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my God, let me tell you, one of my new favorite, not even new, one of my favorite YouTube channels is called Law and Crime Network, do you watch it? Well, let me tell you, they
upload full court trials, I'm talking the whole shebang, baby. Today's story, I watched all
12 hours of this court trial, yeah, you're welcome, you don't have to now. And it's been heavy on
my noggin. Oh my gosh. Let me tell you, because I don't know, I don't know how I feel. I don't know. It's got, it's just, I
don't know, you know? So I want to talk about it and
then get your guys's input. I don't think I have to do a disclaimer 'cause there is no graphic
description of crime scenes. There is adult dialogue,
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tell you about this story. So the year is 2018. This story takes place
in Delaware County, Iowa in a small town named Earlville? Earlville. Now Earlville, Iowa is
said to be a very rural? Oh my gosh! I can't say rural. Ru-roll. Fuck me sideways. Okay, well, I'm done,
you know, this is it. Anyway. So Earlville has a
population of around 800 people. So it's like a small
town to say the least. Most of the people in this area, they make their living by
farming or hog farming. And that is where Todd
and Amy Mullis lived and also where they owned and
operated their family farm. So the Mullis farm was on
a large piece of property. Like it was big, okay? It's not like the little
farm that you're thinking of. It was a big farm. They had two large hog barns, tons of farming equipment, and
spent majority of their time maintaining and operating the farm. This was how they made their livelihood, that's how they took care of the family. Amy Mullis, she was 38 in 2018. She was said to be bubbly and outgoing and just really fun to be around. She enjoyed, I think she did, I think she enjoyed helping
out around the farm. I mean, I'm pretty sure she did. And she loved being around people. That's really sad. Todd was 43 at the time and it was said that he was a very hard worker. He was a well-known
successful farmer in the area. He was a straight shooter type of guy. And then some neighbors would say that Todd had like a mean side to him. Another person said that he was scary. So Todd and Amy were married in 2004 and by 2018 they had three young kids. So in November of 2018, Todd, Amy and their 13-year-old son, Trysten were doing some work on the farm while the other two kids like
stayed inside of the house. Todd and Trysten, they went to
work in one of the hog barns, which was pretty large. It's about the size of like
a football field in length. And then Trysten said that he was setting up portable
heaters inside the barn while Todd was setting up equipment to get water inside of the pens. Amy who was like inside, she came out and she was there to
help clean the lights. She just had some kind of surgery done. It was never clear as to what
surgery she had done exactly, but it was something minor. She was just kind of like
resting for a couple of days. And then this was the first
day that she was able to get up and help around the farm. So while cleaning the
lights inside of the barn, Amy grabbed like a bucket, right? And she placed it upside down
and she was standing on it to help her reach the lights. Her son Trysten had noticed that she was kind of like stopping and she was grabbing her
head and she told Trysten that she was just getting a little dizzy, a little lightheaded, and that she was like
trying to like hold herself on the bars close to her to prevent herself from
falling off of the bucket. So she was kind of shaky
and then Trysten asked if she was okay. And she told Trysten like, yeah, I'm fine. I've just got a little dizzy. Todd also noticed that she
seemed to be getting lightheaded and said that he really
didn't think it was wise for her to stay out there and work because he didn't want her to get hurt. So Todd suggested that Amy
should go inside the house and like get some rest. But Amy insisted that she was fine and she just, not a big deal, she's good. So she continues to work. Todd asked Amy if she
could grab a pet carrier out of the red shed
that was about 30 yards or 27 meters away from
the front of the barn where they were in. They had a bunch of cats
and kittens on the farm. So they wanted to gather them all up and put them in the pet carrier. That way, when Todd used heavy machinery, none of the cats would end up
like getting hurt or anything or like in the way of the heavy machinery. So that's what the plan was. Trysten testified that
his dad told his mom, "If you can get the pet
carrier and bring it out, that would help, but if you can't, just leave it and then we'll go get it." This eye shadow look is really
hard to do while I'm talking. So hold on, let me do the
other eye, I'll be right back. Okay, so Amy leaves the barn
where the boys are working at. And then the two boys, they kept working for about an hour and a half. When they were done, they
went to the front office area. Todd looks out the window and sees that like the pet carrier
wasn't moved out of the barn. So he assumed that Amy
didn't get the pet carrier and instead must've gone inside the house. Todd asked his son if he
