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Piney woods. he was the ring leader of a crew, related to billy by blood or marriage. >> a strange cast of characters. some might depict them as the heehaw gang. >> a lot of drugs, and a lot of meth. they hand it out to each other. >> the meeting with investigators, billy earl was a man on a mission. he wanted to cut a deal and fast. >> 49 years old. i got grandkids, i want to be free. i want out this weekend. >> billy told the cops hugh knew things about the shooting they did not. including the identity of the hit team. he played hard ball, as he mixed his met fors.

Crown prince mohammad said he had nothing to do with the murder of the american journalist. >> did you order the killing of jamal khashoggi? >> translator: absolutely not. this was a heinous crime. but i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia. especially since it was committed by individuals working for the saudi government. >> reporter: now, if this were an obscure saudi dissident stabbed to death in a back alley in irab, perhaps this might be believable. but the crown prince has ties going back to the royal family to the 1980s. now, for him to be murdered in a saudi consulate b...

This murder. in a country like saudi arabia, you cannot send a hit team in saudi government claims to the saudi consulate and murder a man who has had intimate ties to the saudi royal family going back to the 1980s without the knowledge of the head of state, and rather than the "60 minutes" interview, i would refer our viewers to the pbs front line special on crown prince mohammed bin salman. it's two hours long, but it gives viewers a much better idea of the role of the crown prince in saudi arabia and perhaps his role in the murder of jamal khashoggi. >> ben wedeman on the story. ben, live i...

Saudi prosecutor has accused of running this operation. it's not like some distant employee down the chain. this was a very close aide. >> martin, this is a meticulous piece of reporting. you and i have talked about these issues and the final product is extraordinary. >> thank you. >> i want to ask you, a year after the death of my colleague, jamal khashoggi, how would you add up the facts that we do know? you have the pro forma denial that was cited by the crown prince and then all of your reporting. just put into context what you do know at the end of a year of looking. >> well, i think it's...

That he was implicated in this, that he not only acquiesced and knew about it, but i believe he directed it. it's bad that he gets the reception he's getting. >> there's no way a hit team goes into the saudi consolute in another country without high-level approval or the highest level of approval and brings a bone saw to what they initially allege was going to be an interview. it's -- i would have thought somebody in the white house at the very least would have asked, you know, a couple of people to be in between the president and mohammed bin salman. it's not as if they don't get advance noti...