next week because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." i think i was just in shock to find out that she's gone. and the cause is a gunshot wound. you just wonder, how could this happen? it seems very surreal. >> a quiet night at home, shattered by a gunshot. a young wife, dying on the floor. >> she wasn't talking. at all. >> i'm asking, like, conrad,

what happened here? >> i was utterly confused. >> so many different stories about what might have happened. >> he said many things that night. >> maybe, someone could have shot something at the house. >> at one point, he said that there was 80% suicide. >> police had their own theory. >> i thought, oh, man, there's something going on here. >> we don't see a lot of women that commit suicide, naked. >> conrad's stories were not adding up. >> reporter: but something else wasn't adding up, either. a key piece of evidence. >> we went to the house. and we walked in, and we think, ah-ha. >> would a mistaken measurement send an innocent man to prison or free a guilty one? one suspect. so many stories. only one of them could be true. >> something's going to break. and when it does, the truth's going to be known. >> "as night fell." hello and welcome to "dateline"

extra. heidi and conrad truman had a special bond. a deep love. envied by others. but one, tragic evening, a gunshot rang out. and in the blink of an eye, heidi was on the floor, clinging to life. conrad's behavior in the minutes and hours that followed would be hotly debated, for years. detectives would focus on the grieving husband. but were they looking at the wrong man? here's josh markowitz. >> reporter: they seem to inc incongruous. the soaring majesty of the mountains and the story of a beautiful woman, struck down in her youth. it was a lot of things. tragic. crushing. stunning. but was it an accident? or a suicide? or a murder? police felt they knew, but as most cops will tell you, both

the evidence and the jury have their own stories to tell. and the answer's not always so clear. certainly, that is true for this story. and, quite possibly, for the woman at its heart. her name? heidi wagner. >> as the baby, she was favored. everybody loved her. she could do no wrong. >> autumn was one of heidi's four sisters. >> she was just special. you know, she'd walk into the room and she -- she's ready for that good time. >> heidi grew up with no fewer than seven older siblings. >> tell me about her, growing up. >> she was a fun-loving girl. she was rather shy, though, so heidi seemed like an appropriate name. >> heidi's mom, janet. >> the family would get together and we were kind of loud and boisterous and she'd hide her

face. >> make no mistake, heidi was no pushover. >> she was kind of intimidating, actually. for being so small, you wouldn't think so. >> at just 20, heidi started working in the not-entirely feminine gas and chemical industry just outside salt lake city. sandy sanchez was one of heidi's co-workers. >> we worked with hazardous chemicals and gases. crazy things that you wouldn't expect a couple of girls to want to do. >> heidi seemed to thrive. in a workplace that favored hardhats over heels. >> it was dangerous if you didn't follow the rules. in fact, quote from heidi, everything is dangerous. it's just what will kill you the quickest. >> to sandy, heidi became more than just a co-worker. >> i considered her my best friend. she was a person that you knew never stab you in the back. she was the person that you'd knew would always have your back. >> in person, she could be both sweet and salty.

and that caught the attention of one of her colleagues, 25-year-old conrad truman. >> i noticed her, first, in the hallway. >> what'd you think? >> i thought she was cute and i noticed her hardhat and they have a little personality. her stickers. you know, and hers said it's all about me. deal with it. and i was kind of thinking this girl's kind of a feisty girl. >> soon, conrad asked heidi out on a date. >> i'm not that type, usually. i don't get superserious, right off the bat. but it was -- it was almost like we were inseparable, after that. >> that first night? >> yeah. yeah. we would go to the range and shoot in the hills. >> heidi knew how to handle a handgun? >> yes. >> one year into their courtship, conrad decided to pop the question. in true utah form, he chose a mountain on which to do it. >> she have any idea it was coming? >> no. i got on one knee and asked her and she just said yes, right off

the bat. >> she couldn't believe it when her little brother first introduced heidi to the family. >> i was actually really sort of surprised when i first met her. like, how did he land that girl? they just seemed to be such a great match. >> you saw a love and chemistry there. >> oh, it was almost awkward. they were, definitely, an enviable couple. >> a year later came a wedding. >> it was amazing. we went up on a lift, a chair lift, and then all the guests left down these slides. so it was just so them. they said their vows, and he is kind of doing this champion pose like he was just everything was right with the world. >> the enviable couple was just starting out with a future as bright as their smiles. until, that is, a sunday evening in september, 2012. three years after the trumans were married. >> tell me about that day. >> that day was like just like any other day. >> as night fell, heidi decided

to take a bath. conrad said he went to the kitchen to get something to eat. as he fixed himself a sandwich, he said he heard a noise coming from the direction of the bathroom. >> it was like the new year's poppers or the halloween poppers. where you can pull two strings or you can pull one. and confetti and stuff comes out. >> that's when conrad said he turned and saw heidi standing there, in the hallway, naked. >> she wasn't talking. she wasn't talking, at all. she was coughing. she was heaving. >> and she was bleeding. >> she was bleeding out of her nou mouth and her nose. i needed to call 911,

immediately. >> an unimaginably shocking scene. heidi on the kitchen floor in a pool of her own blood. conrad, on the phone, pleading for help. >> it was bad to begin with, and it got so much worse. >> as you will learn, truer words may never have been spoken. >> i'm asking like, conrad, what's going on? >> he said, i don't know what happened. >> everything was just different answers and different theories. different, little things. >> a search for answers and a race to save heidi. >> when "as night fell" continues. >> when "as night fel continues. -daily anoro. ♪ copd tries to say, "go this way." i say, "i'll go my own way, with anoro." ♪ once-daily anoro contains two medicines called bronchodilators that work together to significantly improve lung function all day and all night. do not use anoro if you have asthma.

