it was a small new year s eve party. we took off and then short later after my gut was telling my feet to run back to that house. this can t be happening. when the party ended, the mystery began. it was just crazy, i didn t understand what was happening and why. his wife, the hostess, had seemed fine the whole night. then my wife just shot herself in the head. please! help me! please help me! her death was ruled a suicide. but not everyone agreed. i was always afraid he was going to hurt her. always. always. did a fight that night lead to something much worse? i knew that ashley wouldn t take her own life. a troubled woman or a troubled marriage? that wound on the back of her head isn t one she could do it herself, tom. it is not. oh [bleep] [ bleep ]. suicide or murder? i didn t do this. i just knew that my whole world is never going to be the same again, ever. hello and welcome to dateline. it was december 31st, and by all appearances, as
eve party. we took off and then short later after my gut was telling my feet to run back to that house. this can t be happening. when the party ended, the mystery began. it was just crazy, i didn t understand what was happening and why. his wife, the hostess, had seemed fine the whole night. then my wife just shot herself in the head. please! help me! please help me! her death was ruled a suicide. but not everyone agreed. i was always afraid he was going to hurt her. always. always. did a fight that night lead to something much worse? i knew that ashley wouldn t take her own life. a troubled woman or a troubled marriage? that wound on the back of her head isn t one she could do it herself, tom. it is not. oh [bleep] [ bleep ]. suicide or murder? i didn t do this. i just knew that my whole world is never going to be the same again, ever. hello and welcome to dateline. it was december 31st, and by all appearances, ashley fallis was in the mood
eve party. we took off and then short later after my gut was telling my feet to run back to that house. this can t be happening. when the party ended, the mystery began. it was just crazy, i didn t understand what was happening and why. his wife, the hostess, had seemed fine the whole night. then my wife just shot herself in the head. please! help me! please help me! her death was ruled a suicide. but not everyone agreed. i was always afraid he was going to hurt her. always. always. did a fight that night lead to something much worse? i knew that ashley wouldn t take her own life. a troubled woman or a troubled marriage? that wound on the back of her head isn t one she could do it herself, tom. it is not. oh [bleep] [bleep]. suicide or murder? i didn t do this. i just knew that my whole world is never going to be the same again, ever. hello and welcome to dateline. it was december 31st, and by all appearances, ashley fallis was in the mood to
csi officer said at the, time the scene screamed suicide. but this prosecution witness my name is jonathan w. priest. priest is a former homicide detective and forensic consultant who used a miniature model of the fallis bedroom to show her position. so, she has to be here and then bent down so that she will fit this trajectory area. he was convinced that if ashley shot herself, there would be more blood on the floor and surrounding surfaces. not just this one carpet stain. so, we have indications of bleeding. but the type of injury that we are talking about is going to bleed a lot. and that is not the kind of stain i would expect to see if that s what was occurring. something is keeping that blood from reaching that area. and he believed that something was tom fallis. remember, his clothing was drenched with blood. priest concluded that tom and ashley must have been in close contact with the gun went off.
it didn t surprise me. it hurt you the. it heard. but, i thought when you had a police officer interviews are within an hour, an hour and half of the shooting. as she was clear as day saying that these are the things i heard from my back window, whether she had been drinking that night or not. to me, that is the most believable version of events. so, a hiccup perhaps. but, then there was the crime scene. remember, the corner and the csi officer says, at the, time the scene screamed suicide. but this prosecution witness my name is jonathan w. priest. priest is a former homicide detective and forensic consultant who used a miniature model of the fellas bedroom to show her position. so, she has to be here and then bend down so that she will fit this trajectory area. he was convinced that if ashley shot herself, there would be more blood on the floor and surrounding surfaces. not just this one carpet state. so, we have indications of