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What happened here . I was utterly confused. So many different stories about what might have happened. He said many things that night. Maybe, someone could have shot something at the house. At one point, he said that there was 80 suicide. Police had their own theory. I thought, oh, man, theres something going on here. We dont see a lot of women that commit suicide, naked. Conrads stories were not adding up. Reporter but Something Else wasnt adding up, either. A key piece of evidence. We went to the house. And we walked in, and we think, ahha. Would a mistaken measurement send an innocent man to prison or free a guilty one . One suspect. So many stories. Only one of them could be true. Somethings going to break. And when it does, the truths going to be known. As night fell. Hello and welcome to dateline extra. Heidi and Conrad Truman had a special bond. A deep love. Envied by others. But one, tragic evening, a gunshot rang out. And in the blink of an eye, heidi was on the floor, clinging to life. Conrads behavior in the minutes and hours that followed would be hotly debated, for years. Detectives would focus on the grieving husband. But were they looking at the wrong man . Heres josh markowitz. Reporter they seem to inc incongruous. The soaring majesty of the mountains and the story of a beautiful woman, struck down in her youth. It was a lot of things. Tragic. Crushing. Stunning. But was it an accident . Or a suicide . Or a murder . Police felt they knew, but as most cops will tell you, both the evidence and the jury have their own stories to tell. And the answers not always so clear. Certainly, that is true for this story. And, quite possibly, for the woman at its heart. Her name . Heidi wagner. As the baby, she was favored. Everybody loved her. She could do no wrong. Autumn was one of heidis four sisters. She was just special. You know, shed walk into the room and she shes ready for that good time. Heidi grew up with no fewer than seven older siblings. Tell me about her, growing up. She was a funloving girl. She was rather shy, though, so heidi seemed like an appropriate name. Heidis mom, janet. The family would get together and we were kind of loud and boisterous and shed hide her face. Make no mistake, heidi was no pushover. She was kind of intimidating, actually. For being so small, you wouldnt think so. At just 20, heidi started working in the notentirely feminine gas and Chemical Industry just outside salt lake city. Sandy sanchez was one of heidis coworkers. We worked with hazardous chemicals and gases. Crazy things that you wouldnt expect a couple of girls to want to do. Heidi seemed to thrive. In a workplace that favored hardhats over heels. It was dangerous if you didnt follow the rules. In fact, quote from heidi, everything is dangerous. Its just what will kill you the quickest. To sandy, heidi became more than just a coworker. I considered her my best friend. She was a person that you knew never stab you in the back. She was the person that youd knew would always have your back. In person, she could be both sweet and salty. And that caught the attention of one of her colleagues, 25yearold Conrad Truman. I noticed her, first, in the hallway. Whatd you think . I thought she was cute and i noticed her hardhat and they have a little personality. Her stickers. You know, and hers said its all about me. Deal with it. And i was kind of thinking this girls kind of a feisty girl. Soon, conrad asked heidi out on a date. Im not that type, usually. I dont get superserious, right off the bat. But it was it was almost like we were inseparable, after that. That first night . Yeah. Yeah. We would go to the range and shoot in the hills. Heidi knew how to handle a handgun . Yes. One year into their courtship, conrad decided to pop the question. In true utah form, he chose a mountain on which to do it. She have any idea it was coming . No. I got on one knee and asked her and she just said yes, right off the bat. She couldnt believe it when her little brother first introduced heidi to the family. I was actually really sort of surprised when i first met her. Like, how did he land that girl . They just seemed to be such a great match. You saw a love and chemistry there. Oh, it was almost awkward. They were, definitely, an enviable couple. A year later came a wedding. It was amazing. We went up on a lift, a chair lift, and then all the guests left down these slides. So it was just so them. They said their vows, and he is kind of doing this champion pose like he was just everything was right with the world. The enviable couple was just starting out with a future as bright as their smiles. Until, that is, a sunday evening in september, 2012. Three years after the trumans were married. Tell me about that day. That day was like just like any other day. As night fell, heidi decided to take a bath. Conrad said he went to the kitchen to get something to eat. As he fixed himself a sandwich, he said he heard a noise coming from the direction of the bathroom. It was like the new years poppers or the halloween poppers. Where you can pull two strings or you can pull one. And confetti and stuff comes out. Thats when conrad said he turned and saw heidi standing there, in the hallway, naked. She wasnt talking. She wasnt talking, at all. She was coughing. She was heaving. And she was bleeding. She was bleeding out of her nou mouth and her nose. I needed to call 911, immediately. An unimaginably shocking scene. Heidi on the Kitchen Floor in a pool of her own blood. Conrad, on the phone, pleading for help. It was bad to begin with, and it got so much worse. As you will learn, truer words may never have been spoken. Im asking like, conrad, whats going on . He said, i dont know what happened. Everything was just different answers and different theories. Different, little things. 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Reporter on the other end of the phone was conrad, kneeling on his Kitchen Floor, covered in blood and consumed by panic. It was devastating. It was a nightmare. You cant seen explain it. Reporter with one hand, he held the phone. With the other, his bleeding wife. It was so hard. When its your lfboved one like that, i had no i just did the best i could to try to keep her breathing. Reporter by then, conrad said he realized heidi had been shot in the head. When you went to heidi, did you see a gun . No. Reporter he remembered the pop he had heard. And wondered if a stray bullet might have come through the bathroom window, and hit heidi. I was trying to think of the noise, and how it wasnt very loud. And, you know, maybe, someone could have shot something at the house. Reporter it seemed farfetched. But, he said, neighborhood vandals had recently been shooting the back of his house with paintballs. I was utterly confused. Reporter within minutes, sergeant crook arrived. Conrad, by now, had moved to the doorway of his home to wave crook down. He had blood on his hands and he was screaming and shrieking. Conrad led the sergeant through the front door, up the stairs, and then, into a scene straight from a horror movie. I could see heidi laying there. She