kill his wife? under the circumstances, i d say the motive was just based on this heat of passion argument that they were having. alcohol, a fight and guns, that s where we got murder. reporter: at the same time, johnson was still reluctant to press charges. remember, the state s own medical examiner couldn t say whether heidy s death was a homicide. and johnson knew that would be a huge hurdle in court. based on my experience in courts with juries, a medical examiner carries a lot of weight. reporter: so johnson and wallace showed the m.e. a 96-page powerpoint presentation of all their evidence including those measurements, hoping something would sway him. the presentation worked. the medical examiner changed his ruling to homicide. it sounds like one of the things that got the medical examiner to move from inconclusive to homicide was the measurements of the crime scene suggested that
say the motive was just based on this heat of passion argument that they were having. alcohol, a fight and guns, that s where we got murder. reporter: at the same time johnson was still reluctant to press charges. remember, the state s own medical examiner couldn t say whether heidy s death was a homicide. and johnson knew that would be a huge hurdle in court. based on my experience in courts with juries, a medical examiner carries a lot of weight. reporter: so johnson and wallace showed the m.e. a 96-page power point presentation of all their evidence including those measurements, hoping something would sway him. the presentation worked. the medical examiner changed his ruling to homicide. it sounds like one of the things that got the medical examiner to move from inconclusive to homicide was the measurements of the crime scene suggested that her body was too far from where mr. truman said she d been shot.
kill his wife? under the circumstances, i d say the motive was just based on this heat of passion argument that they were having. alcohol, a fight and guns, that s where we got murder. at the same time johnson was still reluctant to press charges. remember, the state s own medical examiner couldn t say whether heidy s death was a homicide. and johnson knew that would be a huge hurdle in court. based on my experience in courts with juries, a medical examiner carries a lot of weight. so johnson and wallace showed the m.e. a 96-page power point presentation of all their evidence including those measurements, hoping something would sway him. the presentation worked. the medical examiner changed his ruling to homicide. it sounds like one of the things that got the medical examiner to move from inconclusive to homicide was the measurements of the crime scene suggested that her body was too far from where
she would have fallen down. he shared his findings with assistant attorney general, conrad johnson. he agreed. why would he want to kill his wife? under the circumstances, i d say the motive was based on this heat of passion argument that they were having. alcohol, argument, fight, guns, that s where we got murder. at the same time johnson was reluctant to pass charges. they couldn t say whether heidi s death was a homicide. he knew that would be a huge hurdle in court. based on my experience in courts with jurors, it carries a lot of race. they showed the me a 96 page powerpoint presentation of all their evidence, including those measurements, hoping something would sway him. the presentation worked. the medical examiner changed his ruling to homicide.
under the circumstances, i d say the motive was just based on this heat of passion argument that they were having. alcohol, a fight and guns, that s where we got murder. reporter: at the same time johnson was still reluctant to press charges. remember, the state s own medical examiner couldn t say whether heidy s death was a homicide. and johnson knew that would be a huge hurdle in court. based on my experience in courts with juries, a medical examiner carries a lot of weight. reporter: so johnson and wallace showed the m.e. a 96-page power point presentation of all their evidence including those measurements, hoping something would sway him. the presentation worked. the medical examiner changed his ruling to homicide. it sounds like one of the things that got the medical examiner to move from inconclusive to homicide was the measurements of the crime scene suggested that her body was too far from where mr. truman said she d been shot. exactly. reporter: so after a