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something was wrong at the truman house. >> she came out of the shower and i heard a pop. and there's -- there's blood. >> i have officers and paramedics on the way. okay? >> the 911 call came into the

orem, utah, police department at about 11:00 p.m., that september night, back in 2012. >> we got a call of a gunshot wound or some sort of injury. >> sergeant bill crook, now retired, went to the truman home. >> so we all kind of rushed to our cars and headed that direction with lights and sirens. >> reporter: on the other end of the phone was conrad, kneeling on his kitchen floor, covered in blood and consumed by panic. >> it was devastating. it was a nightmare. you can't seen explain it. >> reporter: with one hand, he held the phone. with the other, his bleeding wife. >> it was so hard. when it's your lfboved one like that, i had no -- i just did the best i could to try to keep her breathing. >> reporter: by then, conrad said he realized heidi had been shot in the head. >> when you went to heidi, did you see a gun? >> no. >> reporter: he remembered the pop he had heard. and wondered if a stray bullet might have come through the bathroom window, and hit heidi. >> i was trying to think of the

noise, and how it wasn't very loud. and, you know, maybe, someone could have shot something at the house. >> reporter: it seemed farfetched. but, he said, neighborhood vandals had recently been shooting the back of his house with paintballs. >> i was utterly confused. >> reporter: within minutes, sergeant crook arrived. conrad, by now, had moved to the doorway of his home to wave crook down. >> he had blood on his hands and he was screaming and shrieking. >> conrad led the sergeant through the front door, up the stairs, and then, into a scene straight from a horror movie. >> i could see heidi laying there. she was naked. blood everywhere. just right at the top of the stairs. just this horrific scene. >> what's conrad doing? >> well, he is screaming and he's yelling. >> reporter: and as these police photos make clear, covered in blood. >> i'm asking him, like, conrad, what's going on? what happened here? he said she was in the bathroom. you know, and just, i don't know what happened. everything was just different

answers and different theories. different, little things. >> reporter: right away, crook went to check one of those theories. a stray bullet. perhaps, coming through the bathroom window. >> the window's closed. there's no bullet hole. >> nothing to indicate that anybody fired a shot from outside. >> that's correct. >> reporter: crook returned to the kitchen and that's when he discovered a gun, lying on the kitchen floor. >> what did you think had happened? >> honestly, i didn't know. >> reporter: was this an accident? an attempted suicide? or something far more sinister? at least for now, those answers would have to wait. heidi was clinging to life. >> my focus, at that time, was, honestly, was to help heidi. >> paramedics took heidi to a nearby hospital. conrad followed, in a police cruiser. a dash cam recorded the absolute desperation in his voice. >> this is not happening. this is really not happening. i really don't understand any of this. this is so crazy. >> reporter: about an hour after

conrad arrived, hospital staff delivered the devastating news. heidi wagner-truman could not be saved. >> it was pain. it was misery. it was why? how? >> reporter: in a neighboring town, heidi's mother, janet, would soon agonize over those very same questions. it was after midnight when two police officers came to her door. >> what must that be like? >> the most horrendous thing, ever. and i would never want anybody to have to feel that, and that pain, that agony, of knowing that your daughter, for whatever reason, is dead. is gone. >> reporter: the officers wouldn't give janet any details. only, where her daughter had been taken. >> i am driving down to the hospital. and i make a comment to my daughter. i go, you know, autumn, as hard as it is that we lost heidi, we're going to have to be supporting conrad because he must be overwhelmed with grief.

>> reporter: conrad's sister, collette, was thinking the same thing as she raced to the hospital. >> what kind of condition was your brother in, then? >> he was just a total wreck. just absolutely hysterical. didn't know how it could have happened. >> reporter: no one did. but back at the truman home, sergeant crook had started analyzing the evidence. and was, already, developing a theory. >> i thought, oh, man, there's something going on here. >> you got a feeling. >> i got a feeling, yes. it wasn't just me. everybody was kind of looking around like this -- there's something wrong here. we need a detective. >> coming up. was it an accident? suicide? >> she's completely naked. we don't see a lot of women that commit suicide, naked. that's not common. >> or something else? >> i felt like they thought i did something. >> when "as night fell" continues. >> when "as night fel continues. ♪ sometimes you want to go ♪ where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪ and they're always glad you came ♪

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her kitchen floor, shot in the head? for sure, police were wondering about her husband. after all, conrad truman was in the house when heidi was shot. and there was no evidence of an intruder. >> i felt like they thought i did something. >> reporter: soon after he arrived at the scene, sergeant bill crook did begin to have his suspicions. >> we're telling him, conrad, back off. the paramedics are here. back off. and he wouldn't. >> he was, what, moving around, keeping paramedics from being at the body? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: there were other scenarios that needed to be explored, like accident and suicide. that's where then-detective tom wallace came in. >> there have been a number of theories. we, obviously, are going to exhaust them. that's going to happen. >> the medical examiner didn't make wallace's job any easier. his preliminary finding, heidi's manner of death could not be determined. so, wallace tackled each theory, one by one. accident seemed hard to believe.

thanks to conrad, heidi had firearms experience. >> can you think of any way it could have been an accident? >> no, heidi wouldn't have been so careless. >> reporter: so what about suicide? >> she's completely naked. we don't see a lot of women that commit suicide, naked. that's not common. >> did you find anybody that heidi had spoken to about suicide? or about being depressed? >> no. >> reporter: neither, heidi's mother janet, nor her sister autumn, could imagine taking her own life. >> heidi would never do that. in fact, heidi was against that. she had a friend who committed suicide and she thought it was selfish and, in other words, dumb. >> heidi ever tell you she was depressed? >> no. >> ever act depressed? >> no, she was probably one of my happiest, most upbeat kids. >> that left wallace with homicide and it put conrad back in the police crosshairs. wallace decided to speak to the