could go to the red shed and grab the pet carrier
because it wasn't out. So Trysten, the son, he runs over there. That's when he finds his mom
on her hands and her knees face down with the corn rakes
sticking out of her back. Yeah. Trysten said that he ran up to her, he checked to see if there was a pulse, and then he yelled for his dad. So his dad comes running
and he told Trysten to go grab the family
truck and to pull it up. Todd said, then he pulled the
corn rake out of her back, picked Amy up and
carried her to the truck. The shed where Amy was
found is very narrow. And Todd said, the only way that he could get her out of the shed was by removing the
corn rake from her back. And that's what he did. Todd said that at that moment, he just like went into
fight or flight mode and just really wasn't
thinking, he was just doing. So Todd said that he picked
Amy up and he carried her out. Trysten pulled up the truck. He moved over to the passenger seat. And then Todd like opens up the door and puts Amy into the truck
laying across her son, bleeding. Todd jumped into the driver's seat and started heading towards
regional medical center in Manchester and called
911 while he's driving. Mind you where they lived,
it's like a very secluded area. There wasn't anything around them. It's just like grass. The hospital was like
quite some time away. So Todd's just driving. And when he's driving that's when he makes the frantic 911 call. And he's telling the dispatcher that she fell on a rake,
she's not responding. He's frantic, as any of us would be. He then tells the 911 dispatcher that he had removed the
corn rake from her back, and what she saw in like full
blown panic mode on the call. The 911 dispatcher was
like, you're driving? Okay. Can you pull over
to the side of the road? And Todd was like, pull over? And the dispatcher's like,
yeah, can you pull over, and just start doing CPR? And Todd's like, I'll do
anything. So he pulls over. Trysten gets out of
the car, he sits Amy up and then pulls the seat all the back. So she's laying flat. And then that's when he
starts to perform CPR. At this point in the call, you can hear Todd saying
over and over again, that she's cold. She's not responding, but he
still continuing to do CPR and just yelling like,
"Come on, Amy, come on!" So a police officer shows
up to where they are. pulls Amy out of the truck
and continues to do CPR until the ambulance shows up
and takes Amy to the hospital where she was later pronounced dead. Police officer who arrived at the scene noticed how traumatized
the teenage son was. He was covered in blood. He just like had his mom dying in his lap or maybe she was already dead. But either way, it was
just like all around sad. There was a lot of judgment
around Todd's choices, the decision he made to
place Amy into their truck on top of their son. But Todd said, again,
that he was just like, he was just doing and not
thinking through things clearly. The hospital that Amy was taken to was the same hospital that
Amy once worked at as a nurse. Now, when she was taken in, they were told that it was just like
a freak accident, okay? She must've just fell on this rake and that's really all they knew. Now, the National Farmers
Union has made it very clear how dangerous farming can be or how just dangerous the job can be. They have tons of information available on how to prevent injuries
and death while working, anything from how to
handle the heavy machinery, preventing a rollover accident, just educating on how
these tools to help farmers are not to be fucked with. You know what I'm saying? I watched like a ton of
these educational videos where they use like a dummy
to show what can happen to you if you're not being smart. So I watched these like
dummies get sucked into things that you just like don't
want to be sucked into. It was like brutal. It was intense. I don't know why I watch so many of them but I just was like, Whoa. Anywho, in 2017, there
were 416 farm workers who had died from a work-related injury. I couldn't find information
like newer numbers. The one I could find was 2017. So. What I'm getting at is there's like a lot of freak accidents that do happen to farmers. So the doctor has to make
sure that Amy's injuries, they line up with this being an accident. So they do just that. And then they realize that her injuries did not seem to line up with accidentally falling on a corn rake. So the corn rake that Amy had fallen onto had four sharp prongs, or teeth, or claws, whatever they are, the four
of them, and they were sharp. It's not like a rake, nay nay. Well, medical examiners found that Amy had six puncture
wounds on her back. Huh? Four teeth, six puncture wounds. Now, how does that make any damn sense? During her autopsy it was determined that there were two different directions of the six puncture wounds. To the forensic pathologist,
it indicated to them that Amy would have to
be hit by the rake twice and possibly three times
to create the pattern that was on her back. But also on the inside of Amy's upper lip was a small scrape and blunt
force injuries to Amy's face, hands and knees. Possible evidence of a struggle. But it was unclear because it may have been from her falling. So police are thinking, okay, the odds of Amy falling onto a rake twice slim to none, right? So now they're thinking,
