Wife of Atlanta Attorney Accused of Killing Husband and Burying His Body
Investigators say the wife of Atlanta commercial real estate lawyer Gary Farris shot and killed her husband and then tried to conceal the crime by burning his body and hiding the remains on their property.
Melody Farris was extradited late Wednesday from Tennessee to Georgia, where she faces charges of malice murder, aggravated assault and concealing a death, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The victim’s body was discovered July 5.
“It took weeks for authorities to determine the extensively burned remains were that of 58-year-old Gary Farris, an attorney for the regional law firm Burr and Forman and the founder of its Atlanta office,” write Chelsea Prince and Christian Boone. “Even after his identity was confirmed by the GBI, sheriff’s investigators were not ready to identify a suspect in his death.”
Read the Journal-Constitution article.
