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They found near the car crash? it was a nevados brand shoebox. and in david moffitts red tub? what do you know. >> in that red tub were those nevados shoes, size 11. >> its almost like he was laying the trap for himself. >> absolutely. >> they sent the wet laptop off to the computer lab, hoping maybe the techs could find something on it. and surprise, surprise, they did. >> and off of that computer, we were able to find the work that david moffitt had done to create a fake i.d. in andy wegeners ...

Knew he was who he said he was, and that he was at least 21. >> reporter: who did he say he was? >> he said his name was andy wegener, and that was the e-mail address that he had contacted me from, was andy wegener something-or-other at gmail.com. >> reporter: whered you meet? >> i work part-time at a gas station. its public, there are cameras in the area and if something bad were to happen, i know of at least two or three people that are in the area a lot that would probably come to my rescue. ...

One of the things that were found was a receipt from a local car dealership and the receipt was for a purchase of three oil changes, had the name of andrew wegener. >> reporter: andrew wegener, the boyfriend angie lived with before justin. weird. another guy without a criminal record. another apparently ordinary person, a des moines funeral director, in his case. and yet, there it was in black and white, among all of those other pieces of evidence, andrew wegener. >> how do he explain that? >> a...

But i provided him that method. >> later that day, detective hopper drove out to meet with drew, who turned over all the e-mails and text messages he had saved them all as well as photos of the rifle, three ammo magazines, a scope and red laser pointer attached to the weapon, part of the deal. >> and i asked him if he had any shell casings from the weapon that he sold. he went, left, and came back shortly after and had 63 casings. >> reporter: wow. hes a person who likes to keep things. >> yes. ...

>> later that day, detective hopper drove out to meet with drew, who turned over all the e-mails and text messages he had saved them all as well as photos of the rifle, three ammo magazines, a scope and red laser pointer attached to the weapon, part of the deal. >> and i asked him if he had any shell casings from the weapon that he sold. he went, left, and came back shortly after and had 63 casings. >> reporter: wow. hes a person who like to keep things. >> yes. and some -- most of those casings...

We did not know. >> reporter: andy swore detectives would find no evidence against him in grimes. >> when was the last time you were in grimes? for any reason. >> theres a basketball court in the u, is what they call it. that was awhile ago. >> whats a while mean to you? >> three weeks to a month -- three or four weeks at least. its been a while. theres a bunch of guys that get together, we pay five bucks and are able to shoot around in this place for a couple hours. >> let me double check, make...

>> reporter: its more evidence to suggest that theres some sort of conspiracy involved here. >> its too early to really rule anybody out. we wanted to find out -- if andy was the actual purchaser of that weapon. fortunately, that bill of sale gave us the lead to where the weapon came from. >> reporter: his name was right here -- drew bahlmann. and here he is. hes a small-town high school english teacher in a little place called signourney, 90 miles or so from des moines. >> there is something yo...

Hopper. and so they pushed her a little. wondered aloud, not so idly, if angie might have known the killer, or, perish the thought, even colluded with that shadowy person, whoever it might be. like maybe a love interest. someone in his or her past. more likely hers. >> talked with angie about justins relationships. he had no serious relationships prior to her. he did -- had dated, but no one that seemed to have caused a concern. so i went into angies relationships. >> angie had been married befo...

>> what do you mean by that? >> because i was the one who had broken off the relationship. i was the one who ignored him the next day. >> you really think if you hadnt ignored him, hed suddenly become mr. sweetness and light? >> well, no, but i just felt like it was -- i brought this monster into justins life. >> but the prosecutors needed more evidence if they wanted to prove that david moffitt was the man angie saw as a monster. how, for example, did david get an i.d. with andy wegeners name o...

His shirt. and the video depicts david moffitt. >> well, well, well. >> and he purchases a lemonade and a candy bar. >> which may have settled the question of who picked up the murder weapon. but here was another question. how did david moffitt get hold of andy wegeners i.d.? but the detectives had all kinds of reasons for wanting to talk to david moffitt. they picked him up about 15 hours after the shooting. took him to headquarters. installed him in an interview room. and? no dice. >> he reque...