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>> reporter: but not between dee and ken. theirs seemed to be a genuine love story. but now a grieving dee told detectives she was as baffled about the murder as they were. >> she was not able to provide us any information as to who he was meeting that day or anything about his day. >> reporter: and despite all that friction, the infighting over money and control, dees family produced not a single viable suspect, not even kens step-son. >> derrick had an alibi at the time of the murder. >> repor...

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. there was a party in the building, bianca was invited. in one night you knew? >> yeah. yeah. >> reporter: to anyone watching, it was an...

Doing business with dolezsar. >> it felt like rubber necking in a car crash. wow, somebody you knew could be murdered. >> reporter: who could want a man as nice and generous as ken dolezsar dead? but then its almost a truism of police work where money goes trouble often follows. the more money, the bigger the trouble. and in this case, an extra dollop. the mans fortune wasnt really his, strictly speaking. he married into the bulk of it. the fortune came from a company his wife founded with her f...

He was. im satisfied with that. >> reporter: chris wright is serving a sentence of 15 to life. he is preparing an appeal, hoping for a new trial. a long shot at best. and david novak? hes not been charged with or accused by the police of anything. though whether or not authorities want to talk to him is less clear. you know where he is? >> i dont know where he is, no. >> reporter: are your people trying to track him down? >> well part of the rules im constrained by is i dont speak with ongoing i...

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...

Pulled out a search warrant. bianca was home when the police 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 wen...

His wife at starbucks, of course. he just isnt answering calls or e-mails from his former loft friends. and he didnt want to talk to "dateline," telling us over the phone he was not involved in kens murder, has been cleared by the police and anyone who says otherwise is a liar and liable to be sued. bring it on, he said. so is chris wright a liar? bianca an unwitting or perhaps willing accomplice? some people are surprised that you stayed because you could go. >> i wouldnt leave a dog in christo...

>> he was so nice and entertaining and funny and charming. this building is for the people who just really liked him. and i would count myself completely as one of them. >> its impossible not to be charmed by david. i adore the man. >> we were, i would say, basically best friends here in utah. >> reporter: davids huge personality fit his apparently oversized professional accomplishments. investor, restaurateur, owner of an extremely unusual consulting firm whose sole specialty was preparing weal...

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

Be a crap shoot was the phrase that was used. >> reporter: the jury deliberated for 11 hours, and the verdict -- guilty. >> i cant even begin to explain. its like the bottom falls out of your world. and he wouldnt let me hug him. you know. sorry. just give me a sec. >> reporter: thats all right. take your time. >> crying is not acceptable. >> reporter: and why is that? >> because im english. >> reporter: but for kens friends, at least matt beaudry, the verdict was vindication. >> he looks like a...