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Speaking about killing anybody or hurting anybody. i have a huge heart and i would never, im not capable of hurting somebody. >> would the jury agree? after a half day of deliberations a verdict. >> we the jury. in the above entitled cause find the defendant, diana lovjoy, guilty of the crime of attempted murder. >> guilty of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder and then something unexpected happened. >> weldon mcdavid, verdict. >> while he waited to hear his fate. >> diana collapsed...

The court hearing resumed. and when they resumed, weldon learned he was found guilty. he addressed the court. >> i did not intend to shoot mr. mulvehill, i am sorry that i shot mr. mulvehill, it was an aimer error as i stated previously. sgl -- >> its hard that people in the world think i have it in me to do this. i still care about greg -- i did love him. i loved him a lot. i just hope that that reality, the reality of what really happened and that what we intended comes out. and i believe it w...

Target. >> so you felt it was safer for everybody concerned for you to be dressed in camo, with an ar-15, propped up in the bushes, that was the saving thing to do. >> based on my training and my experience, yes, i thought that was the safest for everyone involved. >> reporter: but remember how dark it was the night of the shooting. the night of the new moon t prosecutor said that was no coincidence. diana purposely chose a night that weldon could hide unseen. >> there were google searches that ...

The biggest mistake. >> if i could take back anything, it would be that. if i could only take one thing back, i would take it away. i hurt my wife, and that means more to me than anything. >> weldon insisted is that the only thing that brought him to the dirt road was a desire to help diana and her son. >> did she have a hold on you or manipulated you in any way. >> no. no. >> its been said that you have a misguided hero complex. >> im no ones hero, not at all. and you know, its, if you tried to...

Please, please shawn. >> reporter: one night crystal captured something horrible. she said it was audio of her husband raping her. >> youre choking me. youre choking me. please! >> she walked in, and she was visibly shaken. i knew somethin had happened. >> reporter: crystal played a bit of the tape for weldon. >> ive always been a very protective person. if youre a friend or family, ill do anything for you. i really wanted to go and kill him. >> reporter: crystal later called police and had her ...

>> reporter: from an early age, weldon mcdavid was passionate about protecting other people. >> i -- i used to protect my friends on the way home from school. we had a -- bully that -- tried and tried -- to start fights with us. and then i found out that a nicely applied arm lock would get that bully to kiss the street. and we didnt have to run from him anymore. >> reporter: when he grew up, weldon enlisted in the marine corps. after leaving the service, he worked as a firearms instructor. we me...

Sense of empowerment, and protection, weldon mcdavid gave her. >> he helped me so much. >> its a very unlikely friendship. >> right, but if i needed him -- if i was worried about something or whatever -- i could just call him. >> reporter: crystal embarked on her new life without her husband. and weldon moved on, too. a few years after befriending crystal, weldon found romance when he met a woman named lea conant. >> i had decided to -- learn how to shoot and buy a firearm and learn how to use i...

>> reporter: crystal, a mother of two young sons, told weldon her husband was violent and abusive. she said she wanted to buy a gun for protection. >> so at that point, i asked her, "are you prepared to kill him?" because that is a very real possibility. you know, "if its his life, your sons life, or your life, then you have to make that decision." and after a few moments, she said, "yes, if i have to." >> reporter: weldon took crystal under his wing, taught her to defend herself even in stressf...

>> and the prosecutor said, that was where weldon came in, the self styled protector. a man prime to react to the exact type of allegations diana was making. >> oh, god! >> remember what he said on dateline, when he hear the recording of had husbands abuse? >> i wanted to really go and kill him. >> reporter: she viewed weldon as a way to get rid of greg. >> she saw in weldon the exact kind of person that shed need to carry it out. and it is somebody who has a hero complex. and she needed somebod...

And has very good intelligence and humor and -- just a really engaging personality. reporter: weldon told her about his work with crystal harris. >> it was just consistent with what i had heard about different people that he had come alongside and helped them feel more confident and safe. >> reporter: and just like crystal before her, lea felt empowered around weldon. >> hes strong. and i -- i enjoyed his strength. and i felt safe around him. >> reporter: on september 20, 2014, lea became mrs. m...