes.
I honestly believe it was an accidental death.
very true
@@vickyficker3143 especially when dizzy
Yeah. what kind of friend was Terri trying to have Todd go catch Amy in the act at the fair? What a poser!
Kelly Jones a rat a snitch a skank a roach
Terri sounds like the kind of friend a woman doesn't need. She sounds like a busy body.
Terri was helping Amy set Todd up in case she filed for divorce. She would have had “witness” if Todd showed up, catching them together and possibly loose his temper. Todd was smart, he didn’t go
I’m not convinced that this man is a murderer!. Something doesn’t add up
Cheating is a dangerous thing. You never know how deep the rage will go. Especially when there's the possibly of the cheater walking away with what you feel is yours.
Don't cheat cause the man could kill you? My God.
Man, after watching Todd testify, he does not seem as bad as they made him out to be. I feel like Amy might have been setting him up for her divorce plan; doing crazy internet searches under his ID, and making him look like a crazy, wife beating, jealous man who kept her locked up. Not getting that vibe... Idk. Part of me thinks he did it, but I definitely have doubts.
This guy is innocent. He put up with a lot from his wife, she left him frequently on the farm with the kids and all the work. He’s a country boy. He doesn’t do affairs and such, that’s out of his realm. I see no anger or any degree of rage. Incapable of murder. This is a puzzle.
What? Country boys don't have affairs? WTH country do you live in? Do you think because he isn't a huge raging maniac in court he isn't capable of blind rage or calculated murder because his wife cheated on him and he knew she wanted out? One of the main reasons people get murdered, Love or Money in this case it was both
Todd’s attorney is dumber than dirt, and the prosecutor isn’t any better!!!
@Jeanne McCarthy He hasn't been approved for a new trial yet. His sentencing was delayed until July 2020 and he's filed a motion for a new trial but judge has not ruled on that.
@Jeanne McCarthy
His attorney is not qualified to even be handling this case. Yes, he is just plain stupid and ill prepared! He should stay with traffic court.
Super Dave he needs to take out the lawyer!
This fellow Todd is NOT a murder!!!!!
This man deserves a new trial with new defense attorneys. I think he’s being railroaded and there’s no evidence that points to him!
correct
Actually, there is evidence that points to him. His searches on how to kill your wife is one of them. He was unaccounted for periods of time. No it was later revealed that his son was not with him the whole time. Either he killed his wife or his son did it. He had motive to do it. There was no evidence of anyone else being on the farm during that time. He apparently sent his wife to the shed to fetch a carrier AFTER she told him she was feeling dizzy. Who does that? If someone is feeling dizzy, you make sure they get back to the house immediately. He also had a lot to lose in a divorce. His farm that's worth a lot of money to him. She would have taken half of it. She affairs but that doesn't mean she should die because of it.
YES 👍 HE DOES...!!!
@@misslori66 MAYBE THE SON DID IT ...!!!TODD COVER IT...!!!
@@bonnielestrange7604 That's a real possibility. He may be covering up for him.
The prosecution said the searches were done in early hiurs of morning, but they know for a FACT the times were in UTC (GMT) so all the searches are 5 hours earlier, the prosecution know this and ignored it
LegendLength Agree! I will never understand how or why the police/prosecution are always so vehement in their tunnel vision making the pieces fit their chosen suspect. So far I am not convinced. My first thought was Jerry and/or very likely his wife.
The authorities put too much weight on electronics. So many possible scenarios for those internet searches. Maybe Amy was researching cheating spouses to put a check on her own behavior 🤔 The most telling is the dna search. That says to me Amy might have been questioning paternity of one of their children. Says a heck of a lot about her and her character in addition to the romantic rendezvous on the side of the road. I’m certain most people’s search history could be used to fit any given scenario. Anyways...not convinced of guilt yet.
I find it disturbing so many can’t presume innocence in these cases. Yes someone lost their life...but you better be damned certain this man did it. It’s not just about him...
@@thehaglin apparently his wife has an alibi, but i think she still needed to take the stand she could have corroborated some parts of Jerry and Todd's stories, I'm not at all convinced thst Jerry's phone being on the celltower near his house carries much weight at all, and now he is divorced, maybe Amy was getting to close and he didn't want to leave his wife or her to find out full truth
i just think the cops were idiots
Anton14a agree. Find it actually a bit odd the wife didn’t testify 🤔. One would think her testimony would at the least corroborate what’s already been said and take away any doubts in the prosecutions case.
