this is "nightline." tonight, fatal attraction. late-breaking developments in the case of a twisted teenage love triangle. his ex-girlfriend started dating his best friend, who winds up dead. did he take the ultimate revenge? now, the verdict is in. plus, scams. you may treasure to get to one of the hottest concerts this summer, like bruno mars. ♪ treasure, that is what you are ♪ >> but could you spot a fake? >> these are real. >> it's big business. and it's happening across the country. tonight, we're going under cover. >> we're with abc news. >> confronting counterfeit ticket sellers. >> can we have our money back? and pet stars.

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after a dramatic day in court featuring a young lover's triangle turn ee eed fatal. one man's girlfriend broke his heart and began dating his best friend. what really happened? now, with his fate in the balance, the verdict is in. here's abc's matt gutman for our series, "crime and punishment." >> did you have any malicious intent to kill christian aguilar? >> no. it was spur of the moment. >> reporter: pedro bravo, on the stand yesterday, trying to convince jurors he's an innocent man, pleading not guilty in the murder of his friend, 18-year-old christian aguilar. >> he's a very good friend of mine. he was something i could open up to. >> reporter: what came between the two former best friends, was this woman, who found yourself right in the middle of this lover's triangle. she had broken up with bravo after he graduated high school. but she says he didn't take the news all that well. but erica wanted to tell pedro

the truth, that she had feelings for his close friend. >> i liked him because he was a very sensitive point in his life, i suppose. >> reporter: but when pedro found out, prosecutors say, he hatched a plan. the trail of evidence started on the internet with searches, said miss, of alibis. murder statistics. and fatal doses of sleeping pills. and the prosecution says bravo came out of this lowe's with what they say is a starter kit for murder. a shovel, to dig a grey. duct tape to bind him. gatorade to mix with sleeping kills. he called christian, saying he was suicide and needed help. and in court, the love-struck bravo, telling the jury, the only person he intended to kill that night was himself. >> about when did she's suicidal i'duations come into your mind? >> i was too nervous to do anything with knives. i don't like pain. and i couldn't bring myself to

hang myself or anything like that. >> reporter: police and prosecutors never bought that story. and say this feels like it was all about revenge. the case they laid out to the jury begins with two friends meeting for lunch. then, at 3:00 p.m., they head to this best buy. christian aguilar buying a kanye west cd with cash. at 4:11, they pulled into this lot across from the walmart. and it's at this point, say police, that bravo made his move. for the next three hours, walmart cameras captured bravo's car sitting here in the parking lot. it's during this time that prosecutors believe, bravo drugged aguilar. police say he bound aguilar using duct tape. and then, he strangled him with his belt. bravo texted aguilar's mom, pretending to be christian. then, put his phone on airplane mode. but his phone helped police put the pieces together. >> 48 minutes, he uses his

flashlight app that day. what did he turn out in the woods of a private hunt club? his headlights. >> reporter: bravo admitting he his phone was on airplane mode. what was he doing? why that use of the flashlight? he was burying aguilar's body. that's where the story ends. the remote forest, christian's father searched this swamp area and turned up empty. >> i'm going to do the unthinkable to recover my son. >> reporter: but in court, bravo says he never intended to kill him. >> you intend for him to go on the ground, right? >> i intended for him to lose his balance. >> right. you intend for him to lose his balance. you intend for him to be on the ground. right? >> yes. >> your story today is that, during this process, when you've done these two intentional acts to him, his head hits the ground, really hard. >> i never said that. >> reporter: his alibi was that the whole time he did not intend

to kill aguilar but himself. even writing this suicide note that night. police say it was after the murder. in court, his demeanor, conversational and combative. dancing around every word. >> you didn't find erica lied to you until chris admitted he was dating her. >> he said he was going out with erica. >> oh. there's a difference? >> i interpreted he was going as a friend. >> in the car, he told you they were having sex, right? >> no. >> that's what you knew when you were in the car with him, right? >> pedro bravo on the stand, he was defensive, swirly. had a nervous laugh. an uncomfortable laugh. these are the kind of things, to me, make a jury doubt his credibility. the kind of things juries can