or treating, Amy's death as a homicide. The day of Amy's death a police officer went out
to the scene, to the farm, and they checked around
for any type of foul play. So inside of the red
shed, where Amy was found there were a couple of
drops of blood on the floor where she was laying at, but
there were, or there was, no other signs of blood
or a struggle in the shed. Now, again, because it was a
narrow and just tight area, if there was any type of struggle it would be a little more clear
to investigators or police, like it would be more obvious. It's believed that if Amy
was hit two to three times by this rake, there
would be spots of blood on just like different places in the shed, on the suspect or even on Amy herself. But there was none found
there was blood on Amy but it was from her puncture wounds. So again, this was a small
town and the police force, they didn't investigate
murders often, okay? Amy's death was only the fourth
murder in the last 10 years. They felt like they
couldn't really handle this. So they ended up handing it
off to a larger department to help investigate. So of course they have to
look into the husband first. They go question him, what happened? And Tom said, not Tom, I'm sorry, Todd. So Todd tells investigators. He was in the other
barn working with a son. And when the son was questioned, he said that his dad was with him or
in his sight the whole time like they were working
in the barn together. So it was a solid alibi and
nobody's story was changing. So they realize, okay,
let's start looking around and see if there's something
that we're missing. And that's when they
learn that Amy and Todd had a bit of a rocky marriage. Amy had two affairs
throughout their marriage. One of them had been like five years ago. And it had come to an end. After her first affair, Amy,
she was working as a nurse, she ended up quitting her
job to help work on the farm and also just to focus on her marriage. Todd said that she
wanted to spend more time with her family, but Amy told friends that she really had no other choice. Like she had to quit her job and stuff. Amy's friend said it was a deal she made with her husband Todd. Todd said that it was what
they both had agreed to. It was not just his idea. Amy had expressed to friends
that Todd had worked too much. That's all he wanted to do. And if he wasn't working,
he wanted to stay home. But Amy was a people person. Like she wanted to go out. She wanted to like live
a little, you know. And Todd was just never down. So that was frustrating. It was said that after the first affair Todd really didn't trust
Amy pretty much ever again. Amy had expressed to her friends that she felt like a
prisoner in her own home. And she joked with friends
that Todd had given her an approved friends list. People that she could
actually hang out with. She also told friends
that she would be timed when she left the house
and like when she got back. So Todd was trying to keep tabs on her or like time her to make sure that she was saying where she was. And it was a way for
Todd to rebuild his trust in the relationship. Amy told her friends this. In 2018, Amy confided in her friend that her marriage just wasn't going well. She was really unhappy. And she hadn't been happy
for a really long time, like for many years now. I'm pretty sure she
expressed this to Todd, because Todd said that he told Amy he wanted to make it work. He didn't want her to leave. He wanted to make their marriage work. And he wanted to go to therapy
together and get some help. But that same year in 2018, that's when Todd said he noticed
a change in Amy's behavior which was raising some red flags. He thought that maybe she
was being unfaithful again, and started just to get really paranoid. So Todd started looking at phone records and saw that Amy was texting and like calling this
guy named Jerry Frasier who worked as a field
manager for the Mullis farm. Todd is looking at the phone records and he sees that the two
of them had exchanged up to 128 texts that month. And he was thinking, Hmm, I think there's like
something more going on. Amy, she worked as a
bookkeeper for the farm. So it was normal for she
and Jerry to be in contact. But Todd, he was like, I
need some peace of mind here, because he's just like getting fixated on this possibility of
there being an affair. So Todd calls up Jerry
and he's asking like, Hey, is there anything going
on between the two of you? Jerry said, no, nothing's going on. The reason that they were
talking to each other was related to the farm and also their kids both
participated in sports together. So it was just all related
to that and nothing more. So I guess Todd really
didn't believe this, because he decides that he's
gonna call Jerry's wife. Oh yeah. Jerry was married too. And he had a family of his own, okay? So Todd calls up his wife, Hey, have you noticed any
like change in Jerry at all? Do you think that maybe
he's acting kind of fishy, perhaps having an affair? I'm sorry. I don't know
why I'm acting so dramatic. But anyways. So he does
that, he asks the question. Jerry's wife said no, that their marriage was going really well,
and just convinces Todd, calm down, nothing's going on. He needs to just let it go,