Potr64 I would definitely agree with that!
The same man that was so concerned about injuring a kitten supposedly very violently killed his wife? No, I just don't buy that plus letting his son find his mother with a rake in her back? Nope. Just because she cheated does NOT mean he killed her! If everyone that cheats on their spouse/significant other in this day and time were murdered by said spouse/significant other, there wouldn't be enough prisons to hold them all in the entire country! I just don't believe he killed her; I don't know how a jury found him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt because there's plenty of reasonable doubt in this case.
The actual Evidence PROVES that this guy is a push over. He forgives his cheating wife, supports her desire to stay at home, ignores rumors about his wife, encourages her to spend time w friends, accuses his friend of sleeping w his wife but then cowers down and apologizes.... there is no evidence of a temper or abusive behavior. There is no evidence of rage or anger. I just don’t see him doing this horrible crime. He loved her.
Michelle Anguiano he never forgave her, he only wanted her home so he could keep an eye on her, he encouraged her to lunch with friends so he could then text her friends to see what she was doing. This is not love, it’s called control.
The actual evidence proves he is GUILTY,with no remorse whatsoever he even had the nerve to lay his dead wife,on his son in the truck,KNOWING he had just killed her,Todd was pissed at his wife for cheating for the second time,and took her life,he got his revenge.
@@nikkipizzino
Agree.
No o e but the married couple knows what that marriage was like. Locals know Todd to be a real hothead. You were not in that marriage and don't know either of them.
What locals?? Her friends?! Who by the was so fearful that he would hurt he that she tried to set it up so that he would catch her. 🙄
There’s no proof anywhere.
He didnt even leave the barn.
And unlike half the other witnesses - his body language agrees with him
So what if he didnt trust her. He has plenty of reason not to -prosecution has proven nothing
I think Amy sounds like a piece of work on the undertones of this trial!!
I think Amy is not here to defend herself, and it is never wise to speak ill of the dead.
Brett Nine I merely made an observation sorry to offend you
Amy is dead. She was murdered. Her husband is a piece of work
@@mawmawlisa No offence taken, Lisa, but there are two sides to every story. Amy was a highly respect nurse, and mother of three children, and she had a tragic, and premature death.
She’s dead & did nothing to deserve meeting this monster & bad actor.
I actually think a lot of his awkwardness on the stand is his social anxiety and his introvertedness. Just because the cops can't think of anyone else who would have wanted her dead, doesn't necessarily mean Todd killed her. I definitely see reasonable doubt here. I can't believe the jury convincted him.
I agree. I was born in Iowa and spent my childhood there. He reminds me of many farmers I have known. Todd is used to being on his farm, not being in a courtroom with all eyes on him!
He is shy
Pretty sure the husband is claiming an accident.
Come on guys his wife found killed on his farm where he just saw her.
@@toniakilman9451 yes, but there is a chance it could of legit been a freak accident during the time the cameras were down. I mean stranger things have happened and been true. I think his defense did him in and there really does need to be a better retrial with better defense and all evidence and aspects brought up and considered not picking and choosing what they want to leave out.
Listen our whole lives could be falling apart and my husband would go to work. Work work work. I had a serious lifesaving emergency surgery back in the day and almost died in the middle of the night from complications and infection. They couldn’t get a hold of my husband he was at home sound asleep.They sent the police over to wake him up and bring him to the hospital. The nurses thought we both were nuts.
not a marriage i want.
I had two marriages like that needless to say I'm done.
I don't understand what made the jury come back with a guilty verdict. The state didn't prove it. I honestly think he's innocent.
I agree with you!
I agree
I wouldn’t say innocent, because that can’t be proven either. But he absolutely should have been found not guilty.
Me too. Jurors get it wrong all the freaking time. Scary isn't it! This guy is innocent
The injury to the victims back didn’t raise any questions to circumstance for anyone?
I hope this guy gets his second trial. I think they need to look at some other people.
I realize this guy was sentenced to a life in prison but I do not believe he is guilty of this horrible crime! A lot of freak accidents happen on farms. Sadly I believe this was one of them. Many blessings to his family!
