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

>> how certain are you that the voice you're hearing is tom fallis' voice? >> i am 100 percent. >> reporter: there was more. nick's mom, kathy glover, testified that on the night of the shooting, she got a strange phone call from a teenage neighbor around 1:00 a.m. >> she said please tell me you called the police and i said no, i didn't, why? and she said, because your neighbor just shot his wife. and i said, what? and she said, i could hear her screaming get off me get off me. >> reporter: powerful evidence. and then that neighbor testified. but uh-oh. >> do you recall telling kathy glover in...

Seemed all right. they got on fine, until the argument about the marijuana. tom admitted he was furious at ashley's family. said he was trying to protect her and they 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, ...

You have ashley's parents who are there, a lot of family members. aunts, uncles. and even just people from the public were interested in this case. >> reporter: the prosecution's allegation was perfectly clear, tom fallis argued with his wife and in a fit of rage shot and killed her. >> at the conclusion of this case after you've received all of the evidence, you will be convinced, beyond a reasonable doubt, that it is him who pulled the trigger. >> reporter: prosecution witnesses said ashley was in high spirits at her new year's eve party, not at all suicidal. >> she was happy the whole night...

>> the defense put one of her clothe friends on the stand. >> what did you know of ashley having a mental illness? >> i knew she was on medications. we spoke pretty in-depth about that. >> even with medications, the friend testified, ashley had trouble controlling her emotions. >> what kind of emotions did you see her go through? >> depression, mood swings. impulsive behaviors. >> in fact, the defense argued, ashley was so depressed the summer she died, she wrote this letter to tom. >> i have so much pain on the inside, i can no longer take it. i'm sorry to do this to you and the kids, but i f...