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>> 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...

>> 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. it's not -- >> 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 ...

>> 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. >> so when i was in the closet, i heard her gun cock. and i looked out i was like, i was like, "what are you doing?" and before i even had the ...

Into weeks and tom remained free, ashley's parents became convinced that something about the investigation was not right. >> joel and i sat down and said, "look, if for some crazy reason she walked in the house and shot herself and they can show that, we will accept it and support tom." we didn't feel like that was, you know, the case. >> reporter: they weren't alone. remember, on the night it 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 wanna treat...

New investigation. in particular, a neighbor, who was only 15 at the time, and said he heard tom admit to shooting ashley. >> pretty hard to forget, hearing somebody confess their murder and then getting away with it. >> reporter: to prevent any suggestion of taint or coverup, the case was turned over to the nearby fort collins police department. for the next seven months, ficers talked to witnesses, both old and new, and hired experts to re-examine forensic evidence. and when their work was done, weld county da michael rourke decided to assemble a grand jury. >> what i wanna do is i wanna put...