The wife of a prominent Georgia lawyer has been found guilty of murdering her husband and setting his body on fire.

On Monday, November 4, a Cherokee County jury found Melody Farris guilty of murdering her husband Gary Farris, an Atlanta-area attorney, in 2018. She was found guilty on all counts, including including murder with malicious intent, felony murder, aggravated assault, concealment. the death of another and making a false statement, according to FOX 5 Atlanta And WSB-TV.

The 59-year-old mother of four showed no emotion as the verdict was read, video shows.

In July 2018, the couple’s son, Scott Farris, discovered Gary’s remains on the family’s 10-acre farm in Alpharetta, Georgia, in a pile of ashes and called police, according to the News from the Tribune Ledger. Investigators originally believed Gary suffered a medical emergency and fell into the fire himself. After police found a bullet lodged in one of Gary’s ribs, his death was ruled a homicide.

“I walk up and look, and I start to see bones,” Scott said at the start of the trial, describing the moment he discovered his father’s remains, according to FOX 5.

Melody initially told investigators that she never had an extramarital affair, but later changed her statement to say that she had ended an affair with a man named Roy Barton in 2017. Melody was arrested and indicted in Tullahoma, Tennessee, in 2019. Grandstand ledger reported.

During the trial, prosecutors alleged the couple argued over money. One of the couple’s other children, daughter Emily, testified that her mother had another affair in 2009 and that her parents’ relationship was under enormous stress, according to FOX 5. Melody was also the recipient of the Gary’s $2 million life insurance policy, according to Grandstand ledger.

According to the Grand ledger of the Tribune, Prosecutors also showed the jury that there was blood in the couple’s home that flowed from the kitchen, down a flight of stairs and onto the lower level.

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Her son Scott also testified that he thought his mother’s reaction to finding Gary’s body was insincere, telling jurors: “I saw my mother cry hundreds of times throughout my life. life and it seemed wrong to me.”

Meanwhile, Melody’s lawyer alleged that Scott had motive to kill her father and that he often borrowed money from Gary, a point of contention within the family, according to the Grandstand ledger. They also argued that Scott was the only suspect to possess .38 caliber ammunition, the type of bullet found in Gary’s remains.

Scott denied the defense’s claims, testifying that he did not kill Gary and did not help dispose of his body.

Defense attorney Michael Ray previously argued during opening statements in the trial last month that police had a “confirmation bias” throughout the investigation.

“You’re going to see from the evidence in this case, from day one, the investigation by Detective Hayes and every other agent in the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office – even the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the GBI – everything that was done in this case “The case was specifically designed to try to convict Melody for the death of Gary Farris,” Ray argued in October, according to the. Tribune.

Following last week’s closing arguments – during which prosecutors reaffirmed their argument that Melody “committed these crimes with malicious foresight and an abandoned and malignant heart,” according to the Tribune — the jurors deliberated for two days.

Melody is scheduled to be sentenced in December.