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>> she was a young actress starring in the role of a lifetime. a mystery. >> you never heard a gunshot? >> no. >> one of her friends was dead. >> theres been a body discovered in sams apartment. >> its so hard. she was 23. >> another friend was missing and wanted. >> youve got a dead woman in his apartment. this guy is potentially very dangerous. >> we were pretty confident he was our guy. >> two mysteries to solve, but one evasive witness. >> rachel didnt tell us any of this the day b...

another friend is missing. this guys potentially -- we are confident he was our guy. >> two mysteries to solve. but one recent witness. >> rachel details i need to sedate. before >> i told the truth to the best of my capability. >> police wondered had another murder been planned? >> they said if you would have gone back that day, they wanted to kill you. >> did rachel have a secret -- >> what did you do? >> i think you know what i did. >> -- would she keep it? >> this is as diabolical ...

My comfort is gods in control, and god knows im innocent. >> youre an honest person? >> i think so. to the best of my capabilities. i told the truth to try to help the police get to the bottom of things. my heart was always in the right place. >> dan kills sam. dan disposes of sams body. dan lures julie to sams apartment using sams phone. dan kills julie. during all that time, you never suspect a thing. >> not a thing. >> in september 2018, eight years after the murders, the aspiring actress wen...

The fact. >> police and prosecutors dont believe you were honest with them. were you honest with them? >> i was. i know my heart and god knows my heart, and thats my comfort is gods in control, and god knows im innocent. >> you an honest person? >> i think so. to the best of my capabilities. i told the truth to try to help the police get to the bottom of things. my heart was always in the right place. >> dan kills sam. dan disposes of sams body. dan lures julie to sams apartment using sams phone...

Believe you were honest with them. were you honest with them? >> i was. i know my heart and god knows my heart, and thats my comfort is gods in control, and god knows im innocent. >> you an honest person? >> i think so. to the best of my capabilities. i told the truth to try to help the police get to the bottom of things. my heart was always in the right place. >> dan kills sam. dan disposes of sams body. dan lures julie to sams apartment using sams phone. dan kills julie. during all that time, ...

>> reporter: costa mesa police detective ed everett responded to the call. >> we have a twenty-something-year-old female on the bed. and shes in a position that appears that she was sexually assaulted. >> reporter: police soon idd the victim, sams tutor and friend, julie kibuishi. they had to tell julies parents. >> i think i was screaming like, "no. no, thats not my daughter. no. its not my daughter." >> reporter: julie had been shot twice in the head. her pants were down and someone had writte...

>> theres a body in my sons apartment. >> theres a what? >> a body. a dead body. >> a dead body. is it someone that you know, sir? >> no, i have no idea who she is. does your son know who it is? >> hes not here. jesus, honey. >> reporter: after sam herrs dad, steve, called 911, the news spread quickly at camden martinique. >> my phone rings and its my husband, asking me if im okay. and i -- "yes, why?" he said, "theres been a body discovered in sams apartment. track down everybody." >> reporter:...

Relationship, money was always somewhat of an issue. >> reporter: rachel picked up work here and there, once she said as a princess at disney land. then worked sometimes two, but nothing steady. >> they kind of seemed to struggle financially a lot. you know, if anything, you kind of felt vor for them because they seemed like they were so excited to get married and start their life together. >> reporter: and at the apartments, they settled right in. >> it got to the point where everybody was hang...

Welcome back. dan wozniak confessed to the murders of sam and julie. he also told police he acted alone. there was no physical evidence tying dans fiancee rachel buffett to either killing but detectives believed she had lied to them to protect dan. now the couple, once of toast of their community circle theater, face separate trials. would two grieving families finally learn the truth? here is the conclusion of "the final curtain." >> reporter: in december 2015, five years after sam and julies m...

Sam was with another man they didnt know, a man in a black hat. it seemed a potential lead. meanwhile, steve found there were recent transactions on the bank account he and sam shared. the trail led to long beach where sams atm card was used to order a pizza. cops staked out the delivery address. >> guns out and ready -- ready to hit it like someone that committed a murders inside. >> reporter: and that someone is sam herr. >> yes. >> reporter: except it wasnt. instead the cops found this guy, 1...