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Outages. seismologists warn more could be expected. more news at the top of the hour. welcome back to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. though covered in blood and suspicious scratches, tom fallis insisted he did not harm his wife, that she was the one who pulled the trigger. ashley's parents weren't buying it, but would the police? here again is keith morrison with "after the party." >> reporter: ashley fallis, 28 years old, wife and mother of three was dead. the gunshot wound in her head unsurvivable. it was suicide said her husband tom. >> i didn't shoot my wife. i didn't -- i didn't do this....

That. >> reporter: even with medications, the friend testified, ashley had trouble controlling emotions. >> what kind of mental health issues did you observe ashley fallis going through? >> depression. mood swings. impulsive behaviors. >> reporter: in fact, the defense argued, ashley was so distressed, she wrote this to tom. >> i have to much pain, i can't take it. i find yourself not liking my children. i have to pretend to be happy. i have to pretend to be someone i'm not. please make sure you continue to raise the kids to go to the school we have chosen. i do love them. i can't live this li...

>> that's tom fallis when he has hair on his chest. and on december 17th, 2011, he texted ashley, there you have it. you get your way. here it is. thought you might like it. >> reporter: the scratches, said the defense, because it was itchy. and that's all. as for the one so-called witnesses, to totally unreliable. just months after the shooting, young nick glover, went camping, of all things, the man who confessed to shooting ashley fallis. did you tell anybody you were uncomfortable being there with tom fallis? >> i do not recall. >> reporter: for example, wasn't

Weren't. >> i told ashley, i was like you don't need to get high. i was like if whatever happened today with the miscarriage, i was like it happened. i was like you know what? [ bleep ] your mom, [ bleep ] everybody. >> reporter: so there was no love lost between tom and ashley's parents. that was clear, and tom admitted that he and ashley kept arguing as they got ready for bed, and then he turned around and went to the closet, he said, and it was all over. >> when i was in the closet, i heard her gun cock and i looked up. i was like what are you doing? and before i even had a chance to finish...

Th then. >> please help me! >> reporter: her death was ruled a suicide, but not everyone agreed. >> i always was afraid he was going to hurt her, always. always. >> reporter: did a fight that night lead to something much worse? >> i knew that ashley wouldn't take her own life. >> reporter: a troubled woman, or a troubled marriage. >> that wound on the back of her head isn't where she could do it herself, tom. it is not. it is not. >> reporter: suicide or murder? >> i didn't do this. >> i just knew that my whole world is never going to be the same again ever. >> hello and welcome to "dateline."...