officers, first, on the scene about their experience with conrad. >> everyone felt his behavior was odd. >> he is yelling but it's -- it's a violent yelling. he's like, if you don't save her, i'm going to [ bleep ] kill you. >> crook found those threats so alarming, he took out his phone to record them. >> you're going to die. everyone in your life's going to die, if she dies. >> it could just be the way this guy reacts to trauma. but i'm telling you, it was a red flag, at that time. >> also, a red flag. conrad was drunk. he admitted he and heidi had been drinking earlier that night. >> i could see in his eyes the redness. >> red flag number three. conrad told crook he and heidi had been arguing. a minor dustup, he said. no big deal. but enough for heidi to draw a bath and ask to be left alone. >> she went and locked herself in the bathroom. and then, he details how he picked the lock and went in the bathroom. and then, she kicked him out. to me, that's another -- it's -- it's just more proof of there

was an argument, a bigger argument. >> reporter: as for the location of the gun, itself, that, too, was suspicious. >> that gun's how far from heidi? >> oh, i would say eight feet, ten feet, maybe. it's far enough away that it wasn't a normal, like, if she shoots herself and falls to the glou ground type of thing. >> later that morning, police ask conrad to come to the station for more questioning. >> they can say whatever they want but i did not hurt anyone. and i know that. bottom of my heart, i did not hurt my wife. >> heidi's family thought otherwise. after finally learning from police the details of how heidi died. >> the minute i heard how she died, i knew he did it. >> sounds like he had a temper, and he was very intoxicated. and he did something that, perhaps, he didn't plan. i just knew he did it. >> reporter: detective wallace, next, pored over conrad's

statements to police about what happened that night. as wallace saw it, conrad's story went like this. conrad was in the kitchen. heidi was in the bathroom. at some point, conrad heard a pop. and when he turned, he saw heidi standing somewhere between the kitchen and the bathroom hallway, bleeding. >> and he either runs over and catches her. or she falls down. >> reporter: wallace, then, went back to the truman home. making detailed measurements of the kitchen and surrounding rooms. he wanted to see if conrad's story checked out. his conclusion. it did not. >> her body's at the top of the staircase. it doesn't add up that she would have traveled the distance he's saying she would have gone, and then fallen at that location. >> it was hard for wallace to believe heidi could have traveled from the bathroom to the top of the stairs, after sustaining such a severe head wound. >> she would have fallen, immediately, to the ground. >> wallace shared his findings with assistant district attorney craig johnson. johnson agreed. everything pointed to conrad.

>> why would conrad truman want to kill his wife? >> under the circumstances, i'd say the motive was just based on this heat-of-passion argument that they were having. alcohol, a fight, and guns. that's where we got murder. >> reporter: at the same time, johnson was still reluctant to press charges. remember, the state's own medical examiner couldn't say whether heidi's death was a homicide. and johnson knew that would be a huge hurdle in court. >> based on my experience in courts with juries, a medical examiner carries a lot of weight. >> so johnson and wallace showed the me a 96-page powerpoint presentation of all their evidence, including those measurements. hoping something would sway him to homicide. it sounds like one of the things that got the medical examiner to move from inconclusive to homicide was the measurements of

the crime scene suggested that her body was too far from where mr. truman says she had been shot. >> exactly. >> and so, after a ten-month investigation, the orem pd and the da's office arrested conrad truman. and charged him with his wife's murder. >> my mom called me and i fell to the ground crying and so happy that he was finally behind bars. >> going into trial, what'd you think? >> i thought we had a strong, circumstantial case. >> reporter: at trial, the prosecution argued domestic violence, ending in homicide. the defense. self-inflicted gunshot wound. the jury sided with the state. conrad truman was convicted of heidi's murder. >> it was like finally got him. finally, got him. >> and as far as you knew, that was it. >> that was it. >> did you think that was it? >> i did. >> reporter: but if you think

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welcome back to "dateline" extra. i'm craig melvin. the alcohol. the argument. the bizarre threats to detectives at the scene. it was all enough for a jury to find conrad truman guilty of murdering his wife, heidi. but, conrad held firm. he was innocent. he had more to say about it. first, in court. and then, he wanted to talk to us. here, again, is josh markowitz. >> reporter: just more than two years after his wife, heidi's death, conrad truman stood convicted of her murder. he was looking down the barrel of a life sentence, when he returned to a utah courtroom to learn his punishment. this is the moment where some convicted killers ask for mercy because of their difficult lives. or tell the court they've been misunderstood. and, sometimes, of course, they don't speak, at all.

but not conrad truman. >> listen to me, please. i can't say sorry for something i did not do. >> i understood speaking out would make it way worse. but i was like, i don't know. i was like, to hell with this. i need to speak my mind. >> i didn't kill my wife. there's just no way. there'd be some proof, if i really did and i didn't. there's why there is no proof. you know, this is just a big injustice. >> the judge had heard that before. the sentence he imposed? 16 years to life. >> sister collette. >> you want to believe that the things turn out the way that they're supposed to. >> in prison, conrad did what many do, as conrad saw it, the

police rushed to judgment, began precisely when officers first rushed through his front door. >> >> felt like this guy's drinking. so he must have done it. >> this wouldn't be the first time that mixing alcohol, an argument, and a handgun led straight to a prison sentence. >> he and heidi had been drinking and, yes, they had been arguing. but, he said, neither was an explanation for what happened. >> i could have upset her with some of the things i've said. being attentive to her. you know, i do that sometimes when i drink. you know? >> that still doesn't seem like grounds for a gigantic fight. >> no. it got to the point where i think she was -- i upset her.

i was really -- i just know she went to go take a bath. >> which is what she did when she was a little irritated. >> yes. >> conrad, also, shared with us how he picked the bathroom lock. not, he said, to confront heidi but just to apologize. >> she just said get out. and i was luike, okay. and so i just let her be. >> as for conrad's behavior after police arrived at his door. he said he had good reason for acting that way. >> i was trying to save my wife. i don't know. does that make sense? it just -- i just wanted her to live. >> i get how frantic you must have been. i'm not sure i understand the threatening part of that. and i think that's one of the things that ended up getting you in trouble. >> could be. i was like, do i have to -- how do i explain that to you guys? like, get her help. and when you can't explain that to someone, i just started -- i started making threats. >> well, if all that's true, then, why and how did heidi wind up with a bullet in her head?

