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Promised a christmas gift, worrying washington that they could launch a long-range missile. welcome back. the mystery of line shockner's murder was being unraveled by long beach police. they arrested nick harvey, who admitted to stabbing lynn. thanks to an undercover sting operation, they believe they also tied lynn's death to another man, frank jaramillo. investigators believed they had one more dot to connect. now it was time to go after a person they suspected of masterminding the crime. returning to our story, here again is keith moirsson. >> reporter: nearly a month after lynn schockner...

>> reporter: but frank kept going at him, and fred finally let something slip. >> i'm scared, fred. i don't know, i understand you're scared, too. you have to understand. we would not be in this position if it wasn't for her. if it wasn't for lynn, we would not be here. >> that's true. and if it hadn't been sloppy on nick's part we wouldn't be here either. >> reporter: fred referring to nick harvey, the hired killer. for the first time connecting himself to lynn's murder. but frank kept going after him, as if he knew they needed more. >> we would not [ bleep ] be here if it wasn't for you. we ...

And that she was so nervous about doing it and didn't know if it was the right choice or what to do about it. >> reporter: what'd you think? >> my first thought was very excited, because it was just great to be able to think of getting away from him. >> reporter: and then, finally, more than a year later lynn hired family law attorney lisa brandon. what did she tell you she wanted from you? >> she wanted a fair division of the property. >> reporter: but, said lisa, fred controlled all the finances. so she didn't know how much money they had as a family? >> no, no idea. >> reporter: how much mo...

Compelled to watch his family's darkest secrets spill out. then in the end he would get the opportunity to speak directly to his father here with the conclusion of our story is keith morrison. >> you hold your breath. the world kind of stops. >> a hushed courtroom in long beach, california. fred schockner, charged with commissioning the murder of his wife, caught on tape blaming a sloppy hit man, took the stand in his own defense. >> he was very defiant. and completely maintained his innocence until the end. i mean, in the face of this overwhelming evidence he maintained his innocence. >> it w...

And so with a pending separation lisa worried about lynn and charlie's safety. >> i wanted her to move out of the home with charlie. she wouldn't do it. she wouldn't leave her home. she wouldn't disrupt charlie. he was just starting high school. they'd lived in the neighborhood forever. so she was a sitting target. >> reporter: did she understand that it was dangerous for her? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: and yet, she went ahead and did it anyway? >> that's how important getting out of that relationship was to her. she was willing to risk her life, and she told me that. >> reporter: lisa told lyn...