Was a young actress starring in the role if i had to put it into one word, one would be the closest. She was young actress starring in the role of a lifetime. A mystery. One of her friends was dead. There has been a body discovered. Its so hard. She was 23. Another friend was missing and wanted. Got a dead woman in the apartment. This guy is potentially dangerous. Two mysteries to solve but one evasive witness. Rachel didnt tell us this the day before. I told the truth to the best of my capability. Police wondered, had another murder been planned . They said if you had gone back that day, they wanted to kill you. Rachel had a secret. Which you keep it . This is as diabolical as any case i have seen. Was the curtain about to close . Rachel is the last piece. Right. They are trying to say im somebody i am not. This is my life. Im innocent. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Rachel buffett and Daniel Wozniak were struggling actors. They were in love and about to tie the knot. Those plans were interrupted when someone was found dead at their apartment complex. At the center of this mystery, Police Wanted to know, were the actors telling the truth or reading from a script . Here is Josh Mankiewicz with final curtain. Hello . Hi, baby. Hey. Whats going on . What do you want me to do . The woman on the phone was hours away from walking down the aisle to mary the man on the other end of the call. En to pledge her love until death do them part. Im going to go do something right now, and youre not going to see me for the rest of your life. Instead, she found herself in the middle of a twisted murder plot that would change her life forever. What did you do . I think you know what i did. She knew. Or did she . Her name is Rachel Buffett. You may remember her from a story we first reported in 2016, about her then fiance, dan wozniak and about two families in search of the truth. I know a lot of answers now. More than i had the last time we met. Now, the final curtain. I believe with all my heart, they were trying to get me back there to kill me. There are things people need to know and things that need to be said. What would you do for love . We will get to all of that. First, lets go back to where this story began. Orange county, california. Not too far from the coast, you will find the Camden Martinique apartments occupied mostly from students from nearby colleges. We had the polls. We had the hot tubs. Its where everyone wanted to be. She lived there with her husband and thats what they meant a twentysomething couple named dan wozniak and Rachel Buffett. Violets husband described them to her. Wine drinkers as opposed to hard liquor. Met them and the perfect. How could we go wrong . Rachel and dan acted in Community Theater. Thats how they met. On stage. A few years later they connected. He had become my best friend and i was hanging out with them so often. So i said give me a chance . You thought what . I dont want to lose my best friend. Were you in love . I realized, i am in love with this person. When he proposed, she said yes. They moved to Camden Martinique four months before their wedding date. Wife life wasnt easy. Throughout our relationship, money was somewhat of an issue. Rachel picked up or kieran there. Once, she said, as a princess at disneyland and dan work sometimes too but nothing steady. They seem to struggle financially alive. You kind of felt sorry for them because they seemed they were so excited to get married and start their life together. And, at the apartments, they settled in. It got to the point where everybody was hanging out with each other like every night. Part of that circle was 26 yearold sam. He fought in afghanistan and made it home to california. There were a couple things that sets him apart. He seemed more responsible. Sam was intent on earning his college degree, and thats how we met Julie Kibuishi. Julie helped sam with his schoolwork. She got after him if he was s not studying because his grade reflected her tutoring. She took it seriously. Julies mom. She told me about sam. Is like a big teddy bear and always nice to everybody. We got together at his place a lot of times. Julie who lived at home got to know everyone at the complex, and rachel connected ac with julie. They were both dancers. We had done ballet moves in our Bathing Suits at the pool and said we should take a Couple Dance Classes together. That chance never arrived. Ju on may 21, 2010, julie was at home with her mom. I was cooking in the kitchen and she said bye, mom, i am leaving. Sam had been Texting Julie throughout the day. Can you come over tonight at ca midnight alone . Going out for a bit. Lo very upset. Need to talk. Then please, no sex. I need to talk to someone,. E, we are like brother and sister. No sex. Im hurting with some bad pham. I cant be alone. No sex. Im begging like a brother. Julie was ready to help. 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A body was found in one of their apartments. It was affecting the whole atmosphere. The Police Detective responded to the call. We have a twentysomething yearold female on the bed and shes in a position that appears she was sexually mac assaulted. Police i. D. The victim. Sams tutor and friend, Julie Kibuishi. They had to tell julies parents. I think i was screaming, no. Thats not my daughter. Its not my daughter. Julie had been shot twice in the head. Her pants were down and someone had written on her sweatshirt the word all yours. Police found julies phone in the apartment and saw those weird texts sam had sent her. They learned about his combat tour and how he some high had night terrors. When police searched his name in their database, they found something sam in friends already knew. He had done some jail time. In 2002 at 18, sam herr was charged in the murder of another teenager. He was acquitted for sam in dad knew in hindsight, it did not look good. That didnt buy you a lot of rhythm from Law Enforcement . No. I understood that. It was imperative to start looking immediately. He wanted to find is son to prove he was innocent. The Orange County prosecutor also wanted to find sam quickly for entirely different reasons. He has a dead woman in his apartment and hes missing. You factor in afghanistan and he was a trained killer. Hes been accused of this before and this guy could be potentially dangerous. The detectives and the data hunted sam independently. But on parallel tracks. Detective spoke with sam in neighbors. I saw sam that day and had a short conversation with sam. Rachel and dan said he was with another man they did not know. A man in