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Heidy 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 years poppers or the halloween poppers where you can pull two strings or you can pull one and confetti and stuff comes out. >> reporter: thats when conrad said he turned and saw heidy standing there in the hallway naked. >> she wasnt talking. she wasnt talking at all. she was coughing, ...

Conrad arrived, hospital staff delivered the devastating news. heidy wagner truman could not be saved. >> it was pain, it was misery. it was why, how? >> reporter: in a neighboring town heidys 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 whatev...

About their experience with conrad. >> everyone felt his behavior was odd. >> hes yelling, but its a violent yelling. hes like, if you dont save her, im going to [ bleep ] kill you. >> reporter: crook found those threats so alarming, he took out his phone to record them. >> youre gonna [ bleep ] die and everyone in your life is going to die if she dies. >> it could be the way this guy reacts to trauma, but im telling you it was a red flag at the time. >> reporter: also a red flag conrad was drun...

But not conrad truman. >> listen to me, please. i cant say sorry for something i did not do. i understood speaking out would make it way worse, that i was like -- i dont know. i was like to hell with this. i need to speak my mind. i didnt kill my wife. theres just no way. if there was proof and i didnt. thats why there is no proof. you know, this is just a big injustice. >> reporter: the judge had heard that before. the sentence he imposed? 16 years to life. crushing for conrad and his family si...

Thanks to conrad, heidy had firearms experience. can you think of any way it could have been an accident? >> no. heidy wouldnt have been so careless. >> reporter: so what about suicide? >> shes completely naked. we dont see a lot of women that commit suicide naked. thats not common. >> reporter: did you find anybody that heidy had spoken to about suicide or about being depressed? >> no. >> reporter: neither heidys mother janet nor her sister autumn could imagine heidy even thinking about taking ...

>> reporter: the prosecutor pointed out, conrads story evolved over time. immediately following the shooting on the way to the hospital, conrad insisted heidy would never commit suicide. >> i think something shot her or something. because she would never shoot herself. shed never shoot herself. >> reporter: taylor argued it was only later after suspicion against conrad had mounted that he changed his tune. as for the gunshot residue on heidys right hand, taylor called an expert to say it proved ...

Accident seemed hard to believe. thanks to conrad, heidy had firearms experience. can you think of any way it could have been an accident? >> no. heidy wouldnt have been so careless. >> reporter: so what about suicide? >> shes completely naked. we dont see a lot of women that commit suicide naked. thats not common. >> reporter: did you find anybody that heidy had spoken to about suicide or about being depressed? >> no. >> reporter: neither heidys mother janet nor her sister autumn could imagine ...

I cant say sorry for something i did not do. i understood speaking out would make it way worse, that i was like -- i dont know. i was like to hell with this. i need to speak my mind. i didnt kill my wife. theres just no way. there would be some proof, i would think. and i didnt. thats why there is no proof. you know, this is just a big injustice. >> reporter: the judge had heard that before. the sentence he imposed? 16 years to life. crushing for conrad and his family sitting behind him includin...

Conrad arrived, hospital staff delivered the devastating news. heidy wagner truman could not be saved. >> it was pain, it was misery. it was, why? how? >> reporter: in a neighboring town, heidys 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 what...

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 years poppers or the halloween poppers where you can pull two strings or you can pull one and confetti and stuff comes out. >> reporter: thats when conrad said he turned and saw heidy standing there in the hallway naked. >> she wasnt talking. she wasnt talking at all. she was coughing. she was heaving. >> reporter: ...