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>> 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 the jury find the defendant, thomas fallis, not guilty of murder in the second degree and all lesser in...

Bedroom, ashley was alive, but the wounds to her head were catastrophic. the police body camera shows officers kneeling on the floor trying to stabilize her condition. >> all right. grab that. >> paramedics went in and they made a decision to do what's called a load and go. which means they're not going to spend any time doing life support stuff. >> get her on the cot and get her out and go. reporter: ashley's mom, jenna, huddled with her grandchildren in a neighboring bedroom, listened to it all through a closed door. >> is there any way to describe what it was like to be for a mother to be i...

Happened, former deputy brian spencer saw tom roaming around freely with blood and other potential evidence all over him. >> police 101, a very basic thing. any scene that you respond to, you want to treat it as the highest level of what it could possibly be. >> sure, so he would be a suspect. >> he needed to be preserved. he needed to be controlled. >> reporter: but none of that was done at the scene. pretty soon, ashley's parents began to suspect there was a cover-up to protect tom, perhaps the so-called blue wall of silence looking out for a fellow law enforcement officer. it's a hell of an...

>> reporter: it was odd, brian thought, that evans police officers didn't take tom's clothes or bag his hands for gun shot residue. >> he still had evidence on him. and he needed to be preserved. he needed to be controlled. >> he needed to be processed. >> and clothing removed, everything. >> reporter: but that's not what happened. not at all. and soon after ashley was rushed off to the e.r., tom got into the back of a squad car and was driven away. but surprisingly, it would not to the hospital. coming up -- tom tells his story. >> i heard her gun cock. and i looked out, i was like, what ar...

>> reporter: the news of ashley's death spread quickly, the morning after the party. >> i didn't understand what was happening and why because everything was fine that night. >> as much confusing as anything. >> very confusing. she was happy. she didn't seem suicidal. >> reporter: andrea, new friend, co-worker, drinking buddy at the party, couldn't shake a feeling. >> i don't feel like she would have taken her life. tom was the only other person that was there. >> so if it wasn't her, it had to be him. >> right. >> reporter: but, for all their middle of the night questions, the police did not ...