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.
and according to the medical examiner, that was impossible. he testified heidy s head wound was so severe, she could have almost walked a step or two. this issue of distance was this big issue. but for ann taliaferro, just seeing the house and how small it was was proof enough that the prosecution s argument could not hold up when you walk in the house, there is no way there is even 12 feet there. what is more, according to the defense team, conrad never told the police that heidy 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 heidy 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 this is the very area where she was found when law enforcement entered the home that night.
measurements. lead attacked of tom wallace. what went wrong? how did that happen? in the process of trans posing numbers from actual measurements at the scene to the crime scene program, numbers were just transposed wrong. wallace admits the error but says it was minor. that conrad truman did not deserve a new trial. it s not that significant as they made it out to be. did those incorrectly entered measurements change your opinion of conrad s guilt. should they change anyone s opinion? they didn t change my opinion. nor did they change the opinion of the district deputy district attorney who decided to take on the task himself are prosecuting conrad once again. i think craig had been on the case for a long time, so i wanted fresh ice. i went through all the evidence and even with medical examiner changing his opinion, i still felt that there was enough to go for it. that, we knew that going into it it was going to be tough. at trial, the prosecution s
which they also said was completely consistent with the testimony that heidy would have fallen after only a step or two. she would have gone to the ground immediately your argument is that she did fall down, and she fell right about here? yes, that is exactly what our argument is. according to moffat, this was not a simple mistake. is this just a case of a small thing from the police department, making some incorrect measurements, adding up some figures wrong? i do not believe so. i believe they will fully lied to secure a conviction against conrad truman and for these attorneys, there were more issues with the states case. one had to do it gunshot residue tests be defense learned police swab both heidy and conrad s hands, but those swabs were never sent to the lab. when you have gunshot residue that was never tested, those things matter. the defense team decided to test those swabs themselves. conrad s hands were negative for residue. there was a question as to
hello and welcome to dateline . 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