The Murder: A Family's Desperate Search for Justice

In a small town in Iowa, a close-knit family is torn apart when 68-year-old farm wife and mother, Shirley Carter, is found shot to death in her kitchen. The investigation is complicated by a lack of forensic evidence and a tunnel-visioned lead investigator. The son, Jason Carter, becomes the focus of the investigation due to an affair and a missing gun that could have been the murder weapon. In a civil trial, Jason is found liable for his mother's death. The tension between father and son escalate as Bill Carter brings a wrongful death lawsuit against his son. The civil jury holds Jason responsible and awards $10 million to the estate of Shirley Carter. However, in the subsequent criminal trial, Jason is acquitted due to lack of solid evidence and alternative theories presented by the defense.