you know, everything's okay. Now at this point, Todd said
that like that conversation gave him the peace of mind
that he really needed. He believed Jerry's wife. Todd texted or called Jerry and apologized for making the accusations
and was gonna let it go. So he's like, I guess nothing's going on. I'm just being freaking paranoid. My bad, I'm in the wrong. But the truth was Amy and Jerry, they did indeed start having
an affair in late May of 2018. They would meet in
secret either on the farm or on back roads, and then sometimes like
they would meet at motels. It seemed the relationship was mainly sexually focused for Jerry, but Amy was becoming more
emotionally involved. Amy had mentioned to a friend like what was going on
between her and Jerry and how she would really like
to get married to him one day. She even mentioned to friends that she was hoping Jerry
was gonna leave his wife. But if he didn't leave his
wife, she was okay with that. And she was okay with being alone. But after Jerry received
the call from Todd, he told Amy like, Hey, I think
we should slow things down. But with or without Jerry, Amy, she did start to plan to move out and seriously started thinking
about filing for divorce. Amy had already started
putting furniture aside, so when she moved, she would have like a few
items with her already. Now, if Amy did end up filing for divorce, she would have been entitled
to a good amount of money. Maybe even half of the farm, which could force Todd to lose everything. So possibly a motive. So like I've mentioned about
18 times, it was a small town. And what happens in small town you guys, rumors start swirling. People are talking and there's
lots of rumors going on that there was an affair
happening between Jerry and Amy, which I used to kind of think, I think I mentioned this as a side note, in one of my videos
previously I mentioned, oh, I think it'd be so fun
to live in a small town where everyone knows each other. Like that sounds so fun. But the more I think about
it, I regret my statement. It must actually really suck. Sorry. It would be all fun and games until you were trying to be a
sneaky little bitch, you know? So a lot of people are
talking about the affair. Amy told her friend that
she was gonna sit Todd down and tell him that people are just talking and that there was no
truth to these rumors. I'm not sure if this conversation or this talk actually happened but it was brought up in court. Police are finding all of this out during their investigation. So they go back to Todd, they bring him back in November
16th, 2018 for questioning. They sit him down and they're
like, well, it's just one guy, and he's like, can you tell me, you know, how was the marriage between you and Amy? Todd said, Oh, you know,
it was pretty tight. Communication was great. And that they were
together all of the time, but overall it was good. He said that they had their ups and downs, but it was just like any other marriage. At this point, investigators
already knew about the affair and they tell Todd pretty point blank, that they think he's
responsible for Amy's death. Like, we think you did it, Todd. And Todd is like, I'm responsible? How? Now you can watch the
interrogation if you want to. But I'm a great actress. I'm responsible? How? Like, he's just kinda quiet. This was a red flag for the
guy doing the questioning, because he thought like this response wasn't dramatic enough, I guess. They expected him to be like,
What?! Not me! you know? And they just thought
it was a weird response. When they brought up the
affair during questioning, Todd said that he was completely unaware that anything was going on with his wife, since the first affair that
she had five years earlier. So the guy in the interrogation room, he's like, look, Todd,
she was having an affair. You were upset. You didn't
want to lose the farm. And then Todd sitting there
like shaking his head, just like, no, I didn't know that. But the guy doing the
questioning, he just won't stop. And he was like, you
were so mad about that. And you felt betrayed. There was no way you were going to let her take all of that from you,
not cheating on you twice, taking your kids, taking your
farm, that wasn't happening, and you weren't going to let that happen. And I understand that. And Todd is just quiet the whole time and he's shaking his head. But he stuck to his story that
he was not in the red shed. And he did not stab his
wife with the corn rake. Todd said, "You want me
to confess to something that I didn't do." And that's all it comes down to. But the guy in the questioning
room was just pushing. "You killed Amy." I was surprised that he didn't ask for an attorney at that point. I think a lot of us assume that
if we are telling the truth then why else would you need an attorney? If there's anything you should learn, you should just always get an attorney if you're being questioned. And it's like, yeah, the attorney's probably
gonna make you look guilty, but hey, it's better than like falling for some kind of trap. So after... Look, my face is so dry. Just let me live. So after two hours of direct accusations, Todd was allowed to leave because they didn't have anything on him. So he leaves and he goes back to the farm. I think before Todd's questioning, they needed to weed out