say, i don't believe his story. >> reporter: cagey in court, but in lockup, not so cagey. allegedly spilling the beans to his cell mate, named michelangelo. >> i think he said he was going to poison him with a mixture of sleeping pills and pesticide. and mixed with soda or something. i guess soda. his backup plan was to have a knife, you know, to cut his throat. >> there's a mountain of evidence against pedro bravo. but michelangelo's testimony is key to this case. >> reporter: telling angelo, who received in exchange for a reduced sentence, where he hid the shovel he youed to dig aguil aguilar's grave. >> they found him, bones and all. and the only cause of death was strangulation. >> reporter: a new courtroom twist, saying his cell mate strong armed him and dictated

every word. >> you wrote that. >> i think i said i wrote this letter, dictated by michael angelo. i don't know why you're repeating the question. >> reporter: the jury believed none of it. >> guilty of first-degree murder. >> reporter: four hours after getting the case, it officially closed it. >> count three, guilty, as charged in count three of the indictment. >> reporter: and on and on it went. guilty of all seven counts against him. for the aguilars, no jubilation. only those stoic stares, turning to tears. justice and sentencing came swiftly. >> this is your day of reckoning. the day you answer for your choices. >> reporter: life in prison. for pedro bravo, murder was the easy part. getting away with it, much more difficult. for "nightline," i'm matt gutman, in gainesville, florida. up next, got tickets to see beyonce's on the run tour this

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from music festivals to sold-out stadiums, big-ticket concerts can be one of the highlights of summer. but what if your tickets turn out to be fake. millions of fans have been victims of counterfeit sellers. it's big business and happening across the country. tonight, we're going undercover to see if we can catch them red-handed. here's abc's mara schiavocampo. >> reporter: from beyonce.

to justin timberlake. ♪ take back the night >> reporter: to one direction. ♪ the story of my life >> reporter: the hottest concerts of the summer are often the hardest and costliest tickets to come by. but sometimes the tickets aren't even real. bruno mars is one of the biggest acts on tour this summer. ♪ love like a river >> reporter: dakota bought tickets to his sold-out show with a seller she met on craigslist. >> he said he could sell those tickets for $300 each. >> reporter: when she got to the concert. >> they put a void on my e-ticket. and handed it back to me and said, sorry. these are fake tickets. >> reporter: fakes, forgeries. across the country, counterfeit tickets are a real problem. how big is this problem? how widespread do you think it is? >> i think for any sold-out event, it's fairly widespread. and it's increased over the

years. there's been some shows that you've seen anywhere from 4% to 10%, could be counterfeit. >> reporter: every year, nearly 5 million fans buy counterfeit concert tickets. "nightline" embarked on an undercover investigation, with the help of ticketmaster, to discover how fake tickets are sold to you. >> sorry i wouldn't call you back sooner. >> reporter: here's how it worked. an abc news producer and intern went on craigslist, looking for tickets. >> i saw your listing on craigslist for the rihanna/eminem tickets. >> reporter: they got the seller to send them a jpeg tickets. and sent the jpeg to ticket master. in one case, the seats didn't exist. we set up a buy with a seller we knew had fake tickets. >> so, the two tickets.

$200 each. >> 7 and 8. >> okay. >> got her. >> for $400, right? >> yeah. >> okay. and i'm good. these are real? >> yes. everything is legit. >> i never bought anything off of craigslist. >> the thing is, i was supposed to go to the show with my girlfriend. they're not going to be in town until october. we're going to try to sell the tickets and try to get tickets to the october show. >> i see. okay. thank you for the tickets. thank you. nice to meet you. >> enjoy. all right. >> thanks. >> we've got the tickets. we have two tickets for billy joel in concert at madison square garden. yeah. we've got two tickets we can't do anything with. according to ticket master, these tickets aren't real. >> reporter: we sat down with an executive to show her what we were able to find. is this the way to buy tickets? >> you wouldn't buy anything. if you go on line and said, i'll

