Was woman’s death an accident or a murder?
By Morgan Jacobsen; Morgan Jacobsen Deseret News | |
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Inside, Crook said he found
"He was yelling, he was screaming. Several times he said, 'Come on, baby,'" the sergeant said.
Two officers had to pull Truman away from his wife's body while paramedics attended to her. Police attempted to calm Truman down in order to understand what had happened, but he threatened to kill police if his wife died, according to Crook.
Truman, 32, was "very agitated, out of control, threatening," he testified. "He didn't try to hit me, but I felt like he was going to put his hands on me. I told him, 'Dont' touch me.' He had so much blood" on him.
Among several confusing explanations, Truman told investigators that he and his wife had been drinking and got into an argument that evening. She went into the bathroom to take a bath and locked the door. Truman told police he picked the lock and went into the bathroom, but left after she told him to leave.
Truman said he later heard yelling outside the home and left the house with a handgun and his dog to investigate. When he came back inside, he said he heard a pop.
Investigators say he told them that his wife was not suicidal and that a bullet must have hit her through the bathroom wall, though police found no physical evidence to support that theory.
Officers found two handguns in the residence that night. While talking with police, Truman picked up one of the guns, yelled at it and threw it against a cabinet, Crook testified.
"He was angry at the gun," the sergeant said. "He threw it, it hit the edge of the cabinet and fell into a chair. It left a blood stain mark on the wall."
Police determined the home to be a crime scene, and
A medical examiner determined
Police contend that Truman's primary motive in killing his wife was to collect insurance funds amounting to
"Heidy was not suicidal," prosecutor
A recording of the 911 call that
Defense attorney
"They don't show consciousness of guilt. They show pain," Yengich told jurors Wednesday. "This is a fairly hyper young man, not greatly educated, kind of a country boy who's drunk, who's trying to react to what he sees."
Yengich offered an explanation that
"We submit the evidence is most likely to show that this is an accidental death," Yengich told the eight-men, three-women jury.
Truman's defense also points to evidence that he and his wife got along well.
"They appeared to get along famously,"
"They were always together, always holding hands,"
Truman is being held in the
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