a black hat. It seemed a potential lead. Meanwhile, steve them there were recent transactions on the bank account he and sam shared. The trio led to long beach where sams atm card was used to order a pizza. Cops staked out the delivery address. Ready to hit it like someone committed a murder is inside. And that someone is sam herr . Yes. Instead it wasnt. But instead they found this guy. Sitting in front of officers of the law handcuffed, im obviously my balls are inside of me. I would [ bleep ] myself and i was nervous. Wesley told police that he had no idea who sam herr was. He said he got the atm card from a guy. He worked for Bail Bonds Agency and he wanted me to withdraw money from an atm for legal reasons. Wesley said he believed the guy because it was a fellow actor he looked up to. Rachel buffetts fiance, dan wozniak. Coming up. Detectives want to talk to dan. Whats going through my head is shock. Its probably a huge mistake. And dan has quite the story to tell. When dateline continues. 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And we could all unexperience this whole session. Okay, thats uncalled for. Po, you have never faced anything like this. The chameleon has the power of all my old nemesis. [ chuckling ] nemecee. Nemesi . We have to get an army of the best crooks and criminals. Oh, youre adorable. Violence makes our tummies tingle its disturbing. But its awesome. We can take down the chameleon together. Oh. Welcome back. Police believed sam herr murdered Julie KibuishiIn Cold Blood and then went on the lam. Welcome back. Police believed Sam Herr MergerJulie KibuishiIn Cold Blood then went on the land. Was an allout manhunt but thats when the story took a turn. Detectives discovered the sam in neighbor might somehow be wrapped up in the mystery. Now, they were about to bring dan in for questioning or he would make a stunning admission and change the course of the entire investigation. Once again, here is Josh Mankiewicz with final curtain. Detectives on the hunt for their Prime Suspect sam herr traced his atm card to dan wozniak. They found him at his bachelor party. Immediately, when he saw me. He turned pale. The detective hauled him to the stage and and charged him with accessory to julies murder. Dan seemed eager to come clean. He told police that sam confessed to him that while drunk and on drugs, sam asked julie for sex. He said no and he shot her twice in the head. Like, julie. Julie is like a friend. Then dan said sam threatened him and his wife to be. He agreed to help sam escape. According to dan, he offered him money and dan took it to help pay for his wedding. As to the anonymous man in the black cat . Dan had a confession to make. He doesnt exist. Detectives went to the Camden Apartments to tell rachel dan was in custody. Whats going through my head is shock. Its probably a huge mistake. It will be dropped in time for the Rehearsal Dinner tomorrow night. Detectives didnt fully believe the story so they brought rachel in to see him. She is on the side of the angels when you put her in that room thinking hell get him to tell us everything. That was our goal. Dan told rachel the same story he told detectives. Sam killed julie and then dan helped sam escape. Theres nothing you can do at this point to make it better. Absolutely. He can be truthful with us and truthful with you. Then Detective Spoke with rachel alone. Rachel told them she and dan received an eviction notice. Dan had to borrow money to make the rent. She said dan had told her only recently that he borrowed the money from dangerous people. He told me people were going to break his legs. She said on the day dan was supposed to pay the light breakers 2200 or else, sam stopped by. He came down to the apartment because he was going to give dan a ride. She said dan and sam live together than dan came back alone, but, with money. He had 400 somehow on friday. Rachel said she could not believe that dan was mixed up and julies murder. Is that when you start to think to yourself, this guy i am about to marry is somebody i dont even know . I was still thinking i knew his heart. The crimes he was saying he did . At least that wind up with someone who would do anything to help somebody in need. Did he tell you about this . Did he tell you his involvement . Hell no. Detectives drove rachel back to the apartments. I go to my friends and knock on the door. At that point just start bawling. She is shaking violently and said dan has been arrested. She is a mess. Rachel win her parents home to tell them dan was in jail and the wedding was off. My mom, she has lost it. The day was to get more traumatic. At the police station, dan asked to speak with detectives again. This time, he said something that blew the case wide open. I went crazy and i did it. I killed julie and i killed sam. You didnt see that coming. No. Dan wozniak confessed that he did not help sam herr but he killed him. Dan said they drove to a theater where he performed and dan asked sam to help move something from the attic. He bent down and i grabbed a gun and shot him. So he fired again. He started bleeding. He wasnt moving. Dan then drove to a different theater later that evening to appear on stage with rachel in the musical. In this video of the performance, dan showed no signs of stress as he played the starring role. Dan told police that during the show he texted julie from sams phone, pretending to be sam. After the play, dan said he went to sam in apartment and leeward julian to sam in bedroom. A said lean over. When she leaned over and put two bullets. He admitted scrawling those nasty words and julies back and splitting her pants with a pair of scissors. The next day, he said he disposed of sams body and gave another Pitch Perfect performance, captured on videotape. Detectives asked, why . Enter motive behind killing sam was . Spent money and insanity. Sam had more than 60,000 in the bank. His saved up combat pay. And Julie Kibuishi . Dan said he killed her to cover his tracks and to frame sam. This is as diabolical as any case i have ever seen. Police delivered the news to sam in parents. Their son had been murdered. For whatever reason i said at least he was not dismembered. The next morning, we want to let you know that sam was dismembered. Thats when i lost it. Dan wozniak was charged with two counts of firstdegree murder. The news hit the wire. At the police station, the phone rang. The caller had a story to tell. One that cast a new light on dans leading later, Rachel Buffett. Coming up. A witness. Something was terrifying in the feel of the room. I wanted out of there. A