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The floor beside her. the shades were down. lars joined them a little past midnight. four hours passed, and then -- >> san antonio 911. >> uh, just -- had a gun shot. >> reporter: what had happened in that texas home? when we return -- >> i thought a heard a burglar in the house. >> reporter: danger in the night. and a confrontation in the dark. >> damn it! oh! baby! when "dateline" continues. help defend against those digestive issues. take phillips' colon health probiotic caps daily with three types of good bacteria. 400 likes? wow! try phillips' colon health.

Dog is barking. >> help me! >> reporter: they found lars standing over debbie's body back by the bedroom. >> lars continues to cry. >> go ahead and back up please. >> reporter: as an officer tended to debbie. lars tried to explain how the shooting happened. >> i thought there was a burglar in my house. i thought there were multiple people in the house. >> okay. did you -- what did you hear? >> i heard voices when i was in bed. >> and where did you hear the voices at? >> up front. >> okay and after you heard the voices what happened? >> i got up. i thought my wife was in bed with me. >> ok. >> ...

>> this was simply a terrible accident. >> when i first met lars, i could see his remorse. and after speaking with him, i said, this man didn't do anything on purpose. >> reporter: the prosecution started off in dramatic fashion. they played lars' 911 call for the jury. >> reporter: as the tape rolled, lars shook and sobbed with his entire body. once again the prosecution wondered, was it real remorse? >> i have small children. i have seen that face before. and it usually involves, just before a dirty diaper. >> reporter: now, that's a first on "dateline." >> he had that expression of bearing ...

♪ >> reporter: as 2015 gave way to 2016, investigators weren't so sure debbie kelly had been happy in her marriage to lars itzo and they took a closer look at the circumstances of her death. >> reporter: they pulled all those recordings from the day of the shooting, examined lars's behavior, his turns of phrase, even things he didn't do. starting with the 911 call. >> reporter: this is lars in the first moments of that call. >> had gun shot. i had thought somebody was in the house -- uh, my wife. >> and you did shot somebody? >> yes ma'am. >> and what is your name, sir? >> my name is lars it...

>> what was he doing when officers were not watching him? >> he sat in this manner. >> sleeping at moments. >> reporter: and sipping his signature drink, dr. pepper. >> reporter: free on bail, lars understood he was still under the microscope. >> it was difficult. >> he didn't sleep much. >> reporter: watching lars suffer was torture for ken and kristi. they knew how much their brother loved debbie and how dark and confusing that house could be at night. >> you felt it was important that we come to the house now. >> yes, i did. >> why? >> because no one realizes how dark it was. >> we're here....