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She is deceased. >> dammit. >> reporter: just before 10:00 a.m., police let lars go. ken and kristi remember their younger brother that morning, overwhelmed with grief. >> he was completely hurt -- shattered, you know. he was broken. >> in those hours afterwards, what was he talking about? >> he really wasn't talking. >> he was just in shock. if he opened his mouth, he broke down. >> reporter: across town debbie's tennis friends were out on the court, waiting for her to start that early morning match. >> reporter: one of their husbands came out to tell them about debbie. >> he called me over a...

>> it was dark, sir. >> reporter: no matter how dark it was, how scared he was, how could lars fail to recognize debby three feet away? >> that's your wife. height, weight, shape. how could you not tell that's your wife? >> it was dark. >> do you understand how lame that sounds, lars? >> it's the truth. >> you're 36 inches from a human being, and you can't tell it's your wife. i don't care if it's pitch dark. no room is completely dark. there's ambient light from every room. it may not be much but it's enough to tell the shape otherwise, you wouldn't have fired. you obviously saw something 'ca...

>> reporter: prosecutors karl alexander and leo gonzalez caught the case. >> why did manslaughter fit? >> manslaughter is defined in the texas penal code as causing the death recklessly of an individual. >> essentially, that's what it boils down to. it was somehow somewhat of an accident. >> reporter: lars was released on bail. debbie's parents continued to support him. >> manslaughter is still, in our understanding, would be -- >> an accident. >> and so we go forward from there. >> reporter: but as the days without debbie stretched into weeks, something cooled in their relationship. >> he sta...

>> oh. i was kinda hopin' it would. >> reporter: instead on march 3, 2016, lars itzo was re-arrested. the charge this time, murder. >> coming up -- a very thirsty suspect. >> i enjoy a dr. pepper every now and again. but i don't wanna drink a dr. pepper when my hands are covered in my wife's blood. >> but does that make lars a murderer? when "dateline" continues. for mild-to-moderate eczema, there's eucrisa. it's steroid-free. do not use if you are allergic to eucrisa or its ingredients. allergic reactions may occur at or near the application site. the most common side effect is application si...

And i think that's part of why she didn't take his name. she kept everything separate. >> reporter: including her bank accounts. she never put lars's name on them. >> reporter: this was not about money. >> no, it -- it -- it wasn't. it really has to do with he loved her more than she loved him. >> reporter: when its turn came, the defense said of course lars loved debbie, which is exactly why he did not murder her. lars itzo accidentally shot and killed the love of his life. what he is guilty of is making the most horrific mistake of his entire life. >> reporter: and they called a reluctant su...