i think police found it hard to believe that you could be right there, with her, in a very small area. and she's shot and you don't know what happened. >> yeah. maybe, in their heads. in mine, i was just -- i was confused. >> could this be an accident? >> what i say to that is i didn't see it. i don't know what happened. >> but as the months passed, conrad came to the conclusion, heidi may have taken her own life. his wife, he said, wasn't as tough as she appeared. >> was she a sad person? was she a depressed person? >> when she drank a little bit, you could see it come out. it wasn't every time but it did. >> heidi's friend, sandy sanchez, also saw another side to heidi. >> that strong, funny, you know, person, also, had some things inside that were very painful.

>> according to sandy, those things had to do with heidi's upbringing. most significantly, heidi grew up not knowing the identity of her father. >> that really bothered her. you know, she -- she did not know her dad. and she had always wanted that. >> it bugged her, tremendously. >> enough to take her own life? >> had she ever attempted suicide before? >> never, to my knowledge. >> she never talked about it. >> no. >> it's very hard to believe that what was going on in heidi's life at the time, what seemed like a pretty happy marriage to you. she's going to, spur of the moment, decide to commit suicide like that? >> that's a tough question. how do you really know when someone's going to do that, you know? >> as he lived his life behind bars, conrad continued to speculate. he, also, tried to stay hopeful. >> i was just like this is going to work out. it has to cause i didn't -- i didn't do this. >> reporter: conrad's family never gave up on him. so, they scraped together the

money to hire conrad some new attorneys. >> mark and annie looked into the case. to them, it was immediately apparent that there were a lot of problems. >> mark moffett and anne talafero were those attorneys. one of the first things they did was visit what had become the scene of the crime. >> we went to the house and we walked in. and we think, ah-ha. >> within moments of being in that home, we knew, immediately, that there was a huge problem. >> reporter: not a problem for them. more, for the people who had put conrad truman away. >> coming up. is an innocent man in prison for someone's mistake in math? >> we, immediately, started measuring and we knew, right away, that there was a -- a big problem. >> i remember thinking, well, that's strange. that's -- that couldn't be right. >> when "as night fell" continues. ues.ver eaten healthier.

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welcome back. conrad truman was serving a sentence for the murder of his wife, heidi. but he had not given up on himself, yet. and neither had his family. they had just hired new lawyers, and it was the legal team's first visit to the crime scene that confirmed something conrad's sister suspected. this case could not have added up to murder. here, again, is josh markowitz. >> reporter: while conrad truman sat in a utah state prison, marking time, his sister, collette, searched, endlessly, for ways to get him out. >> was there a time when you, or anybody else in your family, thought, maybe, we don't know him as well as we thought we did? >> no. >> he couldn't have killed her? >> not possible. >> reporter: so much about

conrad truman's trial bothered his sister, collette. but one detail, in particular, kept gnawing at her. it had to do with the diagrams used by the state. depicting the area where heidi's body was found. >> i remember thinking, well, that's strange. that's -- that couldn't be right. >> reporter: post-verdict, colle collette shared her concerns with the new attorneys, mark moffett and anne talafero. they decided to visit the home for themselves, to see if the state's diagrams were accurate. we, later, made that same trip with moffett who showed us what they discovered. >> this is the area in question, and it's pretty small. >> it is. it's really small. >> we immediately started measuring, and we knew, right away, that there was a big problem with their diagrams and the measurements. >> reporter: the problem? all those measurements were off. >> instead of 139 inches,

somebody took the figure 139 and interpreted it to be 13.9 feet. 33 inches became 3.3 feet. and on and on and on. >> reporter: according to moffett, those flawed measurements, which were used in court, made the house appear much bigger than it was. >> they used the theme of distance to argue that mr. truman was lying about where he said his wife was, when he heard, what turned out to be, this fatal shot. >> reporter: at trial, the prosecution argued, to believe conrad, you'd have to believe heidi shot herself in the bathroom. and then, walked 12 feet before falling to the floor. and according to the medical examiner, that was impossible. he testified heidi's head wound was so severe, that she could have, at most, walked a step or two. >> this issue of distance was this big issue. >> reporter: but for anne

talafero, seeing the house and just how small it was wproof th prosecution's argument didn't hold up. >> what's more, according to the defense team, conrad never told the police heidi shot herself in the bathroom. instead, he told them i hhe had idea where she was when he heard the shot. >> tell me your theory of what happened here. >> we believe that heidi truman shot herself in this very area. and we believe that she fell right in the area, directly in front of me, on the ground. and that's the very area where she was found when law enforcement entered the home that night. >> reporter: which they, also, said was completely consistent with the m.e.'s testimony that heidi would have fallen after only a step or two. >> she would have gone to the ground, immediately. >> and your argument is she did fall down and she fell right about here. >> yes. that's exactly what our argument is. >> according to moffett, this was not a simple mistake. >> is this just a case of a

small-town police department making some incorrect measurements? or adding up some figures wrong? >> i don't believe so. i believe that they willfully lied to secure a conviction against conrad truman. >> reporter: and for these attorneys, there were more issues with the state's case. one had to do with gunshot residue tests. the defense learned police swabbed both heidi and conrad's hands. but those swabs were never sent to the lab. >> when you have gunshot residue that was never tested, those things matter. >> the defense team decided to test those swabs, themselves. conrad's hands were negative for residue. but there was a question as to whether conrad had washed his hands, before they were tested. so those results were meaningless. >> that's probably why they didn't test, in the first place. >> reporter: as for heidi's swabs, there was no residue on her left hand. but there was, on her right hand. and significantly, heidi was

right handed. >> when you have gunshot residue in a location and in a quantity, that is absolutely consistent with her firing a semiautomatic weapon, one of the possibilities is that she fired a gun. you can't discount that. >> the deeper moffett and talafero got into the case, the more it seemed to them heidi's fatal wound was self-inflicted. they believed the head wound, a contact wound, ruled out homicide. >> a contact gunshot wounds to the right temple are the most common site of self-inflicted gunshot. >> hoping to sway his ruling on the manner of death, once again, just as police did prior to conrad's arrest. >> we gave him a bunch of information. then, he, on his own, with his investigator, went to the home to look at it. >> reporter: and the result was just what they'd asked for.

