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And make a payment to an informant. julie did what her husband asked. but when she got to the off-base destination, she realized she had been set up, and she knew who was behind it. >> while she was being stabbed to death, julie snodgrass cried out, in english, i hate you, joe. i hate you, joe. >> the circumstances even more vile than if he had taken a knife himself and killed her. you know, the manipulation that took place, the planning that took place. >> apparently, lucy believed that joe would marry her and take her to the united states when his tour of duty was over. they would have lived...

Investigators found two floppy disks on joe snodgrass' desk which they thought might hold evidence of his complicity in his wife's murder plot. but before they checked the disks, investigators wanted to make sure they actually belonged to joe snodgrass and weren't someone else's. so they asked him to come to the interrogation room to identify them. >> joe snodgrass was in a cooperative posture. he's a law enforcement official. and so if someone is investigating, well, naturally, you try to cooperate so you can get him off the suspect list. >> as snodgrass investigated the discs, investigators ...

>> joe snodgrass never left the military base that night, so he was not considered a suspect. but who wanted to harm his wife? i thought you said you were gonna test drive this buick first. i am test driving it. for 24 hours. where's the salesperson? at the dealership. nice buick! i guess that test-drive last night went well. actually, i'm still on it. you know, we're test-driving this buick for 24 hours, right?. yeah. so what are you doing? test-washing it. okay, well let me know when you're done, i'm gonna take it test-shopping. introducing the buick 24-hours of happiness test-drive. it's on...

>> and how much money did joe pay to have his wife killed? >> what's the cost of a life? i'll tell you, 150 bucks u.s., plus 1,000 pesos for transportation. next to nothing. >> the information taken off the disk was critical. it was crucial. it put the nail right in the middle of the coffin. >> when confronted with the information from the disks, sergeant snodgrass pled guilty to soliciting his wife's murder. >> he said it was borne of marital turmoil, but he did not admit to -- it's a little mercenary to say, well, i took out $200,000 on my wife and i wanted to kill her and get that to live o...

Portion of a letter joe snodgrass had written to his housekeeper lucy asking her to hire some hit men to kill his wife. >> at least ten times a day, i say a prayer that you will have luck down there finding someone. i talked to josh and jamie, and they are starting to get real tired of her also. we went to the haunted trail last night. it was not the same without you. if you need anything else, i'll try to send it to you. i have to go back to work now. i love and miss you. joe. >> this tied joe snodgrass to his wife's murder. >> i think the computer fragments were the catalyst, and the catalys...