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>> could this death have been deliberate? >> she was murdered. >> i love sarah. i would never have hurt her. >> i started crying because i just felt so bad for him. >> theres just no chance he had anything to do with it. >> three trials, three juries. >> were scared that the truth may not come out. hello and welcome to "dateline extra." im craig melvin. sarah and ryan were newlyweds. a young coupled that appears to be deeply in love. sarah mysteriously drowned in their bathtub. ryan claimed it...

>> the bottom line is there would have been water everywhere. if there wasnt, it was cleaned up. if there was a cleanup, then there was something to hide. that was her murder. >> an expert witness for the prosecution spoke to the issue of whether a person can actually fall asleep in a bathtub and drown in a bathtub. her testimony was no, that cant happen. >> it would be virtually impossible for somebody without the influence of drugs or alcohol or something external to fall asleep and not wake u...

Is the jury room. >> said that two or three of the female jurors had home experiments where they had showered and then air dried. >> home experiments. what was that all about? ryan widmer was about to get a break, when the bathtub mystery continues. break, when the bathtub mystery continues. (chime) - [narrator] meet sharks newest robot vacuum. it powerfully cleans from floors to carpets, even pet hair, with ease, and now for cleaning surfaces above the floor, it comes with a built in shark hand...

That raised a question for the jury. is it possible that this young woman who drowned had never been in the tub in the first place? >> the bottom line is there would have been water everywhere. if there wasnt, it was cleaned up. if there was a cleanup, then there was something to hide. that was her murder. >> an expert witness for the prosecution spoke to the issue of whether a person can actually fall asleep in a bathtub and drown in a bathtub. her testimony was no, that cant happen. >> it woul...

>> the day after the attorney filed his motion, his fax machine started humming. it was a letter from a juror. >> he was having problems living with himself. he said it was a moral dilemma to let it go without bringing it to somebodys attention. >> the juror claimed there had been forbidden monkey business during deliberations, over nothing less than the biggest issue in the trial. damp head, dry body. >> he said that two or three of the female jurors had done home experiments where they had sho...

Wet, waters on the floor. >> could this death be deliberate? >> i started crying because i just felts so bad for him. >> theres just no chance he had anything to do with it. >> three trials, three juries. >> were scared that the truth may not come out. >> the bathtub mystery. hello and welcome to dateline extra. im craig melvin. sarah and ryan were newly weds a young couple that appeared to be deeply in love. but less than four months after tying the knot sarah mysteriously drowned in her bathtu...

>> they offered him a plea which they havent done in two trials. >> and he turned it down? >> of course he turned it down, he says im innocent, theres no way i would admit to a plea. why would i admit to something i would never have done that i did not do? >> ryan widmer was gambling that the next jury would acquit him. but his roll of the dice was taking its toll not just on him but on his family as well. ryans mom made headlines when she was stopped for drunk driving. she had pleaded not guilt...

>> i started crying because i just felt so bad for him. >> theres just no chance he had anything to do with it. >> three trials, three juries. >> were scared that the truth may not come out. >> reporter: sometimes the shades are drawn early in a marriage even for a young couple so in love like newlyweds sarah >> reporter: sometimes the everything in life was still fresh. at home on your average monday night. after his workday as a sports planner, ryan says he plopped down on the sofa, on an augu...

My hopes up. >> he may be in prison for 15 years. >> he may be. the appeals process can take forever. >> in fact, as ryan widmer got processed, his case was far from over. the day after the attorney filed his motion, his fax machine spit out some shocking information. as we speak it isnt the end of thing. >> thats correct. >> the fax was a letter from a juror. >> he was having problems living with himself. he said it was a moral dilemma for him to allow it just to go without bringing it up to so...

Choking. three, if for some reason, that didnt, the drop in oxygen would cause you to wake up. >> but maybe sarah hadnt fallen asleep. perhaps she had suffered a catastrophic but perfectly natural event. something to her heart, her brain. the coroner didnt find any. >> any evidence of heart problems? >> no. >> any evidence of brain injury or seizure? >> no. >> one of the amazing things about sarah widmer is that she had regular medical care, for a person her age, she went twice in two years for ...