heidi truman's manner of death, once undetermined, then a homicide, was now, officially, once again, undetermined. it was manna from forensic heaven. >> i've never had a case where this has happened, ever. >> it took another year but conrad truman's conviction was overturned and he was granted a new trial. >> i never even thought that was even a possibility for the medical examiner to change. i never would have thought that. >> is there a part of that you thinks like i can't get my hopes up about that? >> yeah. yeah. that is kpaektexactly how i fel >> i was beyond happy. we were just absolutely over the moon. >> for heidi's family, it was just the opposite. >> we couldn't believe it. >> you thought this was over. >> we thought it was over. we thought this was settled. >> that was a hard, hard, hard moment. we hated it.

we just thought, so, what are they going to come up with, this time? >> reporter: and we know that's what you're thinking, too. >> coming up. a new trial, a new jury, a different verdict? >> did those incorrectly-entered measurements change your opinion of conrad truman's guilt? should they change anyone's opinion? >> they didn't change my opinion. >> there was enough there, beyond a reasonable doubt. >> it was really difficult because why would things work out if it didn't work out the first time. you know what i mean? >> when "as night fell" continues. when "as night fell" continues. did you know that feeling sluggish or weighed down

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conrad's lawyer were ready to argue that heidi took her own life. a witness knew her as long as anyone would tell a different tale. with the conclusion of our story. >> conrad truman had been convicted of murder and already served more than three years. now the revelation of those flawed police measurements lead to conrad truman's new trail. that stunned everyone in the county ua's office. prosecutor, greg johnson. >> the defense would have known. >> that's their take and they're doing their job and they're representing their client, i can tell categorically that's not correct. >> what went wrong?

how did it happen? >> in the process of trans posing number to the program, numbers were transposed wrong. >> it is not as significant as they made it out to be. >> did those incorrect measur m measurement change your opinion? >> they didn't change my opinion. >> nor did it change the opinion of the deputy d.a. tim taylor decided to take on the task himself of prosecuting conrad once again. >> craig had been in the case for a long time so i want a fresh eye. i went through all the evidence and the medical examiner changing his opinion, i felt there was enough to go forward but we knew going into it will be tough. >> at trial, the prosecution case was familiar starting with the officer who testified about

conrad rambling often in coherent description of what happened that night. >> his consistent statements. >> he wit was not making sense e and hard to follow. >> those officers told the jury about conrad's threats. >> he was telling us that we were going too slow and that we need to hurry he's going to kill us. >> if you are making violent threats to people who are trying to help your wife, how are you treating your wahen wife when i only you and her alone. >> heidi was not suicidal. >> did you experience heidi being sad? >> no, i didn't see her that way. >> did heidi not knowing her father and who he was made her

depress or sad? >> no, no. >> conrad's story evolved overtime. immediately following the shooting on the way to the hospital. conrad insisted heidi would never committed suicide. >> i think something shocked her. she would never shoot herself. >> taylor argued it was later after suspicion against conrad that he changed his tune. as for r the gunshot residue on heidi's right hand, taylor called the expert and say it proves nothing. >> the defense attorney tells the journey that before being allowed to wash his hand, conrad pleaded with the police to confirm he had no residue on him. >> test my hand.

i did not shoot a gun. f >> did you wash your hand? >> no, never washed my hands until they said go wash your hands. >> the state's medical examiner shifting opinion on heidi's manner of death only helped them. >> that's your case right there. >> you would think. >> if he has reasonable doubt, hard to argue a jury. >> the medical examiner told the jour ri th jury that in the final analysis, he did not know the manner of the heidi truman's death. >> the cause of death is gunshot wound and the manner of death could not be determined. >> the m.e. testified that in his experience a contact wound like heidi is rare in homicide cases. >> with the gunshot wound would be conflicted of the wound inflicted. >> so you felt pretty good

leading up to the verdict. >> yes, there was enough there beyond. >> conrad was having a much harder time. >> it was really difficult, you know, why would things work out if it did not in the first time. >> eight hours later, the verdict. >> holdup your hands. >> you are not wearing cuffs. >> you are not in custody. >> i am free. >> that's right. this time conrad truman got the verdict he wanted. not guilty. >> conrad just keep on saying did they say not? >> yeah, he just grabbed my arm, are you sure? >> in the courtroom, conrad's family shared tears of joy. >> i was giggling and crying at the same time. >> on the other side of the courtroom, were tears of a different kind. >> you fainted? >> fainted. i could not believe there is a

situation where a long shot happened that he would be free. >> brian christensen said that he and his fellow jurors had no choice but to set him free. >> we felt that he probably did -- >> but you voted to acquit. >> because you had a reasonable doubt. >> those measurements put an innocent man in prison or let a guilty man go free. >> you are right. do i think he got away with murd murder? >> yeah, i do. >> it is frustrating to know that the measurement that was in consequential and ended up freeing him >> what has it been like for your family since then?

