Andrea Canning

And it was in such poor taste.

She was actually shot in the heart?

Well, it penetrated the lining of her heart, yes.

As family and friends tried to sort out their feelings, police reviewed the case, looking to see if this was a crime or not, since even an accident can warrant criminal charges.

And sure enough, 11 days after Lars fatally shot Debbie, he was charged with manslaughter.

Carl Alexander and Leo Gonzalez were the prosecutors who caught the case.

Why did manslaughter fit?

Investigators, as they worked through the case, looked into the couple's finances.

Debbie's assets totaled more than a million dollars when she died.

Her dad was named the beneficiary on most of her investment accounts.

So Lars, it seemed, had little to gain by killing her.

Still, the whispers continued among Debbie's friends, who told investigators there was another side to the marriage.

I know that she was frustrated.

Even simple things caused tension.

Liz Zavia volunteered that Lars the contractor was slow to finish projects around the house.

She did send me a picture of what Lars did in the bathroom, and the measurements were incorrect, and so it ended up making a hole.

She goes, I just want my bathroom fixed.

She would express frustrations about Lars.

sitting around on the couch all day and watching TV.

Debbie's friend, Ellen Mitchell, noticed a change in Debbie's behavior when she returned home from business trips.