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As far as we know. but novak, so we dont know anything. >> reporter: but now a theory about motive drifted from loft to loft. hadnt novak borrowed almost 2 million from ken? the friends said they watched him spend lavishly on high living and never saw evidence of that movie the loan was supposed to pay for. but really, was their old friend capable of orchestrating murder and pinning it on chris? >> theres one person that bragged about knowing russian mafia. >> how hard would it be to find somebo...

Arrived. >> its surreal. theyre like roving gangs of toddlers who are ripping everything apart. they took apartment the sofa and took out the lining. they took apart my toaster. they take everything apart. >> reporter: a ballistics report told police the murder weapon was a 9 millimeter handgun. chris was an avid collector of guns and among them police found an empty case for a springfield handgun and what do you know, the gun that went with it was missing. chris wright was arrested and charged ...

Certainly sure lee carlson is mistaken. chris wright himself. >> i will answer any question you want to ask. >> reporter: chris was jailed right after his arrest. he wanted to make his case to "dateline" in the flesh, but authorities wouldnt allow it so we talked to him on the phone. you say you didnt do it. >> i absolutely did not do it. >> reporter: we discussed all the allegations at length. he offered detailed and allegations of his own. that david novak is crooked and the only person who wa...

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 prisons to record inmates phone calls. this is ken talking to his wife dee before his murder. >> im actually meeting with my friend tomorrow at 7:00 a.m., go figure that out. >> oh, i love it. >> yeah, exactly. so tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m. so tomorrow night i should know more. >> reporter: police confronted dee in...

>> 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. almost before he asked a question, he said, chris launched into a story about ken dolezsar. claimed the man was so paranoid he wanted drois buy a prepaid cell phone so they could communicate in complete privacy. t...

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 fouer tracking and the eyewitness. hed been shown a photo lineup with chris in it and now he remembered some details a little dif...

Supportive chats she had with novak after chris arrest. >> turned out he was probably fishing for information. >> 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 is making sure that someone is caught and charged for the crime. once they have somebody, they...

>> i started to feel sorry for her thinking, oh, my gosh, you poor, naive girl. youre going to be crushed by this. >> 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. >> 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 b...

Welcome back. friends in the salt lake city loft building mulled over the dark suspicions swirling through thaur hallways. chris wright was in jail awaiting trial. but many residents were now convinced police had the wrong man. they believed investigators should be looking at another neighbor. one who was about to make a startling move. here again is keith morris. >> among residents of the downtown salt lake loft an idea took root and grew around the story of the murder of ken dolezsar. it was p...

Welcome back. ken dolezsar was dead. chris wright was on trial for his murder and david novack was on the move. despite the evidence pointing to chris his friends from the loft building believed novack was the real killer. had chris been framed for the crime as he claimed inwe reached out to the defendant and novack for answers, and one of them wanted to share his story with us. here with the conclusion of our story is keith morris. >> chris wrights murder trial began in april 2010. it had been ...