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Welcome back. ken dolezsar was dead. chris wright was on trial for his murder and david novack was on the move. despite the evidence pointing to chris his friends from the loft building believed novack was the real killer. had chris been framed for the crime as he claimed inwe reached out to the defendant and novack for answers, and one of them wanted to share his story with us. here with the conclusion of our story is keith morris. >> chris wright's murder trial began in april 2010. it had been more than two years since ken dolezsar was shot dead in the village inn parking lot in sandy, utah....

Now back to dateline. welcome back to dateline extra. i'm craig melvin. in the search for ken's killer, police believed all clues pointed to one man, his business associate, chris wright. chris was arrested and charged with murder and soon damaging new evidence would emerge linking him directly to the crime scene. but for his wife bihonka the pieces of this elaborate puzzle simply did not fit. was it possible chris was being framed? if so, why? here again is keith morris. >> strange times around the loft building in downtown salt lake. so shocking that one of their own chris wright had been ...

>> reporter: but what stood out most was his hair, long, tied in a ponytail, looked out of place, like a wig. before the shooting, said lee, he heard the man's voice, sounded eastern european, maybe slavic. police believe both men came here in the victim's car, which the shooter then used to flee the scene. as for the victim, you heard the name by now -- ken dolezsar, the extremely wealthy local investor. >> my daughter called me just bawling. she told me ken's been shot, and he's dead. wow. >> reporter: matt beaudry considered ken dolezsar to be one of his closest friends. they founded and co...

>> i never had a case this complicated before. >> police following multiple leads. until -- >> we asked who is that? and he says, he's my neighbor. he lives two floors below. >> a suspect under arrest. >> having somebody just taken away. sorry. >> case closed, or was it? could there be something else or someone else they'd missed? >> there were so many parts of the puzzle that were not adding up. >> someone had pulled the trigger, but had someone else pulled the strings? >> he was the type of guy that could take bad luck and turn it into fortune. hello and welcome to "dateline." they were ne...

>> reporter: it stands in stark contrast to much of the rest of salt lake city, this old chocolate factory, this grand stage for our story. it was converted to loft apartments in those boom years before the bust. and the style of living and location drew a distinct crowd. outliers of a sort, iconoclasts in this famously mormon city. >> i loved this building. >> reporter: bianca pearman-brooks, born into privilege in england, raised in ireland and africa. she came here in 2006 to visit a friend. >> i came on holiday and i met christopher and we just hit it off. >> reporter: christopher wright, ...