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>> meanwhile adam, the undercover police officer posing as a hitman, exchanged texts and calls with leon. >> i want that taken care of asap, too. this has gotta be -- fixed. >> most of the conversations have to do with leon asking me to hurry up and commence with the -- with the murders. >> we just want these two situations taken care of immediately. >> later that day, armed with the staged photos, the undercover officer adam went over to leon and valeries home to tell them hed killed mack -- an...

Harris county prosecutor sarah connect alk her co-counsel cameron callahan knew they had a strong case for solicitation of murder and kidnapping. they also knew they had a potential problem. >> as you headed to trial, what was going to be the potential in the case? >> the recordings. >> the recordings. there was no way he could get himself out of all the things he said. >> what would be the weakness? >> everything. he was educated, intelligent. he was cautious in his approach to talking to the u...

Exactly what he meant. the trial began on march 20th, 2018. the prosecution called the bail bondsman michael kubash who told the jury he had no doubt leon wanted the hitman to kill meghan. the hit man testified he, too, knew exactly what leon wanted done. >> i asked him to bring $2,500 to see how serious he is. >> and he brought the money. >> yes. >> prosecutors played the tape on how the doctor might get rid of meghan. >> he might not have said murder, he might not have said kill, but he knew w...

>> court documents showed leon wasnt exactly who he appeared to be. hed been kicked out of residency programs, convicted of attempted cyberstalking and criminal trespassing. and there was another woman from leons past who accused him of abuse, his ex-wife. >> one count of solicitation of capital murder. >> leon was held without bail. but the judge did set bail for valerie. she was allowed to go home. her sister angela was in shock. >> it just was unreal. i couldnt believe that this was happening...

Idea. which to the undercover officer sounded like an invitation to murder. >> give her an injection of potassium chloride to stop her heart, untraceable. >> its up to you. >> do you have that stuff? >> i can get access to it, yeah. i have access to a pharmacy. valerie owns a pharmacy, she has a pharmacy at her clinic. >> id prefer not to do that. but my survival is more important. >> hes giving you a way to kill someone. >> he gave me very detailed, precise -- instructions on how to kill somebo...

Photos of the staged scenes to leon and valerie. he wanted to see their reaction and also have them make a payment for the fake hit. mack went first -- playing a murder victim. >> was mack up for this? >> yes. definitely. >> quinns unit used pigs blood to simulate a head wound. they knew they had to make it look convincing to leon. >> when youre dealing with a doctor whos -- probably seen wounds, then, you need to be -- as realistic as you can. >> hes been shot? >> yes. shot in the head. >> in t...

>> and what about those tapes that sounded so damning? >> you already took care of her? >> yeah. >> leon said the tapes didnt prove anything. >> why go down this road? why hire who you think is a hit man if you dont want meghan dead? >> i never thought he was a hit man. you have to understand something. i never thought these people were violent criminals at all. >> thats not how it appears on the tapes. >> if you really listen to whats said, i never asked him to hurt anybody. i never asked him t...

Killed someone. >> it would hurt them? >> yes. >> it would kill them? >> yes. >> you knew that as a doctor. >> yes. when we asked a question, if he didnt feel we phrased it right, he would phrase it. i think he believed he felt like he was smarter than cameron and i. >> did you just want to smack him? >> yes. >> leon, they argued, didnt care who lived or died in his wake. >> he did nothing to stop this. in his mind, his ex-girlfriend is sitting by herself in a warehouse somewhere in this city zi...

In texas they can decide punishment. in the penalty phase, prosecutors called a new witness, leons ex-wife. she testified in vivid detail leon was abusive. >> what did leon tell you? >>ing that was my punishment for calling the police, being held in bed with a knife to my throat. >> theres something you want out of the punishment phase. >> i would never want him to be able do this to somebody else because if it wunltds me, if it wasnt valerie, if it wasnt annie, its going to be somebody else, an...