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heidy wagner and conrad truman had a powerful connection. a deep love envied by others. then one fateful night, the young couple was jolted by unforeseen tragedy when heidy was killed by a single john gunshot to the head. in the aftermath, fingers were pointed. but where the aimed at an innocent man? heres josh mankiewicz with "as night fell". >> they seem so in congress. the soaring majesty of utahs wasatch mountains and the story of a beautiful woman, struck down in her youth. it was...

you just wonder how this could happen. it seems very surreal. >> a quiet night at home shattered by a gunshot. >> she came out of the shower and i heard a pop. and theres blood. >> a young life dying on the floor. >> she wasnt talking at all. im asking, what happened here? >> i was utterly confuse. >> so many different stories about what might have happened. >> he said many things that night. >> maybe someone shot something at the house. >> at one point he said it was 80% suicide. >> p...

>> i think something shot her, or some -- because she would never shoot herself. she never shoot herself. >> taylor argued that 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 nothing. >> nobody can identify a shooter are based on the results of this test. that is the major limitation of this test. >> defense attorney mark moffat answered by telling the jury that before...

And when you cant explain that to someone, i just started to make threats. >> well, if all that is true, then why and how did heidy wind up with a bullet in her head? i think police found it hard to believe that you could be right there, with her, in a very small area. and shes shot. and you dont know what happened. >> yeah, maybe in their heads -- in their in mind i was confused. can >> this be an accident? >> what i say to that is i do see. i dont know what happened. >> thats how he felt just ...

Represent their client. but i can tell you categorically, thats not correct. >> just as stunned was the man whose team took the measurements. lead attacked of tom wallace. what went wrong? >> how did that happen? >> in the process of trans posing numbers from actual measurements at the scene to the crime scene program, numbers were just transposed wrong. >> wallace admits the error but says it was minor. that conrad truman did not deserve a new trial. >> its not that significant as they made it ...

What was going on ins life at the time. would seem like a pretty happy marriage to you. shes going to do spur of the moment to decide commits with side like that? >> thats a tough question. its like, how do you really know when someone is going to do that, you know? >> as he left his life behind bars, conrad continue to speculate. he also tried to stay hopeful. >> i was just like, this is going to work out. it has to because i didnt do. this >> conrads family never gave up on him. so, they scrap...

>> it was pain. it is misery. it was why? how? >> 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. that been, that agony of knowing that your daughter, for whatever reason isnt it. is gone. >> the officers wouldnt give it janet any details. only where her daughter had been ta...

Depressed person? >> no. i did it see her that way. >> did heidys not knowing her father are not really knowing who he was, make her depressed or sad? >> no. no. >> 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 some -- because she would never shoot herself. she never shoot herself. >> taylor argued that was only later, after suspicion ag...

About their experience with conrad. >> everyone felt his behavior was on. >> hes yelling but its a violent yelling. hes like, if you dont safer, im going to (bleep) kill you. >> crook found those threat so alarming, he took out his phone to require them. >> you are going to (bleep) die. everyone is in your life is gonna (bleep) die. >> it could be the way this guy reacts to trump. but im telling you, it was a red flag at those times. >> also red flag, was conrad drunk. he admitted he and heidy h...

Thanks to conrad, heidy had firearms experience. can you think and a venue we couldve been an accident? >> no. heidy would it have been so careless. >> so, while about suicide? >> shes completely naked. we dont see a lot of women that commit suicide naked. thats not normal. >> did you find anybody that heidy had spoken to about suicide, or about being depressed? >> no. >> neither heidys mother janet nor her sister autumn, could imagine heidy even thinking about taking her own life. >> would heid...