I agree 100%! Both her husband & son repeatedly tried to get her to go back to the house, but she kept insisting that she wanted to help, so to appease her, Todd suggested that if she wanted to help then she could go get the pet carrier on her way to the house. I believe that is what she decided to do. So she goes to the red shed, reaches up to get the pet carrier, got dizzy & passed out & fell on the corn rake, which impaled her the first time. She then regained consciousness & tried to pull the rake out, but was only able to get it partially out & due to the pain/blood loss she passed out again falling on the corn rake a 2nd time impaling herself again. I don't believe for one second that out of ALL the options he had to make it look like a farming accident that he decided stabbing her with a corn rake was the best one. Not to mention if he had stabbed the mother of his children & his wife of 14-years with a corn rake no way would he then send his 14-year-old son into that shed to find his dead mother.
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I'm curious where you got the analogy about how the crime took place!!?!
About Amy getting the pet carrier, her falling twice, her trying to pull the rake out of her back etc etc??
I may have missed that info...
Did they ever question the mother in law? She didn't seem to like Amy
I cant believe that he was convicted. There simply was not enough evidence to convict. Much more investigating needed to be completed. Tunnel vision. Its obvious that they picked a suspect and then built the case around the suspect. Im not saying he didn't do it, but I am not saying he did. To be honest, there is the same amount of circumstantial evidence to say the son did it as well. A son that was questioned by Dad asking if Mom was acting different; knowing his mother had an affair prior. A son that could search the web to see what a spouse would act like; to understand what Dad meant. Did the Father have an obsession with Aztecs? What is the son learning right now in school? Aztecs? Why was that search wondering what an ancient civilization did to cheating spouses? A boy who sees his family being pulled apart by his mother? Could have been a simple accident or a confrontation that got carried away. Who knows! There are simply too many unanswered questions to throw this man in jail.
Wow I didn't see this. Very perceptive of you!😉
Once, yes, but stabbed twice an accident?
@@kayforeman8081 I never said that it was an accident? I said there is not enough evidence to prove it was the husband.
There were only the three people on the farm. She got stabbed twice with a corn fork. And we're to believe she fell twice on it and killed herself? There's no video of him doing the murder, but this is about as slam dunk as you can get.
He is soooo believable! It would take rage to kill someone like this. Is there not 1 account of him ever yelling or losing his temper? Youd think if he was brewing all those months or years there would have to be some history of him raging. Wouldn't there be?
Mitchell not necessarily, have you heard of the Christopher Watts Murders? Their wasn’t one person the detectives could find that had nothing but amazing things to say about him. Perfect father and husband. But look what he did or allowed to happen in front of him.. which ever you believe
@@CamGam212 i dont know more than the surface of the Watts case, but chris seemed a totally different profile. Guy was having affairs w both sexes and that was easy to prove. Chris had limited friends and connections, also very different from Todd. The life-long character had major shifts in Watts. Wasnt the Watts wife the main breadwinner and the children her's? Also, Chris had ALL kinds of holes in his story where I dont see any in Todd's. Appears Todd was blamed by reasin of not another person to be FOUND on premise. Reasonable doubt of todd's guilt is clear to me. And why was no DNA test evidence from under her fingernails not brought? She clearly fought SOMEONE.
You have no idea how domestic violence works.
@@mitchellwintercat your wrong on all accounts about chris watts . Pls do your research....all but one thing you said about him was not true.
I agree. Where is any history of him losing his temper. All they have is hearsay. People saying that Amy said that he would "kill her" which is a super common saying is not literal.
Why would Tina send him to catch Amy if she thought Todd would actually kill her.... I mean seriously.
He may have intended the word "worthless" to mean that his wife didn't want to feel hopeless, or surplus to requirements, since she was in recovery. Not easy to articulate when you are in a nerve wracking situation, regardless of whether you're guilty or innocent.
I almost feel sorry for him,.....he loved her I believe....my gut tells me he is not guilty, just extremely nervous.i wouldn’t want to be a juror in this case.
I was leaning towards guilty until Todd testified that they were going to counseling and he felt like it was working. Anyone who has been divorced should be able to attest to the fact that if your spouse won’t go to counseling, no matter how much begging and pleading you do, they’re done they don’t care. If he’s violent, he’s probably not going to be going to counseling either. In my case, dude wouldn’t even sit down and read a couples devotion once a day with me much less go to counseling, but he sure was telling me how he’s got enough strength in his pinky to choke the life out of me if he wanted to. So this guy cared enough to go to counseling, but was also googling how to kill her and then ultimately allegedly puts a rake in her back? Get the heck outta here. Hopefully the jury sees it too.
THat was a while ago after the first affair
i wish we had evidence of how often and when this counselling was..who attended first or together? if i was innocent and knew that, i would get the records to definitively show (nothing to lose - everything to gain), without having to even have therapists testify.
