normally we don't deal with, professional people lookin' to have somebody killed. >> reporter: their first priority, locate the elusive zach, the guy leon asked the bail bondsman about. the guy who may have been a hitman. they searched databases knocked on doors and they found him. his real name was moataz azzeh, or "taz" for short. >> and he said, we need to talk. >> reporter: taz said they had him all wrong. he was no hitman. but they were right about leon. he wanted to get rid of meaghan. >> his main goal was that she not appear in court. whatever means that required that to happen, that was fine with leon, up to killing her. >> reporter: taz said leon gave him $9,980 in cash and a couple of fancy watches to do the job. but taz said he had no intention of doing it. >> his story was, he was playing leon. he wasn't ever gonna do the hit. >> reporter: but taz told police he had no doubt. leon still wanted it done.