![]() ![]() But when his criminal case finally went to trail in 2019, the jury found Jason Carter not guilty.Īfter his acquittal, Carter filed state and federal lawsuits against Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agent Mark Ludwick, Marion County and its sheriff, Reed Kious, and his father. His father and brother, Bill and Billy Carter, sued him for her wrongful death and won a $10 million verdict in 2017, a decision upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court in March. ![]() Shirley Carter was shot to death in her Marion County home on June 19, 2015, and Jason Carter was charged with murder. Now a federal appellate court has partially revived Jason Carter's lawsuit against the investigators who accused him of the killing. He was ordered by a jury in a civil trial to pay $10 million to his father and brother in the killing. ![]() He was acquitted by a jury in a criminal trial of murdering his mother. Interested in trending Iowa news? Follow on Twitter.Watch Video: Documentary follows Jason Carter murder trial And when I lost her, I meant it: I lost a big part of my life." I mean good years," Bill Carter said. "And she was not only my lover - and I did love her very much - but she was my partner. There the couple stood, together, at the top of Buffalo Bill Dam. The photo Bill Carter clenched Tuesday was from when he and Shirley visited his brother in Cody, Wyoming, in the summer of 2014 - one year before Shirley Carter was killed. He declined to comment further, since the criminal case is pending. Mitch Mortvedt, DCI's assistant director, told the Register late Monday that the agency turned over its criminal investigation to the Marion County attorney before the civil lawsuit began. "The civil trial just added a couple of pieces that we may not have ordinarily gotten through our normal criminal investigation," he said. Watch Video: Shirley Carter murder arrest: Law enforcement agents explain chargeīut Motsinger also said the civil lawsuit trial let investigators know they were prepared to bring criminal charges against Jason Carter. Additionally, the complaint claims he lied under oath about not touching evidence at the scene in which his fingerprints were discovered.Īt a news conference Monday in Knoxville, Iowa DCI special agent Michael Motsinger believes Jason Carter would have been charged even if the jury had ruled in his favor. I went to my knees in their (parking) lot," Bill Carter said.Ī criminal complaint made public Monday claims Jason Carter knew details about Shirley Carter's killing at their home that he couldn't have known unless he was present. I told him I'd like to talk to him sometime, I really would."īill Carter said he was driving in his truck when he received a call from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, where he was told "he needed to get to the sheriff's office as quick as you can," he explained. He's my son," Bill Carter said. "Do you know how hard that was for me to watch him being handcuffed and shackled? He said Tuesday that he still loves his son, but he does not forgive him. Bill Carter sued his son about six months after his wife of 52 years' death because he and other relatives were frustrated that nobody had yet been criminally charged, he's previously said. ![]()
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