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And uh, he kept me company. i fell deeply in love with leon. >> reporter: but valerie said she never intended to have her husband killed. >> i hate the idea that everybody thinks i'm a monster. >> reporter: the audio diary turned out to be her final recorded words. >> i don't want to hurt anyone. just me. okay. thank you for listening. bye. >> reporter: a little over two weeks after her arrest, valerie mcdaniel jumped to her death from the seventh floor balcony of her apartment building. >> it was the worst -- worst day of my life. >> reporter: valerie's friend, maggie, blamed leon. >> i see i...

Husband killed. >> i hate the idea that everybody thinks i'm a monster. >> reporter: the audio diary turned out to be her final recorded words. >> i don't want to hurt anyone. just me. okay, thank you for listening. bye. >> reporter: a little over two weeks after her arrest, valerie mcdaniel jumped to her death from the seventh floor balcony of her apartment building. >> it was the worst -- worst day of my life. >> reporter: valerie's friend, maggie, blamed leon. >> i see it as murder. i really do. i think he's murdered her reputation. and he ultimately murdered her. >> reporter: even though s...

>> i felt like i was talking to the devil himself. >> reporter: the state then called the supposed hitman turned informant, taz, who testified that he too, knew exactly what leon wanted done. >> i asked him to bring $2,500 to see how serious he is. >> and he brought that money? >> yes. >> reporter: prosecutors played the tape where leon discussed in detail how he, as a doctor might get rid of meghan -- >> give her an injection of potassium chloride to stop her heart, untraceable. i'd prefer not to do that. but my survival is more important. >> he might not have said "murder," he might not have...

A few days later -- >> i had pulled out of my work. and he was right behind me. >> 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 ho...

Sinister idea, which to the undercover officer sounded like an invitation to murder. >> give her an injection of potassium chloride to stop her heart, untraceable. >> it's up to you. >> do you have that stuff? >> i can get access to it, yeah. i have access to a pharmacy. valerie owns a pharmacy, she has a pharmacy at her clinic. i'd prefer not to do that. but my survival is more important. >> reporter: he's giving you a way to kill someone. >> he gave me very detailed, precise instructions on how to kill somebody. >> reporter: but it wasn't just meghan whose life was in danger remember. leon h...