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A heated conversation about ben oxley. james asking dawn if she wants to have him killed. but that's where the stories diverge. dawn remember, says she told james, no, don't do it and fell asleep on the couch. but that's not james matlean's story. >> she was ecstatic about what was happening. she was happy i was going to kill somebody. you know? >> reporter: it was after midnight. dawn drew him a diagram of ben oxley's house, said james, so he could find his way to the bedroom. then he went to the 7-eleven, drew $40 out of the atm with dawn's bank card. and then together he said they went to t...

They were. a happy family. >> for her to be my wife is just -- it's a blessing. >> it's what you wait for all your life. >> reporter: what were your plans?s l >> to buy a house and to have babies and have a family. >> reporter: they eventually moved here, a three-bedroom ranch in the carson valley looking up toward the sierra nevadas. alyssa spent half her time with ben and melissa. the other time with her birth mom, ben's ex-wife, dawn. but above all, what ben really wanted was to have his little girl permanently. >> he never thought that he could have his daughter. and i was like, yeah, you ...

The facility in the past week according to north korea's academy of defense science. now back to "dateline." welcome back to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. melissa oxley could now breathe a little easier. while still on their radar, detectives no longer considered her the primary suspect in her husband ben's shooting death. they'd shifted their focus to another woman in ben's life. someone they believed held a grudge. investigators were about to bring her in for questioning. and the story she'd tell would send the case in a stunning new direction. here again is keith morrison with "while they...

>> reporter: finally, the story of ben oxley's murder, bit by bit, was leaking out. but could dawn's version be believed, that she had nothing to do with it? here's what dawn's mother sherry thought. >> i can see her sitting there saying, god, i wish he was dead. >> yeah. >> and i can see james going you want me to go kill him for you and her going whatever? it was more of a disbelief than an affirmation. >> reporter: that's the story dawn told, too, that she did not want james matlian to kill her ex-husband. >> do you want to talk about this case? >> you know i do. >> okay. >> reporter: it wa...

>> this is a case built on lies and deception and cat and mouse. who knew what it was? but the story when it began back in 2005 was about love. or what certainly felt like it. in fact, fair to say it was two kinds of love. there was what happened to ben when he met melissa. >> as soon as he met melissa, he was something i had never seen. just, you know, just for no reason he'd kale her and say i love you. >> reporter: he was a changed man. >> absolutely.s he was happy. melissa really made the difference.ss >> reporter: and if anybody would know, his best friends would. cindy and scott graham.d...