>> we are trying to put the pieces together. >> for heidi's family that's easier said than done. >> i miss the things that we had together. i miss the simple conversations. i miss her sa havvyness and her wonderful personality. she was on forever in our hearts. >> conrad is left looking both backward and forward. >> i would do anything to take another day or walk with her. i loved her and i do love her still. >> you got a lot of life left, a lot. how are you going to live it? >> to the best of my abilities. >> there are jurors who said you may have done it but i had reasonable doubt and i could not vote. >> god bless them because there is a lot of people that do believe in me. >> he made his own peace with the simple truth, reasonable doubt could also shadow conrad

truman for the rest of his life. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline extra," i am craig melvin, thank you for watching. ♪ she was more than a high-powered businesswoman. she touched a lot of people's lives. i was devastated. i can't go back there. >> he was rich, she was richer. a lawyer and a tycoon. lavish could not begin to describe it. >> she was flamboyant and the life of a party. >> they know how to live life. then came that deadly night.

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>> she was born in alabama where she survived a difficult childhood. she realized her dreams in atlanta of a place that match her ambition. >> what was she looking for? >> she was looking for success. she was barely out of high school when she worked for a company in atlanta. >> he was a bookkeeper and caught the eye of her boss. >> there were some people working there and did not do their jobs and she told them she could do their job. >> it was back in the '80s when danny joe and diane teaming up. >> she loves numbers. she learned how to wheel and deal. >> she rose through the ranks and with her boss' blessing, became president of the company, hiring and firing and calling

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candidates. >> we had great relationships. >> bill crane is a political commentator and public relations consultant in atlanta and a long time friend of texas. >> he was a gentleman. >> tess was divorced, too. >> they started going out. she enjoys taed talking to him he was too short or old. >> it did not hurt when she had the ranch in atlanta. it had a pool and a gun range and pond and horses and some texas long horn cattle. that's diane. they were there a lot. >> diane is a great hostess, she

was the life at the party. >> november 5th, 2005. everyone at the rehearsal could tell this wedding would be over the top and it was. >> it looked like something out of a disney movie. >> diane came in from horses and brought her this elaborate carry. there were hundreds of people, all aspects of society here, a couple of bands and music singers performed. it was quite a party. >> they both been married before but decided to keep finance separate. nearly a year later, their lives were blessed with a little boy.

a couple of friends asked tess and diane to be god parents to their baby. diane would do anything for that little boy. >> it was the whole thing. >> it is all about our son. >> that was never more obvious than at the birthday bashes that she and text threw for us, an annual exercise in access. >> we love you very much. >> yes, don't we? >> forever and forever. >> three weeks after austin and tess' birthday, they were headed home after a weekend at the ranch. they were driving their ford expedition, virtually identical to this one. they made a shortstop for dinner, today everything

changed. >> after dinner they headed for home, a trip about 45 minutes. tess and diane had a little whine so -- >> probably headed into atlanta on i-20. as we got off to 20, it is just eight lanes of break lights. >> tess was dosing in the backseat as the two women decided to get off the interstates to avoid traffic. >> as we going down the ram, tess became alert. this was a bad area and idea. that's when tess mcguyger made a request of his wife. >> he said darling, will you hand me my gun?

>> it was right in the center consul consult.38 caliber revolver. she reaches down and hands it back to him. >> in minutes they were out and moving to piedmont avenue to the cushier part of town. >> everything was remarkable. >> we were talking about the debate. >> what did he do? >> i thought they goaten back to sleep. >> so i am waiting for r the light to turn and i hear a big explosion within seconds. diane turned around towards the back and said, tess, what did you do? >> he said the gun was charged and she started moving forward and she kind of turned around

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her heart was strong and they're ta taken her up to surgery. >> by then police arrived and they wanted to talk to danny joe outside. >> they took her to headquarters to questioning. she told the police what happened in the car. as she sat there dani jo thinking diane was going to be okay but then -- >> i was sitting alone and i get this text from my husband that diana died. [ cries ]

>> i was devastated. i was -- i could not police chi >> diana was gone. >> how long did you realize that the accident involved something he had done. >> later in the conversation. >> he was emotional on the phone. we were both crying. >> what was it like to break that news? >> it was heartbreaking. >> within our company if you go down the roster of employees, diane had hired most of these

people. and had been the boss to most of these people, it was devastating. >> absolutely. >> diane's company put her picture on the tower. all the while police are trying to figure out what had happened in that car that night. three days after the shooting, tex went to answer questions. maples offered a preview. >> she had the brown plastic bag and he's holding it down like this. >> this is tex's attorney saying the gun was not caught. >> you want to remember that part. tex went after the whole story explaining why he was so scared on that drive he felt he needed

his gun. >> i quickly said that is big mistake. >> that tex said was when he asked for the gun. a few minutes later the threat seemed to pass and he fell back to sleep. >> it is time to wake up and she came to a stop and i was handling the gun, it was in my lap. >> he seemed emotional as he recalls how doctors told him his wife was dead.

>> i actually looked behind me. >> take your time. >> if he kept his mouth shut or just breathe, we would not tell the story. doing nothing? that's not tex mcguyger. coming up. >> tex's comment. he's making this up to get out of the fact that his wife is lost. >> could this be more than an accident? i never saw him cry. >> when "deadly detour" continues." "deadly detour" continues. this selenite grey is so pretty isn't it?

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involved in the shooting. >> social media was reporting a lot of wild rumors. >> yes, they were. >> particularly on facebook. mr. mciver were having an affair with the driver. >> you were not. >> no. >> even having an affair with somebody else? >> i never thought so. >> tex gave a statement to the police. there were questions like why would the gun just go off? >> tex said it happened after the car jolted. >> i drove a day or two, there were plenty of those plates we are so famous many atlanta. >> why in the first place when

tex feel threaten by a homeless encampment where he driven several times before. >> he was thinking of black lives matter and protests in other places that gotten wild. >> he was a little bit of a news junkie and all of that in the headlines. tex said to me i didn't know looking at those people were they homeless people, were they going to carjack us or black live matters protesters but i was concerned. >> that explained to the public why he asked for the gun. he told bill to give that story to the atlanta constitution. did not work as planned. >> tex's comment, he did not know people around the car were some kind of street criminals or a black lives matter protest.

