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do this on purpose. >> a dark house, a husband witho a gun. a wife dead on the floor. >> make sure that she is still breathing. >> oh, i don't think she is, damn it. >> there was no question who killed her. the mystery was why. >> i hear the door squeaking, and i hear the rumbling and i hear the dog growling. >> how could you not tell that's your wife?ld >> it was dark. >> he just kept saying it was an accident. he said he didn't do anything wrong. >> others disagreed.di >> we never for a second believe that he didn't know who that was standing in front of him. >> was it a tragic mis...

Client and thought the jury would too. >> 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. 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 ...

Mistake or a killer trying to cover his tracks? that was the central question as the people versus lars itso 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 believe he didn't know who that was standing in front of him. >> but the prosecutors knew proving intentional murder wouldn't be easy. >> especially in this case, though. where you have someone saying, i did it. i confess. but it was an accident. i love my wife. >> yeah, we were aware of that....

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 accident, i love my wife. >> yeah, we were -- we were aware of that and we were willi...

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 accid...