was naked. Blood everywhere. Just right at the top of the stairs. Just this horrific scene. Whats conrad doing . Well, he is screaming and hes yelling. Reporter and as these Police Photos make clear, covered in blood. Im asking him, like, conrad, whats going on . What happened here . He said she was in the bathroom. You know, and just, i dont know what happened. Everything was just different answers and different theories. Different, little things. Reporter right away, crook went to check one of those theories. A stray bullet. Perhaps, coming through the bathroom window. The windows closed. Theres no bullet hole. Nothing to indicate that anybody fired a shot from outside. Thats correct. Reporter crook returned to the kitchen and thats when he discovered a gun, lying on the Kitchen Floor. What did you think had happened . Honestly, i didnt know. Reporter was this an accident . An attempted suicide . Or something far more sinister . At least for now, those answers would have to wait. Heidi was clinging to life. My focus, at that time, was, honestly, was to help heidi. Paramedics took heidi to a nearby hospital. Conrad followed, in a police cruiser. A dash cam recorded the absolute desperation in his voice. This is not happening. This is really not happening. I really dont understand any of this. This is so crazy. Reporter about an hour after conrad arrived, hospital staff delivered the devastating news. Heidi wagnertruman could not be saved. It was pain. It was misery. It was why . How . Reporter in a neighboring town, heidis mother, janet, would soon agonize over those very same questions. It was after midnight when two Police Officers came to her door. What must that be like . The most horrendous thing, ever. And i would never want anybody to have to feel that, and that pain, that agony, of knowing that your daughter, for whatever reason, is dead. Is gone. Reporter the officers wouldnt give janet any details. Only, where her daughter had been taken. I am driving down to the hospital. And i make a comment to my daughter. I go, you know, autumn, as hard as it is that we lost heidi, were going to have to be supporting conrad because he must be overwhelmed with grief. Reporter conrads sister, collette, was thinking the same thing as she raced to the hospital. What kind of condition was your brother in, then . He was just a total wreck. Just absolutely hysterical. Didnt know how it could have happened. Reporter no one did. But back at the truman home, sergeant crook had started analyzing the evidence. And was, already, developing a theory. I thought, oh, man, theres something going on here. You got a feeling. I got a feeling, yes. It wasnt just me. Everybody was kind of looking around like this theres something wrong here. We need a detective. Coming up. Was it an accident . Suicide . Shes completely naked. We dont see a lot of women that commit suicide, naked. Thats not common. Or Something Else . I felt like they thought i did something. When as night fell continues. When as night fel continues. Sometimes you want to go where Everybody Knows your name and theyre always glad you came applebees. Now thats eating good in the neighborhood. Tempurpedics mission truly transformative sleep. So, no more tossing and turning. Because only tempurpedics proprietary material adapts and responds to your body so you get deep, uninterrupted sleep. Take advantage of our best offer of the year, with savings up to 500. What if the store took back all the brats you didnt eat at the end of the month the way some Wireless Companies take back your data . That would be weird. Tracfone wireless gives you unlimited carryover data. 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But im sure whatever youve been working on is equally impressive. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum as the sun inched above the mountains, questions swirled at their base. How did heidi truman wind up on her Kitchen Floor, shot in the head . For sure, police were wondering about her husband. After all, Conrad Truman was in the house when heidi was shot. And there was no evidence of an intruder. I felt like they thought i did something. Reporter soon after he arrived at the scene, sergeant bill crook did begin to have his suspicions. Were telling him, conrad, back off. The paramedics are here. Back off. And he wouldnt. He was, what, moving around, keeping paramedics from being at the body . Yes, sir. Reporter there were other scenarios that needed to be explored, like accident and suicide. Thats where thendetective tom wallace came in. There have been a number of theories. We, obviously, are going to exhaust them. Thats going to happen. The medical examiner didnt make wallaces job any easier. His preliminary finding, heidis manner of death could not be determined. So, wallace tackled each theory, one by one. Accident seemed hard to believe. Thanks to conrad, heidi had firearms experience. Can you think of any way it could have been an accident . No, heidi wouldnt have been so careless. Reporter so what about suicide . Shes completely naked. We dont see a lot of women that commit suicide, naked. Thats not common. Did you find anybody that heidi had spoken to about suicide . Or about being depressed . No. Reporter neither, heidis mother janet, nor her sister autumn, could imagine taking her own life. Heidi would never do that. In fact, heidi was against that. She had a friend who committed suicide and she thought it was selfish and, in other words, dumb. Heidi ever tell you she was depressed . No. Ever act depressed . No, she was probably one of my happiest, most upbeat kids. That left wallace with homicide and it put conrad back in the police crosshairs. Wallace decided to speak to the officers, first, on the scene about their experience with conrad. Everyone felt his behavior was odd. He is yelling but its its a violent yelling. Hes like, if you dont save her, im going to [ bleep ] kill you. Crook found those threats so alarming, he took out his phone to record them. Youre going to die. Everyone in your lifes going to die, if she dies. It could just be the way this guy reacts to trauma. But im telling you, it was a red flag, at that time. Also, a red flag. Conrad was drunk. He admitted he and heidi had been drinking earlier that night. I could see in his eyes the redness. Red flag number three. Conrad told crook he and heidi had been arguing. A minor dustup, he said. No big deal. But enough for heidi to draw a bath and ask to be left alone. She went and locked herself in the bathroom. And then, he details how he picked the lock and went in the bathroom. And then, she kicked him out. To me, thats another its its just more proof of there was an argument, a bigger argument. Reporter as for the location of the gun, itself, that, too, was suspicious. That guns how far from heidi . Oh, i would say eight feet, ten feet, maybe. Its far enough away that it wasnt a normal, like, if she shoots herself and falls to the glou ground type of thing. Later that morning, police ask conrad to come to the station for more questioning. They can say whatever they want but i did not hurt anyone. And i know that. Bottom of my heart, i did not hurt my