Bitter Harvest: A Woman's Fury, a Mother's Sacrifice (48 page)

Prairie Village Detective Gary Baker was only one of the homicide detectives assigned to investigate this very puzzling case.

The investigation complete, D.A. Paul Morrison led the prosecution team in a preliminary hearing to determine whether there was enough evidence to bring the defendant to trial.

Johnson Country District Court Judge Peter Ruddick presided over the hearing that could lead to a full-scale trial and a sentence of death.

Former Johnson County D.A. Dennis Moore (right) and his co-counsel, Kevin Moriarty (left), argued that their client, Dr. Debora Green (center), was not guilty of an unspeakable crime: setting the fire that killed her own children.

Dr. Mike Farrar, a scar from recent brain surgery clearly evident on his forehead, testified for hours at the preliminary hearing, detailing the shocking circumstances of his marriage and the cause of his mysterious illness.

Debora rarely showed emotion at the preliminary hearing until the prosecution introduced into evidence photographs of her children who had perished in the fire.

The monument that holds the ashes of Tim and Kelly Farrar, victims of a towering rage and compulsive desire for revenge

Mike and Lissa, on a trip to Mexico in March 1996, began the painful process of healing and the reconstruction of strong and loving father–daughter ties.