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those balconies guarantee that in a fall, the only thing that you would head is the mediterranean. almost seven story straight down. >> that is a long fall. you're standing there looking over the balcony, that's a long fall in the ocean. definitely. >> a jury would decide if this unusual defendant was guilty of mckee's murder. and attorney himself, lonnie filed a motion after motion and delay the trial for years. >> lonnie is a bright man. lonnie worked very hard as an attorney, throughout these proceedings who wrote a lot of the briefs that were presented to the court. >> and how did he do? >> he's a good attorney. however, he was blinded by his own gnosticism. and he's not as smart as he thinks he is. >> david michael did not represent lonnie for the criminal trial. instead, lonnie had a public defender. opening statements began in february of 2020. >> the defendant believed that

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eliminated from the world cup after losing to the netherlands. the netherlands -- scored a volley after assisting on the first two goals. this is the sixth time that the u.s. made the round of 16 at the world cup. and saturday in kentucky has been canceled after authorities received threats directed at protesters at an emmett till rally on the same day. a quote, an abundance of cars -- now back to dateline! >>now back to dateline >> >> as toshiba and karen patiently waited for answer. they would sometimes visit mickey's grave site. and see the name lonnie on the headstone next to hers. that was difficult. >> the first seven years we thought that we knew they were

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was approached by lonnie, who asked tony and another inmate if they're willing to have lonnie's third wife recant her statements and killed. >> this is a may we're talking about? >> correct. >> we created a hit man named greg, who's gonna be a hit man for lonnie. to take care of while his third wife. >> greg was played by an undercover investigator, pete bill. we've disguised him so he can get more work in the future. >> how often when you're asked to pose as a hit man is the person that you're supposedly working for already behind bars? >> in the six cases that i actually pose as a hit man, four of the six were already behind bars. >> how many of those six cases where men wanting you to kill their wives? >> six out of six. >> this has to give you a dim view of men, or at least of husbands. >> well, at least once in custody. >> tony, the informants, then

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frail price. >> and did he tell you what his plan was? >> he said that bills people will throw people mickey in the water. and his girlfriend will be -- >> in other words, his alibi. but when bill canceled at the last minute. amy says that lonnie told her this. >> he will have to take matters into his own hands. >> remember, if amy was telling the truth on the stand. it meant she had previously lied to a federal grand jury. >> we had assess the reality that she had given up a prior statement under oath. but we also took everything we know to be true about our jobs, and human beings, and evaluated her in person. to see whether we believed her so a little bit of a got checked there for me at least. >> and you believed her? >> absolutely. >> and you thought a jury would? >> absolutely. >> before the jury had a chance to deliberates, this courtroom

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introduced dragged the hitman, to lonnie. the inmates. >> i think people maybe from watching tv shows or movies, have this idea that this all happens in one phone call. >> now, he was definitely feeling the out during the first few conversations. but after he got some bad news that court, he opened up much more with me over the phone. >> what kind of money are we talking about here? >> lonnie was offering $100,000 for me to kill amy. >> greg said that the ever so careful lonnie spoke in code. >> he told me it was time to take the property off the market. another call. i said, i just want to make sure that we are good for closing on property d 16. which is his code. and he agreed, it is time. >> when you hear that you know, we can go to court with that. >> yes. he knows that i'm not a realtor. >>, then, a surprising thing happened. somebody wanted to call the cops. and it was lonnie! >> coming up!

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argued for a mistrial. among the reasons, after the long delay, jurors could not possibly remember anything. putting lonnie at a disadvantage. to which the judge said. >> we have to continue. it is so important to have the rule of law. even during a pandemic. >> the judge denied the motion for a mistrial and two days later, all 16 jurors returned. following social distancing guidelines. jurors would spread throughout the courtroom. and everyone would wear masks except for the witnesses. and the first witness to take the stand was lonnie. >> i don't know if my ex-wife was killed. i don't know what happened to my ex-wife. >> lonnie had an explanation for everything. >> why did you book a cabin with a balcony? >> well. i did not want to cheap out. i was trying to impress mckee

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>> he had built a good story if you will to bolster his defense from the beginning. >> of course, it was possible lonnie was simply telling the truth, while the fbi suspected he was responsible for his death, the bureau did not have much evidence to back up that suspicion. in december 2006, the u.s. attorney brought the case to a federal grand jury, except, the grand jury's role was only to investigate, not to issue an indictment. >> if you had proof that lonnie had killed his ex-wife, you would have taken to a grand jury, and gotten an indictment, and i have to believe you did not do that because you thought there wasn't anything really to prove that beyond your suspicions? >> we in the fbi our investigators, and our role is to find facts, whether a case is presented to a grand jury, that is a prosecutorial decision. >> and a justice department

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able to get a, copy but susan's talents as an investigator and her italian language skills paid off. >> you are good at, this aren't you? >> i was able to get the copy. >> she thought the autopsy report was not definitive, and what was their, pointed away from lonnie. >> indicated that she had been raped, strangled, and obviously thrown overboard. >> that sounds to me more like an assailant that did not know her, then some fight with him. >> possibly. >> susan and bill found out there were no security cameras anywhere on the ship, and according to the crew, no one on board at the time reported hearing anything suspicious. >> nobody saw or heard them fighting? >> no. >> nobody saw them in any struggle? >> not that i could find. >> and nobody saw anybody menacing either one of them? >> not that i could. find >> where was she on the ship when she went underwater, nobody knows?

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were lighted on amy lyn. the story that he says was one big lie. influenced by none other than bill price. >> he scared the hell out of amy. i have money, i have can protect you, i can save you. come on, he's a rat, he's a scumbag. he said horrible things about you. horrible stuff, i've never heard of it before. and that's where amy, was turned. >> why is it so hard to believe that she was frightened of lonnie? that she lied for him? and that she eventually stopped lying for him him? and told the truth? >> there is no basis at all for what she is saying to be true. it's fantasy stuff. and the fact that when they investigated the island, there is nobody in the room. there's no blood anywhere. there is no evidence of a struggle. there is nothing. where is the evidence? where is it? you know, yes she got killed. but that doesn't mean that lobby did it. >> as sergeant don worked with the orange county the is to gather evidence against lonnie.

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one thing became clear, the island escape was not the luxuries crew ship that nikki had looked forward to. >> i kind of get the feeling that if you grew up watching the love boat, you probably would not recognize the island escape. >> you definitely would not. >> the island escape was of ferryboat. once he used to transport cars. then later tourists. who were looking to save a buck. >> this was not the type of ship that the american attorney would view as a vacation type of a vessel. it is designed to be cheap, and cheerful. >> it has one peculiar feature that was appealing to lonnie. it is a straight drop into the sea from the balconies that were welded on to the side of this. >> and most modern cruiseship bay, if you fall off the aloha deck, you've got a good chance of landing on the lead odalisque. not so on the island escape.

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