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Her body was too far from where mr. truman said she'd been shot. >> exactly. >> reporter: so after a ten-month investigation, the orem p.d. and the d.a.'s office arrested truman and charged him with his wife's murder. >> my mom called me and i fell to the ground crying and so happy that he was finally behind bars. >> reporter: going into trial, what did you think? >> i thought we had a strong circumstantial case. >> reporter: at trial the prosecution argued domestic violence ending in homicide. the defense, self-inflicted gunshot wound. the jury sided with the state. conrad truman was convicte...

Rescue tests and the location of her head wound. conrad's lawyers were ready to argue that heidy took her own life. but a witness who knew her as long as anybody would tell a different tale. with the conclusion of our story, here's josh mankiewicz. >> conrad truman had been convicted of murder, sentenced to life and had already served more than three years. now, the revelation of those flawed police measurements had led to conrad truman's new trial. that stunned everyone in the utah county d.a.'s office. especially the man responsible for conrad's conviction, prosecutor craig johnson. >> this ...

>> exactly. >> reporter: so after a ten-month investigation, the orem p.d. and the d.a.'s office arrested truman and charged him with murder. >> my mom called me and i fell to the ground crying and so happy that he was finally behind bars. >> reporter: going into trial, what did you think? >> i thought we had a strong circumstantial case. >> reporter: at trial the prosecution argued domestic violence ending in homicide. the defense, self-inflicted gunshot wound. the jury sided with the state. conrad truman was convicted of heidy's murder. >> it was like, finally got him. finally got him. >> re...

Conrad's lawyers were ready to argue that heidi took her own life, but a witness who knew her as long as anyone would tell a different tale. with the conclusion of our story, here's josh. >> conrad truman had been convicted of murder and had already served more than three years. now the revelation of those flawed police measurements had led to conrad truman's new trial. that stunned everyone in the utah county da's office, especially the man responsible for conrad's conviction. >> this took us by surprise. >> the defense says you had to have known. >> that's their take. they're doing their job...

Ten-month investigation, the orem p.d. and the d.a.'s office arrested truman and charged him with murder. >> my mom called me and i fell to the ground crying and so happy that he was finally behind bars. >> reporter: going into trial, what did you think? >> i thought we had a strong circumstantial case. >> reporter: at trial the prosecution argued domestic violence ending in homicide. the defense, self-inflicted gunshot wound. the jury sided with the state. conrad truman was convicted of heidy's murder. >> it was like, finally got him. finally got him. >> reporter: and as far as you knew, that...