Iowa son fights to overturn his father's conviction in mother's murder
Trysten Mullis was 13 when he found his mother Amy Mullis impaled with a corn rake at the family's Iowa farm. In an exclusive interview, the now 21-year-old is speaking out about what he says he witnessed, determined to overturn his father Todd's murder conviction.
Trysten Mullis, now an adult, is fighting to overturn his father Todd's conviction in the murder of his mother Amy. The Mullis family once lived on a 400-acre farm in Iowa, where they grew soybeans, corn, and raised pigs. Trysten, then 13 years old, was with his parents on a November morning in 2018 as they prepared for a shipment of baby pigs.
While helping with the pigs, Trysten noticed his mother Amy looked dizzy and unsteady. Amy, who had recently undergone a minor medical procedure, agreed to get a pet carrier from the red shed outside the barn. Trysten went to retrieve the carrier, only to find his mother on the ground with a corn rake in her back. Despite initial assumptions of it being an accident, Dr. Kelly Kruse, the state medical examiner, determined that Amy's injuries were caused by someone striking her with the rake.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation found evidence suggesting Todd had planned Amy's murder, including Google searches on his iPad about killing cheating wives and unfaithful women.
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