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>> i said, have you ever contemplated committing the perfect murder? and he said, yes. the key element to that is making sure that someone is caught. once i have somebody, they will stop looking and thats how you can get away. >> a cold blooded killing, a victim worth millions, and all kinds of conflicting clues. >> ive never had a case is complicated before. >> police following multiple leads until -- >> we asked, who is that? he says hes my neighbor, he lives two floors below. >> a s...

making sure that someone is caught. once they have someone they will stop looking and thats how you can get away. >> a cool blooded killing, a victim worth millions. all kinds of conflicting clues. >> ive never had a case is complicated before. >> police following multiple leads until -- >> we asked, who is that? he says hes my neighbor, he lives two floors below. >> a suspect under arrest. >> having someone you love just taken away. sorry...! >> case closed. where was that? could ther...

>> i love it. >> yeah, exactly. >> tomorrow morning 7 am. tomorrow night i should know more. >> police confronted dee in prison, recorded the interview. in it, she claimed the stress of losing her husband caused her to forget about that phone call. she dropped a bombshell. she said she knew who the friend was, ten was supposed to meet and it wasnt chris wright. she never heard of him before. >> david novak. thats who i believe he was meeting. >> chriss defenders wanted to know why the police did...

>> and now, novak had taken off. and even though their questions didnt amount to heart evidence, of course, chris defense attorneys wondered as they prepared for the trial why police had so readily dismissed novak as a suspect. dismissed him and a few other quite puzzling discoveries, like for example the whereabouts of cans widow dee s. remember, she was in prison at the time of his murder. when she first talked to police, she told them she had no idea her husband had a meeting the morning of h...

>> but as long enforcement was mom about david novak dolezsars would i was not. dee mower filed a lawsuit against novak on grounds including wrongful death, conspiracy, breach of contract, and fraud. her suit alleged a third theory, that novak paid chris wright $25,000 to kill ken dolezsar. novak didnt answer the suit, nor attend the proceeding. so, in november, 2011, a judge granted a default judgment on the breach of contract and fraud claims and awarded mower $7 million. and august, 2012, the...

The meeting to meet with whoever he was talking to. at 7 am, on the 15th. >> the day and time at which ken dolezsar was shot to death. was the color 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 we should get together pretty soon here. >> detectives traced the prepaid cell phone from which the call came and went to the store where someone bought it. >> this phone is purchased with cash, ...

A clue emerged from kens assistant. the night before the murder she said ken got a call on his cell. >> she knew that he had set up a meeting to meet with whoever he was talking to at 7:00 a.m. on the 15th. >> reporter: the day and time at which ken dolezsar was shot to death. 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 th...

Difficulties between those two. >> reporter: but trouble in the family didnt stop with derrick. >> there seemed to be a riff. >> 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 fa...

Friends, at least matt beaudry, the verdict was vindication. >> he looks like a smug killer. and a jury of his peers listened to all the evidence and with that weighty choice decided that 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 cl...

News. >> dropped down to his knees, and he said its that [ bleep ] derrick. >> reporter: a moment of unguarded grief and rage and thus a possible suspect. derek mower, kens adult step-son. >> it was apparent there were difficulties between those two. >> reporter: but trouble in the family didnt stop with derrick. >> there seemed to be a riff. >> 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 mur...