Potr64 That’s true, I didn’t think about therapists testifying but like in the Skylar Richardson case they had to push the trial because the defense wanted doctors to be able to testify. Seeing how these defense lawyers were, I doubt they wanted to go through the trouble or even knew how. The defense lawyers were awful In my opinion
Amiee's WebSCam He’s no dummy but he allegedly had some pretty damning web searches? Lol all due respect, if he was smarter he wouldn’t have left an internet trail like that
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I noticed the porn hub searches but was really hoping it wasn't going to be brought up. I'm not sure what the point is. LOTS of us watch porn now and then. There is absolutely nothing abnormal about it as long as it's not bad stuff like child porn. Poor guy. I was embarrassed for him when his lawyer brought that up. I'm also having a hard time believing that this man could stab anyone with a corn rake, much less his own wife, and THEN tell his 13 year old son to go find his mother. He's also very believable. I do not really detect any deception with him. So he's either a total psychopath/narcissist/sociopath or he's innocent.
I love the way we all have opinions and become criminologists.
I watch so many of these trials, but this one in particular is confusing
I'm a popahalic and just landed here. It's very interesting. She fell on a hay rake and pulled it out? Then she fell on it again.????
Freudian Slip at 1:26:59 Todd says “he (Trysten), went over there to see what happened”, then his lawyer corrected him and quickly rephrased it by saying “well he went over there to see what went on with the pet carrier”.
No he just expounds on the incomplete sentence.
Freud was one weird Shrink!
@Megan Smith I believe it's Cheryl, and why don't you STFU. Don't talk to people like that. Who do you think you are?
He just misspoke from what he knows what happed now!
It’s cowboy talk also for what happened to the pet carrier?
I really don't think he killed her, I watch a lot of shows and trials this guy is innocent
Teute Morina I wouldn’t say innocent, but not guilty for sure. The state did not prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt, and the jury got it wrong in that aspect.
I haven't watched or researched a ton about this case but I have a gut feeling Todd didn't do it...what if the rake was hanging on the wall and feel while she struggled to pull our the animal crate? It very easily could have fallen into her back ....what's the smoking gun? Make me understand how the jurors came to this conclusion?
A rake isn't heavy enough to pierce her back just by falling on her.
Because the rack would have had to hit her 3 times in a downward stroke with the last 2 severing her aorta. 🙄
The rake had 4 tines. Amy had 6 puncture wounds.
@@cjrrob7336 This!
I keep watching this looking for guilt. I don't see it. Y'all got the wrong person. Something isn't right w this case........🤨
I have reasonable doubt. I cannot imagine what being locked up is like for this farmer and outdoors man.
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I want the finger nails tested and Jerry's wife on the stand
I agree with you. It could be them or friends or neighbours. He called 911 immediately. any one could have accessed his iPad to do searches. I think if he wanted to do it, this would have been the last method he would use. So I think he is innocent.
How cruel to send his son to find her impaled. No, he may not have done it. His brother admitted he came to their house almost daily. He could have been angry with her too. His mother had words with Amy and called her a bad mother.
yes i dont get why they wouldn't check the fingernails its only common sense in every investigation
Excellent point. Jerry's wife certainly had motive.
@@feurigerStern I think Jerry had a motive. Todd had already called his wife. Wonder how many men would want Jerry coming around their farm if the affair came out ? Jerry's wife may have been mad enough too.
wow, i don't know how he does it all, Hogs, Row crops, chemicals, kids, multiple properties (farms), helping all the other family farms of his father & brothers. Just an immense amount of things on his plate. How do farmers do all that?
Why does staying faithful have anything to do with a rake slamming through your wife a couple of times piercing their body and killing her?? Or is it just me 🤷♀️
And google searching the body organs days before hand to make sure you get it right!! He;s the most vile piece of filth
@Kate M.hunter by u say shut up do u know he didn't do it where u thete ??
@maggie millican but maybe a little bit......also the other searches he did....I can't remember them all.....but they added up to evidence I think......anyways.....
Sad he was found guilty he seems like a good honest hard working man that honest hard work hard for what he built she cheated on him and her children hope he finds loop hole for new trial on a appeal god bless both sides of family
Are you kidding me? You see the hate and disgust when he speaks about her. Then there's awkward smiles and little chuckle here and there. Duping delight.
@@iowagirl9563 You must be watching a totally different hearing than this one!
