longer. please make sure you let them know every day that i do love them and this was not their fault. suicide expert dr. michael allen studied the letter as well as ashley's medical records and testified about his review. >> do you have an opinion in this case about whether or not ashley salas was at high risk to commit suicide on january 1st, 2012? >> yes. my opinion is that she had many, many risk factors and warning signs. >> remember, detectives had learned years before that ashley had a family history of suicide. both her maternal uncle and her grandmother took their own lives. that, said dr. allen, put ashley at a higher risk for doing the same thing. >> two close family members who had died by suicide would suggest a get this particular propensity for suicide. >> the defense argued that on new year's eve, 2011, it was the