And then the third shot into his chest. Three gunshots that had a long running mystery. Who killed the veterinarian . I think the perpetrator stood there and watch him die. There were so many different leads and rumours. I felt like it wasnt for me. Jealousy . Rage . Revenge . It was a classic who done it. Could anyone solve it . Look at what its done to our family. It was hard. I wanted justice for my brother. There was a broad swath of prairie. Where the cattle outnumbered the people. And the sad Summer Breeze sang around the modest dwelling in the grass. This is marlene protsman. They called it the bunk house. Though it was really just a single wide trailer. He shot himself. My husband just went down. Richard. To see if he wanted to go to pasture. An honest little place out on the montana prairie. Along the edges. Do you know where he shot himself . Okay. Is he still alive . Theres blood everywhere. I place a young vet could achieve while he built his business. Well, if you can have
long running mystery. who killed the veterinarian? i think the perpetrator stood there and watch him die. there were so many different leads and murmurs. i felt like it wasn t for me. jealousy? rage? revenge? it was a question of who done it. could anyone solve it? look at what it s done to our family. it was hard. i wanted justice for my brother. there was a broad swath of prairie. where the cattle outnumbered the people. and the sad summer breeze sang around the modest dwelling in the grass. this is marlene they called it the bunk house. though it was really just a single wide trailer. my husband just went down. richard. to see if he wanted to go to pasture. an honest little place out on the montana prairie. along the edges. do you know where he shot himself? okay. is he still alive? there s blood everywhere. i place a young vet could achieve while he built his business. we ll, if you can have somebody go check and see if he s s
morning, until off saturday night. is that correct? and, sunday, you come out to brian straley. right waxy so, that s the first time anybody sees you. from saturday morning until sunday morning. reporter: he denied any role in the shooting, and remember, detectives do not charge him with anything but, the defense has made its form. it comes back, they made a decision that he died on friday night. and so, larry was around some people friday night. but all day saturday, and saturday night, sunday morning, he wasn t around anyone. finally, the defense brought up one more thing. the thing that still upsets dr. ryan s sisters. the fact that dr. ryan was wearing underwear at the time of his death, and they would be something that wasn t identified.
detectives had heard that larry seem to know intimate details of the crime scene which had not been made public. as if he was right there when it happened. the problem? his story never stay the same when he s even revealing it. at one point he said there was bullet holes everywhere. later he would say that there was only two holes. at one point he indicated that it was a rifle. and then it was a pistol this is agent thompson from montana. still from the sound from this 20 year old recording agent thompson wasn t accusing him of murdering his friend in cold blood more like, things got out of hand somehow. i could just see this happening. i could see larry thinking, well, he s got to drinking again. whether he s depressed. whether he s mad. i don t know whether it s just going out to talk to somebody, and just ending up in a stupid shouting match. oh, there is the gun that s always laying around. i ll take care of this myself. i ll get out of here in shoot
on a day 8 of the trial, tom s defense team attempted to flip the playfield. not only did they challenge the prosecution series of dr. ryan s murderer occurred on a friday night, they also pointed their suspicion that a man who had no alibi for saturday. hagan bush, that friend whose wife was leaving. dr. ryan was trying to commit suicide one month before the murder. he took this combination of pills so that he could check out. you want to kill yourself? it was time. i was done with all of the bull ship. to me, it was very possible, he goes to mr. ryan s trailer, he s upset, he was drinking.