wife. Heidis family thought otherwise. After finally learning from police the details of how heidi died. The minute i heard how she died, i knew he did it. Sounds like he had a temper, and he was very intoxicated. And he did something that, perhaps, he didnt plan. I just knew he did it. Reporter detective wallace, next, pored over conrads statements to police about what happened that night. As wallace saw it, conrads story went like this. Conrad was in the kitchen. Heidi was in the bathroom. At some point, conrad heard a pop. And when he turned, he saw heidi standing somewhere between the kitchen and the bathroom hallway, bleeding. And he either runs over and catches her. Or she falls down. Reporter wallace, then, went back to the truman home. Making detailed measurements of the kitchen and surrounding rooms. He wanted to see if conrads story checked out. His conclusion. It did not. Her bodys at the top of the staircase. It doesnt add up that she would have traveled the distance hes saying she would have gone, and then fallen at that location. It was hard for wallace to believe heidi could have traveled from the bathroom to the top of the stairs, after sustaining such a severe head wound. She would have fallen, immediately, to the ground. Wallace shared his findings with assistant District Attorney craig johnson. Johnson agreed. Everything pointed to conrad. Why would Conrad Truman want to kill his wife . Under the circumstances, id say the motive was just based on this heatofpassion argument that they were having. Alcohol, a fight, and guns. Thats where we got murder. Reporter at the same time, johnson was still reluctant to press charges. Remember, the states own medical examiner couldnt say whether heidis death was a homicide. And johnson knew that would be a huge hurdle in court. Based on my experience in courts with juries, a medical examiner carries a lot of weight. So johnson and wallace showed the me a 96page Powerpoint Presentation of all their evidence, including those measurements. Hoping something would sway him to homicide. It sounds like one of the things that got the medical examiner to move from inconclusive to homicide was the measurements of the crime scene suggested that her body was too far from where mr. Truman says she had been shot. Exactly. And so, after a tenmonth investigation, the orem pd and the das office arrested Conrad Truman. And charged him with his wifes murder. My mom called me and i fell to the ground crying and so happy that he was finally behind bars. Going into trial, whatd you think . I thought we had a strong, circumstantial case. Reporter at trial, the prosecution argued domestic violence, ending in homicide. The defense. Selfinflicted gunshot wound. The jury sided with the state. Conrad truman was convicted of heidis murder. It was like finally got him. Finally, got him. And as far as you knew, that was it. That was it. Did you think that was it . I did. Reporter but if you think that was it, well then, you havent been watching enough dateline. Coming up. Heidis heartbreak. She did not know her dad, and she had always wanted that. That really bothered her. And Conrad Trumans hope. This is going to work out. It has to because i didnt i didnt do this. When as night fell continues. 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While Tropical Storm laura could hit the gulf coast by midweek. Now, back to dateline extra. L. Welcome back to dateline extra. Im craig melvin. The alcohol. The argument. The bizarre threats to detectives at the scene. It was all enough for a jury to find Conrad Truman guilty of murdering his wife, heidi. But, conrad held firm. He was innocent. He had more to say about it. First, in court. And then, he wanted to talk to us. Here, again, is josh markowitz. Reporter just more than two years after his wife, heidis death, Conrad Truman stood convicted of her murder. He was looking down the barrel of a life sentence, when he returned to a utah courtroom to learn his punishment. This is the moment where some convicted killers ask for mercy because of their difficult lives. Or tell the court theyve been misunderstood. And, sometimes, of course, they dont speak, at all. But not Conrad Truman. Listen to me, please. I cant say sorry for something i did not do. I understood speaking out would make it way worse. But i was like, i dont know. I was like, to hell with this. I need to speak my mind. I didnt kill my wife. Theres just no way. Thered be some proof, if i really did and i didnt. Theres why there is no proof. You know, this is just a big injustice. The judge had heard that before. The sentence he imposed . 16 years to life. Sister collette. You want to believe that the things turn out the way that theyre supposed to. In prison, conrad did what many do, as conrad saw it, the Police Rushed to judgment, began precisely when officers first rushed through his front door. Felt like this guys drinking. So he must have done it. This wouldnt be the first time that mixing alcohol, an argument, and a handgun led straight to a prison sentence. He and heidi had been drinking and, yes, they had been arguing. But, he said, neither was an explanation for what happened. I could have upset her with some of the things ive said. Being attentive to her. You know, i do that sometimes when i drink. You know . That still doesnt seem like grounds for a gigantic fight. No. It got to the point where i think she was i upset her. I was really i just know she went to go take a bath. Which is what she did when she was a little irritated. Yes. Conrad, also, shared with us how he picked the bathroom lock. Not, he said, to confront heidi but just to apologize. She just said get out. And i was luike, okay. And so i just let her be. As for conrads behavior after Police Arrived at his door. He said he had good reason for acting that way. I was trying to save my wife. I dont know. Does that make sense . It just i just wanted her to live. I get how frantic you must have been. Im not sure i understand the threatening part of that. And i think thats one of the things that ended up getting you in trouble. Could be. I was like, do i have to how do i explain that to you guys . Like, get her help. And when you cant explain that to someone, i just started i started making threats. Well, if all thats true, then, why and how did heidi wind up with a bullet in her head . I think police found it hard to believe that you could be right there, with her, in a very small area. And shes shot and you dont know what happened. Yeah. Maybe, in their heads. In mine, i was just i was confused. Could this be an accident . What i say to that is i didnt see it. I dont know what happened. But as the months passed, conrad came to the conclusion, heidi may have taken her own life. His wife, he said, wasnt as tough as she appeared. Was she a sad person . Was she a depressed person . When she drank a little bit, you could see it come out. It wasnt every time but it did. Heidis friend, sandy sanchez, also saw another side to heidi. That strong, funny, you know, person, also, had some things inside that were very painful. According to sandy, those things had to do with heidis upbringing. Most significantly, heidi