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Suggested dalia, and youll find the killer. the cops listened but changed the focus of their questioning to the couple themselves, dalia and michael, the newlyweds of six months. >> were fine. like theres nothing -- >> theres no problems between you guys, no financial problems, no -- i mean with your family? you and him? >> no, theres nothing. i mean weve -- you know, were going through -- his business has slowed down like anything, you know? >> but the cops were toying with dalia, holding back ...

Them in getting her husband bumped off. >> shes playing all of these guys. theyre all thinking theyre the one and the only person that she cared about was herself. >> detective alex moreno read back text messages dalia wrote about her husband to her lovers. >> i really hate him and want to see him rot. just want my life wu. lets get this [ bleep ] arrested. >> to the prosecution, her scheme was apparent. plant drugs on michael, tip the cops, and get him busted back to prison on a parole violatio...

Lead prosecutor liz parker would introduce a trove of evidence, photographs, audio recordings, and videos including that sting in which dalia tells an undercover cop posing as a hit man that she wanted her husband, mike dippolito, dead asap. >> im positive, like 5,000% sure. >> it was unreal. it was like something out of a movie. >> dalia had already spent almost two years under house arrest in her mothers home by the time the trial began in april of 2011. >> they say love is blind. in this case...

All/be all. he felt as though this was it, and im going to have a family with her, and were going to grow old together. >> he thought she was the real deal. >> she hit it off right away. they had a lot of things in common. >> dalia was a real estate agent? >> thats what attracted him to her that she was successful on her own and didnt need him. >> are we talking about sexual attraction or more going on here? >> oh, theres sexual attraction, absolutely. >> with a divorce in hand, mike and dalia d...

You know, and dalia said she would help me with some of the money, about $90,000. and im like, "absolutely, lets do it." >> reporter: michael says he and dalia agreed that they would pool their money to pay off dipollitos debt. >> "this is great." you know, shes pushing me forward, too. i thought, like, "okay, im gonna get off probation. its very exciting for me." >> then the plan to get michael out of hock changed again. according to michael, another lawyer said to him, look, you own your townh...

>> three months after they met michael divorced his first wife and married dalia that same week. >> i just purchased a home and we were going to start a life together, and we talked about traveling and doing things and, you know, we had like a future planned. >> but there was a hitch to michaels future. the terms of his probation prevented him from leaving south florida, so the couple consulted a lawyer and his advice was pay off the $191,000 you owe in restitution and you have a fair chance of ...

Getting the probation lifted. >> so that was your ticket to freedom? >> pay back the money and yeah. and get my freedom. you know, and dalia said she would help me with some of the money, about $90,000. and im like, "absolutely, lets do it." >> reporter: michael says he and dalia agreed that they would pool their money to pay off dipollitos debt. >> "this is great." you know, shes pushing me forward, too. i thought, like, "okay, im gonna get off probation. its very exciting for me." >> then the ...

You know, and dalia said she would help me with some of the money, about $90,000. and im like, "absolutely, lets do it." >> reporter: michael says he and dalia agreed that they would pool their money to pay off dipollitos debt. >> "this is great." you know, shes pushing me forward, too. i thought, like, "okay, im gonna get off probation. its very exciting for me." >> then the plan to get michael out of hock changed again. according to michael, another lawyer said to him, look, you own your townh...

That same week. >> i had just purchased a home, and were gonna start a life together. and we talked about traveling and doing things, you know, and we had, like, a future planned. >> reporter: but there was a hitch to michaels future, the terms of his probation prevented him from leaving south florida. so the couple consulted a lawyer and his advice was pay off that $191,000 you owe in restitution and you have a fair chance of getting the probation lifted. >> so that was your ticket to freedom? ...

Together. and we talked about traveling and doing things, you know, and we had, like, a future planned. >> reporter: but there was a hitch to michaels future, the terms of his probation prevented him from leaving south florida. so the couple consulted a lawyer and his advice was pay off that $191,000 you owe in restitution and you have a fair chance of getting the probation lifted. >> so that was your ticket to freedom? >> pay back the money and yeah. and get my freedom. you know, and dalia said...