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More than $60,000, in fact. sam herr's combat pay. >> when he was deployed, basically all the money that he was earning in the military just went into a savings account. he didn't spend it when he was deployed. >> reporter: and dan wozniak wanted that money? >> yes. >> reporter: and julie kibuishi? dan said he killed her to cover his tracks and to frame sam. >> to make it look like he was on the run and he did it. >> he was the one that did it. >> right, and that if he was disappeared completely, you'd never find him. and it would all go away. >> reporter: but none of this was going away. espe...

>> reporter: he eventually professed his love and asked her to give him a chance. to win your heart? >> something like that, yeah. >> reporter: and he did win her over. he proposed, and she said yes. >> i wasn't head over heels in love, but i was okay with it. >> reporter: rachel said money was tight for the young couple. >> you know, neither of us had career jobs or anything. so yeah, money was always up and down and hard to get. >> reporter: but rachel says she and dan continued to plan for that may wedding, and that her parents said they'd foot the bill. >> my parents are traditional, and t...

>> reporter: what finally happened with your brother? >> noah says that they questioned him for a while. and then the main detective said, all right. get this guy out of here. he doesn't know anything. >> reporter: turns out, he really didn't. noah was released and never charged. meanwhile, rachel notified dan's parents and describes a reaction she did not expect. >> it was just his dad that was home. his mom was at work. so i explained what's going on to him, and he just has the opposite reaction. he's just completely so mellow and like he didn't even hear me. i remember one of the phrases he...

Anything. there should be no reason why we should find your dna anywhere in certain areas and stuff like that. that's why we're doing it. >> now i was in sam's apartment friday afternoon. >> okay. >> and i know i did use the bathroom. >> you did use the bathroom. >> i used the bathroom. and i went -- i'm not sure if i went out on the patio or not. most of the time i do. but that day i don't know if i did or not. >> okay. okay. >> reporter: dan seemed worried they might find his dna in sam's apartment. detectives wanted to know why., and the tone of the interview changed. >> i think you know a ...

That or -- >> reporter: but just two days before dan and rachel's big day, young wesley, now in handcuffs and facing serious felony charges, was pointing the finger at his one-time mentor. remember, dan and rachel had already told police that the last time they saw sam was on friday, the day before julie was murdered, and they hadn't seen him since. so how and why would dan have sam's atm card? someone had to be lying. and if that were dan, why? sam's dad steve got phone numbers from his son's friends of just about everyone they knew. and on that list was dan wozniak's number. >> so i said i'm...