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I just wanted her to live. >> i get how frantic you must have been. im not sure i understand the threatening part of that? and i think thats one of the things that ended up getting you in trouble. >> could be. i was like, how do i explain this to you guys? get her help. 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 righ...

>> in the process of transposing numbers from actual measurements at the scene to the crime scene program, numbers were just transposed wrong. >> reporter: 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 out to be. >> reporter: did those incorrectly entered measurements change your opinion of conrad trumans guilt? should they change anyones opinion? >> they didnt change my opinion. >> reporter: nor did it...

Wallace. what went wrong? howd that happen? >> in the process of transposing numbers from actual measurements at the scene to the crime scene program, numbers were just transposed wrong. >> reporter: 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 out to be. >> reporter: did those incorrectly entered measurements change your opinion of conrad trumans guilt? should they change anyones opinion? >> they didn...

Measurements. lead detective tom wallace. >> in the process of transposing numbers, 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 out to be. >> did those incorrectly entered measurements change your opinion of conrads guilt, should they change anyones opinion? >> it didnt change my opinion. >> nor did it change the opinion of the deputy da tim taylor who decided to...

Wallace. what went wrong? howd that happen? >> in the process of transposing numbers from actual measurements at the scene to the crime scene program, numbers were just transposed wrong. >> reporter: 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 out to be. >> reporter: did those incorrectly entered measurements change your opinion of conrad trumans guilt? should they change anyones opinion? >> they didn...

Measurements, lead detective tom wallace. what went wrong? howd that happen? >> in the process of transposing numbers from actual measurements at the scene to the crime scene program, numbers were just transposed wrong. >> reporter: 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 out to be. >> reporter: did those incorrectly entered measurements change your opinion of conrad trumans guilt? should they cha...

I didnt see her that way. >> reporter: did heidys not knowing her father or not knowing who he was, did that make her depressed or sad? >> no, no. >> 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 suspic...

The man whose team took the measurements, lead detective tom wallace. what went wrong? howd that happen? >> in the process of transposing numbers from actual measurements at the scene to the crime scene program, numbers were just transposed wrong. >> reporter: 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 out to be. >> reporter: did those incorrectly entered measurements change your opinion of conrad tr...

The police crosshairs. wallace decided to speak to the officers first on the scene about their experience with conrad. >> everyone felt his behavior is odd. >> hes yelling, but its a violent yelling. hes like, if you dont save her, im going to [ bleep ] killer. >> crook found those threats so alarming, held took out his phone to record them. . >> it could just be the way this guy reacts to trauma. im telling you, it was a red flag at that time. >> also a red flag, conrad was drunk. he admitted h...

Reason is dead, is gone. >> the officers wouldnt give janet any details. only where her daughter had been taken. >> im driving down to the hospital and i make a comment to my daughter. i go, you know, autumn, as hard as it is that we lost heidi, were going to have to be supporting conrad because he must be overwhelmed with grief. >> conrads sister colette was thinking the same thing as she raced to the hospital. >> what kind of condition was your brother in then? >> he was just a total wreck, ju...