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>> there was dancing going on and people were having a good time. >> reporter: and ashley seemed to be having a fine time, said andrea. she and tom seemed to be getting along fine? >> they seemed to be getting along fine. >> reporter: that's when ashley and andrea went off into the kitchen had a little party of their own. what were you drinking? >> jungle juice and jell-o shots. >> reporter: i've heard of jell-o shots. but what's jungle juice? >> oh my. >> yeah. i was having a good time. i intended to have a good time. >> reporter: there was one unusual thing, though, said andrea. ashley had j...

>> reporter: but tom wasn't there to hold her hand. tom fallis was at the evans police station, answering questions. >> i don't know what's going on. i have no idea, and that's why i'm asking to speak with you. >> reporter: it was 2:00 a.m. and tom was still wearing blood stained clothes. the ones a sheriff's deputy thought should have already been bagged as evidence. >> how is your relationship with your wife? >> really good. >> reporter: but, said tom, ashley was devastated when she miscarried the very day of her new year's eve party. >> it was hard for ashley, it was hard for me, but i didn...

Something is keeping that blood from reaching that area. >> reporter: and he believed that 'something' was tom fallis. remember, his clothing was drenched with blood. and so priest concluded tom and ashley must have been in close contact when the gun went off. using the prosecutor, he suggested there was a struggle when the shot was fired. >> i can keep blood staining from getting onto the wall, or, or onto the cabinet, and i can lower her, continuing to bleed, onto my shirt to where i get her in this position. >> reporter: the prosecution rested its case. what possible defense could there be?...

About tom. >> the scratch mark that's on your chest. what is that? >> what? >> you have, you have a long red scratch. what is that? >> oh, probably i've been doing this all freaking night. and then -- >> okay. this one was going straight across here. >> oh. i don't know it's just me. >> okay, okay. so it isn't. i just had to ask. >> reporter: the detective left the room and spoke with ashley's parents who'd arrived with the purpose of telling officers just one thing. their daughter did not shoot herself. >> we had just seen her seven minutes before this. she was completely fine. she wouldn't d...

Quickly. >> reporter: ashley's parents declined to talk with dateline after the verdict, but their legal battles are far from over. in 2015, they filed a civil lawsuit against several law enforcement officers of the evans police department, who they believe falsified, altered and omitted key evidence to make ashley's death look like a suicide. and despite the verdict, they continue to pursue it. the law enforcement officers contested the lawsuit and a judge ruled in their favor. dismissing the case. what about ashley's family? can they just accept this and go on? >> i don't think they'll every...