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Safely to her brother's home in long beach. they had dinner together. taka asked julie to be a bridesmaid at his wedding and gave her a tiara. but julie couldn't stay long because, she told her brother, her friend sam herr needed her. he'd been texting her all afternoon. messages that seemed weirdly off kilter. can you come over tonight at midnight alone? going out for a bit. very upset. need to talk. then -- please. no sex. i need to talk to someone. julie texted back. lol, ew, sam, we are like bro and sis. no sex. and then sam texted again. i'm hurting with some bad fam crap. i can't be alon...

Julie kibuishi, her valentine girl, was pursuing fashion design while living at home. it was a mother's dream. >> i was planning a lot of stuff to do with her. so we're going to be the buddies to go shopping or, you know, that's what i told julie. and were planning to do that. that was right before it happened. it's so hard, you know? she was 23. >> reporter: 23 years young, and her life taken from her in the most senseless way. >> she loved to kind of design things. so she really wanted to be a stylist. >> reporter: now that would never happen. police were looking hard for sam

Boom. as soon as he said he was talking about family problems, i said, excuse my language, i said this son of a bitch is dirty. i'll never forget that. this guy knows something. i don't know what he knows, but he's lying about sam. >> reporter: authorities were developing their own theory about dan. prosecutor matt murphy. >> wozniak is the guy that's protecting sam. wozniak is the friend that's helping him get money out. >> reporter: so police figured the best way to find sam was to talk with dan wozniak. coming up -- >> i have nothing to do with this because my life was in danger. i'm sorr...

Murder of julie kibuishi. and rachel was left to break the news to family, friends and invited guests. >> i go to my friend's and knock on the door. and then at that point just start bawling. that's when i finally broke. >> reporter: with a friend at her side, rachel went to her parents' home to tell them what was going on. >> and my mom's just -- she's lost it. she can't speak. she's bawling. >> reporter: it was a mess, and not only because of the canceled wedding. rachel's older brother noah was also under suspicion. you think noah knows where sam is? >> yes. >> reporter: noah was driving da...

They were watching two performers acting out a script. so that conversation between the two of them felt rehearsed? >> yeah. and i was expecting an oh my god, what did you do? how could you help him? it wasn't that. it was just very odd. >> reporter: so if police or prosecutors tell us that was all set up between the two of them, they were a couple of actors and they were reading lines? that's what? that's bull? >> that's bull, yeah. >> reporter: you had no idea what he was going to say. >> that's correct. >> reporter: rachel said she didn't know that dan had murdered sam and julie until he ca...