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.
and that s just not always the case. in prison, conrad did what many do. he retraced the steps that led him there. and he thought a lot about the night heidy died. as conrad saw it, the police rushed to judgment began precisely when officers first rushed into his front door. i just felt like, this guy is drinking. there s firearms in the house. so, he must have shot her. well, why could it be exactly that simple? this wouldn t be the first time that mixing alcohol, an argument, and a handgun, led straight to a prison sentence. told conrad us what he told police. it isn t that simple. sure, he and heidy had been drinking, and yes they had been arguing. but, he said, neither was an explanation for what happened. i could ve upset her with some of the things i said. you know? or the way i ve acted with not being attentive. you know? to her. i know i do that sometimes when i drink.
case. in prison, conrad did what many do. he retraced the steps that led him there. and he thought a lot about the night heidy died. as conrad saw it, the police rushed to judgment began precisely when officers first rushed into his front door. i just felt like, this guy is shrinking. there s firearms in the house. so, he must have shot her. well, why could it be exactly that simple? this wouldn t be the first time that mixing alcohol, an argument, and a handgun, led street to a prison sentence. told conrad us what he told police. it isn t that simple. sure, he and heidy had been drinking, and yes they had been arguing. but, he said, neither was an explanation for what happened. i could ve upset her with some of the things i said. you know? or the way i ve acted with not being attentive.
the sentence he imposed? 16 years to life. crushing for con right and his family sitting behind him. including sister colette. you want to believe that the things turned out the way they re, supposed to. and that s just not always the case. in prison, conrad did what many do. he retraced the steps that led him there. and he thought a lot about the night heidy died. as conrad saw it, the police rushed to judgment began precisely when officers first rushed into his front door. i just felt like, this guy is shrinking. there s firearms in the house. so, he must have shot her. well, why could it be exactly that simple? this wouldn t be the first time that mixing alcohol, an argument, and a handgun, led street to a prison sentence. told conrad us what he told police. it isn t that simple. sure, he and heidy had been