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Lover, even as he tried to sound sympathetic. >> valerie wasn't a monster. she clearly had reached a breaking point and i can't say that i condone what she wanted to have done. as a doctor, just as a human being, you know, taking someone's life is not okay with me. >> so you're saying you two were not in on this together. >> not in on having anybody killed. absolutely not. >> did you mastermind the plan to have meghan and mack killed? >> there was never a plan to have anybody killed. so, no, i did not mastermind a plan to have meghan and/or mack killed. >> do you believe valerie was the master...

>> but valerie said she never intended to have her husband killed. >> i hate the idea that everybody thinks i'm a monster. >> the audio diary turned out to be her final recorded words. >> i don't want to hurt anyone. just me. okay, thank you for listening. bye. >> a little over two weeks after her arrest, valerie mcdaniel jumped to her death from the seventh floor balcony of her apartment building. >> it was the worst -- worst day of my life. >> valerie's friend maggie blamed leon. >> i see it as murder. i really do. i think he's murdered her reputation. and he ultimately murdered her. >> even...

>> in so many words, yeah. she -- yeah, she's dead. >> you already took care of it? >> yeah. >> hours later, continuing the ruse, police arrived at valerie and leon's apartment -- with their body cameras rolling. >> we're just coming to inform her that her husband has been killed to get her reaction. >> your ex-husband has been found. it looks like it, uh, turns out to be a fatality. >> what -- what was their reaction? >> they try to -- feign some kind of surprise. and, then, we wanna gauge his reaction, too. >> oh my god. we were here all day with their -- their daughter, and we watched movie...

>> more than likely by tomorrow she'll -- more than likely be dead, and that's it. >> i'd rather not. >> i understand that you prefer not, but i can't give you 100% guarantee. >> leon showed the undercover officer a pile of cash wrapped in a dish towel -- payment for homicidal services rendered. >> $1,800 in cash -- with the -- promise to pay me the remained of the $10,000 at a later time. >> what does that say to you in that moment? like, this guy's, obviously, serious. >> that's what told me -- there was no going back. he was dead serious about it. >> the next day adam texted leon that photo...

He meant valerie's ex-husband mack. that's right, this murder-for-hire was a double plot a two-fer. it seemed leon and valerie both wanted their exes dead. leon and taz left the table for a smoke and valerie talked specifics with adam about how he could bump off her ex-husband. >> he could have a boating accident. no? >> harder? >> the undercover officer suggested some simpler execution options -- >> take his car, leave him on the street. make sure he's dead. maybe put another bullet in his head. we call that a "double tap." they'll think it was a robbery. >> but first adam wanted to know: was...