stories of love abound in this city by the sea. but all ve ended happily everft. li the one that unlded here back ithe summer of when secrets, liesand fidelity l to rder. >> 9at theocatn of your emergency? >> a man's been shot. >> it'really a twied love y. >> it's so twisted. it's tangled. 's a knot. m t sure that it will ever come undone. bui dow at ts more to the s to story than has been tol >> reporter:t all began back in 199 when a -year-old local fireghter byhe name of m dreher m the love ofis fedanielle lebourveau. >> they were jt the idl young couple. th held nds. they lood at each other mily ovenner. seed crazabout her. >> reporr: sam's older sister, ciy lutz, was thrilled when she found out m had a serious

>> what was your first imprsion? she keto travel. so they just had a lotn >>epor >> reporter: so it came aso suri when sam announced he waready pop the question. asor how he oposed, the >> he had hired sand sculptor to build a rathelarge nd sculpturof tree est. and then he had placed the engagement rinin t box. >> so there wasome rl pirate booty the ightright. he pulled thng out, got downne knee and prop tr. >> sam's a romantic. >> he is, ist he? >> reporter: the lky in lo newlyweds would beco equal successful awork. sam quickly climbed the fire department ladder, ring to the ra of lieutenant at the young age of 3 >> he loved the fiervices. absotely loved i

as ambitious, findg her stde in t administrative office of local hospital. >> she became the regional marketing director for the whole hospital corporation. >> repr: sam and danielle didn't h didn'tave children, but th hathe next besthing sam's great ec aubrey cake. >> you're like the daughter we never ha they always told me at. >> reporter: arey, w atnded college nearby, oen spt weekends with the dreher >> samhet ever. rlly took me in afami right away >> he was stike a regulaa dad. helly jued cuonchoo don't t e boys ruin your fe.u know, they're no good. dot let those boys get around you. he'se d you're never allowed to date a fireman. >> what' >> what'ong with firemen? >> oh, he just worked with them. he knew w they were. did danlle so take you in likeou were one of her own? >> yes, yes. she was as welcoming as he was.

their tales of romantic trips to exoticands. >>hetredheorld together. >> they had so many good times and soany great experiences. >> i wou igi they were most le ro models to you? they were. >> the perct life, the perfect wife everything just seemed great, you kn. for bo of >> reporte b that chand in august of 2012. it was a hot surday ternoon in sarota when registered nurse h murphy heard a disturbae comi from the stairwell just outside her apartmt. >> isounded likeomeby was being chased. and en hrd somody ye, "oh d, no." >> reporter: the unmistakable sound of gunshots followed. four of them in quick succession. trish imdiately called11. >> 911, what's the location of your emergency? >> i jt hed nsts. somebo screamiutside and somebodyng outde. >> i think my art was prab going gallion miles a

>> reporter: tsh slowly peed out her artment dooand saw a n lying in the stairwell bleedi. e knew hsn a residof the aparent colex. >> hado idea who hwas. concern was to hiover on his side because he was face wn in rely big pool blood. >> reporter: tri wasn't the only one at the scene. her upstrs neighbor, dianne mcknight, also tried to aid the victim. >> there was just ood everywhere everywhere. and i just didn't know what to do. i ran back into my apartme and >> reporter: as the minutes ticked by, trish began tworry the shooter mighstill be in the ar. >> tal a sdeyo stt thinkwell, wow, i wonder where the pson is that did this. and for ali knthe pe upstai shot him. >> rter: but those queions would have to wait. soonaramedics rived the scen

of their own. it was firefighter sam dreher. the paramedics immediately airliftesam the nearest trauma centeas word the shting sprd. >> and it's danielle. and e is screaming into the phone, "you have to come. he's been shot. he's been shot." and i id, who's been shot? and e screamout sam. >> reporter: cindy jumped in her car to be at h bther's side. a thousand questions swirled through her mind. why sam? who shot him? and why was he at that apartment complex? >> a firefighter gned down but this seemed like more th just a rdom shooting. when we re. >> there's some infidelityoi on, and there's a reon -- a cause foconcern. usfor concern. and pairedith en more lob? you get ngry. and you count the seconds until red lobster's lobsterfest is