grew up not knowing the identity of her father. That really bothered her. You know, she she did not know her dad. And she had always wanted that. It bugged her, tremendously. Enough to take her own life . Had she ever attempted suicide before . Never, to my knowledge. She never talked about it. No. Its very hard to believe that what was going on in heidis life at the time, what seemed like a pretty happy marriage to you. Shes going to, spur of the moment, decide to commit suicide like that . Thats a tough question. How do you really know when someones going to do that, you know . As he lived his life behind bars, conrad continued to speculate. He, also, tried to stay hopeful. I was just like this is going to work out. It has to cause i didnt i didnt do this. Reporter conrads family never gave up on him. So, they scraped together the money to hire conrad some new attorneys. Mark and annie looked into the case. To them, it was immediately apparent that there were a lot of problems. Mark moffett and anne talafero were those attorneys. One of the first things they did was visit what had become the scene of the crime. We went to the house and we walked in. And we think, ahha. Within moments of being in that home, we knew, immediately, that there was a huge problem. Reporter not a problem for them. More, for the people who had put Conrad Truman away. Coming up. Is an innocent man in prison for someones mistake in math . We, immediately, started measuring and we knew, right away, that there was a a big problem. I remember thinking, well, thats strange. Thats that couldnt be right. When as night fell continues. Ues. Ver eaten healthier. Shingles doesnt care. I logged 10,000 steps today. Shingles doesnt care. I get as much fresh air as possible. Good for you, but shingles doesnt care. Because 1 in 3 people will get shingles, you need protection. 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Welcome back. Conrad truman was serving a sentence for the murder of his wife, heidi. But he had not given up on himself, yet. And neither had his family. They had just hired new lawyers, and it was the legal teams first visit to the crime scene that confirmed something conrads sister suspected. This case could not have added up to murder. Here, again, is josh markowitz. Reporter while Conrad Truman sat in a utah state prison, marking time, his sister, collette, searched, endlessly, for ways to get him out. Was there a time when you, or anybody else in your family, thought, maybe, we dont know him as well as we thought we did . No. He couldnt have killed her . Not possible. Reporter so much about Conrad Trumans trial bothered his sister, collette. But one detail, in particular, kept gnawing at her. It had to do with the diagrams used by the state. Depicting the area where heidis body was found. I remember thinking, well, thats strange. Thats that couldnt be right. Reporter postverdict, colle collette shared her concerns with the new attorneys, mark moffett and anne talafero. They decided to visit the home for themselves, to see if the states diagrams were accurate. We, later, made that same trip with moffett who showed us what they discovered. This is the area in question, and its pretty small. It is. Its really small. We immediately started measuring, and we knew, right away, that there was a big problem with their diagrams and the measurements. Reporter the problem . All those measurements were off. Instead of 139 inches, somebody took the figure 139 and interpreted it to be 13. 9 feet. 33 inches became 3. 3 feet. And on and on and on. Reporter according to moffett, those flawed measurements, which were used in court, made the house appear much bigger than it was. They used the theme of distance to argue that mr. Truman was lying about where he said his wife was, when he heard, what turned out to be, this fatal shot. Reporter at trial, the prosecution argued, to believe conrad, youd have to believe heidi shot herself in the bathroom. And then, walked 12 feet before falling to the floor. And according to the medical examiner, that was impossible. He testified heidis head wound was so severe, that she could have, at most, walked a step or two. This issue of distance was this big issue. Reporter but for anne talafero, seeing the house and just how small it was wproof th prosecutions argument didnt hold up. Whats more, according to the defense team, conrad never told the police heidi shot herself in the bathroom. Instead, he told them i hhe had idea where she was when he heard the shot. Tell me your theory of what happened here. We believe that heidi truman shot herself in this very area. And we believe that she fell right in the area, directly in front of me, on the ground. And thats the very area where she was found when Law Enforcement entered the home that night. Reporter which they, also, said was completely consistent with the m. E. s testimony that heidi would have fallen after only a step or two. She would have gone to the ground, immediately. And your argument is she did fall down and she fell right about here. Yes. Thats exactly what our argument is. According to moffett, this was not a simple mistake. Is this just a case of a smalltown Police Department making some incorrect measurements . Or adding up some figures wrong . I dont believe so. I believe that they willfully lied to secure a conviction against Conrad Truman. Reporter and for these attorneys, there were more issues with the states case. One had to do with gunshot residue tests. The defense Learned Police swabbed both heidi and conrads hands. But those swabs were never sent to the lab. When you have gunshot residue that was never tested, those things matter. The defense team decided to test those swabs, themselves. Conrads hands were negative for residue. But there was a question as to whether conrad had washed his hands, before they were tested. So those results were meaningless. Thats probably why they didnt test, in the first place. Reporter as for heidis swabs, there was no residue on her left hand. But there was, on her right hand. And significantly, heidi was right handed. When you have gunshot residue in a location and in a quantity, that is absolutely consistent with her firing a semiautomatic weapon, one of the possibilities is that she fired a gun. You cant discount that. The deeper moffett and talafero got into the case, the more it seemed to them heidis fatal wound was selfinflicted. They believed the head wound, a contact wound, ruled out homicide. A contact gunshot wounds to the right temple are the most common site of selfinflicted gunshot. Hoping to sway his ruling on the manner of death, once again, just as police did prior to conrads arrest. We gave him a bunch of information. Then, he, on his own, with his investigator, went to the home to look at it. Reporter and the result was just what theyd asked for. Heidi trumans manner of death, once undetermined, then a homicide, was now, officially, once again, undetermined. It was manna from forensic heaven. Ive never had a case where this has happened, ever. It took another year but Conrad Trumans conviction was overturned and he was granted a new trial. I never even thought that