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>> she broke it off pretty quickly because she did not want to be the other person, and he didn't want to leave his family. >> now detective garcia had someone knew she wanted to talk with, james lapan's wife, serena. >> i know he's been, um -- fell off the marital bandwagon so to speak. >> serena said james had told her about the affair weeks earlier. they were going through counseling, she said, and working on the marriage. and when detective garcia asked her about the night of nick's murder -- >> her statement was exactly the same as james'. >> they hung out together during the day. they we...

Frightening. serena recalled a disagreement in which she wanted to step away from him to check on their children. >> he was physically holding onto my biceps at that point in time. he was just like, we're going to finish this discussion. immediately following that, he said, the children are replaceable. we can make more. i'm not. and at that, i'm like, oh, you're replaceable, but not like i -- it's not like i can say it, you know, because at that point -- >> and if you had said it, what would have happened? >> i don't want to know. so i don't know want to know what would have happened. so then...

Really happened the night nick morelos was killed. she said she and james went to bed about 9:00. >> and then he got up, and he had left the house. >> reporter: and later that night, serena said she rolled over and saw james in bed. then when she woke up in the morning, he was gone again. >> while i was in the shower, he had come in. and when he had come in, his arm was bloody, and he just looked at me, and he said, i was home all night. we worked out this morning. >> he didn't tell you why he needed that alibi? >> no. how did he seem? >> i'm, other than the fact that he was breathing from his...

We wanted to ask jessica about all of that. but she declined to be interviewed. >> if she committed a murder, or played a part and committing a murder, she is getting away with. >> we cannot find any evidence. >> or, she's not guilty. >> yes, correct. >> as for serena and james, and their covenant marriage. it is over now. they divorced in 2019. but serena's still worries about what effect james might still have, on her in her children's lives. >> will you ever be free of this? guy >> mom, when gots hits his off switch. >> james will likely stay in prison when, that happens, he was sentenced t...

Around 9:00 and got up around 5:00 a. m., which would have been an hour after nick's murder. >> if i contact your wife, she's going to tell me this is where you were on sunday? >> i would hope so. >> okay. >> he pretty much answered all the questions that we had. the interview ends. >> but then maybe two minutes later, there was a knock on her door. >> and it's james. he came back, and he tells us, i basically need to tell you the truth. >> the truth? like a confession? well, yes, but not to murder. james lapan owned up to slipping. >> what was the part you were not forthcoming? >> jessica and...