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Church social, talk of a family even preceded the engagement ring. >> he used to scare the girls away by saying he wanted 12 children. and i said "well, i always thought i wanted to have 12 children. he says, "oh my god." >> reporter: they didn't have 12 but this devout roman catholic couple did raise their five in a baltimore, maryland suburb. heidi the only girl in a sea of brothers. >> when i hear that, i think "poor heidi." >> yep, yep. >> reporter: growing up with all those boys. >> she wasn't treated like she was a little princess, that's for sure. >> heidi grew up to be a happy, outgoin...

I recognize him as the boyfriend. >> reporter: bennett picked out stephen cooke. heidi's boyfriend was arrested for first degree murder. >> deep in our hearts, we all had a feeling that he had something to do with it. >> reporter: stephen's trial began in june 2015. he pleaded not guilty. glennon and breault had the task of convincing a jury that stephen was capable of orchestrating a cold murder-for-hire. their case would rely heavily on the word of one man the killer himself, alexander bennett. you really had to believe this guy, bennett? >> absolutely. >> reporter: your case was gonna rise ...

And also sadness because we still dont have heidi. >> reporter: grant lewis the denver "middle man" has already been sentenced to "life"in prison. alexander bennett was sentenced to 30 years as part of a plea agreement in which he testified against lewis and stephen cooke who was also sentenced to life in prison without parole on september 2015. and remember the butcher terry gilliam? police have totally cleared him of any involvement. and in fact offered him an apology. >> it's not everything, but it does, it's a start, it does mean something. >> reporter: as for heidi's family, their days ar...

Hired them over to the fbi. did you believe that story? >> not in the least. >> reporter: now do you read grant lewis his rights? >> yes. and the cuffs went on. >> reporter: but there was still one major detail left -- who hired them to kill heidi? >> what really happened the day heidi died? detectives are about to get a first-person account from the killers. coming up -- >> i was making sure if she say alive. i didn't know. that's when i had the knife. >> when "indiscretion" continues. knife. >> when "indiscretion" continues.

Locks, then posing as that neighborhood watch volunteer who so scared heidi. >> i do remember her answering the door. >> reporter: did you go to the door to talk to her more than once? >> it was just that one time. >> reporter: just the one time? on april 20th, bennett says he heard through lewis that the plan was a "go." after getting into heidi's house he hid behind the front door. >> now my plan was to just try to get her, and like, still make it look like an accident like, maybe snap her neck or somethin' to look like she fell down the stairs or somethin'. >> reporter: heidi walked in thro...