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as soon as they arveon scene. this case wersonato you? >>n our area law enforcement and firefighters are very close. in this case it wasn'tt another vict. this case was part othis larg brotherhood. and it kind of hit h reporter: fir, they inrve two neighbor who found sam lying in t stairwell. >> whener weorcrime, that uly where you're going to startith, is your 911 caller. reporter: trish murphy ld e detectivhis rmally qut, upscaated community hanever experienced ything likehis before. >> it was a nice, qut place to be. >> reporter: but she did rember seeing someing that troubled her one evening just a nth befo the shootg. a mastding in ods across the lake starin ildi. >> i thought to myself that that was an odd thing. who would beust stding there? >> reporter: detectives then

neighbor, dine mcknight. they learned dianne was holding to a secret. tuthhe witns, diannmcknhts a lot mo than st a witness. she was ve importanto this se >> yes, she was. >> rorter: diannrevealed that she knew sam, yintitely >>he admitted thathey were boyfrid d girlfriend. she had stated that they had only been dating for a few months. months. and sted that they were lo. >> sam was having an affair? >> yes >> reporter: whi is why m was at the apartment complex tre's se infidety going and there'a ason -a cause for coern. you'd be t kind of person to have an afir? >> n orte diae told the deteives her affair with sam starteas aairs so ten do. with an innontncount aa bar. >> he d mef wamaie d dsnd i td hiwas no kd i'like, wh you s y. maied.

been married f 1years. but according to dianne, it to just a month for sam to ll in love wh he an she sd,he flings were mutu what was it about h that madeouall so hard? >>e was just theos thoughtful person. he was just comforting and i stoun't wait to always just be around him. >> d youtill feea ttle guilty?>> oh, yes. >> repter: but dianne id there were alrdy isss er maiage. >> i just out,f i'm ing this, my marriagis definitely alreadover. >> repter: a few months after the affair began, she decided it was me to tell her husband she nted a dorce. >> i remember just sing, we need ttalk. nody ever wants hear that. and he looked at me. he said, areaving an afir? >> wow. >> a i said no. >> why dn't yojust be honest

>> i didn'want to rt him. >> what came next.>> we bo >> wboth got very emotional. and hegreed to it. >> reporter: tn came the shng. dian tried to think of anyone who could ha been sponsible. when she remeer a strange visit, mthefe the shooting, from a man aiming to be plumber. he said he was lking for a war leak in the building. >> he needed to check her pis or set oromhi along that line. >> iaid , inkihat am i doing ttg thistran pe in my hom i just had thifeeling of, is isn'right. >> reporter: five minutes later, thplber was done and on his way. >>idou er ecwith your super? >> yes i called the office and told them the incident and theyaid there should not have been anybody at my door >> oh. mt haeeju a- iwas ry uerving. a weird feeling. >>eporter: the following day the samean aeared again, right below her apartment

>>e standing down there on the ground by a tr and looking directly up right at me. >> tt's creepy. >> yes. >> nowre youhinking i'm being stked? yeah. >> reporter: dianne then saw hima th this time immedielafter sam habeen shot. >> that same man. >>hat just gave me chills. >> came running up the stair towards me. i just looked at himnd i said, atre you doi here? sheecnid hi anyocan ar her on th 1 call. >> i didn't see who. i don'-- i't know. at are you doing here? i remember himust nd of king ts le, whoa. then he raoff. >> didoutao thinin those spt sendthat this stery man was reallyer sam? >>h. i mean, it w definitely a suspio >> it must havbeen sh a puzzle >> yes rorr:uzzlg too for detectives.

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the same man who appeared monts after washot. >>hesaidcould u derim? and ded h >> reporr: litdid di owman fiing ther same description had just been arrested. he hadached sheriff's deputies moments after they arrid on scene and confeed to shoing. >> the deputy th had him in the bathe patrol car readld uthe de statents thahe w t oor. >> reporter: did youeelike th could be easy one, case osed? or did you think there's got to be me to this story? >> there'severn easy one. there's alys more to the story. >> reporter: the man identifie himself as michael minor tectes mcdonand szalrak diout him downo e shs office for estioning. >> he's veistraught,ut 's willing ttalko us. and we were very much ready to listen to him. >> reporter: micelutlined for detectiv the details of the shooting. he started by insisting it was all an accident. >> i never intended to pl that trigger. >>orter: but detecve

after alhael shot sam not once butour times. e of the shots was to the back of sam's head. >> reporter: so sam laying here, d michael is right on toof him, silly, giving him the finashot? >> he would havead thave been. that's what the evidce indicates. >> one st might have been an accident. not the three or four shots that actuallfired. that was no accide aall. >> repter:utecve ed to , hiccent, whyn michael shoot sam? >> you had a these pieces to the puzzle you tri to t emll together. >> reporter: that'when micha reveal something that wod turn the case on its hd. he told detectives about a afirbut it wasn't the affair tweesaand dine. was aaffair he was ha with tictim's wife, nielle dreher. >> thehad been hing an reporte it was mind-snning mome detectives had just discovered thvisam,ad been

