his wife, he said, wasn t as tough as she appeared. was she a sad person? was shea depressed person? when she drank little bit, you could see it come out. it wasn t every time, but it did. heidi s 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 heidi s upbringing, most significantly,
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
saved. it was pain. it was misery. it was why? how? in a neighboring town, heidi s 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 horrifying scene 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. the officers wouldn t give janet any details. only where her daughter had been taken. i m 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, we re going to have to be supporting conrad because he must be overwhelmed with grief. conrad s sister colette 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, didn t know how it could have happened. no one did. but book at the truman hom
arguing. a minor dust-up, 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. then he details how he picked the lock and went into the bathroom. then she kicked him out. to me, it s another. it s more proof of there was an argument. a bigger argument.
helped quikconvict? it is frustrating that measurement that was inconsequential actually freed him. ue what has life been like fo your family since then? we re tryingur to put the pieces together. for heidi s family, that is easier saidha than done. i miss the things that we had together. it miss the simple conversatio. i miss her sassinessassiness, ir wonderfull personality. she lives on forever in our hearts. i ar conrad is left looking bot backward and forward. i mean i d do anything to take another day, another walk with her. i loved her. and i do love her still. you got a lot of. [ laughter ] . lot of. [ laughter ] a lot. how are you going to live it? to the best of my abilities. there are jurors who think he might have done that, but ied had reasonable doubt. god bless them.