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>>> WELCOME BACK.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT TONIGHT,
THE MONTANA BRIDE ACCUSED OF
MURDERING HER NEW HUSBAND IS OUT
OF JAIL.
THE JUDGE RULED SHE'S NOT A
FLIGHT RISK WHILE WAITING FOR
HER TRIAL TO BEGIN.
THEY WERE MARRIED A LITTLE MORE
THAN A WEEK WHEN ACCORDING TO
PROSECUTORS THEY GOT IN AN
ARGUMENT WHILE HIKING IN
GLACIERS NATIONAL PARK AND IN A
HIT OF ANGER, GRAM PUSHED HIM
OFF A CLIFF.
HIS BODY WAS FOUND DAYS LATER.
SO THE PRIDE, WHY WAS SHE
RELEASED TONIGHT?
IS SHE NO LONGER A SUSPECT?
>> Reporter: SHE IS STILL A
SUSPECT.
SHE'S STILL A DEFENDANT,
ANDERSON, BUT WHAT THE JUDGE
POINTED OUT IN HIS DECISION IS
THAT IT'S VERY RARE TO KEEP A
DEFENDANT LIKE THIS IN CUSTODY
BEFORE SHE FACES TRIAL.
SO HE SAYS, CAN YOU MITIGATE THE
RISK OF THE COMMUNITY, HE FELT
HE COULD AND THAT BECAUSE SHE
HAS NO CRIMINAL HISTORY HE DID
RELEASE HER.
THAT'S WHY SHE WALKED OUT TODAY.
>> ARE THERE CONDITIONS ON HER
RELEASE?
>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY.
SHE CAN'T GO OUT HIKING OR
DRIVING AROUND BY HERSELF.
SHE WAS FREED ON HER OWN RECOG
SENSE.
SHE CAN ONLY LEAVE THE HOUSE TO
GO TO THE DOCTOR, PSYCHIATRIST,
HAS TO HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH
EVALUATION SCREENING AND MAKE
SURE THE ONLY OTHER PLACE SHE
GOES TO IS CHURCH.
GIVEN THAT, THE JUDGE SAYS YOU
CAN GO AHEAD AND BE FREE.
NO BOND POSTED BUT ANDERSON,
THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE
STORY.
THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE FILED
A MOTION TO STAY THIS RELEASE,
HOPING TO GET HER BACK INTO
CUSTODY RIGHT AWAY.
>> I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT HER
LATE HUSBAND'S FAMILY AND
FRIENDS ARE SAYING.
HAVE PROSECUTORS LAID OUT WHAT
EVIDENCE THEY HAVE?
I KNOW A LOT OF FRIENDS AND
FAMILY BAD MOUTHED HER AND SAID
SHE SEEMED SUSPICIOUS AT THE
WEDDING, WE DIDN'T REALLY LIKE
HER.
IN TERMS OF ACTUAL EVIDENCE, HOW
DO THEY KNOW SHE ALLEGEDLY
PUSHED THIS GUY OFF A CLIFF?
>> Reporter: WELL, SHE SAID SHE
DID, AND THE LAST STORY SHE GAVE
TO INVESTIGATORS SHE SAYS SHE
TOOK HER HAND TO PUT IT ON HIS
BACK AND SHOVED HIM FACE-FIRST
OFF THE CLIFF.
SHE TOLD THAT TO INVESTIGATORS.
THEY ARE REALLY LAYING THAT
HEAVY AS FAR AS EVIDENCE.
BUT THERE IS OTHER EVIDENCE LIKE
TRYING TO COVER IT UP.
SHE OPENED UP AN E-MAIL ACCOUNT
DAYS AFTER HER HUSBAND OF EIGHT
DAYS WENT MISSING SAYING THAT
ANOTHER PERSON SAID THAT HE SAW
THIS MADE UP PERSON, HE SAW HER
HUSBAND DEAD.
SO PROSECUTORS WILL BUILD A CASE
OF COVERUP AS WELL.
WE REACHED OUT TO OTHER FRIENDS
AND FAMILY MEMBERS, AND YOU CAN
IMAGINE HOW THEY ARE FEELING.
THERE IS A LOT OF OUTRAGE AND
HURT.
ONE PERSON TOLD ME LIKE A SLAP
IN THE FACE.
I SPOKE WITH A GROOMS MAN,
CAMERON FREDERICKSON.
HE SAID QUOTE SHE OPENLY
ADMITTED SHE TOOK SOMEONE ELSE'S
LIFE.
SHE HAS DONE NOTHING BUT LIE,
YOU'RE GOING TO LET HER GO HOME
WITH HER FAMILY AND RELAX LIKE