According to Trysten, Todd suggested Amy go in the house and rest, but asked if on her way she could grab a pet carrier out of a nearby shed. At this point, Trysten said both he and Todd were worried. But a short while later he said Amy suffered another dizzy spell. Trysten asked his mom if she was OK and she insisted that she was. According to Todd, Amy had undergone an outpatient medical procedure a few days earlier and this was her first time up and out of the house. And she got down, and her legs - she was kinda shaky." Todd and Amy Mullis "When she got on a bucket, she had to hold herself from falling off. "She said she was getting dizzy," said Trysten. Then he noticed something was wrong with his mom. Around 9:30 a.m., both Todd and Trysten say they headed to one of the two large barns on the property to prepare for a delivery of baby pigs, and Amy joined them while the two younger kids stayed in the house.Īccording to Trysten, Amy was standing on a bucket cleaning the lights and everything was fine for about 30 to 45 minutes. Todd and his 13-year-old son Trysten were up early to start chores around the family's Iowa hog farm. But did Amy Mullis really fall onto a farm tool as her husband Todd claimed, or was there something more malicious at play? CBS News chief investigative and senior national correspondent Jim Axelrod explores a case for "48 Hours" that had everyone questioning what really happened in "The Corn Rake Murder," airing Saturday, December 4 at 9/8c on CBS and Paramount+.īy several accounts, Saturday, Novembegan like any other morning for the Mullis family. A small Iowa farm community is rocked by the death of a young mother.