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door. that would change your life? >> yeah. it was a pretty dark time. >> she was shocked, the last thing that you expect to hear is a police officer telling you that somebody is trying to kill her husband. >> its a murder for hire. very serious. >> he offered me $50,000 to do this. i was not gonna let this happen. >> you are an undercover officer? >> the undercover hit man. i had to totally change how i acted, talked, everything. >> you sure you want this done? >> im positive. >> i am...

That he could get time with them. >> did that make you fall in love with him more? his dedication to his children? >> oh yeah. yeah. just completely selfless. and, he was gonna do whatever it took to make sure that they were okay. and that they were taking care of. supported. and loved. absolutely. >> great father. loving husband. successful businessman. it also seemed ideal. so why did david have a price on his head? that was a question that the police were asking. and patrick had the answers. ...

>> davids 17-year marriage to chrissy flashed before his eyes, a once happy household that had turned so bitter. >> where we started to falter was when my career started really taking shape, and i had opportunities to leave ohio. >> chrissy hated living far from her parents, and the marriage eventually fell apart. david says that they separated and thats when things turned ugly. >> i am immediately became a wifebeater, a child beater, and pretty much anything else that she could accuse me of. >>...

Chrissy blamed her father. judge eugene presided over the trial. >> the defense tried to show that this was all als doing. he snooped in christines unsecured laptop. >> the defense said zombary saw the facebook conversation between chrissy and pat, the one where he joked about hiring a hitman. they said it was zombary who wanted to arrange the meeting with pat. >> christine said she did not know the purpose of the meeting. and all she was doing was her fathers bidding. >> chrissy took the stand ...

How much her ex abused her, mentally, physically. pat told detectives that he did not know much about the acts. >> but he did know her married name. christine zombary meadow. turns out david was her ex husband. >> my advice to her was to move on. but she never wanted to listen. >> she says that the continued bitterness started to great on his nerves. my ex-husband. this >> my ex-husband. that hes this. hes that. blah blah. even in a joking matter. i said seek a your money, hire a hitman! when >>...

Very much so. great smile, great eyes. but just an instant soulmate. >> but once the conference ended, reality quickly set in. >> if you look at a map and you go oh, you live in baltimore. i live in it manta. how does that work? >> david was also separated. going through a messy divorce. and figuring out a custody arrangement for his girls. who still lived with his acts. >> you had been through a divorce yourself? >> i had. >> did that help in giving him, david, advice about how to navigate thes...

Major shawn needed david to do something crazy, stage his own death. >> the detective gets on the phone and his words were i need you to take pictures of yourself. >> pictures the police plan to photoshop to make it look that david had been shot in the head. >> he wants you to pretend that you are dead? >> right. im thinking to myself, i cant make these believable. how do i act dead? im not sure what i would look like dead. >> we needed to expose certain parts of his head to place the gunshot wo...