until he gets what he wants. the trial began on march 20th 2018. the prosecution called the bail bondsmen michael who told the jury he had no doubt leon wanted to hire a hitman to kill meghan. i felt like i was talking to the devil himself. the state called the supposed hitman turned informant who testified that he too knew exactly what leon wanted done. i asked him to bring 3500 to see how serious he was. did he bring the money? yes. prosecutors played the tape where leon discussed in detail how he, as a doctor, might get rid of meghan. give her an injection of potassium chloride and stop her heart. i d prefer not to do that. but my survival is more important. he might not have said murder, he might not have said kill but he knew he was asking for. one of the star witnesses was the man who played dead. mac mcdaniel, alive and well told the jury that he didn t want leon, a man accused of
go away. get away from us. leave her alone. police arrested leon for assault. but that was very short-lived because he was out. i want to say it was within the next day. two weeks later, leon and meghan appeared in court. the judge granted that protective order. he then order to leon be arrested again on the spot. this time for stocking. as officers read leon his rights, was meghan surprised to see a familiar face in the gallery. i notice was valerie sitting in the stands. which i thought was odd. valerie mcdaniel a successful veterinarian in town. recently divorced from her husband of 19 years, mack. meghan met valerie, when she mack and their daughter when they would come over. they would would come over a lot and we would drink wine. we went a couple nightclubs and things like that. she seemed like a nice person. how did leon act around valerie? like it was anybody else. but that was then. on this day in court, meghan thought leon and valerie looked like a coup
her friend aerial remembered meghan was so afraid, she wore a disguise. she s putting this wig on, putting the hat on, jeans, tennis shoots, t-shirt, so she could be as encompass in conspicuous as possible. we then investigator shale shared the tip that they got from the one. they thought that my ex-husband wanted to wear her to me and that i should be left. alone usually i would say i that is shocking, were you surprised? i wasn t. the police suggested that she goes back to pittsburgh for a while. so she bought a ticket and flew back home. meanwhile, investigators jimmy
quinn s plan was to show photos of the staged scenes to leon and valerie. he wanted them to see the reactions and have a payment for the fake hits. mack went first paying playing the murder victim. was he up for this? yes. they used pigs blood to simulate a head wound. they knew they had to make it look convincing to leon. when you re dealing with a doctor who s probably seen blood, then you d need to be as realistic as you can. he s been shot? yes. shot in the head. yes. meghan s role was different. she played the victim of a kidnapping. we zip tied her hands, zip tied her feet and then duct taped around her mouth. for us this is very clinical, but in meghan s case it hit her, and tears were flowing and she just broke down. there s no words. i m sitting there just hysterical. but i guess it made the photos look better because it was real tears, real emotion.
under some sort of spell, this monster has gotten you into some trouble and you need to fight like hell. why did she say? she did not understand what was happening. she just seemed off. terribly, terribly sad. at home, alone, valerie recorded and audio diary on her ipad. hey, it s valerie. she recounted how back when her marriage was crumbling she ran into her neighbor s son, leon. i was completely turned off immediately, by his attitude. because you could tell he knew how beautiful he was. but overtime, valerie, like meghan before her, thought she saw something in him. and, as with megan, leon captured their budding romance in selfies. i got through that experience realized that he was a nice person. and i was lonely.