@@iowagirl9563 I suggest you watch bailey sarian video on this. Just a little different point of view!!
@@iowagirl9563 you smoking crack ?
Who also believes he is lnnocent ?
I absolutely 💯do!!!!
I pray he get a retrial
Poor Tristen needed to be seen for trauma before taking him back to the scene to relive what just happened.
Yep. Scant regard for post operative women, or traumatised children, in this tragic tale.
Defense should have provided all the dates that the cameras didn't record video. 🤦🏻♀️
I believe this is a innocent man that got found guilty. I hope he gets a second chance with a better defense team to prove it.
Why are there so many people in the comments saying he is innocent? The case seems pretty clear that she did not fall on that rake and there was no one nearby that could have done this otherwise. The fact that she was having an affair and going to leave the guy is just the metaphorical icing on the conviction cake.
It really seems like a bunch of the people from this community are in the comment sections and they just want to protect him because they are okay with killing their wives if they cheat.
@@froggitylumpus3805 i’m an insurance broker in northern Virginia, and participate because i believe this was a massive injustice. Fyi, you’re not guilty of murder because you are proximate to the dead body. You must present evidence. There is no direct evidence in this case. “Who else could have done it” is insufficient to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. I would encourage you to, as i have, watch the entire trial. It’s available on court tv’s website. I’m pretty sure though that if you are brilliant enough to believe that people are posting here because there’s a large contingent in IA that supports killing our wives…you probably don’t possess the grey matter to properly analyze this case.
@@paulb85 In this case we had motive, proximity, and opportunity didn't we? Also, he said that she fell on a rake, which just wasn't true. He should've heard screaming, seen someone, or soemthing else. She died by homicide. Lets say a woman is stabbed to death in her living room while her husband is home and he says he didn't see anyone or anything and that maybe she fell on the knife. You really think that's legit?
@@paulb85 There is a large contingent in his community that supports killing wives THAT CHEAT.
@@froggitylumpus3805 you garnered this wisdom about the large contingent supporting killing cheating wives where? Can you point me to this statistic? Motive, proximity, and opportunity do not a murderer make. If you believe he should have heard screams…from over 100 yards away when he was in a different building, btw, where you have no knowledge of what machine or other noises were in the background, then by necessity you implicate his son in the murder. Further, i don’t believe it was a homicide. However, if it were then i would be more likely to implicate Jerry than Todd, as he had a better motive. Remember that todd had been cheated on 5 years prior, and when he found out do you know how crazy he went? No…because he didn’t. He took his wife back, went to counseling, and never even contacted the guy she cheated with. Then she cheats again, or at least is suspected of it, and do you know how crazy todd gets? He calls jerry and talks to him about it calmly and with civility. Then he calls jerry to apologize for asking him about it, and jerry continues to work on the farm and with todd where jerry said everything was normal as could be between the, whew…this guy is a raging psycho just ready to unleash…with a corn rake…on a murder they’d have you believe he planned for 2 years…just waiting for the day his wife had a surgery that would make her dizzy one day so he could sprint across the farm in under a minute to kill her while his son is right there. You didnt watch the case. Go watch all the witnesses and then contribute with opinions based on knowledge of the case.
The kids were left with no mother and now no dad! This trial was a joke...
Why isn't the defense objecting to all the leading questions?
What leading questions?
My 4 yr child was hurt at home.....her leg was torn so badly I was afraid shed lose her foot.....I put the other 3 children in the car w her in her brothers lap....headed for hosp on the only hard road.....called 911.....I got to ER as the ambulance was pulling out of hosp driveway......she did keep her leg, thank God!
This poor man is NO MURDERER!!! He's lost his wife AND has been taken away from his kids who he has been an awesome Dad to their whole lives. SOMEONE knows something and SOMEBODY else didnt do a thorough investtigation!! There is NO PROOF that Todd carried out this awful crime! TRAGIC!!! 💔
Well maybe I am a pushover but while listening to his testimony he is looking at the places (in his mind) where this was happening and I believe he is showing proper emotion now that he is reliving it. When things like this happen you are not thinking you are reacting, jmo
But we need some kind of explanation of all of the other marks, abrasions and bruising on her,,,that has me stumped!
That detective is wrong in his assumption that your gmail can't be logged into multiple devices and all showing the same search history. My work and personal comps have the same gmail logged in and my searches appear as one singular google history REGARDLESS of which device I was on.
