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>> meanwhile adam, the undercover police officer posing as a hitman, exchanged texts and calls with leon. >> i want that taken care of asap, too. this has gotta be -- fixed. >> most of the conversations have to do with leon asking me to hurry up and commence with the -- with the murders. >> we just want these two situations taken care of immediately. >> later that day, armed with the staged photos, the undercover officer adam went over to leon and valerie's home to tell them he'd killed mack -- and get them to pay. >> the male subject, i'm sure you know who i'm talking about, he's -- he's gone...

Harris county prosecutor sarah connect alk her co-counsel cameron callahan knew they had a strong case for solicitation of murder and kidnapping. they also knew they had a potential problem. >> as you headed to trial, what was going to be the potential in the case? >> the recordings. >> the recordings. there was no way he could get himself out of all the things he said. >> what would be the weakness? >> everything. he was educated, intelligent. he was cautious in his approach to talking to the undercover officer. >> that was the problem. in all of the recorded conversations, leon never said "k...

Exactly what he meant. the trial began on march 20th, 2018. the prosecution called the bail bondsman michael kubash who told the jury he had no doubt leon wanted the hitman to kill meghan. the hit man testified he, too, knew exactly what leon wanted done. >> i asked him to bring $2,500 to see how serious he is. >> and he brought the money. >> yes. >> prosecutors played the tape on how the doctor might get rid of meghan. >> he might not have said murder, he might not have said kill, but he knew what he was asking for. >> one of the star witnesses was the man who played dead, matt mcdaniel, aliv...

>> court documents showed leon wasn't exactly who he appeared to be. he'd been kicked out of residency programs, convicted of attempted cyberstalking and criminal trespassing. and there was another woman from leon's past who accused him of abuse, his ex-wife. >> one count of solicitation of capital murder. >> leon was held without bail. but the judge did set bail for valerie. she was allowed to go home. her sister angela was in shock. >> it just was unreal. i couldn't believe that this was happening to my sister. this -- the -- the most kind, sweet, loving person. >> valerie's best friend, mag...

Idea. which to the undercover officer sounded like an invitation to murder. >> give her an injection of potassium chloride to stop her heart, untraceable. >> it's up to you. >> do you have that stuff? >> i can get access to it, yeah. i have access to a pharmacy. valerie owns a pharmacy, she has a pharmacy at her clinic. >> i'd prefer not to do that. but my survival is more important. >> he's giving you a way to kill someone. >> he gave me very detailed, precise -- instructions on how to kill somebody -- >> but it wasn't just meghan whose life was in danger remember. leon had said something abo...