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He knew greyhound. but said hed never heard him called noel stevens before. >> you knew him as something else? >> i knew him as neal smith. >> reporter: george told detectives how he and shauna had befriended this neal smith. tried to help him get back on his feet. >> me and the wife kind of looked at him like our little charity case because he was a nice guy and was down on his luck. >> reporter: by now the detectives knew greyhound was an addict and a big drinker. so they asked george. >> was ...

With this particular charity case whod been doing work around the house. >> she didnt want noel in the house anymore. and she said, you know, "youre -- you better get out of this house or im calling the police on you." >> reporter: so was he the killer? out at the campsite, detectives did not find any evidence linking him to the murder. so, they kept looking. >> one of the other things big will told us was that noel had a campsite number one and a campsite number two. >> reporter: a second camps...

>> yes. his mother is about once a day. >> reporter: then, they said, look at this. here are george and noel shopping together. buying gloves, dark clothing, a knife. and on four different occasions they bought hammers. >> this ends up at mr. tiaffays house where he happens to have two other perfectly good hammers in the garage. >> reporter: what else could all this have been, they asked, but a murder kit. one final thing. greyhound told the cops that he got into shaunas place with a key george ...

To make, and the case hinged on the outcome. heres keith morrison with the conclusion of "under a full moon." reporter: prosecutors marc digiacomo and pam weckerly had a big problem, and they knew it. the problem had a name. noel stevens. greyhound. >> noel is a very important piece of information, but hes also the biggest risk. >> reporter: in the credibility sweepstakes, hes way down here somewhere and -- >> absolutely. >> reporter: your defendant is way up there. >> reporter: and so they ar...

Assumed, it didnt work. his injuries were not severe. still, it looked to detectives like a guilty george would rather kill himself than face a murder charge. and as george lay in a hospital bed recovering, noel stevens gave police the final piece they needed. he confessed that he killed shauna and said his good pal, george, asked him to do it. >> so we went to see him at the hospital. we went in and told him that he was under arrest. >> did he say anything? >> he asked to speak with his attorne...

>> pink was shaunas favorite color. and not pale pink, hot pink. >> reporter: ex-work mates were there, too. >> i wanted the jury to see that she wasnt just a vegas cocktail waitress. you know, that she was a good person, a beautiful person, a good human being. >> reporter: prosecutors mark digiacomo and pam weckerly told the jury that while noel "greyhound" stevens was the admitted killer of shauna tiaffay, he never wouldve done it had george not put him up to it. >> hes got this singular goal ...

To take them to some of the places where he thought greyhound liked to hang out. and what do you know? they ran into him in the parking lot of a gas station. detective long approached him. sweet as pie, greyhound was. said hed be perfectly willing to go to the station and have a chat. his real name was noel stevens. >> what did he tell you? >> he knows shauna. he knew where they lived. that he did yard work and handyman work for george and everybody else in the neighborhood. >> reporter: so, som...

What to my next guests think? we have max here and "new york post"s brooke rogers. noel, were going to start with you. the president is determined to get this done. andrew napolitano just made a great point. either way, folks that voted for him see hes fighting for them. >> thats what it boils down here. were in an election year. actions speak leader than words. youre right. regardless, hes going to get something done on this. what trump wants, usually trump gets and hes going to find a way arou...

To decide the general election. lets remember, donald trump wins the election because he appeals in the rust belt. that was a big selling point for joe biden. hes got to get back there. you are not going to win pennsylvania by talking about taking away 156 million peoples private health insurance and replacing it with a government-run insurance. its not going to happen. >> leland: noel, we have seen in the past that republicans and democrats try to help shape the primary, if you will, on the oth...

Got a lot of attention tonight. >> would you replace private insurance? >> noel. i think the choice is fundamental to our ability -- >> private insurance is not working for tens of millions of americans when you talk about the co-pays, deductibles, premiums, out-of-pocket expenses, its not working. how do you defend something thats not working? >> we should give everyone in this country health care is a basic human right for free, full. we should also give them the option to buy private insuranc...