. >> the victim, amber hilberling's 23-year-old husband, josh. >> from day one, i know what happened. i was the only other person there and i will always maintain my innocence. i did not kill my husband. i'll spend the next 25 years proving that if i have to. >> in the immediate aftermath of josh's fatal fall, investigators assumed it was an accident. after questioning amber they charged her with first-degree murder. 21 months later a jury found her guilty of second-degree murder and recommended giving her 25 years in prison. but the final sentencing will be handed down by her judge in three more weeks. whatever her fate, hilberling says the jury got it wrong. court records, however, show the relationship had more than a few problems. the couple married when amber was 19 and josh was 21. almost immediately, they left their friends and family in tulsa behind. >> he had enlisted in the air force. we flew off to alaska where he was stationed. >> amber says the marriage quickly deteriorated. josh started changing, getting very angry very quickly, and it just kind of escalated. nobody can