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And -- and she was empty. >> what did she tell you? >> things werent working out with jason. was murdered, michelle phoned her sister meredith to report yet another blowup with jason. >> she was just, "ive had it." she said, "you know, more than one time, i just cant do this anymore." >> reporter: jason was telling one of his close friends the same thing. and prosecutors said just days before michelle was murdered, he had indulged in one last transgression. a casual hook-up with an old friend na...

Connection to ken dolezsar to find that it wasnt chris wright. >> reporter: but all of that claimed chris defense the clever novak was quite capable of setting up. >> he could have it set from start to finish. >> reporter: like a chess move 20 moves ahead. >> yep. >> reporter: but that didnt explain the good samaritan eyewitness that sat in court and pointed his finger at chris wright. >> im very certain and clear of what i saw. i may not have told it initially off the bat under the full stress ...

Had ever met novak, the man has a byzantine mind. >> reporter: she recalls all those supportive chats she had with novak after chris arrest. >> turned out he was probably fishing for information. >> reporter: it reminded friend john fife of a conversation with novak one night after they dined together. john posed a question. he said, mostly in jest, of course, just hypothetical -- >> i said, david, have you ever contemplated committing the perfect murder? and he said yes. the key element to that...

Would soon be rectified. she believed him. >> i didnt want to be married to a murderer. i would not fool myself if there was a seconds doubt in my mind he did not do this. >> reporter: but some of their friends in the loft werent so sure. >> i started to feel sorry for her thinking, oh, my gosh, she poor, naive girl. youre going to be crushed by this. >> reporter: at the sandy, utah, justice center, the case that police turned over to the assistant district attorney seemed clear. >> the evidence...

>> reporter: fall came to salt lake city. leaves yellowed and fell. the economic crisis started toward them like a low black cloud. as a businessman ken zoel czar, chris wright and novak began their hustle and flow. but the storm bearing down on them was loaded not with economic ruin but something else entirely. >> i couldnt believe it. no one -- everyone, all of our friends. we sat there. we couldnt move. it was like -- it was just unbelievable. ♪ protect your pet with the #1 name in flea and...

Yet they found an empty gun case in chris and biancas apartment, but nothing to connect the case to the murder. and just about then -- >> the sergeant for the district attorneys office just happened to call me and ask, hey, did you ever look in that gun case? was there shell casing or anything in that gun case? >> reporter: turns out the guns manufacturer includes a test-fired shell casing with each gun it sells. so the detective went to the evidence locker, he said, retrieved the gun case. >> l...

Strange times around the loft building in downtown salt lake. so shocking that one of their own chris wright had been arrested and charged with killing wealthy businessman ken dolezsar. >> all the evidence that we obtained led up to chris wright being the triggerman. >> reporter: in the suv ken drove to his fatal morning meeting, for example. the killer used that vehicle to flee the scene. and when the cops found it and scoured the interior, they got a hit. chris dna. >> we had a dna result from...

Had ever met novak, the man has a byzantine mind. >> reporter: she recalls all those supportive chats she had with novak after chris arrest. >> turned out he was probably fishing for information. >> reporter: it reminded friend john fife of a conversation with novak one night after they dined together. john posed a question. he said, mostly in jest, of course, just hypothetical -- >> i said, david, have you ever contemplated committing the perfect murder? and he said yes. the key element to that...

Police had so readily dismissed novak as a suspect. dismissed him and a few other puzzling discoveries, like the one about kens widow dee. remember, she was in prison at the time of his murder. when she first talked to police, she told them she had no idea her husband had a meeting the morning of his murder. no clue who he was meeting with. turns out, she was not telling the truth. >> hello? >> you have a call from an inmate. >> hello? >> hi, honey. >> reporter: its standard procedure for prison...

>> reporter: no test fired shell casing, she said. >> i dont mean to sound cynical, but i know it wasnt there. >> reporter: only possible conclusion, said bianca, it was her accusation, the sandy police must have planted the shell casing in order to link chris missing gun to the crime scene. you think it would be hard for people to accept the idea that this detective would do something as unethical as plant evidence. >> it was not there. i know that. >> reporter: the sandy police department cate...