Jerry as a potential suspect. So technically I think this
came before Todd's questioning. Sorry. But either way, they had to weed Jerry out as a potential suspect, okay? He was having an affair with Amy. Maybe he didn't want his
wife and kids to find out and potentially lose his farm and family. He could have done it. So they go out to Jerry's
and are like, Hey, can we talk to you? And that's when he told investigators that the two were indeed having an affair, but Jerry insisted that he
did not have anything to do with Amy's death. He said the day of her murder, she and him had exchanged
emails that morning. Jerry told Amy that he
wasn't feeling too well. And Amy responded saying that she wished she
could take care of him. That she's a pretty good nurse. But that day he was working
at the farm with his own son at home, which was in Anamosa, and Anamosa was like 45 minutes away. 'Cause he has his own hog farm. And Oh my gosh, did I learn so much. He and his son got up and
they're working on the farm, and they're setting up
tanning beds for the pigs. Ya girl, let me tell, let me tell you, pigs tanning, yeah. They tan the pigs, or
the hogs, pigs, hogs, they tan them for hog shows. In winter, they lose all their color. I was like, wait, what? He's like, "We're setting
up the tanning beds." I was like, for pigs? I've never related more
to a pig, you know? I wonder if they know about
like self-tanner for the pigs. I mean, that's an option. Do they get skin cancer? Look, I got a lot of questions
about this, but anyways, they're tanning the pigs for a show, okay? That's what they're doing. After that, they went
inside and the two of them, Jerry and his son, they watched
college football together. Jerry said that the last
time he had seen Amy was like a couple of days prior when the two of them had
participated in some oral lovin'. So Jerry ended up testifying in court that Amy had told him
if Todd ever found out about the two of them having
an affair, she would disappear. So investigators, they ended up checking Jerry's phone record and
they see that his cell phone had pinged on a tower near his home, which was enough proof to them to confirm that he was not the one who did this. So after this questioning with Jerry, that's when they questioned Todd. Anyway, so investigators, they carried out a
series of search warrants and they gathered all of
the electronic devices from the Mullis' farm. They took computers,
laptops, iPads, iPhones. Oh yeah, they had video
cameras on the property. So yeah, they, they took that too. Hm-mm. So they searched the video cameras which they're pointed directly in the direction where
everything took place. So I mean, if something was caught, it'd be on those cameras. I mean, the footage would
be their smoking gun. But of the cameras stopped
working prior to the incident, but started recording again
the day after Amy's murder. Of course, right? Of course. So again, when investigators find this, they're thinking, you
know, well, this is proof that it's premeditated. Todd must have like turned off the cameras when he was planning to do this. They put in a request to get
like all of the Google searches that were done on Todd's iPad. And what they found was
all sorts of suspish. They see that there were some
very odd searches going on made on this Google. There were topics like quote, "What did the Aztecs do
with cheating spouses?" What did they do? I don't know. There was another search done that said, "Did ancient cultures kill adulterers?" "Thrill of the kill"
was another search done. My eye is watering. Not today, come on. Not right now. Another search, "Killing
unfaithful women." Oh God. Another search, "Once a
cheater, always a cheater." And then a website titled "16 Facts About Cheating
Women" was visited. So it's not looking good for you, Todd. But just listen, okay? 'Cause I know what you're
thinking, like it's Todd, it's Todd, it's clear as day, it's Todd. But just listen. Just go on this journey. We haven't arrived yet. Okay? So after this police are
like, boom, that's it. We got him. Todd was placed under arrest
for murder in the first degree. He was behind bars for almost seven months until his trial took place. Now Todd insisted, he
insisted that he was innocent and that this whole thing
was just a freak accident. And he had a lot of
supporters who stood by him believing that this was true. So let me tell you, because I, again, I watched the whole court thing, and it was so frustrating to watch. Todd's team sucked. They blew it! Todd's trial begins and
in the opening statements his team didn't mention the possibility of Amy's death being an
accident to the jury. Instead, they went on to
say that Amy was quote, "Viciously and deliberately murdered." Now this took Todd by surprise, because that's not what you want to say when you're trying to
prove to the jurors that, I dunno, Todd might be innocent. And maybe perhaps, you know, it was just all a freak accident. So now Todd claiming that his
wife's death was an accident was completely off the table. And this just wasn't even the plan. So the prosecution's case
required them to prove that Amy was having an affair. She was preparing to leave Todd, that she was gonna be
