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>> before chris ever met ken dolezar, she took some visiting british friends on a shooting excursion to the great salt lake. they finished at sunset. >> and i put down this little gun, the springfield, on the ground, right next to the bag. and i went to, like, help somebody with something else. >> then she got distracted, she said, packed up the rest of the gear, went home, and neither she nor chris ever saw that gun again. biancas proof the gun was missing? this video made just over a day later...

These attorneys claim they cant find him. theyve asked for a default judgment. back in the loft, his friends imagine the worst about their former friend and neighbor, the missing david novak. what would you advise him to do if you could talk to him? >> talk to you guys, tell the story. >> if you have nothing to hide. >> refute me. tell me why what im saying is not correct. we used to be friends. im more than willing to hear what you have to say, david. >> reporter: so where is he? turned out dav...

Arrived. >> its surreal. you have, like roving gangs of toddlers who are ripping everything apart. they turned our sofas upsidedown and took apart the lining. they took apart my toaster. they take everything apart. >> 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 armory .9 millimeter handgun and what do you know, the gun that went with it was missing. chris wright was...

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 with the crime. once they have somebody, theyll stop looking and thats how you can really get away. >> and now, novak had taken off. and even though their questions didnt amount to hard evidence, of course, chri...

>> christopher is staggeringly left handed. >> staggeringly left handed. then there was the business of eye color. now long after the event, the eyewitness was saying the killer had brilliant blue eyes. but right after the murder -- >> cant tell eye color, but his eyes seemed to be more bulgy. >> he got more and more refined in each interview with the police. >> brilliant blue eyes. >> yes. of course, you can see brilliant nordic blue eyes from the side. >> what about chris suspiciously missing ...

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

Into a fortune. >> so, most everyone in the building seemed to be living large in those good old pre-meltdown days and into the mix was introduced a new ingredient, a businessman with real money. it was novak, said bianca, who did the introductions. >> christopher had an officer about two, three blocks from here and there was a starbucks he always went to and he went over there and novak was there with ken and he introduced them. >> ken dolezar lived in a wealthy enclave south of salt lake city,...

>> hed claimed to be their great friend, sociable, gregarious, larger than life. then said his neighbors, once chris was arrested, he seemed nervous. and now he was gone. and so they wondered, was david novak running from something? the loft friends began re-examining all those stories told them over the years, particularly those about his criminal past. >> started comparing notes and stories and it becomes clear, wow, david told me a different version of that. >> hed been lying, to put it rathe...

>> reporter: and out in suburban sandy, utah, the case still resonates around the shiny new courthouse. where ada josh player struggled with his emotions a bit as he told us hes sure he did not send an innocent man to prison but rather achieved justice for everyone. >> i was glad for the family of the victim. >> reporter: you take this stuff to heart, dont you? >> i do. i do. >> reporter: and while they stand on opposite sides of that chasm between innocence and guilt, theres no dispute about th...

She can be an absent minded dingbat. >> remember the day the police took apart her loft? >> they took apart my toaster. >> she watched intently as the officer looked in the empty .9 millimeter gun case. >> i was sitting next to her. >> no test fired gun casing, she said. >> i dont mean to sound cynical, but i know it wasnt there. >> only possible conclusion, said bianca, it was her accusation, the sandy police must have planted the shell casing in order to look chris missing gun to the crime sce...