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Kaarma said he couldnt see into the garage. but cops talked to the doctors who treated diren, and they examined the shotgun pellet patterns on the garage wall. >> he says he cant see anything. yet hes able to track a moving person in the garage and hits him two out of four times. >> one, two, three, four. >> i didnt believe he was just randomly shooting from right to left. >> and so youre thinking to yourself, this does not look like a justifiable shooting? >> no. at this point, its -- its looki...

Welcome back to "dateline extra." a homeowner was telling a terrifying tale of being victimized in his own home. a tale that ended with the death of a german exchange student. now investigators would try to determine if the homeowners actions were on the right side of the law, or if he crossed the line. we return to josh mankiewicz with "deadly exchange." >> reporter: a high school exchange student from germany had been shot and killed during an apparent burglary inside a neighbors garage in the...

>> no, it doesnt. >> reporter: missoula police department detective guy baker had the case. soon he was interviewing the man whod pulled the trigger. >> hi, markus. >> hello, sir. >> im guy baker. im a detective. >> reporter: the homeowner was markus kaarma. kaarma and his common law wife, janelle pflaeger, had just moved to missoula. they were looking for a quiet, safe and kid-friendly place to raise their child. police spoke with janelle at the scene and recorded their talk with kaarma at the ...

>> blood? you tell me there was blood? i dont know anything about it. what blood? you tell me. >> he tried backing k.c. into a corner about what might be found on k.c.s hard drive. >> the good thing is if theres anything that you ever deleted that you wish you hadnt, we should be able to help you out with that. >> youre hoping hes going to think to himself, okay, everything ive deleted theyre going to see. >> right. >> didnt work. >> didnt work. we were swinging and missing regularly on a daily ...

Police found no weapon, no ax or tool near direns body. the teenager was unarmed. and another red flag. kaarma said he couldnt see into the garage. but cops talked to the doctors who treated diren, and they examined the shotgun pellet patterns on the garage wall. >> he says he cant see anything. yet hes able to track a moving person in the garage and hits him two out of four times. >> one, two, three, four. >> i didnt believe he was just randomly shooting from right to left. >> and so youre thin...

Whod pulled the trigger. >> hi, markus. >> hello, sir. >> im guy baker. im a detective. >> reporter: the homeowner was markus kaarma. kaarma and his common law wife, janelle pflaeger, had just moved to missoula. they were looking for a quiet, safe and kid-friendly place to raise their child. police spoke with janelle at the scene and recorded their talk with kaarma at the station. >> so what we want to talk about is what happened tonight at your house. >> reporter: the couple told investigators ...

Welcome back to "dateline extra." a homeowner was telling a terrifying tale of being victimized in his own home. a tale that ended with the death of a german exchange student. now investigators would try to determine if the homeowners actions were on the right side of the law, or if he crossed the line. we return to josh mankiewicz with "deadly exchange." >> reporter: a high school exchange student from germany had been shot and killed during an apparent burglary inside a neighbors garage in the...

Happen. >> for what? >> for homicide. >> what? >> reporter: seemingly stunned, kaarma borrowed the detectives phone to call janelle. >> babe. >> hi. >> being charged with murder. >> youre joking. >> no. how is that deliberate homicide? >> its just the way the statute reads. >> he was pretty surprised. >> yeah. he was surprised. and he was very emotional at that point. thats the most i saw markus be emotional during this whole investigation. >> reporter: direns host parents had a tangle of emotio...

Extra." a homeowner was telling a terrifying tale of being victimized in his own home. a tale that ended with the death of a german exchange student. now investigators would try to determine if the homeowners actions were on the right side of the law, or if he crossed the line. we return to josh mankiewicz with "deadly exchange." >> reporter: a high school exchange student from germany had been shot and killed during an apparent burglary inside a neighbors garage in the quiet town of missoula, m...

And another red flag. kaarma said he couldnt see into the garage. but cops talked to the doctors who treated diren, and they examined the shotgun pellet patterns on the garage wall. >> he says he cant see anything. yet hes able to track a moving person in the garage and hits him two out of four times. >> one, two, three, four. >> i didnt believe he was just randomly shooting from right to left. >> and so youre thinking to yourself, this does not look like a justifiable shooting? >> no. at this p...