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But surprisingly, not to the hospital. >> coming up -- tom tells his story. >> i heard her gun cocked, and i looked up and i said, what are you doing? >> but police don't seem to believe him. >> the wound on the back of her head isn't what she could do it herself, tom. it is not. >> bull [ bleep ]. >> when dateline continues.
Murderers always move away. >> 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 anybody who listened that they believe their daughter had been murdered. like a local reporter. >> he said, do you mind if i start looking into this? angela and i said, no, go ahead start looking into it. and it didn't take him much. >> the reporter asked around, talked to neighbors. and asked the evans police department to comment on what he heard. and before you know it, the chief announce...
Never once has she ever grabbed her gun, has she ever loaded it, has she ever made this type of gesture whatsoever. >> by this time, while the doctors tried to save ashli, tom had been answering questions for hours. >> i have to ask these questions. that i have to understand -- >> i know, but the problem is that i've been here since forking, what, 2:00 and now it's already 5:00. and i don't know what's going on with my wife. >> but then, the detective noticed something else about tom. >> this scratch mark that's on your chest, what is that? >> where? >> you have like a long read -- >> oh, prob...
Weeks, tom remained free. ashley's parent 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. >> they weren't alone, remember on the night it happened former deputy brian spencer saw tom rolling around freely with blood and other potential evidence all over him. >> police 101 -- very basic thing. any scene that you respond to, you want to treated us the highest leve...
Keith morrison: four years after ashley fallis' death her husband tom was on trial for murder. fallis's death, her husband tom is on trial for murder. dan grossman of nbc denver's affiliate k usa was in the courtroom for opening statements. >> the rooms are packed, you have ashley's parents, they're a lot of family members and uncles. even just people from the public were interested in this case. >> the prosecution's allegation was perfectly clear, tom fallis argued with his wife, and in a fit of rage, shot and killed her. >> and in conclusion of this case, after we've received all of the evid...