GREELEY, Colo. — Opening statements were delivered Wednesday in the murder trial of former Weld County sheriff’s Deputy Tom Fallis.
He’s accused of shooting his wife, Ashley. Her death was originally ruled a suicide, but a FOX31 Denver Problem Solvers investigation found evidence that led to prosecutors reopening the case.
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“I didn’t shoot my wife,” Fallis said during police questioning after she died.
He was indicted by a grand jury for her death early on New Year’s Day in 2012 in the couple’s home in Evans.
“It is him who pulled the trigger,” a prosecutor said during opening statements Wednesday.
Fallis had moved to Indiana, where he was arrested and brought back to Colorado to stand trial.
Defense attorney’s argue that Ashley Fallis had a history of mental illness and that she was suicidal that night after having suffered a miscarriage that morning. Prosecutors charge Fallis was upset about his wife’s marijuana smoking but that she was not suicidal.
The trial resumes Thursday morning.