was even a possibility for the medical examiner to change. I never would have thought that. Is there a part of that you thinks like i cant get my hopes up about that . Yeah. Yeah. That is kpaektexactly how i fel i was beyond happy. We were just absolutely over the moon. For heidis family, it was just the opposite. We couldnt believe it. You thought this was over. We thought it was over. We thought this was settled. That was a hard, hard, hard moment. We hated it. We just thought, so, what are they going to come up with, this time . Reporter and we know thats what youre thinking, too. Coming up. A new trial, a new jury, a different verdict . Did those incorrectlyentered measurements change your opinion of Conrad Trumans guilt . Should they change anyones opinion . They didnt change my opinion. There was enough there, beyond a reasonable doubt. It was really difficult because why would things work out if it didnt work out the first time. You know what i mean . When as night fell continues. When as night fell continues. Did you know that feeling sluggish or weighed down could be signs that your digestive system isnt working at its best . Taking metamucil every day can help. Metamucil supports your daily Digestive Health using a special plantbased fiber called psyllium. Psyllium works by forming a gel in your digestive system to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. Metamucils gelling action also helps to lower cholesterol and slows sugar absorption to promote healthy blood sugar levels. 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Thats their take and theyre doing their job and theyre representing their client, i can tell categorically thats not correct. What went wrong . How did it happen . In the process of trans posing number to the program, numbers were transposed wrong. It is not as significant as they made it out to be. Did those incorrect measur m measurement change your opinion . They didnt change my opinion. Nor did it change the opinion of the deputy d. A. Tim taylor decided to take on the task himself of prosecuting conrad once again. Craig had been in the case for a long time so i want a fresh eye. I went through all the evidence and the medical examiner changing his opinion, i felt there was enough to go forward but we knew going into it will be tough. At trial, the prosecution case was familiar starting with the officer who testified about conrad rambling often in coherent description of what happened that night. His consistent statements. He wit was not making sense e and hard to follow. Those officers told the jury about conrads threats. He was telling us that we were going too slow and that we need to hurry hes going to kill us. If you are making violent threats to people who are trying to help your wife, how are you treating your wahen wife when i only you and her alone. Heidi was not suicidal. Did you experience heidi being sad . No, i didnt see her that way. Did heidi not knowing her father and who he was made her depress or sad . No, no. Conrads story evolved overtime. Immediately following the shooting on the way to the hospital. Conrad insisted heidi would never committed suicide. I think something shocked her. She would never shoot herself. Taylor argued it was later after suspicion against conrad that he changed his tune. As for r the gunshot residue on heidis right hand, taylor called the expert and say it proves nothing. The defense attorney tells the journey that before being allowed to wash his hand, conrad pleaded with the police to confirm he had no residue on him. Test my hand. I did not shoot a gun. F did you wash your hand . No, never washed my hands until they said go wash your hands. The states medical examiner shifting opinion on heidis manner of death only helped them. Thats your case right there. You would think. If he has reasonable doubt, hard to argue a jury. The medical examiner told the jour ri th jury that in the final analysis, he did not know the manner of the heidi trumans death. The cause of death is gunshot wound and the manner of death could not be determined. The m. E. Testified that in his experience a contact wound like heidi is rare in homicide cases. With the gunshot wound would be conflicted of the wound inflicted. So you felt pretty good leading up to the verdict. Yes, there was enough there beyond. Conrad was having a much harder time. It was really difficult, you know, why would things work out if it did not in the first time. Eight hours later, the verdict. Holdup your hands. You are not wearing cuffs. You are not in custody. I am free. Thats right. This time Conrad Truman got the verdict he wanted. Not guilty. Conrad just keep on saying did they say not . Yeah, he just grabbed my arm, are you sure . In the courtroom, conrads family shared tears of joy. I was giggling and crying at the same time. On the other side of the courtroom, were tears of a different kind. You fainted . Fainted. I could not believe there is a situation where a long shot happened that he would be free. Brian christensen said that he and his fellow jurors had no choice but to set him free. We felt that he probably did but you voted to acquit. Because you had a reasonable doubt. Those measurements put an innocent man in prison or let a guilty man go free. You are right. Do i think he got away with murd murder . Yeah, i do. It is frustrating to know that the measurement that was in consequential and ended up freeing him what has it been like for your family since then . We are trying to put the pieces together. For heidis family thats easier said than done. I miss the things that we had together. I miss the simple conversations. I miss her sa havvyness and her wonderful personality. She was on forever in our hearts. Conrad is left looking both backward and forward. I would do anything to take another day or walk with her. I loved her and i do love her still. You got a lot of life left, a lot. How are you going to live it . To the best of my abilities. There are jurors who said you may have done it but i had reasonable doubt and i could not vote. God bless them because there is a lot of people that do believe in me. He made his own peace with the simple truth, reasonable doubt could also shadow Conrad Truman for the rest of his life. Thats all for this edition of dateline extra, i am craig melvin, thank you for watching. She was more than a highpowered businesswoman. She touched a lot of peoples lives. I was devastated. I cant go back there. He was rich, she was richer. A lawyer and a tycoon. Lavish could not begin to describe it. She was flamboyant and the life of a party. They know how to live life. Then came that deadly night. I hear a big explosion. I just knew immediately i had to get out of there. A single gunshot and she was gone. You said emotional and distraug distraught. He never been the same. What happened in that dark suv and what was hiding beneath the surface . Hes trying to cover up something. She said i couldnt trust anyone else. Love and greed. It had to be an intentional act. I cant lie. Oh that glitters is not actually gold. All they wanted was to get home. Scrape the crawling atlanta traffic. It is the wrong place to be here and