it was a small new year s eve party. we took off and then short later after my gut was telling my feet to run back to that house. this can t be happening. when the party ended, the mystery began. it was just crazy, i didn t understand what was happening and why. his wife, the hostess, had seemed fine the whole night. then my wife just shot herself in the head. please! help me! please help me! her death was ruled a suicide. but not everyone agreed. i was always afraid he was going to hurt her. always. always. did a fight that night lead to something much worse? i knew that ashley wouldn t take her own life. a troubled woman or a troubled marriage? that wound on the back of her head isn t one she could do it herself, tom. it is not. oh [bleep] [ bleep ]. suicide or murder? i didn t do this. i just knew that my whole world is never going to be the same again, ever. hello and welcome to dateline. it was december 31st, and by all appearances, as
eve party. we took off and then short later after my gut was telling my feet to run back to that house. this can t be happening. when the party ended, the mystery began. it was just crazy, i didn t understand what was happening and why. his wife, the hostess, had seemed fine the whole night. then my wife just shot herself in the head. please! help me! please help me! her death was ruled a suicide. but not everyone agreed. i was always afraid he was going to hurt her. always. always. did a fight that night lead to something much worse? i knew that ashley wouldn t take her own life. a troubled woman or a troubled marriage? that wound on the back of her head isn t one she could do it herself, tom. it is not. oh [bleep] [ bleep ]. suicide or murder? i didn t do this. i just knew that my whole world is never going to be the same again, ever. hello and welcome to dateline. it was december 31st, and by all appearances, ashley fallis was in the mood
would ve been for someone as tall as tom who could ve shot ashley at an angle that match the bullet trajectory. first of all, is that an unnatural position? for another person to be holding the gun in that manner? it is, for me. and, mr. fallis is six feet tall, how tall are you? i m six feet as well. and the gun was ashley s the shooting happened in arms reach of where it was usually stored said the defense. after examining all the ballistic blood splatter evidence, gillis just didn t believe the shooting was murder. i believe that the story that mr. fallis gave is consistent with the evidence found at the scene. in other words, he thought it was suicide. so, what happened in that moment after midnight? how would a jury decide? upon reaching a verdict, you will form the bailiff who will in turn notify me. the usa settled in for a bit of a weight.
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reporter: it can t be an easy thing for a juror, imagining a moment he or she didn t see. please rise for the jury. reporter: and deciding what must have happened. did tom fallis kill his wife ashley in a fit of violent temper, or what? tom fallis did not kill his wife and mother of their three children. ashley fallis committed suicide. reporter: remember how the prosecution talked of ashey s happy frame of mind? that ashley was a kind of lie, said the defense. ashley fallis was a beautiful woman, but she had a terrible pain inside. she was mentally ill. reporter: the defense put one of ashley s close friends on the