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>> reporter: did heidy's not knowing her father or not knowing who he was, did that make her depressed or sad? >> no, no. >> reporter: the prosecutor pointed out, conrad's story evolved over time. immediately following the shooting on the way to the hospital. conrad insisted hide wee never commit suicide. >> i think something shot her or something. because she would never shoot herself. she'd never shoot herself. >> reporter: taylor argued it was only later after suspicion against conrad had mounted that he changed his tune. as for the gunshot residue on heidy's right hand, taylor called an ex...

>> i'm driving down to the hospital, and i make a comment to my daughter. i go, you know, autumn, as hard as it is that we lost heidy, we're going to have to be supporting conrad because he must be overwhelmed with grief. >> reporter: conrad's sister colette was thinking the same thing as she raced to the hospital. what kind of condition was your brother in then? >> he was just a total wreck, just absolutely hysterical. didn't know how it could have happened. >> reporter: no one did. but back at the truman home, sergeant crook had started analyzing the evidence and was already developing a the...

One by one. accident seemed hard to believe. thanks to conrad, heidy had firearms experience. can you think of any way it could have been an accident? >> no. heidy wouldn't have been so careless. >> reporter: so what about suicide? >> she's completely naked. we don't see a lot of women that commit suicide naked. that's not common. >> reporter: did you find anybody that heidy had spoken to about suicide or about being depressed? >> no. >> reporter: neither heidy's mother janet nor her sister autumn could imagine heidy even thinking about taking her own life. >> heidy would never do that. in fac...

>> reporter: defense attorney mark moffat answered by telling the jury that, before being allowed to wash his hands that night, conrad had pleaded with police to confirm he had no residue on them. >> he's telling them, test my hands. test my hands. i didn't shoot a gun. >> reporter: did you wash your hands before saying that to police? >> no, i absolutely not. i never washed my hands until they said, go wash your hands. >> reporter: conrad's attorneys were working hard to establish reasonable doubt, and the state medical examiner's shifting opinion on heidy's manner of death only helped them. ...

Taken. >> i'm driving down to the hospital, and i make a comment to my daughter. i go, you know, autumn, as hard as it is that we lost heidy, we're going to have to be supporting conrad because he must be overwhelmed with grief. >> reporter: conrad's sister colette was thinking the same thing as she raced to the hospital. what kind of condition was your brother in then? >> he was just a total wreck, just absolutely hysterical. didn't know how it could have happened. >> reporter: no one did. but back at the truman home, sergeant crook had started analyzing the evidence and was already developin...