be here is a bad idea. It is whhard to phantom of what happened next and why. I was trying to figure out the explosion. One wrong turn really can destroy oyour life. To think that one moment in time you have an accident and you lose everything after that. Our story begins and ends with her, diane mcguyger. Nobody knows her better than danny. She was beautiful, funny and brilliant. Shes driven. She was a workaholic. She didnt know how to rest. She was born in alabama where she survived a difficult childhood. She realized her dreams in atlanta of a place that match her ambition. What was she looking for . She was looking for success. She was barely out of high school when she worked for a company in atlanta. He was a bookkeeper and caught the eye of her boss. There were some people working there and did not do their jobs and she told them she could do their job. It was back in the 80s when danny joe and diane teaming up. She loves numbers. She learned how to wheel and deal. She rose through the ranks and with her boss blessing, became president of the company, hiring and firing and calling the shots. She would say just show me the baby. Jane grover was the Vice President at dianes company. When she started business in atlanta, there were not a ton of female executives. Absolutely. One of the things that set diane apart. She was a woman and a man in this world. The competitor found out that diane was not someone you can mess with. Diane could hold her own. She had a Big Personality and lover loved clothes and hats and kids. Although she never had any of her own. She was married to ted mcguyger. A champion of the republican candidat candidates. We had great relationships. Bill crane is a political commentator and Public Relations consultant in atlanta and a long time friend of texas. He was a gentleman. Tess was divorced, too. They started going out. She enjoys taed talking to him he was too short or old. It did not hurt when she had the ranch in atlanta. It had a pool and a gun range and pond and horses and some texas long horn cattle. Thats diane. They were there a lot. Diane is a great hostess, she was the life at the party. November 5th, 2005. Everyone at the rehearsal could tell this wedding would be over the top and it was. It looked like something out of a disney movie. Diane came in from horses and brought her this elaborate carry. There were hundreds of people, all aspects of society here, a couple of bands and music singers performed. It was quite a party. They both been married before but decided to keep finance separate. Nearly a year later, their lives were blessed with a little boy. A couple of friends asked tess and diane to be god parents to their baby. Diane would do anything for that little boy. It was the whole thing. It is all about our son. That was never more obvious than at the birthday bashes that she and text threw for us, an annual exercise in access. We love you very much. Yes, dont we . Forever and forever. Three weeks after austin and tess birthday, they were headed home after a weekend at the ranch. They were driving their ford expedition, virtually identical to this one. They made a shortstop for dinner, today everything changed. After dinner they headed for home, a trip about 45 minutes. Tess and diane had a little whine so probably headed into atlanta on i20. As we got off to 20, it is just eight lanes of break lights. Tess was dosing in the backseat as the two women decided to get off the interstates to avoid traffic. As we going down the ram, tess became alert. This was a bad area and idea. Thats when tess mcguyger made a request of his wife. He said darling, will you hand me my gun . It was right in the Center Consul consult. 38 caliber revolver. She reaches down and hands it back to him. In minutes they were out and moving to Piedmont Avenue to the cushier part of town. Everything was remarkable. We were talking about the debate. What did he do . I thought they goaten back to sleep. So i am waiting for r the light to turn and i hear a big explosion within seconds. Diane turned around towards the back and said, tess, what did you do . He said the gun was charged and she started moving forward and she kind of turned around and she was moving funny. She said texs tess, you shot me. He was calling her name and she was breathing and panicking. There is been an accident. What happened in that suv . Tide power pods one up the cleaning power of liquid. Can it one up spaghetti night . It sure can. When dateline detour kontss. Continues. Continues. Ys. What about that . Uhh, yep it can . Yeah, even that i would very much like to see that. Me too. Introducing tide power pods. One up the toughest stains with 50 more cleaning power than liquid detergent. Any further questions . Uh uh nope one up the power of liquid with tide power pods. Always have been. And always will be. Never letting anything get in my way. 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As she sat there dani jo thinking diane was going to be okay but then i was sitting alone and i get this text from my husband that diana died. [ cries ] i was devastated. I was i could not police chi diana was gone. How long did you realize that the accident involved something he had done. Later in the conversation. He was emotional on the phone. We were both crying. What was it like to break that news . It was heartbreaking. Within our company if you go down the roster of employees, diane had hired most of these people. And had been the boss to most of these people, it was devastating. Absolutely. Dianes company put her picture on the tower. All the while police are trying to figure out what had happened in that car that night. Three days after the shooting, tex went to answer questions. Maples offered a preview. She had the brown plastic bag and hes holding it down like this. This is texs attorney saying the gun was not caught. You want to remember that part. Tex went after the whole story explaining why he was so scared on that drive he felt he needed his gun. I quickly said that is big mistake. That tex said was when he asked for the gun. A few minutes later the threat seemed to pass and he fell back to sleep. It is time to wake up and she came to a stop and i was handling the gun, it was in my lap. He seemed emotional as he recalls how doctors told him his wife was dead. I actually looked behind me. Take your time. If he kept his mouth shut or just breathe, we would not tell the story. Doing nothing . Thats not tex mcguyger. Coming up. Texs comment. Hes making this up to get out of the fact that his wife is lost. Could this be more than an accident . I never saw him cry. When deadly detour continues. Deadly detour continues. This selenite grey is so pretty isnt it . Wow. Jim could you pop the hood for us . There she is. Turbocharged, right . Yes it is. Jim, could you uh kick the tires . Oh yes. Can you change the color inside the car . 