had also been cheating on sam. >> everybody here is involved withomebody else. it was interesting to say e leas >> reporter: and challengingor deteives, who now had to ntend with a second affair. michl nor, the pmb 13 years youer thanile told them thtwo hame shy so" a weite for sbds wesng cht. e its slogan -- "le is ort, have an affair." >> ts was someonlooking to have an affair. >> reporr: ty both w >>eah. repter: b michael insisted this was casl fling. after all, the affair had lasted four years. what'sor htold detecves he had fallen in love with daelle. >> it walike i really found my soulmate, man. it waso wonderful. i really had every intention of marrng this girl. >> he wa >> he wasmitn.

with h and in lo with he >>eporter: he went on say that othe day of thehootin he decedwaname to talto s, man to man. he wanted toome clean out his lo for daniell >> he wants to confrt saand sicay tell him that he the other man. >> ion >> concocted this sche to go up there and telhim, you kno yeah, i'm seeing your -- i'm seeing your wi. >> reporter: tt day, michael said he tracd sam down a found m in the pking lotf anne'srtme complex he also said hbrought a n e he because he had no idea how sam woulreac >> he's bier thame. so iust, y know,roughty firearm, you know. i intendedo ju go up there and sce him. >> reporter: but according to michaeis "mano a mano" with sam didn go aslanned. when s sawicha was armed, he fle >> i'm like,on't -- don'run. i'm trying to ke frickin' force him to talk to me. >> reporter: michael ran after m up t stas. heaid at some int, whi t o were in the stairwell, sam

>> mhael claims that he was in fear and fear a closed his eyes and just fed his gun. >> then heyou kncos torde and i just, yoknow, i just close my eyes and just pulled the freaking trigger. and i waso sorry. >> reporter:ith all the things he'selliou, he in a relationshipith danielle. do you srt to think, we need to talk toanielle dr yes. t nt step waset's fin out, letear danielle's story. >> reporter: so dee szalbirak left michael and heedthe hospitalhere nielle h bwaitfo updates on sam's conti. l danielle heen as that sam had been shot. none told her by whom. wn t over, e was crng shwaryet. >> rorter:etvecoedthinrvw.e'reg ie toth wha what all happened. okay, let me get calm here. >> reporte at fit, detective szalbirak dn't reveal at h

miael minor, or that it was michael who shot s. insteae started bysking daelle about her marriage sam. danile candidly described it as tubled. we have bn not gettg along for many months. repter:aniellalso explainethat she knesam was having an affair, sam's bestfforts tcoeal it. >>id younowhhe wt today? >> tod, i'm sure he went to his girlfriend's, yeah. but always goeso her hous i'm t surprised that. >>eporter: danlle en admitted that e was unfaithful. >> she was pretty straightforward, told mebout the affair >> iwas ong. i shouldn't haveone . nobody suld cheat. epr:ite byit the ctives ledane tolie they were sing the investigatioon h lover miael. >> so it would kind of shock you if michael went and nfronted hi >> yeah. that's what happened. >> reall >> ande have michael. >>o you? >> reporter: it wasn't the reacon the detective was exctg. he fnd danlle's tone to be strangely fl and unemotional.

that was dturbing to me. >> i cannot believe he did thi >> repter: daniellwentn to say e d no ia chael anned toalk to s thaday. >> michael ner sd anythi about going over there? >>o, hdi't. reporter:tives re they wdered if daniee knew more about mhael's intenons she was lting on. >> at this poi, i don't know to believe her onot.>> reporter: you're not done thanielle dreher? oh, we're de with her. >> reporter: for the time being, szbirak left daniell the hospital to be wh sam's family. it was up to danlle to reveal the identity othe shooter and exain the sordid details of how she was coected to him. >> she said, need yoto sit have somethi to tell you. and the hairs onhe back of my neck stood up. >> reporter: f, ndy geing a vorc then, at botdanile a sam were having affairs. mo s

