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>> he just kept sayin' he wanted debbie back, if he could get her back. it was an accident. he was sorry. >> reporter: investigators, as they worked through the case, looked into the couple's finances. debbie's assets totaled more than a million dollars when she died. her dad was named as the beneficiary on most of her investment accounts. so lars, it seemed, had little to gain by killing her. still, the whispers continued among debbie's friends. who told investigators there was another side to the marriage. >> i know that she was frustrated. >> reporter: even simple things caused tension. liz...

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. nexium 24hr is the number one choice of doctors and pharmacists for their own frequent heartburn. and all day all night protection. when it comes to frequent heartburn, trust nexium 24hr. when you're raising a child... just a little pinch. ...be soft. when you're doing it alone, be strong. thanks, dad....

A loving husband who made a deadly mistake? or a killer trying to cover his tracks? that was the central question as the people vs. lars itzo began in december 2016. the stakes were high. if lars was convicted of murder he could face up to 99 years in prison. if he was convicted of manslaughter, as few as two. >> we never for a second believed that he didn't know who that was standing in front of him. >> reporter: but the prosecutors knew proving intentional murder wouldn't be easy. >> reporter: especially in this case though, where you have someone saying, i did it, i confess, but it was an a...

Opposed to an oh my god moment, "i just shot my wife." >> reporter: but within moments, lars became frantic. >> oh! baby! >> reporter: hyperventilating, moaning. >> oh, my love. >> reporter: the question, was it for real? >> the way he switched up emotions from when he starts doing cpr, it sounded a lot like mouth breathing. >> to me, it sounded like overacting. >> reporter: and investigators also noticed how lars's story evolved over just a few hours, on the 911 call he set the scene this way. >> i seen a light, a flashlight or something i didn't know what it was. i just seen a light and i he...

Warrant criminal charges. and, sure enough 11 days after lars fatally shot debbie, he was charged with manslaughter. >> anything you want to say? >> 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. >> an...