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He was thinking of black lives matter and protests in other places that gotten wild. He was a little bit of a news junkie and all of that in the headlines. Tex said to me i didnt know looking at those people were they Homeless People, were they going to carjack us or black live matters protesters but i was concerned. That explained to the public why he asked for the gun. He told bill to give that story to the atlanta constitution. Did not work as planned. Texs comment, he did not know people around the car were some kind of street criminals or a black lives matter protest. Hes making this up to get out of the fact that he shot his wife. That comment morphed into i saw the black lives matter. I never said he said. The story of the racial over tone went viral, while tex was fighting to protect his privilege. There were no tears. I never saw him cry. The companys general council. I never heard him say it was a tragic accident, i am so sorry. Tex looks crushed or crying or sad . I didnt detect any of that. He was just a matter of fact. Did his voice break at all . I never saw those emotions. What my emotion would be if i had just killed my soul mate or the love of my life, i dont know if i can tolerate it but he diplom didnt seem to have any problems. Tex was way too interested how his Financial Information will change now that diane was dead. He asked questions of could he get any of dianes benefits. I was shocked. Texs sister said she was flabbergasted. She said he was clearly devastated by dianes death. He cried all the time and tears went down his face and he never been the same since. Imagine losing your loved ones at your own hands and thats what he had to face. Perhaps another effort to counter act all the rumors a. Tex decided to take a Lie Detector Test admitted by an examiner that his attorney hired diane, we love you and were going to miss you. A month after her death, tex walked into a Memorial Service for diane. We walked in a little place and to the left is her jaguar with the light on it and a red rose on the hood. I am thinking okay. They passed dianes car and entered a large room. There is a mannequin with dianes clothes on it. Did text noticed the under current in the room . Dixie sure did. As i am walking around, i noticed that my brother was not in any of the photographs. Hes basically erased from her life. No way it is accidental. They removed him. That was the turning point for me. I realized they have turned on him. It was a not so subtle shift in attitude for a man once considered diane mcivers lover. This next move will get people talking a little more. Coming up. Luxury for sale. The auction. Another mistake . I didnt look. Do i have to do this right now . And, that drive. When deadly detour continues. N deadly detour continues. Youre clearly someone who takes care of yourself. So when it comes to screening for colon cancer, dont wait. 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Hello, here is whats happening, a black man is hospitalized in serious condition following a Police Shooting in wisconsin. Witnesses say the man trying to break a fight between two women and was tasered and shot several times as we tried to enter the vehicle. A long time advisor, Kellyanne Conway is leaving her job at the white house to focus on family matters. Her husband is also leaving his role. Now, back to dateline. With police investigators, rumors flying and old friends becoming suspicious. Tex mciver seems to be doubling down. Tex put dianas clothes for sale. His Close Friends told him it was a bad idea. It does not look good, if you dont have to do this right now, dont do it. But, he did. Never been a mannequin he did not like. Auction owner ran the sale and he was impressed. How many pieces total . Over 100 jewelry items. The fine jewelry. One of them was a pair of diamond studs. I heard people lining up to try on the jewel jewelry. The notoriety definitely affected the sale. Did you tell him unloading all of dianes stuff so soon after she died was going to be seen by some people assort of callo callous . I dont think it was callous. Texs said it was necessary. Some of her belongings raised money for dianes request. She left money to people she did not have. The quickest way to raise the cash was to sell her things. He could not walk in her closet without crying. We came in and we started inventory. It was massive. It took us weeks. Diane got a lot of stuff. She did in a small space and a storage room. Tex had nothing to do with any of this. We were in charge. Between the estate sale and Memorial Service and non stop rumors, it would have been easy to forget but police are still quietly investigating dianes death. Tex mciver was arrested and charged with involuntary murder and reckless misconduct. They also made clear police believed that tex did not mean to kill diane. Tex dodged a murder charge but his sister said he did not get that. He kept on saying that it was an accident. I said someone died. I dont know what he thought. Who knows what was going through his mind at that point. Tex mciver was relieved on bond. Dianes friends and colleague wondered if he was charged enough. I diplomdnt care what happe to him. In the month of dianes death, texs behavior became suspicious. This is the under path where tex said he became to worry about the Homeless People in the area. Dani jo says there was no danger. Just a few minutes later, we came to where they made that faithful stop in the town of atlanta. It was just a stop. We were sitting at a red light. You know the rest. Diane was shot and dani jo took off to the hospital. Tex was gone. At some point a little further up. He told me to slow down and be careful that there may be people out here, walking with baby char carriages. His wife is wounded in the front seat by his hand and hes telling you to slow down . Yes. At the hospital, diane was already in surgery when Police Showed up. That according to dani jo was tex said the weirdest thing. He looked past me and said, i dont trust these guys. I see how these things could go down. You. Ed to tell them that you are down here as a friend of the family. And not the person driving the car. So i lean down again and i said tex, i will just drive you in the emergency room. Well, they dont know that. I thought well what do you mean they dont know that. I looked at him and i cant lie. It took my breath away. Thats asking many e e to lie. They were now convinced that Atlanta Police had not done deeply enough. This does not make sense. Logically, it does not make any sense of what hes saying, something was not right. It turns out Fulton County prosecutor, rucker was thinking of the same thing. There was no malfunction and it was in perfect operating condition. It had 12 pounds required to trigger. It is not easy to do. It came clear to me that this had to be intentional act. Dianes colleague gave the da her computer and files hoping rucker would find more evidence. Thats when the every aleuti motive developed. Tex was in financial trouble. Diane had been working on a new will. Rucker wanted to find that will. No will turned up but Something Else did. A lock in texs conduct. That was a violation in his bond so tex went back to jail. It was according to tex texs sister, dixie prosperous. If you were dpoigoing to kil your wife, is that the way you will do it . Absolutely an accident. Coming up, tex mciver on trial. Devoted husband or desperate spouse . Secrets spill out. She was telling me on certain terms that you are going to have to get your money together. Diane taking control of the ranch by foreclosing on it if the defendant did not pay. When deadly detour continues. N deadly detour continues. 