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Car in a drive-by shooting. but he says he wasnt the trigger man. >> theres no award you get for not snitching. >> burks is serving a 55-year sentence for the murder of a south african immigrant. >> he came to america to work for his family. and he got killed. he was an innocent bystander. it wasnt meant for him. it was just a bunch of guys riding around high and drunk just doing stuff that dont even matter at all. and now that night turned into

Wendy said, after that eleven oclock text. sirius had given the cops wendy as his alibi and shed and ultimately, years down the inadvertently only made him someone detectives needed to road, havin brandy gone, seein how that affects my -- thats take a closer look it. gonna affect my daughters life. shes not gonna have her mom. and knowin that i played a part >> theres a window of in that, i cant -- i cant live with that. opportunity in there in which he >> reporter: with josh about to could easi...

Im marlie hall with breaking news. isis leader ago al baghdadi is believed dead in a u.s. operation in syria. the operation was conducted by u.s. special forces on the air and later on the ground. confirmation of the operation came shortly after the white house announced that president trump would be making a major announcement at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. you can watch those remarks live on msnbc. for now, back to our regular programming. ♪ welcome back to "dateline." im natalie morales. 68-y...

Guilty, we appeal. there is no, lets all cry and hold hands and be sad. dad is in jail. no. we are going to appeal. >> it is easier to cope that way. >> yes. >> at first, there is shock. then it is like, are you just angry. are you angry that they didnt -- you dont feel they got the truth. >> in the end, frank howards appeals were denied. the case was far from over. remember the michaels, the two men prosecutors say actually carried out the attack on nancy? in 2015, billy earls nephew, turned on...

Now back to "dateline". ♪ welcome back to "dateline". im craig melvin. lisa jennings had died from a single gunshot to the head, her death ruled a suicide. but the file was now in the hands of sergeant dan nash, and to him the details were not adding up. he believed lisa had been murdered and that her husband brad was the trigger man. now nash was about to pay brad a visit, and the already fractured family would be torn apart. once again, here is keith morrison with "a crack in everything." ...

As well. but there was nothing linking him to c-styles, except possibly the alleged triggerman himself. now detectives were at a prison sitting right across from c-styles. >> remember we had arrested you in that case where that woman was killed? that pregnant woman in hawthorne? later with that other murder preliminary hearing? >> um, just -- i need a little more detail. >> you dont remember when we arrested you? usually people at least remember when i arrested them. >> nothing like that. >> c-s...

Juries like dna. >> dna, blood trail. in this case, a money transfer. in this case, the lack of cell phone records attaching the two defendants together. >> reporter: the only thing connecting derek to the murder was the confession of the triggerman. skyler moore, aka c-styles. but there was no guarantee the jury would take the word of a gang banger over the word of the clean-cut derek smyer. so it was with nervous anticipation that crystals family filed into the courthouse on july 11th, 2016. >...

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. ...

And every time a person get ready to answer, burke cut them off and said something insulting to them. >> hey, yes. both of you hang up, cowards. >> one of the guys who was also ahead of the clan is as guy named david lane. david lane called in and burke ate him up. he went after him. >> i think the jews are stick. burke insulted him. so they decide we are going to take him out. >> in june of 1984. bob matthews made the decision solve alan burke assassinated. they pulled together as teams. it is ...

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. which, you know, which shocked us. >> honestly, you think its worth you know killing over that much money? >> its not even over the [ bleep ] money. like you dont [ bleep ]...