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Everything, she said. and he assured her the mistake 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 josh pla...

Hours top stories. president trump says hes holding off on declaring a national emergency for getting the money for the border wall, saying he would prefer to make a deal with congress. a snowstorm is being blamed for five road deaths in the midwest. the storm is now moving into the mid-atlantic region. now paback to "dateline." r. now paback to "dateline. welcome back to "dateline ." im craig melvin. chris wright was under arrest, charged with the murder of his business associate ken do...

Once again, heres keith morrison with "suspicion." 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, t...

And even though their questions didnt amount to hard evidence, of course, chris defense attorneys wondered as they prepared for the trial, why the 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,...

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. >> looked inside and there was a casing. >> reporter: big moment. >> big moment. >> reporter: big moment because whe...

Department categorically denied the accusation. but as those loft friends heard more of chris wrights side of the story from bianca, they became convinced he was innocent. >> there were so many parts of the puzzle that were not adding up. >> reporter: unless, they reasoned, unless someone they knew very well wanted chris to take the fall. the dark suspicion wafted through the corridors of that old chocolate factory. perhaps police, they said, arrested the wrong neighbor. >> he had the perfect pa...

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 was exceptionally strong in this case. it all kept pointing in the direction of mr. wright. >> reporter: there was the surveillance photo, the voice message which was placed from a spot near the loft according to cell tower tracking and the eyewitness. hed been shown a photo lineup with chris in it and now he remembe...

David novak to protect the real killer by setting up chris to take the fall. a conspiracy the prosecution brushed off as nonsense. >> youd have to believe for it not to be chris wright that it was somebody that looked like chris wright, sounded like chris wright, had the phone bought by chris wright, used the gun bought by chris wright, had chris wrights dna, and had a connection to ken dolezar, to find that it wasnt chris wright. >> reporter: all of that, claimed chris defend, the clever novak ...

In the downtown loft building he showed novak the surveillance photo from that cell phone store. >> he looked at it and said, thats chris wright. hes my neighbor. he lives two floors below. >> reporter: chris wright, his good friend and husband of the irrepressible bianca. >> this is definitely somebody we want to talk to. >> reporter: carriger arrived unannounced at chris office. not far from the loft building. almost before he asked a question, he said, chris launched into a story about ken do...

Retrieved the gun case. >> looked inside and there was a casing. >> reporter: big moment. >> big moment. >> reporter: big moment because when ballistics tested that shell casing -- >> it was a match. that shell casing was fired from the same gun as the shell casings recovered at the scene where ken dolezsar was killed. >> reporter: chris wrights missing gun must have been the murder weapon. now the case looked very strong indeed. though chris wife bianca certainly didnt think so. >> i know categ...