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The states financial expert testified that dianes death makes tex a richer man. The day after the death, hes worth 5. 9 to 6. 9 million. Diane quietly made a new will, the receptionist rachel styles remembers making documents. I went back and handed to him and he said thank you so much, this is my new will. Diane wantsed ed to leave th ranch. A more concrete piece of evidence was the 38 that killed diane. Prosecutors show the jury the Police Interview with tex point. I handled the gun. It was in my lap. A gun expert from from the georgia burreau investigation told the jury how the gun works. If i sit down with it and hol hold it down here in my lap will it go off . No. If i handle it, would it go off . No. It took the prosecution 16 days to make its case. The defense team had a shorter case. They had their hands full who always acted in his best interest. Was one of your piece advise to hem was please stop talking. 100 . I wont represent you if you keep on opening your mouth. Much worser than that. Amanda clark, the three best lawyers of georgia using prosecution witnesses to bolster their defense. They got the states forensics expert to agree in some circumstances, the shooting could be unintentional. Again, this weapon and the other weapon can be unintentionally discharged. It can be. Texs attorney pointed out how prosecution witness testified tex and diane were happy together. As far as i can tell you it was a good marriage. They were very close and affection na affectiona affectionate. It was obvious they were in love. It was the prosecution witness who knocked down the argument that diane was going to foreclose on the ranch. Diane could have done that but she probably would not have. I am not sure if that would ever happened. Diane would avoided that, i believe at all cost trying to keep their marriage together. For the allegation of the second will, that was easy. It does not exist thats why it was never produced. The reception testified she never saw the will. The prosecutor never did find it and he tried. Never produced a second will. An e. R. Doctor called by the prosecution gave one of the most intriguing testimony. She said diane told her the shooting was an accident. In the end, he had the gun. In her coherent state the bottom line was the murder scenario itself was absurd. Well drive back to atlanta to our condo and look at and on the way i am going to shoot my wife through the back of the seat with her best friend sitting there, come on. The defense offered a medical reason why tex may have fired the gun when he did not mean to. Tex had been treated for sleep disorder which caused him to jerk in his sleep, it is called confusional arousal. The defense called for the sleep specialist who had been treating tex for a decade. In 2004 did, which comes about him moving his amples arm legs and large amplitude move. While he was dreaming. Confusional describes a lot of things in this case. The jury hopes Closing Argument would offer some clarity. They are about to find the muddy water. Coming up. Thats their mission. Accident or murder . The defendant urnnder the gun a the jury all over it. We dpgot to hold the gun. The gun, it feels forced. What would the verdict be when deadly detour continues. Jim, could you uh kick the tires . Oh yes. Can you change the color inside the car . Oh sure. How about blue . Thats more cyan but. Jump in the back seat, jim. Act like my kids. How much longer . Exactly how they sound. Its got massaging seats too, right . Oh yeahhhhh. Oh yeahhhhh. Visit the mercedesbenz summer event or shop online at participating dealers. Get 0 apr financing up to 36 months on select new and certified preowned models. I wasnt sure. Was another around the corner . Or could things go a different way . I wanted to help protect myself. My doctor recommended eliquis. Eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot. 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He drove home the prosecutions main argument one last time. That accidental shooting . Listen, black lives matter is not about race. It is about the squjustificatiof having a gun in the backseat. The das jar of mud was far from clear. Not a good sign. That muddy water said defense attorney don samuel symbolized the states murky theory. We are going to muddy him up. Thats their mission. Bruce harvey says the states own evidence proves there is no evidence. After 21 days of trial. The jury took over the fate of tex mciver, it became clear that not many jurors were convinced especially when it came to motive. It all boils down to one thing. The gun. We got to hold the gun. I did the same thing with a similar gun with the help of firearm expert, jeh johnson. The hardest thing is guarding the gun. Once it is cocked, firing it is very easy. Firing it uncocked requiring more. Was texs gun was cocked or not . The jury asked to see the video if texs Police Interview. Texs attorney answered the question. The only evidence they could find that the gun was not cocked came from texs attorney. Even that did not do it. After five days of deliberations, the jury sent a message to the judge. The judge refused to accept the deadline and sent them back to deliberate, four hours later, the jury signalled a verdict had been reached. Texs sister and his friend sat anxiously on one side and dianes colleagues filled the prosecutions side of the room. The case riveted atlanta have come to an end. Not guilty of deliberately murdering diane. Killing someone while committing a felony. Possession of a firearm in the course of a felony . Guilty. Tried to influence the witness dani jo . Guilty. Tex did not mean to kill diane but he did mean to shoot her. When you hear the first guilty count, you are like we got him. We got it. Texs was horrified. It is a result of a compromise and i think it is just plain wrong. Texs sister is still stunned. To think that one moment in time you lose your wife and you lose your friends and your money and your house, you lose your career and you lose your dignity and you lose your freedom and your future. Only once did tex mciver spoke in court, he declared how much he missed the food at chickfila and finally his wife diane. I know shes here. Darling, you brought me more joy and fulfillment. Thank you until we are together again. Tex mciver is serving a life sentence. His attorney is filing a motion for a free time but at 76 years old, freedom for tex is a long shot. Dani jo is okay with that. She misses her friend everyday. I loved her. There has been a hole in my heart. I dream about her a lot. I believe in heaven and i think shes in a much better place. Was not read dy for her to go. I miss her. Everybody does. For months, the mcivers ranch stood empty. Dianes Wedding Dress hung there in the closet and along the shrine tex made in her honor. 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