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Position. Her Jewelry Boxes untouched. Did someone have a bigger prize in mind . A Family Farm Worth a fortune. I did not shoot my mom and i would never shoot my mom. Two trials. Every emotion hit. Two verdicts. There were only two people who knew what happened that day. One of thems dead and the other one is sitting in that chair. Too much to bear. Its just been a hell on earth. Hello and welcome to dateline. Bill and Shirley Carter built a comfortable life and raised a family on their sprawlin...

>> i did not shoot my mom and i would never shoot my mom. >> two trials. >> every emotion hit. >> two verdicts. >> there were only two people who knew what happened that day. one of thems dead and the other one is sitting in that chair. >> too much to bear. >> its just been a hell on earth. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to "dateline." bill and shirley carter built a comfortable life and raised a family on their sprawling farm in americas heartland. as their g...

Dna, nobody walked in front of a security camera. >> right. >> so, to understand shirley carters death, theyd have to learn more about her life, a back story to a murder. turned out she was a local girl. her dad a grocer, her mother an assistant at a law office. in high school she met bill. whered you go on your first date? >> i took her to the homecoming dance. she was quiet. prettiest thing youd ever seen. >> as bill tells it, they were kids in love, deeply. maybe carelessly. during her sophom...

It, to remember? >> we went to the homecoming dance, she was quiet, produced thing youd ever seen. >> as bill tells it, they were kids in love, deeply, maybe carelessly. during her sophomore year, surely got pregnant. >> we were married, at a very young age. i was 18, i had just turned 18 and she was 16. >> sun, daughter gianna was born, and then came billy, eight years later jason completed the family. with three kids to raise, bill and surely went into farming on a small plot of starter land t...

And shirley went into farming. on a small plot of starter land, they grew some corn and soybeans, then plowed the profits into more prime iowa acreage. shirley loved farming. >> she did everything. >> she just took to it, huh? >> she was a natural. >> she loved, loved being in the tractors. >> reporter: long-time friend and neighbor, irene schulz, said shirley brought a little pizzazz to the fields when she climbed into her custom-made tractor. >> she always put a little bit of makeup on every m...