taking the children with her and taking the farm. You guys are doing amazing
back there, very proud of you. So friends of Amy's took the stand. Now, one of the friends said that one day like Amy came to her just
really upset and was crying. She said, if her husband had found out that she was having an
affair, he would kill her. Another witness said that Todd told her that he had worked for a farm
since he was 11 years old and he would not give it up. It was a red flag for this friend, 'cause she went to Amy and was like, look, Todd's gonna kill you. And when they asked her, like,
why would you tell Amy this? Why would you say that? And she said, "Todd is just the person you don't want to mess with." End quote. Todd and Amy's son, he ends
up testifying for the court, which was Todd's solid alibi. But now he had changed his story. Or his story had changed. Trysten said that he
had left his dad alone at one point to get a drink of water. Now originally saying he had
gone for just a minute or two, and then in court, when he's testifying, he said that he was unsure how long he was away from his dad. Now remember, originally he said that his dad never left his sight. So that was a solid alibi. And now he's saying that,
you know, he had left for a period of time to
get a drink of water. The prosecutors were like, this proves that Todd
is the one who did it. As I was watching this, I
had some questions arise, that I, look... Trysten leaves to get a drink of water. And he said, maybe I was
gone for a minute or two. I'm not really sure. Could Todd have gotten out
of the barn he was working in over to the red barn where Amy was, which the hog barn was a
football field length away. So he would have to run that, kill Amy, run all the way
back into the hog barn where he was before his son noticed. That's the question that really wasn't answered
at all during the trial. And it was driving me freaking nuts. Like how was that possible
without the son noticing? I don't know because
they never answered it. They never even tried to answer it. Todd thought it would be
best to take the stand and tell his side of things,
prove that he's innocent. So Todd takes the stand, which is ballsy. He tells the jury that he
never left the hog barn. And again, his story never changed. Cross examination happened. That's when they bring up Todd's questionable Google searches. They're asking like, Hey, did you make these
searches on the iPad? And start listing him. And Todd says, no. Todd said that he was not
the only one who used the iPad, that many different people in the family, they would use it from time to time. Now another thing that
they pointed out in court, but they didn't even like focus on it, and again, I was like,
I'm not understanding why nobody's bringing this up, 'cause on the iPad, there
were lots of searches made. There were searches found
for wedding dresses. There were searches made for
Zales, the jewelry store. And then also there were
Pinterest searches made, and they asked Todd like, do
you know what Pinterest is? He has no idea. He has no
idea what the hell that is. The prosecutors, they again,
look at these Google searches. This is his iPad, like
he made these searches. But why would Todd be
searching for wedding dresses? If he was the only one using the iPad? Again, it was like another
question that was never answered. Yeah, those Google searches
are like, they don't look good. So then they asked Todd why did the video camera stop recording. Isn't that a little weird? Todd said that they had many
cats and kittens on the farm and where the camera equipment was, there was also a heater right next to it. In the colder months, the
cats liked to climb up or jump up onto the heater and they lay on it to get some warmth. He believed they must have
knocked the equipment all down and like, which took the
camera system completely off. Todd said the day after Amy's death, a family member mentioned to Todd, "Maybe your cameras caught something? Why don't you check your cameras out?" And he went to go check it out. And that's when he saw
everything was offline and it wasn't recording. So he put it all back together,
plugged it all back in and got it back up and
running the next day. So that's why the camera started recording literally the next day. I mean, his answers sounded pretty legit. I'm sorry. It did. It sounded legit. So at this point the Mullis
trial was playing live on court TV. And there were many people
who are invested in this case. Someone at home who was watching the trial took the time to analyze Todd's 911 call that he made when he was
driving to the hospital. This person believed that
Todd was saying something under his breath in the call. As Todd was performing CPR on his wife, the person who analyzed the call believed that Todd was saying
quote, "Cheating whore," and "Go to hell, cheating
whore," under his breath. Now, investigators never heard
that until they got the tip from the caller the night before
the last day of the trial. Like something out of a
movie, I swear, right? (Todd record mumbling and panting) - [Examiner] Now, Todd, did you just hear that whisper at the end of that? - Yes. - [Examiner] And what did you whisper? - I couldn't hear it. - [Examiner] Okay. I'm
