Blayne Alexander

Tex eventually pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter rather than go back to trial.

And now he's out.

He's been released on parole.

Well, as you can imagine, a lot of people had a lot of thoughts about this episode.

So let us go to our favorite part of any Talking Dateline episode and listen to some viewer questions.

Let's get this from Alison Silcox Ledman on Facebook, who writes, my biggest problem is that it wasn't his decision to get off the freeway at all.

Did he just decide to shoot her right there, right then?

Zero planning involved.

Had he told her to get off, that would be one thing, but he didn't.

It just doesn't seem plausible to me.

Sure.

Here's a username that's appropriate for this time of year.

MarchinMadness says on X, Texas trying to be smooth, too smooth.

OK, good.

Let's hear from this genuine.

Lori on X says, I'm sure I've said this before, but I will never pass judgment on anyone because of how they grieve or respond to a tragedy.

Well, that's always something that comes up in our episodes.

Here's one from Rara18751937 who writes on X, let's just say I don't think that you can shoot your wife on accident.

Interesting question from Misty Hargrave, who writes on Facebook, I'm wondering why the jury was able to completely discount the medical testimony regarding the defendant's sleep disturbances.

It seems much more likely that the gun was discharged after Tex jolted himself awake.