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Going to gain if that turned out bad and that's exactly what happened. >> we asked danielle to sit down with us for an interview. both she and her attorney declined. but during danielle's interview with the detectives, she emphatically denied having anything to do with sam's murder. >> i would never kill my husband. i would never kill another human being. and the man that pulled the trigger supported her claim of innocence in no uncertain terms. >> i acted on my own. i did. i did this all on my own. >> so your opinion is that danielle's only involvement was in order to help you basically get d...

And sentenced to four years in prison. >> this was a very satisfying verdict, to see the woman be punished for her actions. >> reporter: is the murder of sam dreher an open case or a closed case? >> no. it's a closed case. >> reporter: but not for cindy, who continues to mourn the loss of her brother. she keeps his uniform close by for comfort and, with it, a lifetime of memories. >> he was loving. he was caring. he was the peacemaker. he was always doing for others. he was just sweet. >> reporter: cindy once felt the same way about her sister-in-law danielle. now there's bad blood between the...

This elaborate spying escalated into a murder plot. instead, she said it was simply preparation for her pending divorce. >> i told the attorney about it and the attorney said whoa, you're good because he said that's good evidence. >> she wanted to be able to have leverage and to be able to embarrass him. >> danielle told the detectives another reason was plain old curiosity. >> i had to see for myself that there was a girl. it broke my heart. i don't know why. >> that's the big question, right? you were doing it for four years and why did it break your heart? >> i think i still loved my husban...

Espionage. >> it's exactly like that. they were playing spy games. >> now it was up to mcdonald to find out if all of those spy games somehow developed into a conspiracy to commit murder. >> i think it's very suspicious that she had this. >> detectives sat down with danielle and reported interviews with her on three separate occasions. from the very first interview, danielle willingly acknowledged that she and michael had been tracking sam and diane. >> where did you put the tracker in the vehicle? >> i put it up under the driver's side rear wheel and i have been tracking him for about a month...

After all, michael shot sam not once but four times. one of the shots was to the back of sam's head. >> so sam is laying here and michael is right on top of him basically giving him the final shot. >> he would have had to have been. that's the evidence in the case. >> one shot is an accident. not the three or four shots he fired. >> but detectives wanted to know if this wasn't an accident, why then did michael shoot sam? >> got all of these pieces and tried to fit them all together. >> that's when michael revealed something that would turn the case on its head. he told detectives about an affa...