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door. that would change your life? >> yeah. it was a pretty dark time. >> she was shocked, the last thing that you expect to hear is a police officer telling you that somebody is trying to kill her husband. >> its a murder for hire. very serious. >> he offered me $50,000 to do this. i was not gonna let this happen. >> you are an undercover officer? >> the undercover hit man. i had to totally change how i acted, talked, everything. >> you sure you want this done? >> im positive. >> i am...

>> absolutely. >> the seconds or taking away. >> it was all or nothing. >> this is an important criminal. this is a soccer mom. >> hands. put your hands in the air. >> it was held. it was hell. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to dateline, memorial day weekend in the town of east lake ohio is blissfully traditional. barbecues, boating, parades. but in 2011 there was something evil lurking beneath the service and it began with a startling 9-1-1 call. the caller had a hot tip about an ac...

>> davids 17-year marriage to chrissy flashed before his eyes, a once happy household that had turned so bitter. >> where we started to falter was when my career started really taking shape, and i had opportunities to leave ohio. >> chrissy hated living far from her parents, and the marriage eventually fell apart. david says that they separated and thats when things turned ugly. >> i am immediately became a wifebeater, a child beater, and pretty much anything else that she could accuse me of. >>...

Chrissy blamed her father. judge eugene presided over the trial. >> the defense tried to show that this was all als doing. he snooped in christines unsecured laptop. >> the defense said zombary saw the facebook conversation between chrissy and pat, the one where he joked about hiring a hitman. they said it was zombary who wanted to arrange the meeting with pat. >> christine said she did not know the purpose of the meeting. and all she was doing was her fathers bidding. >> chrissy took the stand ...

Handcuffed and taken to the station. and when they sat down with investigators, al started talking. >> you are here for conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. >> who? >> what do you mean who? >> youre saying you got everything figured out. who? >> ihow about your ex son in law. how does that sound? >> well, he should have been murdered. >> that interview quickly ended after zombary asked for a attorney. and when it was chrissys turn, she acted oblivious to it all. >> do you know why youre being...

The core of the diabolical plot. police were about to launch a daring, undercover operation. continuing now with the eastlake conspiracy. >> its like detectives needed to catch chrissy and her dad on tape. planning the murder of her ex. and they knew that the only person who could record that conversation was pat. >> how important was path to your plan? >> patrick was instrumental. >> was there a risk putting him in the middle of this? >> absolutely. there is always a risk. >> but pat made it cl...

Pictures, but it was far from perfect. major shaws on the multi easily police. >> were they happy with it? >> i dont know if they had a choice. they were scheduled to meet. >> back in ohio, adrenaline was high as detectives prepared for their final undercover sting. >> this was high stakes. this had to work. >> yes. this had to work. >> but bowersock says chrissy got cold feet. she told pat she wanted to back out of the meeting. >> this is a huge problem. my job is to make sure that she is there...

Major shawn needed david to do something crazy, stage his own death. >> the detective gets on the phone and his words were i need you to take pictures of yourself. >> pictures the police plan to photoshop to make it look that david had been shot in the head. >> he wants you to pretend that you are dead? >> right. im thinking to myself, i cant make these believable. how do i act dead? im not sure what i would look like dead. >> we needed to expose certain parts of his head to place the gunshot wo...

>> later that night, pat spoke with her dad and played up all the of the reasons that vince was the perfect person to carry out the plan. >> this guy, vince. he is, hes done this, hes done this before. i mean, he spent time in prison in california. he is, put it this way. the dude scares out of me. i told chrissy, this guy wants to be tomorrow. okay? >> okay. >> and just like that. vince was in. they discussed his retainer. >> like i told chrissy, he wanted to a bid from 2000 down to 3000 down. ...

>> if chrissy sounded guilty and that undercover recording, she says she was playing along out of fear of what vince might do. >> i started getting scared. that this man was going to show up at my door, that this man will kill, that this man will hurt my children. >> you want david killed? >> never. >> but prosecutors said that chrissy knew exactly what she was doing, they said that the proof was in that undercover recording from the final sting. >> does it look like an accident? >> no. no. >> w...