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Scissors and shredded them. >> they tried to get the scissors away from him. but there are pieces of this disk on the floor. now, ill tell you, a couple things go through your mind at this point. the first thing is how in the world did this man get scissors into the interview room? and second of all, how did he get the disk and do this? >> apparently, snodgrass knew investigators had his floppy disks and he came to the interrogation prepared. >> we knew that whatever was on that disk was absolut...

Enforcement. >> i think she was more comfortable talking to filipino investigators than to american investigators. and she started changing her story. >> in a remarkable turnaround, lucy now admitted taking part in julies murder. >> she described how joe came to her, explained to her that he wanted his wife dead, that he couldnt live with his wife anymore and wanted her out of the way. >> lucy said she hired her two uncles to carry out the murder. and they, in turn, hired a third man to help the...

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Snodgrass had written to his housekeeper lucy, asking her to hire some hitmen to kill his wife. >> at least ten times a day i say a prayer that you will have luck down there finding someone. i talked to josh and jamie and they are starting to get real tired of her also. we went to the haunted trail last night and it was just not the same without you there. please help me with her and come back soon. if you need anything else let me know and i will try to send it to you. i have to go back to work...

Investigators found two floppy disks on joe snodgrass desk which they thought might hold evidence of his complicity with his wifes murder plot. but, before they checked the disks, investigators wanted to make sure that they actually belonged to joe snodgrass and werent someone elses. so they asked him to come to the interrogation room to identify them. >> joe snodgrass was a law enforcement official. if someone is investigating, well, naturally, you try to cooperate. try to help so you can get h...

Brand of scotch tape called 8-11. >> it doesnt leave a residue and its very easy to apply and very easy to take off without damaging anything. >> so they used it to piece together the damaged floppy disk. to their enormous relief it was a success. >> it took some initiative and it worked. ha! >> there were lots of cheers. it was pretty cool. it was rewarding that we developed a technique that was working and we were getting data. >> what some said would cost close to $1 million had only cost $13...

There. just huge. you see spiders as big as your head. weird stuff. stuff that you have never seen before. >> josh snodgrass grew up if the philippines. his father joe was a u.s. military officer at clark air force base. his mother, julie, was from mississippi and had trouble adjusting to life overseas. >> the nicest woman you could have ever met. there wasnt a bad bone in her body. >> julie, as warm as she was to the american community, she wasnt crazy about the philippines. there were some peo...

>> and how much money did joe pay to have his wife killed? >> whats the cost of a life? it was 150 bucks u.s. and 1,000 pesos for transportation. next to nothing. >> the information taken off the disk was absolutely critical. it was crucial. it put the nail right in the middle of the coffin. >> when confronted with the information from the disks, sergeant snodgrass pled guilty soliciting his wifes murder. >> he said it was borne of marital turmoil but he did not admit to -- its a little mercenar...

And shredded them. >> they tried to get the scissors away from him. there are pieces of this disk on the floor. >> ill tell you, a couple of things go through your mind at this point. the first thing is how in the world did this man get scissors into the interview room? and secondly, how did he get the disks and do this? >> apparently, snodgrass knew the investigators had his floppy disk and he came to the interrogation prepared. >> we knew whatever was on that disk was absolutely -- should i sa...

And easy to apply and easy to take off without damaging anything. >> so they used it to piece together the damaged floppy disk. to their enormous relief it was a success. >> it took some initiative and it worked. >> it was pretty cool. it was rewarding that we developed a technique that was working and got data. >> what some said cost close to $1 million had only cost $131. >> but was this information on the disks that would implicate sergeant joe snodgrass in his wifes murder? o® credit scores...