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Heidy's heartbreak. >> she did not know her dad, and she had always wanted that. that really bothered her. >> and conrad truman's hope. >> this is going to work out. it has to because i didn't do this. >> when "dateline" continues. s could save you 15% or more on car insurance." i think we're gonna swap over to "over seventy-five years of savings and service." what, we're just gonna swap over? yep. pump the breaks on this, swap it over to that. pump the breaks, and, uh, swap over? that's right. instead of all this that i've already-? yeah. what are we gonna do with these? keep it at your desk,...

>> 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...

Was suspicious. that gun's how far from heidy? >> oh, i would say eight feet, ten feet maybe. it's far enough away that it wasn't a normal if she shoots herself and falls to the ground type of thing. >> reporter: next morning they ask conrad to come to the station for more questioning. >> they can say whatever they want. but i did not hurt my wife. and i know that. bottom of my heart, i did not hurt my wife. >> reporter: heidy's family thought otherwise. after finally learning from police the details of how heidy died. >> the minute i heard how she died, i knew he did it. >> sounds like he had...

Family sitting behind him including sister colette. >> you want to believe that things turn out the way that they're supposed to. and that's just not always the case. >> reporter: in prison conrad did what many do -- he retraced the steps that led him there. and he thought a lot about the night heidy died. as conrad saw it, the police rush to judgment began precisely when officers first rushed through his front door. >> this guy's drinking, there's firearms in the house. so he must have shot her. >> reporter: why couldn't it be exactly that simple? this wouldn't be the first time that mixing a...

16 years to life. crushing for conrad and his family sitting behind him including sister colette. >> you want to believe that things turn out the way that they're supposed to. and that's just not always the case. >> reporter: in prison conrad did what many do -- he retraced the steps that led him there. and he thought a lot about the night heidy died. as conrad saw it, the police rush to judgment began precisely when officers first rushed through his front door. >> this guy's drinking, there's firearms in the house. so he must have shot her. >> reporter: why couldn't it be exactly that simple?...