51-year-old Ruth Pyne is found beaten and stabbed to death in the garage of her home in Highland Township, Michigan. Her immediate family members become the focus of the investigation, and one of them has a questionable alibi. Indirect evidence begins to pile up, and a jury is left with the following question: at what point does circumstantial evidence overcome reasonable doubt?

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Highland Township man faces life in prison if convicted of mother's murder

Dateline The Perfect Family

Jeffrey Pyne murder trial, accused of killing his mother

Pyne's fight for a new trial

Highland Township man faces life in prison if convicted of mother's murder

Valedictorian Murder Trial: Jeffrey Pyne's Girlfriend Takes the Stand

Extra: Holly Freeman takes the stand

Uncut: Jeffrey Pyne found guilty of 2nd degree murder

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