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murder would -- would pay r it. >> reporr: the news sam's passing hit dine mcknight rd. >> in my mind i'm stl thinking, maybe the's still some hope that hcan suive is this. but when i h that, i knew that i was never going to see m again. >> repor >> reporter: sam's great niece aubr cake, dn't ma it to the spital in ti, but e de surtoe at sam's funeral. >> the bpipe i s rememb tisay. didt make you reapr in tt moment? >> yh. i'm still proud of him. >> reporter: full fire department honors were bestowed uponhe admired you litenant >> it's like the wle community out to y eir reects it wermbng, very, veryhuli >> reporter: but along with the tears, there was tensi

shot sam. no one could believe it, that she even had a boyfriend, or that it was her boyfriend that kill h killed him. >> people didn't even want her at theuneral. didn't end there. jawsropped wh the arval of e otr woman. >> was that awkward with danielle being at the funel, the wife and theistress? yes, it was. but i felt it was importa about how awkward i felt. >> reporter: ther surprise, sam's family embraced dianne. >> they l received me well. fac they invited to come up with wh and sit thm. >> she's truly aovely rson. and i think e made him happy. and he deserved to be happy. >> you've comen pretty hard on danielle for her affair. sam was also having an aair. >> y. that br asell?

meet someone. i don'think he intended to have an afir. he met dianne. head known h three mons. th's a far cry, u know, d a world apart from danielle seeking man ashley madison anhaving a long-te affai with him for four ye >> reporter: in the s following the funeral, detectes mcdond and albirantind r instigion. ey had theoter bhey so hadingering questions about whetr danile mayave mew been ived. oio >>bvious one of the rst things that cometo mind, the wife has a hand in this. shs, s she's got to have something to do with it. szalbirak fted throughhe evidencethey became more coident they were on the rhttrac what they discovered stunned even these two seasone vestigors.

dianne. >> danielle was just tly obsessed with whatam was doing, which wbeyo anytng that i've sn before in investigations. >> repter: what's more, it apared to them that nielle had persuad michael to help her. >> thehad basically stked them. they actually put a tracker on their vehicles. >> this is spy equipment? >> corre. te sheri dutie discer it wel wl ofam's pickup. police also found idence that bo danlland michael were taking survence photos of sam and anne. this is a photo taken of them on sam'bo. in this one, they' on anne's ba >> micel wld have en soere across the le the. and that's where he would have be hiding in the bushes. seems le a rft sp, acally, if yanted to s som. >>bsolutely. >> reporter:ut detectives said e onlgot bolder fro ere. theyiscovered evidenceichael azenron into

beast. >> he's narrating. i believe s first words were "i'm in the belly of the bea." and his first thing when he pans was of the alarm pad where it wasn't armed. >> tt could have been d, huh? >> repor >> rorter: amichael docued et of dian's psona, poking arounder drawe, her refrigerator, inside her throom. policeaid danielle played loout. in this in this text messa to michael, danielle wrote, "get out there y aren't already. getting d feeling." he's doinit athe request bacall danielle. >> reporter: but what detectives found most alarming were the xt messages michael and daelle sent ch oer. >> michaelinor write "i nt to ow his hand then put two on her just for gosu." he goes on to y, "ba bang, done. wot though because it's 'wrong'." nielle ler responded, ou would not and could not because

>>hat was definitely diurbing >> rorter: in another te danielle refd to her handgun, which she calle ai." shwre, "i am so close introduc introducing them both to daisy." michael respond,haha we can do it together! as a date. smiley fe." in yetnoer, e wrote, "i hate tm th every inch of m revenge will be mine and it will be v very sweet. >> it was very obvioust dalead se kind ohatred towards m, that there was -- that sheanted to hurt hi >> reporter: and based on ose mes teessage it seem clear to detectives athead persuade persuademichael to feel the same way.

miaemind a wt sam was. >> erying he knew abt sam s that he was a violent person he wasescrib to him as a drun aa chte as ar. that knoed came from one person and one person alone.it was danll >> d you he evidence as you kept investigating that sam was usive or violent toward nielle >> there was nevidence of that whatsoever. >> dielle defitely had contl ntrooverichael minor. she dimanipulate him did shmanipula himth point of kilng? i dot ow. >>eporter: detectives mc and szalbirak realized they neo pay niel drer anothe another visi >> we're going bk to find out whats ur intent,hat is your involvement in this? >>omg up, d meone have asons to ct murder? >> it wasubstantial amount of money s w going to gabe.in.

