down. your first thought at that time. it s a burglary gone wrong. but the killer caught red-handed starts pointing fingers. this is a guy who aspired to be a hitman. she was a sitting target. does that mean you can now go out and charge them all with murder? i have no facts. so detectives lay a trap. try to play cat and mouse. he was already really paranoid about being setup. he had a little note that said are you wired. will they catch their prey? you hold your breath. the world kind of stops. the trap. hello and welcome to dateline extra. i m craig melvin. it seemed like one of those open and shot cases. people were standing directly outside a home when a woman was killed. investigators immediately believed they knew who did it and why. but it was not that simple.
red-handed, starts pointing fingers. this is a guy who aspired to be a hit man. she was a sitting target. it doesn t mean that you can go out and charge them all with murders. i have no facts. so detectives lay a trap. trying to play cat and mouse. already paranoid about being set up. a little note that says are you wired. will they catch their prey? you hold your breath. the world kind of stops. you never think it s going to be you. oh, no. no, no, no. no. the young man is right. in fact, this is the kind of thing that just doesn t happen to anyone. no. never. never would have thought i would have ever seen anything like this. no, not here. not in this neighborhood. in this house.
year later lynn hired family law attorney lisa brandon. what did she tell you she wanted from you? she wanted a fair division of the property. but said, lisa, fred controlled all the finances. so she didn t know how much money they had as a family? no. how much money did they have as a family? well, including the equity in the home, probably 6 to $7 million. which in a legal separation by california law would be split down the middle. lynn also told her about fred s physical abuse, and so with the pending separation lisa worried about lynn and charlie s safety. i wanted her to move out of the home with charlie. she wouldn t do it. she wouldn t leave her home. she wouldn t disrupt charlie. he was just starting high school. they d lived in the neighborhood forever. so she was a sitting target. did she understand that it
so she didn t know how much money they had as a family? no, no idea. reporter: how much money did they have, this family? well, including the equity in the home, probably $6 million to $7 million. reporter: which in a legal separation by california law would be split down the middle. but lisa said lynn told her fred would never part with any of that money. lynn also told her about fred s physical abuse. and so with a pending separation lisa worried about lynn and charlie s safety. i wanted her to move out of the home with charlie. she wouldn t do it. she wouldn t leave her home. she wouldn t disrupt charlie. he was just starting high school. they d lived in the neighborhood forever. so she was a sitting target. reporter: did she understand that it was dangerous for her? yes, yes. reporter: and yet, she went ahead and did it anyway? that s how important getting out of that relationship was to her. she was willing to risk her life, and she told me that. reporter: lisa
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