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To go on. that she spent the night masking her pain with alcohol that she planned to dull it further with marijuana after the party. and that's why tom was upset. >> she was vulnerable. he was concerned about her. he didn't want her to add marijuana to this toxic system that was developing inside of ashley fallis. >> reporter: the defense conceded ashley and tom quarrelled that night, but insisted it never got physical. those scratches on tom's chest? the ones the prosecutors believed were proof of a struggle? dna tests never found any evidence to support that. >> you did not find any of ashle...

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 ashley'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 defense put one...

Pulling -- >> yeah. yeah! she did. i'm not lying to you. >> reporter: and when the detective gave a description about the gunshot wound. a description that turned out to be inaccurate. that really set tom off. >> that wound on the back of her head isn't where she could do it herself, tom. it is not. >> oh [ bleep ] >> it is not >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> reporter: and then, quite suddenly, in the middle of it all, completely out of nowhere, the detective made an abrupt declaration. >> and i have to let you know that your wife did not make it. your wife did not make it. she was breathi...

With dateline on camera but said this about the allegations against them -- "the investigation we conducted was thorough and complete. a conclusion of suicide was determined after an exhaustive review and analysis of all evidence -- physical, forensic, and testimonial, by all of the five agencies involved." as for ashley's parents, well, there was nothing more either of them could do, apparently. two years went by, during which tom moved to indiana with the kids and enrolled at a local university. >> and i said to him, "tom, murderers always move away." >> reporter: it was important to ashley'...

Ashley's death spread quickly, the morning ater the party. >> i didn't understand what was happening and why and what -- because everything was fine that -- 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 arrest...