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Breaking point. liz testified that her hard charging multitasking friend debbie found larss a little too laid back. >> there was always a project and it was taking a long time. >> who was doing the project? >> lars. >> so would it be fair to say she was frustrate with lars? >> yes, sir. >> the prosecutors told the jury this marriage of opposites became too lopsided for lars to handle. >> she took time to play tennis, work was very important, she took time out to go have dinner with friends and f...

Hours. but would it be enough to convince the jury he was innocent? they now faced a decision between murder, man slaughter or not guilty. >> please stand. >> after more than six hours, a verdict. on count one, the murder charge -- >> we tell jury find the defendant not guilty. >> but before anyone in the courtroom had time to react, another verdict. >> guilty of man slaughter as charged -- >> the verdict pleased almost no one. >> no. this cant be. >> for so many on debbies side, it was as if th...

Free on bail, lars understood he was still under the microscope. >> it was difficult. he didnt sleep much. >> watching lars suffer was torture for ken and christie. they knew how much their brother loved debbie and how dark and confusing that house could be at night. >> you felt it was important that we come to the house now. >> yes, i did. >> why? >> because no one realizes how dark it was. >> were here, its around 4:00 in the morning. >> yes, it is. >> this was lars and debbies bedroom. >> the...

Mistake or a killer trying to cover his tracks? that was the central question as the people versus larss itso began in december 2016. the stakes were high. if lars was convicted of murder he could face up to 99 years in prison. if he was convicted of manslaughter as few as 2. >> we never for a second believed that he didnt know who that was standing in front of hem. >> but the prosecutors knew proving intentional murder wouldnt be easy. >> especially in this case though where you have someone sa...

So investigators decided to take an even closer look at the husband who pulled the trigger. >> coming up, lars seemed upset. was he? >> his fits of emotion are only done in front of the detective. theyre not done when hes alone. >> when "date looline" continue. treat mucus buildup early with #1 doctor recommended mucinex 12 hour. the bi-layer tablet immediately releases to thin and loosen excess mucus and lasts for 12 hours. learn more at mucinex.com treat excess mucus with mucinex 12 hour and e...

>> but lars became frantic, hyper ventilating, moaning. >> oh, my love. >> the question, was it for real? >> the way he switched up emotions from when he starts doing cpr, it sounded a lot like mouth breathing. it sounded like overacting. >> and investigators also noticed how lars story evolved over just a few hours. on the 911 call he set the scene this way. >> i dont know what it was. i just -- i seen light, and i heard movement. i thought she was right next to me when i got up out of bed. >> ...

Could easily see at night in their home. >> there was enough light coming through the big windows that i could find my way. >> and debbie was only three feet away when lars shot her. prosecutor carl alexander wanted to show the jury just how close that is. >> that close? >> what was the experience? >> terrifying. im a gun owner. one of the absolute cardinal rules of using a firearm is you do not point the barrel at anything you do not intend to destroy, ever. i knew it was unloaded but in that m...

>> this is the big picture windows. the drapes were never pulled back. >> and just circle where the shooting happened. >> it would have been over here. >> these are the windows the prosecution made such a big deal about. even the curtains are exactly the way they were the morning of the incident. they believed ambient light would have had to have seeped through these windows from neighborhood streets, from homes, even the night sky. >> prosecutors believed that ambient light was enough for lars ...

To hold lars account ble. >> for a term of 15 years. >> 15 years, just a few years shy of the maximum sentence. i spoke with lars at the state pen tent rather in beeville, texas, where he says he carries a photo of debbie in his pocket of his prison uniform. i asked him to describe once again what happens the morning he shot debbie. >> i was awaken in the middle of the night. >> the story sounded familiar at first. but then -- >> and i seen the door closing have been we have been slowly. >> he h...

>> they married soon after at this chapel in arkansas. >> how beautiful did she look on her wedding day. >> the main thing is she looked so happy. that was really important to me. >> debbie and lars embraced the contented rhythms of married life, spending weekends with family, enjoying the outdoors and her dog cody, but after two years together, things started to change. debbie got a coveted promotion to vice president. >> that was going to entail more traveling and a lot more working too. >> bi...