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So now it was that morning, 7:00 a.m., november 15th, 2007. >> 911. what is the address of your emergency? >> reporter: dean carriger, a detective, was on the freeway that night when his radio went off. >> i heard there was an actual shooting. >> reporter: thats my department. >> thats where i need to get busy. >> reporter: he had the address, the parking lot of the village inn restaurant, in a town called sandy, his town. >> it was a very violent scene. the victim was shot five times. the fifth...

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...

Was the caller also the killer? if so, they now had his voice because earlier that caller left this phone message. >> hey, ken, this is robert. i talked to dave. he said when you get to -- >> reporter: detectives traced the prepaid cell from which the call came and went to the store where someone bought it. >> this phone was purchased with cash with no identifying information provided to the carrier. >> reporter: but the family did have a suggestion for the detectives, something they actually ag...

And something about that want to be movie producer made kens relatives suspicious. so detectives drove over to the loft where they spoke with mr. novak. >> he was soft spoken. >> reporter: and a bright man. >> he came across as very intelligent, yes. >> reporter: answered all the questions but didnt seem to be of much help. then as detective carriger was preparing to leave, he tried one more question. that prepaid cell phone, the one someone used to invite ken to the fatal meeting, the store had...

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...

It was converted to loft apartments in those boom years before the bust. and the style of living and location drew a distinct crowd. outliers of a sort, iconoclasts to the mormon city. >> i loved this building. >> reporter: bianca pearman-brooks, born into privilege, raised in africa. she came here in 2006 to visit a friend. >> i came on holiday and i miss christopher and we hit it off. >> reporter: christopher wright, a real estate developer lived in the same loft building as biancas friend. th...

Accidentally threw her gorgeous wedding ring away. we had to dig it out of the garbage. i was standing there. she can be an absent-minded dingbat. >> reporter: but remember the day police searched the loft? >> they took apart my toaster. >> reporter: she was focused like a laser that day, said bianca, watching intently, she said, as an officer looked in the empty 9 millimeter gun case. >> i was sitting beside her. >> reporter: no test fired shell casing, she said. >> i dont mean to sound cynical...

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 the inside door handle of the suv. >> reporter: it was a tiny sample, not a perfect one, but it seemed to put chris in ken dolezsars car drivers side which certainly helped the case. but it wasnt quite air tight, not yet. the murder weapon had not been found. yet they found an empty gun case in chris and biancas apartment, but nothing to conn...

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 is making sure that someone is caught and charged for the crime. once they have somebody, theyll stop looking...

What i saw and i know who i saw. >> reporter: except there is one person who said he is most 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 on the phone. >> so you say you didnt do it? >> i absolutely did not do it. >> reporter: we discussed all the allegations at length. he offered ...