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Examiner couldn't satisfactorily explain, but that it was murder? coming up -- the case goes to court and out comes the evidence. >> it would be virtually impossible for somebody to fall asleep and not wake up. >> and later, ryan speaks out at last. so you think they wanted to make a case here? >> why would they arrest me a day after if they didn't want to make a case? >> when the bathtub mystery continues. what?! i'm here to steal your car because, well, that's my job. what? what?? what?! (laughing) what?? what?! what?! [crash] what?! haha, it happens. and if you've got cut-rate car insuran...

House that night. >> ryan widmer purposely killed sarah stewart widmer and murdered her by drowning. >> the prosecutors began with the first moments of the case. ryan's call to 911. >> my wife, she fell asleep in the bathtub, i think. i was downstairs. i came up here and she was laying face down in the bathtub. >> on the stand, the emergency dispatcher testified that the voice was giving more details than normal. >> the caller was rather calm. usually i can't get anything out of them. >> she's in the bathtub? >> the water is draining right now. i was out there watching tv. she falls asleep in ...

Her did you really need it, why did you buy it or something. he thought she was spending too much money. >> he was very concerned about her shopping habits. >> correct. there were still stresses, things going on in their family. >> even the prosecutors had to acknowledge that this didn't necessarily add up to a clear motive for murder. but they believed there were things happening in the little house that no one but sarah or ryan knew about. >> anybody who has been married or in a relationship knows that what goes on behind the closed doors of a marriage is not always apparent to the outside. ...

>> as the coroner saw it, the significant bruising on sarah's neck was caused by ryan's forceful drowning of her. >> do you have an opinion as to the manner of sarah's death? >> yes. the manner of death was homicide. >> and that took prosecutors into the realm of speculation. what had happened in the bedroom that night if sarah hadn't drowned by herself in the bathtub? this forensic pathologist had one scenario explaining a damp head but dry body. >> her head was pushed over the edge of either the bathtub or the sink or the toilet, either forwards or backwards, either into water or under runni...

Guilty of the lesser included offense of murder. >> guilty. the jury had decided that ryan widmer did indeed murder his wife, sarah. >> mr. widmer, is there anything you wish to say? >> the accused, now the convicted, would kiss his wedding ring and then address the court for the first time. he hadn't taken the stand, as was his right. >> i love my wife. i did not hurt her. i was never given a chance. the day after she passes away they charged me with murder. i didn't even -- if i had an answer, i would give the answer to what happened to her, but i can't. i was not in the bathroom with her. >...