gonna play it again. (Todd record mumbling and panting) - [Todd Record] Cheating whore. - [Examiner] Todd, do you whisper "cheating whore" right there? - No. (Todd record mumbling and panting) - [Todd Record] Go to hell cheating whore. - [Examiner] Right there, do you say, "Go to hell cheating whore"? - No. - [Examiner] So you don't hear that? - I didn't hear that word. - And that's right in there,
after you hear a ping, you don't hear, "Go to
hell cheating whore"? - No. - You know, when you hear, like you don't hear
anything in a muffled tape and then someone goes,
listen, they're saying banana. And you're like, Oh, okay. And then all of a sudden you hear banana? You're like, Oh my God,
yeah. They're saying banana. It was like that, 'cause
when you listen to it, you're like, I don't hear a damn thing. And then when they play it
again, you're like, it could be. Todd's team, are they the defendants? Oh shit. I get everyone mixed up. But Todd's team, they come
back and they're like, Todd was mumbling "So
cold" under his breath. "She's so cold." They played again. And then you hear, Oh yeah, "So cold." "She so cold." Many, many were and are
unclear as to what he's saying. And it sounds like it
could really be either or. The 911 tape though, it
becomes like the main focus in closing arguments to
prove that Todd did it. This is the proof that they had. This and the Google searches. So the jury deliberates and it takes them two days
to come back with a verdict. Now the jurors in a later interviews said that there was zero physical evidence that linked Todd to this murder, and wished that they
actually provided more proof that he was linked to her death. But what they did find odd, obviously, the Google
searches that were made. That seem to be proof
that Todd was thinking of murdering his wife. Jurors also found it odd that
Todd put Amy in the truck and he started driving
to the hospital with her and then he made the 911 call. They thought any normal person
would just call 911 first. And they just couldn't wrap
their heads around the idea, like why did he do otherwise? Which... Whatever. They also voiced that Todd
taking the stand actually just did not help his case at all. Todd came off very cold.
He didn't show any emotion. He was a man of few words. And honestly, yes, it's very true. All of this led them to find Todd guilty for first degree murder, or
murder in the first degree. Now, when they read
this verdict, Todd was, he looked like a sad fish. He was so bummed. His sentence was delayed due to COVID. And Todd used that time
to hire a new lawyer who said Todd should get a new trial because of what he claimed was misconduct on the part of the prosecutors for raising the hidden
whispers on the 911 tape. And that his original lawyers denied his right to Amy's death being an accident right from the start. The defense attorney should
have left that door open for the jurors to decide if it
was an accident or a murder, but instead they just took that option completely off of the table. So they're trying to get him a new trial. The judge refused to throw
out the guilty verdict. The judge ends up sentencing
Todd to first degree murder and life in prison with
no opportunity for parole. The end. Now I know you're all thinking, because I originally thought so too, I was like, it's Todd, those Google searches are like, come on. I let it sit and marinate
for a little bit, my thoughts and my feelings. And I was like, wait a
minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. And this one really started to bother me. I don't know what I would think if I were a juror on this case. I don't know if I could
say he's guilty or not. I know, eye roll. But there are so many
unanswered questions. There's so many unanswered questions. For example, where Amy
was found, it was narrow. Okay. It was narrow. What if it was just a freak accident? Just hear me out. What if, 'cause she was
getting this pet carrier, now this pet carrier was
like it was said to weigh about 20 to 30 pounds. It was on the floor. Remember she was getting dizzy and like lightheaded that day. What if she went to go
pick up the pet carrier, she gets a little lightheaded. Maybe she like missteps. She misstepped. She goes backwards. And she walks into the corn rake. And then she's like, Oh shit, I just walked into the corn rake. And she pulls herself off of it. And then what if she just got dizzy or she blacked out or something and then she falls back
onto the corn rake. Because nobody mentioned or brought up, where was the corn rake? Was it hanging up? Was it standing up? Was it on the ground? Was the corn rake even left in the barn? Now another thing, if it was a murderer, how was someone able to swing and hit her with the corn rake? It was super narrow in there. That means they would have to like... They didn't give you any ideas or anything as to like how this happened. Also, nobody presented an idea how Todd would have been able to make it all the way across the farm, kill Amy, get all the way back before
their son would have noticed. How the heck did that happen? And wouldn't the son, like
wouldn't he have noticed that Todd was, I dunno,
