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daniel and -- three separate occasions. from the very first interview, danielle willingly acknowledge that she and michael have been tracking -- and i am. >> would you put the tracking device on vehicle? >> i put it up under the driver 's side rear wheel. >> okay. >> and i've been tracking him for about a month and a half. >> danielle also admitted helping michael take though surveillance photos. >> who took the pictures? >> michael did. >> okay. -- >> mine. >> but daniel denied that all this elaborate -- escalated into a murder plot. instead she said, it was simply preparation for her pending divorce. >> and i told the attorney about it in the attorney said, whoa -- because he said that's good evidence. >> she wanted to be able to just have leverage and be able to embarrass him. >> danielle told detectives another reason was plain
young you lieutenant. >> -- out their respects and it was very humbling, very, very humbling. >> along with the -- sands family and friend had -- leverage shot sam. >> no one could believe that she had -- that it was her boyfriend that killed him. >> didn't even want -- funeral. >> but the drama didn't in there. sitting not far from danielle was the other woman. was that awkward? with daniel being at the funeral. the wife and the mistress? >> yes. it was. but i felt it was more important for me to be there the worry about how awkward i felt. >> to her surprise, sam's family embraced diane. >> they'll received -- >> fees truly a -- person. and -- may have been happy.
folks on school, don't let those boys ruin your life. they are no good. don't let those boys get around you. he's like, you are never allowed to date a fireman. >> a fireman? >> oh, he just worked with them. he knew how they were. >> danielle also -- like you are one of their own. >> yes, yes she was as welcoming -- >> aubrey listen to their tale of romantic trips through exotic lands. >> it traveled the world together. they had so many good times and so many great experiences. >> i would imagine they were almost like role models to you. >> yeah, they were. a perfect life, a perfect life. everything just seemed great. >> that all change in august of 2012 and it was a hot saturday afternoon in sarasota, when registered nurse trish murphy, heard a disturbance coming from the stairwell just --
homicide. >> news in the decision not to prosecute danielle for sam's murder, made -- sister cindy furious. >> -- >> absolutely. are you know what they're? job is not to prosecute cases that are easy. their job is to prosecute criminals. >> but just one everyone thought danielle was free and clear, prosecutor fraivillig said not so fast. michael miners videotape break-in of diane mctague's apartment -- the prosecutor believe daniel helped not only planned a break in, but she also instructed michael to steal some of the ions possessions. daniel was charged with burglary and theft. a trial, the defense argued daniel never asked michael to steal anything. the jury didn't degree. she was found guilty as charged and sentenced to three years in prison. >> it was a very satisfying -- to see the woman be punished for her actions. is the murder of sam --
court, the prosecutor since she would need something she didn't yet have. it's a statement from michael saying danielle acted as his accomplice. so she waited, thinking time would compel him to come forward and admit danielle was involved. he never did. michael maintain that daniel played no role in -- sam's murder. >> this is possibly a active chivalry? >> i think one of his motivations, if not his -- motivation was trying to protect the women that he loved. >> did you say to him, why are you protecting her? >> yes. he said, i'm not, i'm not protecting her. >> -- contact us through his lawyers and said, hey, i want to tell you the truth. i want to tell you about she had didn't. that's never happened. >> two and a half years -- shooting sam -- michael minor agreed to plead no contest to second-degree murder. >> it will live with me forever and it will haunt me forever.
and so -- of michael and headed to the hospital where daniel had been waiting for updates on sam's condition. all daniel have been told us in had been shot. no one told her by whom. >> when i get over there, she was crying, she was very upset. >> detectives recorded interview. >> trying to piece together where it all -- >> at first detective -- revealed what he knew about daniels lover, or that it was michael who shot -- and instead he started by asking daniel about her marriage to sam. he candidly described as troubled. >> we have but not getting long for many months. danielle also explained that she knew sam was having an affair, despite sam's best efforts to conceal it. >> did you know where he went? today? >> sure he went to his girlfriend. >> daniel admitted that she too
>> no, went down with her. >> for the time being szalbirak, left daniel to be at the hospital to be with sam's family. it was up to daniel to reveal the identity of the shooter and explain the sorted details of how she was connected to him. >> she said, i need you to sit down i have something to tell you. and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. >> first, cindy learns and mcdaniel were getting a divorce. then the baton yell and sam were having affairs. most shocking of all, it was danielle's lover who shot sam. >> did i just hear what i just heard? >> for adults and snared by lies and deceit. one clinging to life. but this tangled story was about to get a whole lot more twisted. >> coming up -- >> danielle was just totally obsessed with what sam was doing. which went beyond anything that i've seen before in investigations. >> when dateline continues with a potent blend of nutrients
>> -- so that danielle -- other staff. she somehow -- associated. >> i think she is. >> -- dreher -- as much if not -- responsible for the man that shot him. >> cindy told detectives -- hatred -- only motive. but that she was also -- age-old incentive. >> i believe it was the money, to divorce the half of it. -- to get down with it. i think it was money. i think it was always money. >> just over 1 million dollars, and in fact. >> it was a substantial amount of money that she was going to gain if sam turned up dead. and that's exactly what happened. >> we asked daniel to sit down this for an interview. both she and her attorney declined. but during danielle's interview with the detectives, she methodically denied having anything to do with sam's murder. >> i >> would never kill my husband. i would never kill another
the 26-year-old local firefighter by the name of sam dreher, met the love of his life, danielle laborovo,. >> they were there just the ideal young couple. they held hands. they looked at each other. seemed crazy about her. >> sam's older sister, cindy lutz, was thrilled when she found out sam had a serious new girlfriend. what was your first impression? >> she was really sweet. she seemed crazy about him. she liked the outdoors. she liked to travel. so, they just have a lot in common. >> so it came as not a price when sam announced he was ready to pop the question. as for how he proposed, the firefighter didn't disappoint. >> he had hired a -- to build a rather large sand -- of a treasure chest. and then he had placed the engagement ring back. so, there were some real pirate