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As for his whereabouts at the time of the alleged rape? >> he actually was on the phone and didnt get off the phone until like 6:00 in the morning. we knew he was in greensboro at the time that that call was placed. so to be involved in the rape it just seemed a physical impossibility. >> reporter: then came the results of the rape kit. >> there was no semen on the vaginal swabs and the rectal swabs. nothing that would be conclusive proof that the rape had occurred. >> reporter: and it wasnt the...

New years eve 2011, it was the miscarriage that broke her will to go on. that she spent the night masking her pain with alcohol that she planned to dull it further with marijuana after the party. and thats why tom was upset. >> she was vulnerable. he was concerned about her. he didnt want her to add marijuana to this toxic system that was developing inside of ashley fallis. >> reporter: the defense conceded ashley and tom quarrelled that night, but insisted it never got physical. those scratches...

Worlds top arms exporters and the case has highlighted the impact of german arms manufacturing in conflict regions. the presiding judge said the case was not a tribe you know on german weapons makers but it was the company heckler and koch that was held primarily responsible for the illegal sales of the arms the firm now has to pay a hefty five with these multireligious to use and there was in this judgment illustrates the excesses of weapons exporting in this country thats clear that formal dec...

As for his whereabouts at the time of the alleged rape? >> he actually was on the phone and didnt get off the phone until like 6:00 in the morning. we knew he was in greensboro at the time that that call was placed. so to be involved in the rape it just seemed a physical impossibility. >> reporter: then came the results of the rape kit. >> there was no semen on the vaginal swabs and the rectal swabs. nothing that would be conclusive proof that the rape had occurred. >> reporter: and it wasnt the...

Conrads happened were negative for residue. but there was a question as to whether conrad had washed his hand before they were tested. so those results were meaningless. >> thats probably why they didnt test in the first place. >> as for heidis swabs, there was no residue on her left hand, but there was on her right hand and significantly, heidi was right-handed. >> when have you gunshot residue in a location and in a quantity that is absolutely consistent with her firing a semi automatic weapon...

Found when law enforcement entered the home that night. >> which they also said was completely consistent with the m.e.s testimony that heidi would have fallen after only a step or two. >> she would have gone to the ground immediately. >> your argument is she did fall down? >> exactly. >> and she fell about here? >> yes, thats exactly what our argument is. >> according to moffett, this was not a simple mistake. is this just the case of a small town police department making incorrect statements o...

>> you can think both at that point in time because weve had -- had to wait for toxicology reports to come back to -- to come up with a cause of death. but in the meantime, were -- were thinking -- i would say thinking the worst. until we can disprove that its not a homicide, weve got to treat it as such. >> reporter: crime scene techs worked on toms car and took swabs for clues. while detectives set out to learn more about his movements on the day he died. linda told police the last time she sa...

Bottom on weird and for what its worth, the federal judiciary as a whole is due to run out of money in four days. as of the end of today, the federal government shutdown, were enduring is the second longest one in u.s. history. if the shutdown persists through the end of this week, the u.s. federal court system announced the u.s. federal judiciary will be out of money and will have to triage operations as of friday this week. if the shutdown persists beyond that, if it goes on through saturday, ...

There was one possibility and really only one. sitting at the denver police crime lab were several swabs of traviss dna, which detective nash gurule had obtained when the two talked in texas. >> we needed that obviously quickly to compare it to what had been collected from lydia tillman when she was transported to the hospital. >> but shed been sprayed with bleach and every -- and shed been burned. i mean, was there actually any dna left? >> there actually was. it was pretty amazing. its amazing...

Prove that the attacks were both the work of travis forbes. there was one possibility and really only one. sitting at the denver police crime lab were several swabs of traviss dna, which detective nash gurule had obtained when the two talked in texas. >> we needed that obviously quickly to compare it to what had been collected from lydia tillman when she was transported to the hospital. >> but shed been sprayed with bleach and every -- and shed been burned. i mean, was there actually any dna lef...