>> he's making this up to get out of the fact that he shot his wife. >> that comment morphed into i saw the black lives matter. >> i never said he said. >> the story of the racial over tone went viral, while tex was fighting to protect his privilege. >> there were no tears. i never saw him cry. >> the company's general council. >> i never heard him say it was a tragic accident, i am so sorry. >> tex looks crushed or crying or sad? >> i didn't detect any of that. >> he was just a matter of fact. >> did his voice break at all? >> i never saw those emotions. what my emotion would be if i had just killed my soul mate or

the love of my life, i don't know if i can tolerate it but he diplom didn't seem to have any problems. >> tex was way too interested how his financial information will change now that diane was dead. >> he asked questions of could he get any of diane's benefits. i was shocked. >> tex's sister said she was flabbergasted. she said he was clearly devastated by diane's death. >> he cried all the time and tears went down his face and he never been the same since. imagine losing your loved ones at your own hands and that's what he had to face. >> perhaps another effort to counter act all the rumors a.

tex decided to take a lie detector test admitted by an examiner that his attorney hired >> diane, we love you and were going to miss you. a month after her death, tex walked into a memorial service for diane. >> we walked in a little place and to the left is her jaguar with the light on it and a red rose on the hood. i am thinking okay. >> they passed diane's car and entered a large room. there is a mannequin with diane's clothes on it. did text noticed the under current in the room? >> dixie sure did. as i am walking around, i noticed that my brother was not

in any of the photographs. he's basically erased from her life. >> no way it is accidental. >> they removed him. >> that was the turning point for me. >> i realized they have turned on him. >> it was a not so subtle shift in attitude for a man once considered diane mciver's lover. this next move will get people talking a little more. >> coming up. luxury for sale. >> the auction. >> another mistake? >> i didn't look. do i have to do this right now? and, that drive. >> when "deadly detour" continues. n "deadly detour" continues. you're clearly someone who takes care of yourself.

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hello, here is what's happening, a black man is hospitalized in serious condition following a police shooting in wisconsin. witnesses say the man trying to break a fight between two women and was tasered and shot several times as we tried to enter the vehicle. a long time advisor, kellyanne conway is leaving her job at the white house to focus on family matters. her husband is also leaving his role. now, back to "dateline." >> with police investigators, rumors flying and old friends becoming suspicious. tex mciver seems to be doubling down. >> tex put diana's clothes for

sale. >> his close friends told him it was a bad idea. >> it does not look good, if you don't have to do this right now, don't do it. >> but, he did. >> never been a mannequin he did not like. >> auction owner ran the sale and he was impressed. >> how many pieces total? >> over 100 jewelry items. >> the fine jewelry. one of them was a pair of diamond studs. >> i heard people lining up to try on the jewel jewelry. >> the notoriety definitely affected the sale. >> did you tell him unloading all of diane's stuff so soon after she died was going to be seen by some people assort of

callo callous? >> i don't think it was callous. >> tex's said it was necessary. some of her belongings raised money for diane's request. >> she left money to people she did not have. the quickest way to raise the cash was to sell her things. >> he could not walk in her closet without crying. we came in and we started inventory. it was massive. it took us weeks. >> diane got a lot of stuff. >> she did in a small space and a storage room. >> tex had nothing to do with any of this. we were in charge. >> between the estate sale and memorial service and non stop rumors, it would have been easy to forget but police are still

quietly investigating diane's death. >> tex mciver was arrested and charged with involuntary murder and reckless misconduct. they also made clear police believed that tex did not mean to kill diane. tex dodged a murder charge but his sister said he did not get that. >> he kept on saying that it was an accident. i said someone died. i don't know what he thought. who knows what was going through his mind at that point. >> tex mciver was relieved on bond. >> diane's friends and colleague wondered if he was charged enough. >> i diplomdn't care what happe to him. >> in the month of diane's

death, tex's behavior became suspicious. >> this is the under path where tex said he became to worry about the homeless people in the area. dani jo says there was no danger. >> just a few minutes later, we came to where they made that faithful stop in the town of atlanta. it was just a stop. >> we were sitting at a red light. >> you know the rest. >> diane was shot and dani jo took off to the hospital. tex was gone. >> at some point a little further up. he told me to slow down and be careful that there may be people out here, walking with baby char carriages. >> his wife is wounded in the front seat by his hand and he's telling you to slow down?

>> yes. >> at the hospital, diane was already in surgery when police showed up. that according to dani jo was tex said the weirdest thing. >> he looked past me and said, i don't trust these guys. i see how these things could go down. you. ed to tell them that you are down here as a friend of the family. >> and not the person driving the car. >> so i lean down again and i said tex, i will just drive you in the emergency room. >> well, they don't know that. i thought well -- what do you mean they don't know that. >> i looked at him and i can't lie. it took my breath away. that's asking many e e to lie.

>> they were now convinced that atlanta police had not done deeply enough. >> this does not make sense. logically, it does not make any sense of what he's saying, something was not right. >> it turns out fulton county prosecutor, rucker was thinking of the same thing. >> there was no malfunction and it was in perfect operating condition. it had 12 pounds required to trigger. >> it is not easy to do. >> it came clear to me that this had to be intentional act. >> diane's colleague gave the da her computer and files hoping rucker would find more evidence. >> that's when the every aleuti motive developed. >> tex was in financial trouble.

