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
they said go wash your hands. conrad s attorneys were working hard to establish reasonable doubt. and the state medical examiner shifting opinion on heidy s manner of death, only help them. that s your case right there. you would think. i mean, if he has a reasonable doubt, hard to argue a jury shouldn t. exactly. the medical examiner told the jury that in the final analysis, he didn t know the manner of heidy s death. i finalized the autopsy report with the cause of death as a gunshot wound and the manner of death as could not be determined. the medical examiner also testified how, in his experience, a contact wound like heidy s s rear in homicide cases. with a contact gunshot would, it would be consistent with the wound that is self inflicted. after 15 days of testimony, the jury began to deliberate. so you felt pretty good leading up to the verdict? yes, there was enough there beyond a reasonable doubt. was conrad having a much harder time. it was really diff
hands, test my hands. i did issue a gun. did you wash your hands before seeing that? no, absolutely not. never washed my hands until they said go wash your hands. conrad s attorneys were working hard to establish reasonable doubt. and the state medical examiner shifting opinion on heidy s manner of death, only help them. that s your case right there. you would think. i mean, if he has a dbt, hare a jury shouldn t. exactly. the medical examiner told the jury that in the final analysis, he didn t know the manner of heidy s death. i finalized the autopsy report with the cause of death as a gunshot wound and the manner of death as could not be determined. the medical examiner also testified how, in his experience, a contact wound like heidy s s rear in homicide cases. with a contact gunshot would, it would be consistent with the wound that is self inflicted. after 15 days of testimony,
confirm he had no residue on them. he s telling them, test my hands, test my hands. i did issue a gun. did you wash your hands before seeing that? no, absolutely not. never washed my hands until they said go wash your hands. conrad s attorneys were working hard to establish reasonable doubt. and the state medical examiner shifting opinion on heidy s manner of death, only help them. that s your case right there. you would think. i mean, if he has a reasonable doubt, hard to argue a jury shouldn t. exactly. the medical examiner told the jury that in the final analysis, he didn t know the manner of heidy s death. i finalized the autopsy report with the cause of death as a gunshot wound and the manner of death as could not be determined. the medical examiner also testified how, in his experience, a contact wound like heidy s s rear in homicide cases.