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He set up a meeting with weldon. >> reporter: we didnt have much time at the jail. so we spoke again by phone. this time, i wanted to ask her about aunt diana. >> your aunt diana was a key witness for the prosecution. she claims -- >> yes. >> -- you two had that conversation that you were looking for someone to kill greg. >> right. she claims that, yeah. and its not true. >> reporter: diana said she was never close with her aunt. >> shes highly manipulative. shes highly selfish. i know that my a...

Mother, who had never had a problem with the law, married to hollywood stardom. it was hard to believe except for the intended victim of the murder plot, who believed claudia was behind it from the get-go. >> i knew theres only one person that wanted this done to me. >> he felt that way even as the investigation pointed in every other direction. until finally, five years after the shooting, detectives arrested claudia haro. >> i did think to myself, you know, thank god, you know, finally i dont ...

>> did you convey to valerie your wishes that natalie not be around the defendant? >> yes. >> reporter: motive, said the prosecutors, for leon to have mack killed. >> mack and maybe even the courts may get involved, are gonna make valerie choose between her daughter and the defendant, shes gonna choose her daughter. >> reporter: mack recounted the emotional moment when he learned about the murder plot. >> that if they would have been successful, natalie wouldve not had any parents. >> reporter: ...

And shes informed of had her husbands death, that hes been killed. >> im sorry to tell you, maam. hes been killed. hes been killed, maam. >> if you look at that video, she he begins to react before shes even told the whole story. >> according to that sergeant who was actually making contact with her, he didnt see know tears. >> when they bring her to the police station, investigators are curious how far dalia will push her scenario, blaming the murder on one of her former husbands enemies. the d...

>> reporter: to their experienced eyes and ears, dalia was making a few mistakes in how she was telling her theory of the crime. but they wanted to push her some more, see if they could get her to confess to her suspected murder plot then and there. would she be obviously rattled when they led in a familiar face, the person she believed to be the hit man? >> bring this guy in here. get over here. get over here. you know who this guy is? >> no. >> youve never seen him before. >> ive never seen hi...

Escalated into a murder plot. instead, she said it was simply preparation for her pending divorce. >> and i told the attorney about it. and the attorney said, whoa, youre good because, he said, thats good evidence. >> she wanted to be able to just have leverage and be able to embarrass him. >> reporter: danielle told the detectives another reason was plain old curiosity. >> i had to see for myself that it was a girl. it broke my heart. >> how did you -- >> i dont know why because i was cheating ...

No one was talking anymore. all four lawyered up and presented a united front. investigators still didnt know if this was a crime of passion or a conspiracy? and if it had win planned, who was the ringleader? investigator bolton says the answer to some of those questions came after analyzing some of those items found on or around craigs body dumped in the woods. >> we found the bungee cords and also have the tarp. and from backtracking the receipts were able to find some video at a number of sto...

>> reporter: detectives wondered, did rachel know about the murders before they even happened? and, more disturbing, did she participate? >> i think she may have been present when julie was killed. i dont think julie wouldve gone into the apartment with daniel by himself. >> reporter: hard even for a homicide detective to imagine. >> you dont look at a disney princess as a hardened, cold-blooded, callous murderer. >> reporter: of course, thinking it and proving it were two different things. and ...

>> so then why lure him there. and put yourself in this position? >> i would not say that we lured him. i would say, he a choice. he set up a meeting with weldon. >> we didnt have much time at the jail, so we spoke again by phone this. time, i wanted to ask her about aunt diana. >> your aunt diana was a key witness for the prosecution. she claims you two had the conversation that you were look forgive somebody to kill greg. >> and its not true. >> diana said she was never close with her aunt. >>...

>> im sorry to tell you, maam. hes been killed. hes been killed, maam. >> oh, no! no. dear god, no. >> if you look at that video, she begins to react before shes even told the whole story. according to that sergeant who was actually making contact with her, he didnt see any tears. >> reporter: and when they brought her to the police station, investigators were curious to see how far dalia would push her scenario blaming the murder on one of her husbands former enemies. the detectives were carefu...