>> diane had been working on a new will. >> rucker wanted to find that will. no will turned up but something else did. a lock in tex's conduct. that was a violation in his bond so tex went back to jail. it was according to tex tex's sister, dixie prosperous. >> if you were dpoigoing to kil your wife, is that the way you will do it? >> absolutely an accident. >> coming up, tex mciver on trial. >> devoted husband or desperate spouse? secrets spill out. >> she was telling me on certain terms that you are going to have

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mciver was caring for her husband financially. >> right before the wedding, tex gave him half the ranch and she loan him $300,000. >> diane can take control of the ranch by foreclosing on its. >> with tex near retirement, tex was no longer owning the ranch. >> she was rising while he was falling. >> that created a lot of issues for them. we have e-mail evidence between the two of them where they would discuss these issues and she would tell me on that you were going to have the get your money situation together. >> this is a wife speaking to her husband. >> the state's financial expert

testified that diane's death makes tex a richer man. >> the day after the death, he's worth 5.9 to $6.9 million. >> diane quietly made a new will, the receptionist rachel styles remembers making documents. >> i went back and handed to him and he said thank you so much, this is my new will. >> diane wantsed ed to leave th ranch. >> a more concrete piece of evidence was the 38 that killed diane. prosecutors show the jury the police interview with tex point. >> i handled the gun. it was in my lap. >> a gun expert from from the

georgia burreau investigation told the jury how the gun works. >> if i sit down with it and hol hold it down here in my lap will it go off? >> no. >> if i handle it, would it go off? > >> no. >> it took the prosecution 16 days to make its case. the defense team had a shorter case. they had their hands full who always acted in his best interest. >> was one of your piece advise to hem was please stop talking. >> 100%. >> i won't represent you if you keep on opening your mouth. >> much worser than that. >> amanda clark, the three best

lawyers of georgia using prosecution witnesses to bolster their defense. they got the state's forensics expert to agree in some circumstances, the shooting could be unintentional. >> again, this weapon and the other weapon can be unintentionally discharged. >> it can be. >> tex's attorney pointed out how prosecution witness testified tex and diane were happy together. >> as far as i can tell you it was a good marriage. >> they were very close and affection na affectiona affectionate. >> it was obvious they were in love. >> it was the prosecution witness who knocked down the argument that diane was going to foreclose on the ranch. diane could have done that but

she probably would not have. >> i am not sure if that would ever happened. diane would avoided that, i believe at all cost trying to keep their marriage together. >> for the allegation of the second will, that was easy. >> it does not exist that's why it was never produced. >> the reception testified she never saw the will. >> the prosecutor never did find it and he tried. >> never produced a second will. >> an e.r. doctor called by the prosecution gave one of the most intriguing testimony. she said diane told her the shooting was an accident. >> in the end, he had the gun. >> in her coherent state -- >> the bottom line was the murder scenario itself was absurd. >> we'll drive back to atlanta to our condo and look at and on

the way i am going to shoot my wife through the back of the seat with her best friend sitting there, come on. >> the defense offered a medical reason why tex may have fired the gun when he did not mean to. >> tex had been treated for sleep disorder which caused him to jerk in his sleep, it is called confusional arousal. the defense called for the sleep specialist who had been treating tex for a decade. >> in 2004 did, which comes about him moving his amples arm legs and large amplitude move. while he was dreaming. >> confusional describes a lot of things in this case. the jury hopes closing argument would offer some clarity. they are about to find the muddy

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prosecutor faced the jury with a major jar of mud. >> i am going to make you a promise. >> by the time i get through, i am going to take my seat. this jar is going to be clear. it is going to be clear just like each and every one of your minds will be clear about the guilt of this defendant. >> he drove home the

prosecution's main argument one last time. that accidental shooting? >> listen, black lives matter is not about race. it is about the squjustificatiof having a gun in the backseat. >> the da's jar of mud was far from clear. not a good sign. >> that muddy water said defense attorney don samuel symbolized the state's murky theory. >> we are going to muddy him up. that's their mission. >> bruce harvey says the state's own evidence proves there is no

evidence. >> after 21 days of trial. the jury took over the fate of tex mciver, it became clear that not many jurors were convinced especially when it came to motive. it all boils down to one thing. the gun. >> we got to hold the gun. >> i did the same thing with a similar gun with the help of firearm expert, jeh johnson. >> the hardest thing is guarding the gun. >> once it is cocked, firing it is very easy. >> firing it uncocked requiring more. >> was tex's gun was cocked or

not? >>. >> the jury asked to see the video if tex's police interview. tex's attorney answered the question. the only evidence they could find that the gun was not cocked came from tex's attorney. even that did not do it. after five days of deliberations, the jury sent a message to the judge. the judge refused to accept the deadline and sent them back to deliberate, four hours later, the jury signalled a verdict had been reached. >> tex's sister and his friend sat anxiously on one side and diane's colleagues filled the prosecution's side of the room. the case riveted atlanta have

come to an end. >> not guilty of deliberately murdering diane. >> killing someone while committing a felony. >> possession of a firearm in the course of a felony? >> guilty. >> tried to influence the witness dani jo? guilty. >> tex did not mean to kill diane but he did mean to shoot her. >> when you hear the first guilty count, you are like we got him. we got it. >> tex's was horrified. >> it is a result of a compromise and i think it is just plain wrong. tex's sister is still stunned. >> to think that one moment in

time you lose your wife and you lose your friends and your money and your house, you lose your career and you lose your dignity and you lose your freedom and your future. >> only once did tex mciver spoke in court, he declared how much he missed the food at chick-fil-a and finally his wife diane. >> i know she's here. darling, you brought me more joy and fulfillment. thank you until we are together again. >> tex mciver is serving a life sentence. his attorney is filing a motion

for a free time but at 76 years old, freedom for tex is a long shot. dani jo is okay with that. she misses her friend everyday. >> i loved her. there has been a hole in my heart. i dream about her a lot. i believe in heaven and i think she's in a much better place. was not read dy for her to go. i miss her. everybody does. >> for months, the mciver's ranch stood empty. diane's wedding dress hung there in the closet and along the shrine tex made in her honor. remanence of a marriage that many thought as good as it gets.

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