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Detectives had already learned about frank. >> he had a fetish for watches and living the lifestyle of the rich and famous. and he really didn't have a fulltime job. >> reporter: but if frank thought he was taking advantage of fred, the detectives believed it was just the opposite. >> i think fred schockner wanted to own frank jaramillo in some way. >> so frank already had the $100,000. now he's on the hook, bigtime, to fred. and fred says, "to get off the hook, you've gotta make this happen." >> correct. >> then slate's wiped clean. >> yup. absolution of all debt. >> reporter: so, in the dete...

Welcome back to "date line extra." i'm craig melvin. nick harvey had already been arrested and police were circling their wagons around two additional men they believed were involved in the fatal shooting of lynn shockner. nick admitted to killing lynn but investigators thought her husband, fred, and a man known as el cubano had plot ted the attack. detectives didn't have the evidence they needed to prove it, but they were about to set their trap. once again, here is keith morrison. >> reporter: police suspected that fred shockner was the mastermind behind the murder plot of his estranged wife...

Didn't understand how deep the hole was, as undercover cop kris nelson prepared frank for his big meeting with fred, el cubano got a call from his wife. >> he said, "i'm down here with the cops and i'm helping them." and he goes, "i'll be home later." he actually thought he was still going home. he even told me, he goes, "well, i didn't kill her." and i almost wanted to slap him and go, "no, you just hired somebody else to." >> he must have known. i mean, you got to be blind and deaf not to know that. >> you'd think. we used to laugh like, "is this guy for real?" >> reporter: frank set it up, ...

Help you, partner. >> reporter: but, after all that, frank did not make the all important and incriminating call to fred schockner asking for money. and so the very next day uncle john tried again. >> hey, did you get a hold of fred? >> no, but between you and i, i don't mind taking care of him, bud. >> reporter: frank asked for time and agreed to meet uncle john in person to hand over some money. >> do you know where the thousand oaks mall's at? >> thousand oaks mall. >> it's off of lynn road. >> lynn. >> yes, off the 101. >> reporter: lynn road, the irony was apparently lost on frank jaramil...

Coming up, at home with fred shockner behind closed doors. >> he said all families are like that? >> yeah. it was always, that's what families did. >> when "trap" continues. did. >> when "trap" continues know that innovation is not just about that one 'a-ha' moment. science is a process. it takes time, dedication. it's a journey. we're constantly asking ourselves, 'how can we do things better and better?' what we make has to work. we strive to protect you. at 3m, we're in pursuit of solutions that make people's lives better.