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The courtroom quickly. >> reporter: ashley's parents declined to talk to "dateline" after the verdict. but they filed a civil lawsuit against several law enforcement officers of the evans police department, who may believe falsified and admitted key evidence to make ashley's death look like a suicide. despite the verdict, they didn'ted to pursue the case. but in 2017, a u.s. district court issued a final judgment. what about ashley's family? will they accept it and go on? >> i don't think they will accept it. to say they were distaugraught would be an understatement. they believe that tom kill...

His -- his defense attorney, iris eytan, was very emotional. but ashley's parents, they -- they left the courtroom fairly quickly. >> reporter: ashley's parents declined to talk with dateline after the verdict, but their legal battles are far from over. they filed a civil lawsuit against several employees of the evans police department and the weld county sheriff's office who they believe falsified, altered, and omitted key evidence to make ashley's death look like a suicide. despite the verdict, they continue to pursue the case. in 2017 a final judgment was issued dismissing their claims. >> ...

>> i believe that the story that mr. fallis gave is consistent with the evidence found at the scene. >> reporter: in other words, he thought it was suicide. so, what happened in that moment after midnight? how would a juror decide? >> upon reaching a verdict, you will inform the bailiff, who will in turn notify me. >> reporter: kusa's dan grossman settled in for a bit of a wait. >> this is almost a three-week trial. there's a lot of evidence. you thought that you were looking at coming back the next day to hear the verdict. >> reporter: but, no. less than four hours later, a verdict. >> "we th...

>> reporter: it can't be an easy thing for a juror, imagining a moment he or she didn't see. >> please rise for the jury. >> reporter: and deciding what must have happened. did tom fallis kill his wife ashley in a fit of violent temper, or what? >> tom fallis did not kill his wife and mother of their three children. ashley fallis committed suicide. >> reporter: remember how the prosecution talked of ashey's happy frame of mind? "that ashley was a kind of lie," said the defense. >> ashley fallis was a beautiful woman, but she had a terrible pain inside. she was mentally ill. >> reporter: the de...

"manscaping" to spice up his marriage. he had texts and photos to prove it. >> there's tom fallis when he has hair on his chest, all the way to the left, and on december 17th, 2011, he texted ashley, "there you have it. you get your way, so here it is. thought you might like it." >> reporter: so the scratches, said the defense were because it was itchy. and that's all. as for the so-called witnesses, said the defense, totally unreliable. the one changed her story on the stand, and the other? well, just months after the shooting, young nick glover went camping, of all things, with tom, the very...