Same
You know what surprises me Todd and his oldest son leave with Amy, the two young children were left at home alone.... No one's asking who's watching them.
i agree - should have left trystan home
Potr64 that's exactly the question I've been waiting to hear.... how old are they?
I was wondering about that too. Maybe the shock of your loved one on the verge of dying, they just didn't think about anything except getting her help. I can't imagine ever leaving my kids home but I've never been in such a life and death situation either.
The lawsuit asks an Iowa District Court in Delaware County to mandate that Todd Mullis “reasonably compensate” Amy's parents and children. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Amy Mullis's estate, her mother and stepfather, and the conservatorships of her three children, ages 9, 11, and 13.
Certainly old enough to stay alone. I think in farm life kids stay in the big house while farming is being done. Well it was when I was a kid.
Is it possible that her mother in law hired someone to kill her for revenge against what sha has done to her son
There is nothing about Todd that screams guilty. This trial is a clown show.
Murderers rarely scream guilty!
The testimony ive been waiting for....Todd's...I still feel the state has still hasnt convinced me Todd is guilty of this crime....Like ive said in all my comments i have been bingeing the trial since the opening statements and not googling to find the verdict in this case....The finger nails still should have been tested...I feel Amy died in her own actions...I feel she struggled after getting stabbed by falling on the corn rake...being of the location of the red shed nobody heard her cries for help....I think this was an accident gone terribly wrong....
@Jessica K theres reason behind my theory of this....she struggled on her weak self to free herself from the rake....she cried for help and nobody heard her....so my theory is this....nobody killed her.....slip and falls happen and with amy blacking out like she did in the hog barn before she may have well done it again and again in the "red barn"....cant wait til the jury comes back with a verdict and i hope theory is correct....if the jury finds him guilty i hope they appeal this verdict because i truly dont think todd or trysten did this....or a homeless person....
@maggie millican Im with you on that theory.
This guy is innocient! Period
Lisa Jenkins guilty 👎
Absolutely not. He's guilty.
They DEF have not proven his guilt.
THIS MAN DID NOT KILL HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEN WHY WEREN’T YOU A WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE?
I’m trying to envision how she was found. His testimony and description is confusing. No csi special computer generation?!?? 😂
Todd isn't even making eye contact with jury if even looking at them as he is testifying.
He seems to look over at the jury to gauge whether or not they're buying his lies.
He's no Jodi Arias.
This judge hurts my ears. He certainly projects his voice but damn, it startles me every time. I bet he was a drill Sargent in the army. 🙉
He has such a fabulously stereotypical midwest accent.
I wouldn't say a drill sergeant, but just someone with an unbelievably annoying voice. and watch how the judge just stares at the witnesses .... like he is locked in.
Amazing how he got convicted with no physical evidence.
This is a good man wrongly accused
Just such a strange case... I would feel so much doubt and not confident to point a finger at anyone. It just seems like there is no strong evidence that Todd did it, but he is the adult with the most access to the crime - and if he was angry about her screwing around then he would have cause - but I'm not convinced.
How or why any attorney would allow his client to take the stand, I'll never understand. It's just "not done". How an entire team of them could let this happen is craziness, but in this case, the more the prosecutor grilled away, the more detailed the picture became. The truth stared everyone in the face. The defense should have summarized it, spelled it out for the benefit of the jury. They should have backed it up with measurements and illustrations in their closing argument on behalf of their client, but they didn't. They were unprepared and missed the boat so shamefully, they might as well have phoned it in for all the good they did. Although he might have been found to be at fault had this case been tried in civil court, this man is clearly, not guilty of murder. Even when the prosecutor examined the witnesses, the testimony still supports this conclusion. The verdict in this case is just such a shame.
because often the client INSISTS on going onto the stand. The lawyer cant make them not go onto the stand.
Todd needs a new trial
When you own/live on a farm like that an ambulance can take a long time to get there. Every farmer knows this. So trying to drive them tells me that they were doing the right thing. I'd think waiting there for an ambulance would of been more suspicious being it wouldn't be fast knowing that to where the person has a better chance on dying than trying to rush to get to the hospital. If somebody wants somebody else to die they would not act on a quick instinct.
What if she was dizzy, fell on it and tried to get up and fell again and met her demise. Hence why she had one too many marks. He has an alibi and a witness 😳 still found guilty
yup totally possible
Despite his shitty lawyer i believe todd. I think if he'd had a better lawyer the aquittal they asked for earlier would have been granted.
