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>> then he, you know, comes toward me and i just, you know, i just close my eyes and just pulled the freaking trigger. and i was so sorry. >> reporter: with all the things he's telling you, he's in a relationship with danielle. do you start to think, we need to talk to danielle dreher? >> yes. so the next step was let's find out, let's hear danielle's story. >> reporter: so detective szalbirak left michael and headed to the hospital where danielle had been waiting for updates on sam's condition. all danielle had been told was that sam had been shot. no one told her by whom. >> when i got over ...

Planned to talk to sam that day. >> michael never said anything about going over there? >> no, he didn't. >> reporter: but detectives were skeptical. they wondered if danielle knew more about michael's intentions than she was letting on. >> at this point, i don't know to believe her or not. >> reporter: you're not done with danielle dreher? >> oh, we're not done with her. >> reporter: for the time being, szalbirak left danielle at the hospital to be with sam's family. it was up to danielle to reveal the identity of the shooter and explain the sordid details of how she was connected to him. >> ...

This time immediately after sam had been shot. >> that same man. it just gave me chills. >> came running up the stairs towards me. i just looked at him and said what are you doing here? >> she recognized him and you can hear her on a 911 call. >> i didn't see -- i don't know. >> what are you doing here? >> i remember him just kind of making this motion like whoa. then he ran off. >> did you start to think in those split seconds that this mystery man was really after sam? >> yeah, i mean it was definitely a suspicion. >> it must have been such a puzzle. >> yes. >> puzzling too for detectives. >...

Apartment complex. the same man who appeared moments after sam was shot. >> they said could you describe him? i described him. >> little did she know a man fitting that very same description had just been arrested. he had approached sheriff's deputies moments after they arrived on scene and confessed to the shooting. >> the deputy that had him in the back of the patrol car already told us that he made statements that he was the shooter. >> did you feel like this could be an easy one, case closed or did you think there's got to be more to this story? >> there's never an easy one. there's always...

24 hours after sam dreher had been shot, his condition began to deteriorate rapidly. sam's sister, cindy, was there when the family decided to take him off life support. >> i hated it. i thought of him like he was one of my children. i loved him that much. >> reporter: were you able to be with sam? were you able to hold his hand and say goodbye? >> i did. >> reporter: what did you say to him? >> i made him a promise that the people responsible for his murder would pay for it. >> reporter: the news of sam's passing hit dianne mcknight hard. >> in my mind i'm still thinking maybe there's still s...