since even an accident can warrant criminal charges and sure enough, 11 days after lars fatally shot debbie, he was charged with manslaughter. anything you want to say? prosecutors carl alexander and leo gonzalez caught the case. why didn t manslaughter if it? smr manslaughter is defined in the texas personal code causing the death recklessly of an individual. essentially, it was somehow, somewhat of an accident. lars was released on bail. debbie s parents continued to support him. manslaughter is still in our understanding would be an accident. an accident. so we move forward from there. as the days without debbie stretched into weeks, something cooled in here relationship. he starts changing in my conversation, connections with him, he s not so forthcoming. if i ask him something, he kind of pulls back. lars sister says his
he couldn t see what he was shooting at. he thought their lives were in danger. i had seen the movement in front of me and i had pulled the trigger at that time. he said he was a good man who made a horrible mistake. did you at any time? no, she was the love of my life. a mistake he said he would regret forever. she was hurt pretty bad. she would have on cross-examination prosecutor carl alexander challenged lars key claim, that in the kadark he simply couldn distinguish debbie from an intruder. you know debbie s shape? i know her shape. the love of your life. yes, sir. you know better than anybody else? yes, sir. and you can t tell it is her
could easily see at night in their home. there was enough light coming through the big windows that i could find my way. and debbie was only three feet away when lars shot her. prosecutor carl alexander wanted to show the jury just how close that is. that close? what was the experience? terrifying. i m a gun owner. one of the absolute cardinal rules of using a firearm is you do not point the barrel at anything you do not intend to destroy, ever. i knew it was unloaded but in that moment, my pulse skyrocketed. he wanted the jury to think hard. no matter how dark it was, wouldn t you recognize your own spouse? he knows her scent, he knows her sound, he knows her shape. and he knew who that was in front of him. after laying out how lars killed debbie, the prosecution thought the jury would want to know why. what was the motive? the couple, they said, had hit a
danger. i had seen the the movement in front of me and i had pulled the trigger at that time. he said he was a good man who made a horrible mistake. do you in any way no. she was the love of my life. a mistake, he said, he would regret forever. it still hurts. every second of the day. okay. she was sent to me from god. if i could have made a list, she would have checked every box. on cross-examination, prosecutor carl alexander challenged lars key claim. that in the dark, he simply couldn t television debbie from an intreeder. you know debbie s shape. i know her shape, yes, sir. she s the love of your life. yes, sir. a person you know better than anybody else. yes, sir. and you can t tell it s her when you pull that trigger. no, sir. lars testified for 2 1/2
charges. and sure enough. reporter: 11 da 11 days afe shot debbie he was charged with manslaughter. prosecutors carl alexander and leo gonzales caught the case. why did manslaughter fit? manslaughter is defined in the texas penal code as causing the death recklessly of an individual. essentially that s what it boils down to. it was somehow, somewhat of an accident. lars was released on bail. debbie s parents continued to support him. manslaughter still in our understanding would be an accident. okay? and so we go forward from there. but as the days without debbie stretched into weeks, something cooled in their relationship. he starts changing in my conversations with him and connections with him. and not so forthcoming. if i ask him something he kind of holds back. lars scissioner said his behavior could be explained. he had sunk into a deep