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Shirt and showed me his gun. >> mohammad denied threatening her. >> the reality tv defense seems to have played into this story. >> dahlias defense was weirdly appropriate. >> it seems to make total sense because the whole story doesnt make sense. you just throw in that angle, i want to be famous, so lets do this stunt, if it was a stunt. it just adds to the weirdness. >> the story didnt fly with the new judge and the motion to dismiss was thrown out. and so in december 2016, dahlia showed up at...

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, you know -- >> theres no problems between you guys, no financial problems no -- i mean with your family, you and him? >> no, theres nothing. i mean, we, you know, were going through -- his business has slowed down like anything, you know. >> reporter: but the cops were toying with dalia, holding back thei...

Was guilty in front of the entire jury pool, which contaminated the jury pool. >> reporter: and so -- more than seven years after dalia dippolito was charged with hiring a hit man to kill her husband, she would go on trial again. >> when she heard the news that she had been granted a retrial, she was extremely overjoyed because she felt like she would have a second chance to have the truth be told. >> reporter: she would speak exclsively to "dateline." and oh, what a story shed tell, this real h...

Next level. they enlisted mohamed as a confidential informant, and gave him a story to tell his part-time lover, that hed found her a hit man who could pull off the job. >> two things coulda happened. either this guy was lying to us or it was true. we hadnt validated the information yet until he actually makes contact. >> reporter: mohamed, the tipster, set up an assignation with the woman for the very next day. the car that he drove to the gas station meeting point had been rigged by police tec...

License plates and registration yielded the name of a 26-year-old woman -- dalia dippolito, the same woman who would later be seen on that videotape as the grieving widow. police officers didnt have to wait long before the informants story was confirmed. this woman in the car really appeared to be in the market for a trigger man. >> less than a minute or so, she begins talkin about hirin somebody to kill her husband. >> unprompted? hes not doin dental work to get this story out of her -- >> no. ...

>> ive never seen him. >> im watching. im just watching and im waiting for her to give it up. and you know what? the girl never gave it up. >> reporter: dalia was arrested and handcuffed. and cameras were still rolling when police walked a very-much alive michael into the doorway of the interrogation room. >> oh, my god. >> hes alive. >> and they say, "you know this guy?" and im standin there, probably from twice the distance of us. >> come here please. come here. >> i cant. you cant fix this. >...

Of this walk in. >> at first, when hes giving you this information, you dont know what to think, you know. heres a guy whos claiming that hes sleeping with a guys wife. and now, shes trying to get somebody to kill him. >> its a pretty juicy story. >> exactly. >> reporter: detective moreno had the tipster run his story down from the top. the man was named mohamed and he said he was a part-time actor who worked at a convenience store. as he told it, hed been friends with benefits with a woman for ...

>> this guy was going to be killed. >> then it happened. her new husband, police said, murdered in their townhouse. >> something happened at her house, and she needs to get to the house fast. >> please, no, no, please. >> was this crime all that it seemed? >> she played such a good game that people didnt know. >> a surprise was coming. >> you dont know what to think. >> and it would arrive from beyond the grave. >> oh, my god. >> there has not been a story like this ever in county history. is sh...

It? >> over the bridge, past the interstate, newlyweds dahlia and mike lived in a quarter million dollar condo, not exactly the same zip code as palm beach but perfectly fine for two up and comers. dahlia and mike had big dreams like any couple young and in love, aspirational at the very least. she had a $20,000 diamond engagement ring. he had a porsche in the garage. their story for public consumption, the g rated version, was love at first sight. mike was an internet entrepreneur and fell head...

Anderson cooper along with kathy griffin, and you know thats sure to be crazy. >> i handcuffed myself to anderson cooper. you guys like did it! and i dont have the key at all. >> this is truly my worst nightmare. >> were together forever. if i cant have you, no one can. >> i will gnaw off my hand. >> thats the pg rated version. catch tonights special starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern but you dont have to wait for the fun. head over to cnn.com/nye. the pear already started there. >> we may still have...