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Jennifer said she told michael back then, don't do it, walk away. but he wouldn't listen. and that's when thingsstar. well, jennifer and michael's marria started to unravel because michael had considered taking this job. and jennifer knew that this was a kill for hire. and she didn't want to have any part of it. keith morrison: and thus, didn't want to be married to a guy who was going to do such a thing. exactly, yeah. keith morrison: but remember, awful though it sounded, this was an ex-wife's story. and all due respect to jennifer, maybe she just had a vendetta against him. because after al...

Was moving very quickly. immediately started trying to find out who this michael oakes guy was that was seen behind the grange by the two witnesses. keith morrison: once police had michael oak's id, they discovered he was spending time with linda opdycke, mark's ex-wife. so now, two officers from the okanagan county sheriff's department paid a visit at linda's house here in winthrop, washington. and sure enough, there was michael oakes' suv in her driveway. once in the house, the officers asked to speak to oakes. he agreed, but then he said he needed to find his pills. he became agitated or fr...

There's a 50-50 shot of getting questioned. if he gets questioned, he's guaranteed a trial. and if he gets a trial, there's no one that's going to stick up for him. and he's pretty much going to prison he said. looking at felony, 10 to 15 years. keith morrison: so big trouble, he told jennifer. there was evasive action to take, work to be done. jennifer thompson: he was really concerned about getting over with the things in his vehicle. he wanted to get them home and sterilized. and he said if anyone sees this now, i'm going in right away. sheriff: going in meaning, he would be arrested right ...

At her place in western washington, not too many miles from the stover kennels, and talked to her about a job he was supposed to do. jennifer thompson: he didn't give me a lot of specifics. he just said he was here on a job, a side job. there was risk involved, possible injury to himself. that it was fairly dangerous. keith morrison: at which point, he left for a few hours. then contacted her again. jennifer thompson: he texted me and said, job failed, i'm ok, no pay though. keith morrison: no pay. no pay. keith morrison: what did that say to you? well, it says a lot to me. it says that-- keit...

It just so happened that the sergeant was standing on the deck above the driveway and observed michael oakes walking outside to the driveway. keith morrison: oakes, apparently not aware he was being watched, took a white bag out of his car, said the officer, and tossed it over a 20-foot embankment outside linda's house. he immediately questions michael about what he threw over the embankment. michael said it was garbage. keith morrison: garbage. garbage. keith morrison: but they went to retrieve that bag of garbage. and what was actually in it? it was a gun. keith morrison: inside, michael oak...