If he wanted to kill her he would not have done it when his son was nearby and in such a bizarre manner. This guy seems innocent to me.
there's no way he did it .no one reacts the same in a stressful situation and some men were brought up to be strong and not cry, but i can see that hes very sad that this has happened to his wife . i noticed that every time he speaks of Amy he smiles he really loved her. they need to look at the son because he knew about the affairs and what it was doing to his father . Todd is protecting his son that's what i think.
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@Axel Lloret The medical examiners can tell the difference between pre and postmortem injuries and an accident and a murder. If they weren't sure it was a homicide they would have had to write "undetermined"... There's no way it was an accident. He planned it.
@@xfreespirit1979x Not only that but the prongs were up and then down, indicating he struck her 2 or three times. I think Axel is a troll.
@@babydoe42 yes..also those prongs were in deep (in each "set" there was at least one deep one)..they would not just have fallen out - only for her to fall back on them again - they had to be tugged out.
You fail to understand a corn rake. They're dull. Penetrating a coat, hoodie, and t-shirt would take massive force, not possible for a 7th grade boy who isn't even big for his age. In fact, most people who have worked with a corn rake think the killer (Todd, IMO) would've had to put a knee in her back and shove it in manually or a foot on her back and stomp it in. I live 20 minutes from this crime.
On some level I feel sorry for this guy. He seems like a simple man and a hard worker. Amy seemed to have a very active social life traveling around, golfing and other activites. It seems she was always looking for greener grass when she could of had a gem of a life right at home. Love is a choice. Lust maybe not so much. The fact that he was unsure about his children being his as evidenced by checking DNA of children on computer is telling about his suspicion of his spouse. That's a terrible place to be with a partner. Still she didn't deserve to die. Now multiple people's lives are ruined.
Maybe Amy was doing the DNA searches... maybe she wondered IF Todd was the father of all 3.
IGree the children could be very mad a their mom
@@patricialatner6341 yes, amy did thos searches
Is it possible that Todd Mullis was framed?
Tom Noodles that’s exactly what I think. A set up.
That’s exactly what’s happened to him.
Tom Noodles But, he doesn’t protest too much, just sits there, looking guilty.
Tom Noodles But, he doesn’t protest too much, just sits there, looking guilty.
Annmarie Sailings a friend said he had a bad temper. He just doesn’t protest that much. If he were innocent it would seem he would be more convincing. No one else was there. I’m not sure they have beyond reasonable doubt tho.
The only thing that bothers me is the biting of his lips when asked serious questions. Some say that this is a sign of washing away what happened. This guy has an alibi. He was with his son Tristan. When listening to the 911 tape and the Prosecution insisting he was calling her a whore is unbelievable. The tape is not audible well enough to come to that conclusion. The fact that he teared up when speaking of the event is a sign that he didn't do this. I believe she fell twice on the fork. Once when trying to pull it out , She might of pulled it out and fell on it again. There is reasonable doubt here and this guy should have never been convicted. He is reacting the way an innocent man would react under the circumstances. Of course, this is just my opinion. The fact that he and Tristan were together that morning and he went into the house to change boots and Tristan went to check on mom says it all. My opinion is that this guy didn't do it. From witnesses testimonies, she seemed to want every excuse as to get out of this marriage. She seemed like she was a marter. No intention of damning the deceased, but this guy forgave her and even apologized to the man and his wife his wife had an affair with. He was willing to go to counseling, etc. Doesn't fit the profile of a vindictive man ticked off about an affair. It is possible that Tristan, (not to blame by any means) might have tried to pull the fork out to help his mother and she fell on it again. More than reasonable doubt here folks.
I agree. I think maybe she almost passed out or did pass out, fell got up, couldn’t, I believe the fork that empaled her was stuck on her and the barn door. Could have been why there was 6 holes and had a broken handle. I could be wrong but this man doesn’t fit the mad husband. I think she could have left if she wanted to. Although I have been wrong before. But I think he’s innocent.
I disagree with you. What loving husband would send his wife right after a DNC to go get a pet carrier that is 15+ lbs to bring it 30 feet or more to him? Right after she was dizzy. He's so full of it. I also have to disagree with you on what he said on 911 put headphones on. Plus.......it is pretty much impossible to do proper CPR on someone in the seat of a truck that laid back. Why was 911 not called????? Also, Everyone knows NOT to pull something out. Dude, he's a farmer.
@@Nipa10 had to take it out, to get her out..dummy..see all videos
@@Nipa10 son said they csll 911 soon got to truck
@@normacolon9618 dummy u never take something out of someone. Call 911
He sure does not seem like he did this. He is a good ole farm boy.
