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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. 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 investigation ors the ...

>> 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 family produced not a single viable suspect, not even kens step-son. >> derrick had an ally buy at...

Supportive chats she had with novak after chris arrest. >> turned out he was probably fishing for information. >> 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, they...

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 his murder. no clue who he was meeting with. turns out, she was not telling the truth. >> hello? >> you have a call from an inmate. >> hello? >> hi, honey. >> its standard procedure for prisons to record inmates phone calls. this is ken talking to his wife dee before his murder. >> im actually meeting with my friend tomorrow at 7:00 a.m., ...

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 -- >> detectives traced the prepaid cell of 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. >> but the family did have a suggestion for the detectives, something they actua...

Difficulties between those two. >> but trouble in the family didnt stop with derrick. >> there seemed to be a riff. >> 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. >> and despite all that friction, the infighting over money and control, dees family produced not a single via...

Out of prison since 2008, dee mower has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against novak. a suit that alleges a third theory that novak paid chris wright $25,000 to kill ken dolezsar. novak has yet to answer the suit nor attended the proceeding. in august 2012 the court granted her a motion to dismiss the wrongful death and conspiracy claims so that a final judgment could be entered in the case. back in the loft some imagined the worst about their former friend and neighbor. what would you advise hi...

Of course, chris defense attorneys wondered as they prepared for the trial, why the police had so readily dismissed novak as a suspect. dismissed him and a few other puzzling discoveries, like the one about kens widow dee. 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 his murder. no clue who he was meeting with. turns out, she was not telling the truth. >> hello? >> you have a call fr...

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 the prepaid cell which the call came and went to the store where someo...

And he said its that [ bleep ] derrick. >> reporter: a moment of unguarded grief and rage and thus a possible suspect. derrick 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 murder as they were. >> she was not a...