that's where then-detective tom wallace came in. >> there have been a number of theories.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 p