heidy wagner and conrad truman had a powerful connection. a deep love envied by others. then one fateful night, the young couple was jolted by unforeseen tragedy when heidy was killed by a single john gunshot to the head. in the aftermath, fingers were pointed. but where the aimed at an innocent man? here s josh mankiewicz with as night fell . they seem so in congress. the soaring majesty of utah s wasatch 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 who will tell you, both the evidence and the jury have their own stories to tell. and the answers are not always so clear. certainly, that is true for this story. and quite possibly for the woman at its heart. her name? heidy wagner. as a baby, she was favored. everybody loved her. she could do no wrong. autumn was one of heidy s four sisters. she was ju
you just wonder how this could happen. it seems very surreal. a quiet night at home shattered by a gunshot. she came out of the shower and i heard a pop. and there s blood. a young life dying on the floor. she wasn t talking at all. i m asking, what happened here? i was utterly confuse. so many different stories about what might have happened. he said many things that night. maybe someone shot something at the house. at one point he said it was 80% suicide. police had their own theory. i thought, oh, man, there s something going on here. we don t see a lot of women commit suicide naked. his stories weren t adding up. but something else was it adding up either. a key piece of evidence. we went to the house and we walked in and we think, ha. would in the stake in measurement send an innocent man to prison? or free a guilty one? we thought it was over. we thought this was settled. one suspect, so many stories, only one of them could be true.
because why would things work out if they didn t work out the first time. you know what i mean? could the council please stand. eight hours later, the verdict. hold up your hands. you re not wearing handcuffs. no cuffs. you re not in custody? i m free. that s right. this time, conrad truman got the verdict he wanted. not guilty. conrad just kept saying, did they say not? yeah he just grabbed my arm and said, are you sure? in the courtroom, conrad s family sheared tears of joy. i was giggling and crying at the same time. it was weird. [laughs] on the other side of the courtroom aisle, were tears of a different kind. i don t know. my heart sank and i just was in shock. you fainted? i did. i couldn t believe there was this it was a situation where that long shot happened. where he would be freed. juror brian christiansen said he and his filler jurors had no choice but to set conrad
i did. i couldn t believe there was this it was a situation where that long shot happened. where he would be freed. juror brian christiansen said he and his filler jurors had no choice but to set conrad free. i believe that we all pretty much felt that he probably did it. but you voted to acquit? we voted to acquit. because you had reasonable doubt? we had reasonable doubt. whether you believe mr. truman is innocent or not, those measurements either put an instant man in prison. or let a guilty man go free. so, you re right. my opinion hasn t changed. do i think he got away with murder, yeah, i do. what s it like out your work ends up freeing a guy you helped convict. it s frustrating to know that he something inconsequential actually ended up freeing him.
a different kind. i don t know. my heart sank and i just was in shock. you fainted? i did. i couldn t believe there was this it was a situation where that long shot happened. where he would be freed. juror brian christiansen said he and his filler jurors had no choice but to set conrad free. i believe that we all pretty much felt that he probably did it. but you voted to acquit? we voted to acquit. because you had reasonable doubt? we had reasonable doubt. whether you believe mr. truman is innocent or not, those measurements either put an instant man in prison. or let a guilty man go free. so, you re right. my opinion hasn t changed. do i think he got away with murder, yeah, i do. what s it like out your work ends up freeing a guy you helped convict. it it s frustrating to know