while conrad truman sat in a utah state prison marking time, his sister colette searched endlessly for ways to get him out. was there a time when you or anybody else in your family thought maybe we don t know him as well as we thought we did? no. he couldn t have killed her? not possible. so much about conrad truman s trial bothered his sister colette. one detail in particular kept gnawing by her. it was the diagrams depicting the area where heidi s body was found. i remember thinking, well, that s strange. that couldn t be right. post-verdict. colette shared her concerns with conrad s new attorneys. mark moffett and anne talafaro. the defense team decided to visit the home to see if the plans were accurate. we later made that same trip with moffett who showed us what
herself in the bathroom then walked 12 feet before falling to the floor and according to medical examiner, that was impossible. he testified heidi s head wound was so severe that she could have at most walked a step or two. this issue of distance was this big issue. but for anne talafaro, seeing the house and how small it was was proof enough that the prosecution s argument was flawed. when you walk in the house, there is no way there is even 12 feet there. what s more, according to defense team, conrad never told the police heidi shot herself in the bathroom. instead, he told them he had no 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 it s the very area where she was
she never talked about it? no. it s ha ready to believe what s going on in heidi s life at the time, what seemed like a happy ma irnlg to you she will spur of the moment commit suicide like that in. that s a tough question, how do you know someone will do that, you no she in. as he lived his lives behind bars, conrad continued to speculate and tried to stay helpful. i was like this is going to work out. it has to, because i didn t do this. conrad s family never gave up on him. so they scraped together the money to hire conrad some new attorneys. mark and addie looked into the indication. to them, it was immediately apparent that there were a lot of problems. mark moffett and anne talafaro were one of those attorneys. one of the first things they did was visit the scene of the crime. we went to the house. and we walked in and we think, aha. within moments of being in that home, we knew immediately
argued, to believe conrad, you have to believe heidi shot herself in the bathroom then walked 12 feet before falling to the floor and according to medical examiner, that was impossible. he testified heidi s head wound was so severe that she could have at most walked a step or two. this issue of distance was this big issue. but for anne talafaro, seeing the house and how small it was was proof enough that the prosecution s argument was flawed. when you walk in the house, there is no way there is even 12 feet there. what s more, according to defense team, conrad never told the police heidi shot herself in the bathroom. instead, he told them he had no 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 it s the very area where she was
. while conrad truman sat in a utah state prison marking time, his sister colette searched endlessly for ways to get him out. was there a time when you or anybody else in your family thought maybe we don t know him as well as we thought we did? no. he couldn t have killed her? not possible. so much about conrad truman s trial bothered his sister colette. one detail in particular kept gnawing by her. it was the diagrams depicting the area where heidi s body was found. i remember thinking, well, that s strange. that couldn t be right. post-verdict. colette shared her concerns with conrad s new attorneys. mark moffett and anne talafaro. the defense team decided to visit the home to see if the plans were accurate.