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>> reporter: it was important to ashley's parents to remain close to those three kids, so they fought for grandparents' rights and tried, they said, to be civil with tom. but, they also told anyone who would listen that they believed their daughter had been murdered, like a local reporter. >> he said, "do you mind if i start looking into this?" and i said, "j -- joel," and i said, "no, go ahead. start looking into it." and it didn't take him much. >> reporter: the reporter asked around, talked to neighbors, and asked the evans police department to comment on what he heard. and before you knew ...

He had never hit her but he was physical in pushing her. >> reporter: d.a. rourke wanted the jury to hear that tom had a hot temper. that he was volatile. >> anger would've been most obvious motive. >> simply lost his temper? >> anger. >> gun nearby. bang. >> right. >> reporter: to prove it, the witness 'ear-witness'you could say, nick glover, the neighbor whose story was reported on television and helped reopen the case. >> i heard him saying, oh my god what have i done, oh my god what have i done. >> reporter: nick was 15 at the time. he said he remembered crouching down inside his house, un...

>> my impression of it is she already has her beautiful family it seemed like her life was already complete. devastated that she had found out that she had a miscarriage. >> reporter: no tears, andrea said, just a quick, casual, mention and then the conversation moved on. went on to talk about other things. >> went on to talk about other things. probably went and got another -- [ laughter ] >> reporter: jell-o shot. >> jell-o shot. [ laughter ] >> reporter: midnight arrived. there were as there always are, kisses and smiles and toasts. by 12:30, the party was over. >> i gave her a hug. told he...

"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...

>> 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...