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Michael with a gun and demanded his money back with interest. so michael called his boss at home, asking him for $200,000, but his boss refused. persitz handcuffed michael to the steering wheel of his car and ordered michael to drive to a deserted location. and then killed him. persitz put michael's body in the trunk and drove to the compost site about 60 miles away. persitz broke through the gate with the car's bumper, leaving a small piece behind. after dismembering michael's body, persitz wrapped the torso in a tarp. unbeknownst to him, a single black hair from his pet dog was

And that's where the dynamics of zachary persitz began to change. he was unable to stand the pressure of seeing all of his dreams vanish. >> at the same time, zachary persitz saw that michael was living quite well on the commissions generated from all of the stock transactions. >> zachary's wife oftentimes would compare their lifestyle to michael's lifestyle saying things like, michael has a big house, why don't we have a big house? michael has a mercedes, why don't we have a mercedes, and on and on. >> prosecutors believed persitz wanted revenge. the evidence suggests persitz set up a meeting...

>> a customer requested we get some hunting blood out of his trunk, which got us thinking a little bit. >> they said it was a brown mazda, and they gave police the license number, pnn393. the car was registered to zachary persitz, a 39-year-old russian emigre who worked as a dam inspector for the state of minnesota. he was a friend of michael's. >> when he first met michael he was more established than michael was and michael got into the brokerage business and michael's earnings eclipsed those of zachary. they met in this country. their wives were friends. >> persitz was married, had two chil...

More than just friends. michael was persitz's financial adviser. their relationship was rocky at best. investigators discovered persitz gave michael $150,000 to invest but there were more losses than profits. at some point persitz discovered his stock portfolio was worth less than $30,000. >> for the most part they weren't investments that were suitable for a guy that invested every nickel he had with michael. >> when questioned by police, persitz denied any involvement in michael's murder and he willingly took a lie detector test arranged by his lawyer. >> i called on a polygrapher and had za...