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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 laughing, smiling. >> she was dancing with her children, um, interacting with all the guests >> reporter: tom, though? ashley's uncle john testified about tom's sudden blow u...

>> 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 ...

Is going to bleed a lot, and that's not the kind of stain i would expect to see if that's what was occurring. 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...

Closed door. >> is there any way to describe what it was -- what's it -- what it's like f -- for a mother to be in that situation? >> no. your brain does funny things. i just knew that my whole world is -- is never gonna be the same again, ever. >> reporter: outside, brian spencer watched tom pacing back and forth. crying, talking to himself. >> i notice he's wearing a white t-shirt. and he's covered i believe it

His -- his defense attorney, iris eytan, was very emotional. but ashley's parents, they -- they left the courtroom fairly 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 employees of the evans police department and the weld county sheriff's office who they believe falsified, altered, and omitted key evidence to make ashley's death look like a suicide. and despite the verdict, they currently have no plans to drop it. the employees are contesting the lawsuit, an...