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zip tied my legs, duct taped my hair. there's no words. i'm sitting there just, hysterical. it's terrifying. >> reporter: she thought he was mr. right. a confidence harmful surgeon until the good doctor seemed to turn sinister. >> he had put his hands over my head and said, go ahead and try and leave. >> i didn't know where else to go. >> she just wroebg down. , she just sits down. unravel not just one murder scheme but two. >> so tphoul you have a man and a woman who both want their x euz. it was just unreal. i didn't think this was happening. >> these detectives had a plan and you ...

>> reporter: meghan said she sped through downtown, but she couldn't shake her ex. then, leon cut her off with his car. >> he jumped in front of my vehicle, telling me i'm making a huge mistake and that he loves me. >> reporter: meghan says she managed to swerve around leon and escape. but he kept showing up at the hotel where she worked, asking to see her. >> his demeanor was very calm but very persistent. that's actually scarier because you don't know what's going on in the back of their head. >> reporter: the hotel banned leon from the property, but co-workers still saw him lurking. >> we w...

>> we're just coming to inform her that her husband has been killed to get her reaction. >> your ex-husband has been found. it looks like it, uh, turns out to be a fatality. >> reporter: what was their reaction? >> they try to -- feign some kind of surprise. and, then, we want to gauge his reaction, too. >> oh, my god. we were here all day with their -- their daughter, and we watched movies. >> he immediately offers an alibi. he's like, "oh, my gosh. we've been here all day." >> reporter: suspicious? >> very suspicious, yes. >> the one thing he's not, is an actor. a good actor. >> reporter: th...

Standing there behind a bush, like you're invisible. i just remember the first words coming out of my mouth were, "do you know we can see you?" >> reporter: furious, aerial said she ran across the street yelling. >> "go away. get away from us. leave her alone." >> reporter: police arrested leon for assault. >> but that was very short-lived because he was out -- i want to say within the next day. >> reporter: two weeks later, leon and meghan appeared in court. the judge granted that protective order. he then ordered leon to be arrested again, on the spot. this time for stalking. as officers rea...

Sprang their trap. >> right now, we're going to read you your rights. >> me? >> reporter: they arrested leon and valerie for solicitation of capital murder. and revealed, there was no murder and no kidnapping. meghan and mack were alive and well. >> they had no idea. they believed that their issues had been taken care of. they had no more problems. and to immediately go from a death notification, to you're under arrest for solicitation, to capital murder -- >> reporter: that's a head-snapper. >> yeah. that'll get your attention. was valerie mcdaniel a murderous mastermind or another victim o...