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Lover, even as he tried to sound sympathetic. >> valerie wasnt a monster. she clearly had reached a breaking point and i cant say that i condone what she wanted to have done. as a doctor, just as a human being, you know, taking someones life is not okay with me. >> so youre saying you two were not in on this together. >> not in on having anybody killed. absolutely not. >> did you mastermind the plan to have meghan and mack killed? >> there was never a plan to have anybody killed. so, no, i did n...

>> but valerie said she never intended to have her husband killed. >> i hate the idea that everybody thinks im a monster. >> the audio diary turned out to be her final recorded words. >> i dont want to hurt anyone. just me. okay, thank you for listening. bye. >> a little over two weeks after her arrest, valerie mcdaniel jumped to her death from the seventh floor balcony of her apartment building. >> it was the worst -- worst day of my life. >> valeries friend maggie blamed leon. >> i see it as m...

>> in so many words, yeah. she -- yeah, shes dead. >> you already took care of it? >> yeah. >> hours later, continuing the ruse, police arrived at valerie and leons apartment -- with their body cameras rolling. >> were just coming to inform her that her husband has been killed to get her reaction. >> your ex-husband has been found. it looks like it, uh, turns out to be a fatality. >> what -- what was their reaction? >> they try to -- feign some kind of surprise. and, then, we wanna gauge his rea...

>> more than likely by tomorrow shell -- more than likely be dead, and thats it. >> id rather not. >> i understand that you prefer not, but i cant give you 100% guarantee. >> leon showed the undercover officer a pile of cash wrapped in a dish towel -- payment for homicidal services rendered. >> $1,800 in cash -- with the -- promise to pay me the remained of the $10,000 at a later time. >> what does that say to you in that moment? like, this guys, obviously, serious. >> thats what told me -- ther...

He meant valeries ex-husband mack. thats right, this murder-for-hire was a double plot a two-fer. it seemed leon and valerie both wanted their exes dead. leon and taz left the table for a smoke and valerie talked specifics with adam about how he could bump off her ex-husband. >> he could have a boating accident. no? >> harder? >> the undercover officer suggested some simpler execution options -- >> take his car, leave him on the street. make sure hes dead. maybe put another bullet in his head. w...

Ex-boyfriend. >> brag doishs. >> leon wanted to testify. >> i never asked to have anybody hurt, killed, harmed, kidnapped. we had multiple discussions or conversations about not wanting to harm or hurt anybody. >> the state said that was just semantics. on cross-examination, prosecutor samantha connect pointed out despite leons claim he hadnt explicitly asked for meghan or matt to be killed, he didnt shy away from talk. >> snatched her, put her in the room, and tell her if she doesnt leave [ ble...

On this day in court, meghan thought leon and valerie looked like a couple. she learned later that valerie even posted leons bond, with this man -- a bail bondsman named michael kubosh, who a couple of days later got an unsettling visit from leon. >> he shut the door behind him. >> was that odd? >> very odd. and he says, "im here because i wanna know one thing." >> leon asked the bail bondsman for help finding another client of his. leon said the clients name was zack. >> and i said, "well i don...

Wig on, putting a hat on, jeans, tennis shoes, t-shirt, so that -- you know, she could try to be as inconspicuous as possible. >> meghan and arial checked the officers ids, one by one. then investigators shared the tip they got from the bail bondsman, michael kubosh. >> they think that my ex-boyfriend may have hired somebody to have me -- hurt. and that i, need to be surrounded by people 24 hours a day not be left alone. >> normally i would say that must have been shocking. were you all that sur...

Man accused of stalking an assault anywhere near his daughter. >> did you convey to valerie your wishes not to have her around the defendant. >> yes. >> mack and maybe the courts involved are going to make her daughter choose. shes going choose her daughter. >> he encountered the emotional moment when he discovered the murder plotd. >> if they would have been successful, natalie would not have any parents. >> then it was meghans turn. no gag or zip ties at this time. she told the jury she had no...

Through immediately. a few days later -- >> i had pulled out of my -- work. and he was right behind me. >> meghan said she sped through downtown, but she couldnt shake her ex. then leon cut her off with his car. >> he -- jumped in front of my vehicle, telling me im making a huge mistake. and that he loves me. >> meghan says she managed to swerve around leon and escape --but he kept showing up at the hotel where she worked, asking to see her. >> his demeanor was very calm -- but very persistent. ...