sweaty or like out of breath because he just ran a ton. 'Cause he couldn't have walked if his son was gone for even just a few minutes to get water. Can you run a whole football field and back in just a few minutes? I... Can you? The Google searches are like not great, okay. We don't know what the
heck that was about, but maybe he was just Googling it. But if Todd was the only
one using this iPad, like they swore up and down he was, then again, why were there
searches for wedding dresses, jewelry and Pinterest. If Amy was paranoid that something was going to happen to her, if like Todd found out
she was having an affair, maybe she was Googling
what could happen to her. Maybe she's Googling like
signs of women cheating, so she knew like what not to do. And I'm not trying to blame her here. I'm just trying to like
look at all the options because they were not talked about, mentioned, presented in court at all. It's just weird. And there's too many unanswered questions. He was found guilty because
of his Google history, and to me that's terrifying, because my Google history is fucked up, and I automatically think
like, Oh, I would be so fucked. This one was like literally
been keeping me up at night, 'cause I'm just like, if she was murdered, oh, like that's awful. That's awful. I don't
want her to be murdered. But at least like in
court you should tell us how it was done. Does anyone else think that's fucked up or am I literally just
playing devil's advocate here? You could tell me if I'm
being wrong, if I'm wrong. Anyway, so I know there's
gonna be some pigs out here in the comment section, probably just got out
of their tanning beds, saying like she deserved
it and she was less than because she was having
an affair or something. And let me just make it clear. Nobody deserves to die
for having an affair. And if you believe that, you're an idiot. Sometimes the comments,
you want to believe what people think is okay to say publicly. It's just very shocking to me. Either way, this case or
this murder or this death, it's sad, it's really sad. The kids, they lost both of their parents and the son is probably traumatized and will have to carry this
for the rest of his life. You know? Like that's awful. And I hope they're okay. I'm just confused. I'm so confused on this one. There's a lot of people
who believe he's guilty, but I don't know. Anyways, I would love to hear your guys' thoughts down below. Thank you so much for
hanging out with me today. I hope you have a
wonderful rest of your day. You make good choices please. And I will see you guys later. Bye! (dramatic tense music)
Son did it. Dad knew and covered.
Cameras were disconnected by wife bc she didn't want it catching her coming and going to meet her gross lover.
Well I finally gave up and googled it. Found this in case you’re wanting to give your pig a little colour this spring. spray tan for piggies
Okay, 2 things are SUPER bothering me other than the plethora of things wrong with this case:
1: So, Todd and Amy have 3 children...who and where were the other 2?? The only child mentioned was the son, Trysten. So...where were the other 2 children?
2: Jerry’s wife. (I can’t recall her name)
Do we know if and when she found out about the affair BEFORE it came to light after Amy was murdered? There is evidence that Todd contacted Jerry’s wife to inquire about Jerry’s mannerisms toward her, as Todd was suspicious of an affair between Amy and Jerry. She SAYS that everything is fine and their marriage is great, but was that really the case? Did she find out? Was that her confirmation? Was she bitter towards Amy?? 100% a plausible motive for murder.
these are ONLY thoughts and personal opinions, and not meant to condemn any ONE person, as there’s obviously no conclusive evidence to be found ANYWHERE due to lack of investigation imho
Anyone else think maybe Todd was autistic?
I think the son is kinda suspicious. He changed his story and he easily could’ve been using the iPad. But maybe I watch too much tv and I’m reading too much into it. 🤷🏻♀️
I can't stop thinking about corn flakes. 😵
I'm 90% convinced that Todd was the one that did it but I don't think it should've been a guilty verdict based on the evidence presented in the court case. There were no witnesses or explanation as to how Todd went to the shed, murdered Amy, got back to the farm, and his son not noticing it. The strongest evidence is the Google search on his iPad but that's still circumstancial.
My main concern is that they could put this guy away FOR LIFE over shitty google searches. It’s unreal. I’m more mad at the jury than anybody, I couldn’t take someone’s life away without A LOT more evidence. No explanation of how the murder happened. All the questions Bailey brought up are beyond relevant that it’s comical. Not to mention this whole family has their lives ruined, lost their mom, and even if he would have been found innocent the court of public opinion can be extremely harsh. Also why wasn’t the son investigated? He changed his story and was the one to walk away and leave the barn and find her. I feel like there was thing after thing dropped on this case, damn shame.
That audio evidence was BS. I think it should’ve been thrown out. Of course if you tell someone to hear “cheating whore” you’re to hear it. I also heard “so cold” when I was told to hear it as well. What do y’all think?