I don't think he is guilty. He and Tristan were together while she went to the shed where her death occurred.
How come the medical examiner wasn't called? My gut instinct says this was a freak accident or this guy is one cool cucumber. He just doesn't seem like a rage killer to me.
Totally agree!!!!
Wrongful conviction. Abysmal trial record
I get feeling defence is trying to quietly make it possible for Tristan to have done it by their questioning and wording
I am glad I not only one feeling that...God forbid, but if that was the case, I would protect my child too. Sorry
Wondering ???????????
I dont think for a second he did this and I’m not easily convinced. Naturally suspicious. His body language has agreed with everything he has said with the exception of him encouraging her to go out. ( which is natural he didn’t like that giving she could t keep her pants up) The prosecution has not proven anything against him. If anything it’a been the opposite.
It’s a terrible death but this man is not guilty.
The sound Of silence most likely the son
I agree. I don’t see enough evidence here to convict him. But something happened at the farm.
I absolutely agree!! They have not proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt.
@@bulldogmomx2901 I personally believe an accident happened at the farm. She was dizzy and unsteady earlier in the day so I believe it was very likely that she lost her balance and had an accident. A horrible, unfortunate accident. Too much reasonable doubt here in my opinion; I don't know how the jury convicted him beyond a reasonable doubt.
Then who?
I dont think he did it. He's definitely fishy about certain things and I know her cheating is a motive but something tells me he is being honest. His 911 call sounds like he is really panicked. I dont know. I guess I'd just need more to actually convict him.
I totally agree . I don't think he did it. He seems to be a guy that even cheated on would just let it be.
Agreed.
This man had a lot of different ways he could've killed his wife to make it look like it was an accident. He also seems like a wonderful father, considering she left Todd with the farm and kids regularly, I can't see him sending his son into a building, knowing he would find his dead mother in there.
Who knows how many enemies this lady made. We only know of two affairs and one we know one was/is married with a child. It may not be the Jeff guy but who says there aren't more men and wives, with kids, she was involved with.
@@4Runneradventures I was thinking the exact same thing that he wouldn't send his son to find his dead mom; no way! I really hope he gets a new trial and a jury that understands "reasonable doubt".
@@kimberlyvinson8386 completely agree. Even if he did have his issues with his cheating wife, doesn't mean he will take it out on his child(ren).
The critics saying he's bad for putting his wife on his son in the truck has no idea what they will do in a panic
This man did not kill his wife
There is no way he's guilty. Poor family.
The poor mom. She looks resigned altogether. just watch the verdict day as the losing lawyer goes over to explain the details of his failure and what their option is going forward... The brothers and sisters are listening intently, whereas the Mother is just like "Get out of my face"
His attorney is useless. I do not believe he did it. I believe she fell on the rake. She was trying to get the pet carrier out and was struggling with it, lost her grip and fell on the rake. The additional two marks they never asked or mentioned how deep those were. It was apparent of the depth of the forks four tines. There were so many unasked questions. He needs another attorney that understands technology and how Gmail and devices work. There was room for debate.Reasonable doubt was there..
medical doctor said she was struck multiple times with it so unless she fell down on it three or four times I bet that guy she was having an affair with wife snuck on and did it
Four of the wounds were deadly- they came as a result of the corn rake. Judged by the position of the wounds, she was impaled twice. The other two puncture wounds did not impale her at all and have a unique shape,position and distance between each-other and in comparison to the four other ones,so that means they were caused by another (or two other) object and these most likely were auger screws because the DA said there were auger screws on the ground on that day so...
@shadowrdydr1 hahaha ha really? Moron. You don't fall on a pitch fork that is sticking up out of your back. Plus she was stab 3 times. The hubby did it. Deal with it. He is lying thru his teeth.
I personally do not believe that this man killed his wife.
This man Todd - is Not Guilty !! Plain and simple !!
I haven’t gotten to the end of this trial yet. The prosecution is terrible so far. Duh, yes we can use each other’s accounts for searching the net. The interrogation was BS. And how can they decide that Jerry and his wife are in the clear because they gave each other an alibi? They did not mention checking out their alibis. So strange. And the search for DNA without approval? Is that the son?
Guilty people usually don't take the stand. Todd deserves a new trial on appeal because this case didn't present the whole truth and just convicted him where there is doubt beyond reason he killed Amy.