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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 ....
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 t ....
This is the moment where some convicted killers ask for mercy, because of their difficult lives. or tell the court they ve been misunderstood. and sometimes, of course, they don t speak at all. but not conrad truman. listen to me, please. i can t say sorry. for something i did not do. i understood speaking out would make it worse. but i was like, i don t know. i was like, (bleep) with this, i need to speak my mind. i didn t kill my wife. there is no way. there need to be some proof. that s why there is no proof. this is just a big injustice. the judge had heard that before. the sentence he imposed? 16 years to life. crushing for conrad and his family sitting behind him. including sister colette. you want to believe that the things turned out the way they re, supposed to. ....
Inseparable after. that it was that first night? yeah, yeah. this tough girl even shared conrad s interest in guns. we would go to the range, shooting at the hills. and she knew how to handle a handgun? yes. one year into their courtship, conrad decided to pop the question. in true utah form, he chose a mountain on which to do. it she have any idea was coming? no. so, i got on one knee and i asked her and i started bowling. and she just said yes, right off the bat. s colette couldn t believe it when her little brother first introduced heidy to the family. i was actually really surprised when i first met her. like, how did he land that girl? they just seemed to be such a great match. you saw love and chemistry there? oh, it was almost awkward. they were definitely unenviable couple. another year later, came the wedding. ....
Because he must be overwhelmed with grief. conrad s sister colette was thinking the same thing as she raced to the hospital. what kind of condition was your brother in? he was just a total wreck. just absolutely hysterical. didn t know how it could ve happened. no one did. but back at the truman home, sgt. crook had started analyzing the evidence. and was already developing a theory. i thought, oh, man. there s something going on here. you had a feeling? i had a feeling. yes. it wasn t just me. everybody was looking around like there is something wrong here. we need to check. coming up was a an accident, suicide? she s completely naked. we don t see a lot of women commit suicide naked. that s not normal. or something else? i felt like they thought i did something. when dateline continues. i m a big advocate of recommending things that i know work. ....