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Assistant. the night before the murder she said ken got a call on his cell. >> she knew that he had set up a meeting to meet with whoever he was talking to at 7:00 a.m. on the 15th. >> reporter: the day and time at which ken dolezsar was shot to death. was the caller also the killer? if so, they now had his voice because earlier that caller left this phone message. >> hey, ken, this is robert. i talked to dave. he said when you get to -- >> reporter: detectives traced the prepaid cell from which the call came and went to the store where someone bought it. >> this phone was purchased with cash ...

>> reporter: tax fraud. ken's wealthy wife dee was david novak's client. that's why ken dolezsar knew ken novak. and something made ken's relatives suspicious. so detectives drove over to the loft where they spoke with mr. novak. >> he was soft spoken. >> reporter: and a bright man. >> he came across as very intelligent, yes. >> reporter: answered all the questions but didn't seem to be of much help. then as detective carriger was preparing to leave, he tried one more question. that prepaid cell phone, the one someone used to invite ken to the fatal meeting, the store had surveillance video of...

>> he looks like a smug killer. and a jury of his peers listened to all the evidence and with that weighty choice decided that he was. i'm satisfied with that. >> reporter: chris wright is serving a sentence of 15 to life. he is preparing an appeal, hoping for a new trial. a long shot at best. and david novak? he's not been charged with or accused by the police of anything. though whether or not authorities want to talk to him is less clear. you know where he is? >> i don't know where he is, no. >> reporter: are your people trying to track him down? >> well part of the rules i'm constrained by...

Derek mower, ken's adult step-son. >> it was apparent there were difficulties between those two. >> reporter: but trouble in the family didn't stop with derrick. >> there seemed to be a riff. >> reporter: but not between dee and ken. theirs seemed to be a genuine love story. but now a grieving dee told detectives she was as baffled about the murder as they were. >> she was not able to provide us any information as to who he was meeting that day or anything about his day. >> reporter: and despite all that friction, the infighting over money and control, dee's family produced not a single viable...

Business for prison-pound executives? guess what? >> dee mower was incarcerated in federal prison. >> reporter: tax fraud. ken's wealthy wife dee was novak's client. that's why ken dolezsar knew ken novak. and something made ken's relatives suspicious. so detectives drove over to the loft where they spoke with mr. novak. >> he was soft spoken. >> reporter: and a bright man. >> he came across as very intelligent, yes. >> reporter: answered all the questions but didn't seem to be of much help. then as detective carriger was preparing to leave, he tried one more question. that prepaid cell phone,...