meet you on the corner, would you do that for any other product? >> reporter: we showed her the tickets we bought to see if he could tell they were fake. do these look real to you? >> yes. those look real. >> reporter: there's nothing here that the consumer would be able to spot to say, this is a red flag? counterfeit tickets aren't unique to concerts. where is it the worst? >> you're seeing it for all of the hot tours right now. many big sporting events. and you're seeing it on broadway, with another megahit. >> reporter: the problem is so widespread, the l.a. county sheriff's department has formed a unit of volunteers to scour the web for red flags. >> it's a crime that, with computers and printers, relatively easy to pull off now. they believe their chances of getting caught are low. that's something we're going to change. >> reporter: they shared one piece of advice for consumers. only buy tickets through authorized dealers. >> you will not be able to tell

the difference between the real tickets and the fakes. and you have no resource if you become a victim. >> reporter: we wanted to confront one of the sellers out there trying to rip you off. so, once again, we set out in search of fake tickets. >> the two tickets, $350 total, right? >> reporter: it wasn't hard. >> we confirmed with ticket master that these billy joel tickets are fake. >> reporter: in a few hours, we arranged to buy two tickets to billy joel for $350. >> hi. what's up? >> so, you got the tickets? >> yes. >> and these are legit? >> yes. >> cool. 220, 40, 60, 80, 100. 20, 30, 40, 50. >> thank you. enjoy. >> thank you. >> have a good time. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: excuse me. we're with abc news. and we know that these tickets aren't real. why are you selling people fake tickets? why are you selling people fake

tickets? we confirmed they're counterfeit. >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> reporter: do you have anything to say about the people who see this? can we have our money back? >> if you promise you won't put this on the news. >> reporter: after both buys, we confirmed again with ticket master that we had bought fake tickets. >> if you happen to be a victim of this, you buy a ticket with the best intentions, you spend your good money, you think it's real. you get to the venue and you find out it's not a real ticket, what can you do? >> unfortunately, there's not much you can do. you should really read the fine print. when you're buying that ticket off of the site, at least you're getting your money back. but you won't get into the event. there is nothing you can do. >> reporter: there's no recourse at that point. >> correct. if you want a ticket and you want to make sure it's a real ticket, you have to go to the source. and if you don't find them, if it's on ticket master, we have created a way for people to buy a resold ticket and verify that

it's a real ticket. dakota was 1 of the 400 fans at the bruno mars show in los angeles who did not get in. >> after finding out that the tickets were fraudulent and going through that embarrassment of having to walk away from the venue, it felt like a walk of shame. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm mara schiavocampo, in new york. and up next, it's not easy being this cute. the famous fur balls from animal planet are back with some new additions. the animal kingdom's fluffiest. deterghow about... both? n skin or tough on stains. new tide pods free and gentle

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are you ready to ooh and ah? we're about to get up close and personal with some of the an ma kingdom's cuddliest cuties and newest tv stars. here's abc's mara schiavocampo. >> reporter: i've had my share of unusual work assignments. but this was definitely a first. we wanted to get to the bottom of why a tv series with virtually no plot and no dialogue, has become an emmy-nominated hit for animal planet with almost 1 million viewers.

i had written some tough questions. but getting my interview subjects to settle down took longer than expected. these little guys are not the actual puppies in the series. but they were provided by the show, along with their puppy handlers. i wanted to ask about the usual rumors. suspicious behavior on the set. scandalous relations and reckless driving. but who are we kidding? they had already stolen my heart. >> the premise of the show is not complicated. it's look at these cute animals. >> you came to the right place. too cute. >> reporter: how cute? just watch this pair. beyond just the shear joy we get -- hey, you. we're doing an interview. is this show just about cute animals running around? >> of course, it's about cuteness. it's about escapism. but i think it is about a

celebration of life. seeing the animals are just entering the world. >> reporter: and there's some wonderment to it to see how they see the world and how they grow and develop. is that part of what animal planet wanted to do with this? >> what animal planet wanted to do with "too cute" is give people a glimpse into the first eight weeks of a baby animal's life. it's amazing to see the personalities that the animals have. a hedgehog or a puppy or a kitten. >> reporter: after spending an hour with these guys, i didn't need anymore convincing why "too cute" is a hit. you are very cute. for "nightline," i'm mara schiavocampo, in new york. >> "too cute." premiered tomorrow on animal planet. thanks for watching abc news. tune into "good morning america" tomorrow. and as always, we're online at abcnews.com. good night, america.