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breack sdwhes. , u couldn't write this as a movie. you codn't write ts a book. it wouldn'be believable. whdoes this? >> reporter:racking deces, surveiance photos, sneaking inton apartment. sod mo like a coup o private eyes tn a plumber d a g directordianne recalled a time she and sam were eating at thi restaurant when out of nowhere elle aeared. >> all of thsuddenhiwoman comeup from behind sam. anshe sa, "i diell the -to- e you must be the next." >> kward. >> yeah. just wanted to g out of ther >> reporter: dielle then left

>> did you think you were being follow? >> no. i thghit was just a big indence, out oall the places. like, w i know why sheas there. >> this is likrital espionage. >> exactly. it'sxactly like at. >> ty >> they were pying sam >> rorter: it wao mcdondzalbir to nd out all tse "y games" how developed into nspiracymmit murder. iry spicious that she d a part in thisicide. >> reporter: dettives sat downwith dielle and recorded interviewsith r on three separate occasions. omhe very first interview, danielle willingly acknowledged at she and mhael had been tracking sam aianne. >> where did p the tracking device onehicle? >> i put it up under the driv's side ar wheel. >> okay.

r out a month ana half >> rorr: daniee also admitted admitted theing michael take those surveillance photos. >> who took the pictctes? >> micha did. o wse cera? >> mine.>> rorte diellnied allhielaborate spying escalateinto a mder pl. instead, s said it was simply preparation for her pending divorce. >> and iold the attorney about it and the attorsaid, oa, you're good because he said at's good evidence. santed to to ju levage d beble to rrass >>epter: danielle told the dectives another rean was pln old curiosity. >> i had to see for myself that w a girl. it b my heart. >> how did you -- >> i d't knowhy becae i waeating on usband. tt's the estion, ri you oing it for four years and why -- why didt brk your heart? >> i think i still le my husban i stilhaeelis r >> rorter: whare,

d stopped theispying weeks before the shooting. deteiv ao ked about those text messages which they founso troubli. danielleaid they were all in fun. they first questd danielle outhe tes michael sent her. >> "i want to his head off and th put two in hejustor goodeasure do you remembem saying that? >> i he's -- but he said it before. he would say things ke, "i'll kill the [ bleep ]." >> did you er think he was serious? >> no. >> reporter: they asked daelle about the messages sh se back to him. >> "m so closeo introducing i remember saying tt. i didn he dawith me, though, at the time. nor would i anythg with a gun. i mean, i thini was trying to impress michael in a weird way. >> do you ink theye joking with each other? or dyoink it's rl? d she justaid, "oh, we just,

she denied this to be f real >> reporter:ut thas nothe way m's ster saw it. when detectives showed those texts to cdy, she wa dumbstruck dumbstck. >> i cld n bievehat was ing. this is someone who's en in my family for aost 13ears. even talking wityou about it now, i have chil. reporter: tho tex, sh said, proved just how much danielle hated sam and wanted him out of the way. anshe's convinced danielle pula manilatemichael to feel the sa way. >>o you thk thatanielle had anything to do with your brr's death. was she somehow directly associated>> i tnk shes. i holdanielle dreh amu if notore respsible than the man that actually sh him. reporter: cindy told detees she believed tred wasn'tanielle's only mive,

age-old incentive. >> i bieve it wathe money. to divorce him split half of it is one thing. buto get allf it? i think it was money. i think it w always money. reporte jt over a milon dollars, in fa. >> there was a substtial amount of money that she was going to gn if s turup dead. and that's exactly wha happened. >> reporter: we asked danielle dreher t eher to sit do with us for an interview both she and h attorney clined. but during danielle's interview with the detectives, she emphaticallyenied ha anything to do wh sam's rder. >> iould never kl sband. i would ver kill another human being. >> reporr: and the man who pulled the trigger supported daniel's claim of innocence, in no uncertain terms. >> i've acted on my own. i did. i did. i did this all on my own.

order thelp you bical t dirt on her husband to help with divnothto do witharming him? >> right. >> reporter: but michael's response didn't sway cindy lutz. >> i didn't believe him. >> i thinke was protecting her. think he wld he done anything for her. >> reporter: cindy believes that inudes lying about danielle being involv in sas murder. and cind't. >> do i >> do i believthat she was part of the murder scheme? yes. >>eporter: sarasa coun lead homicide prosecutor, karen fraivillig, believed danielleanipulated mhael to kill sam. >> she's a very manipulative person and she was able to manipulate mhael min, and there's dead man because of that. >> reporter: the questn now before the prosecutor, couldhe provitn cot? >>inup -- will one lover tray another? >> we were hoping that he would contact us and say hey, want

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> of all the homicides karen fraivilligas osecuted, she fod the se of sam dreher's murder especiallyrustrating. >> it's hard to remain unemotional in aurder. in the murr of an innocent peon who did notng except fall in love wh another woman. eporter: michael min

fraivillig believed danielle manipulated him to do , an that hotivwas more tha just money. i tnk there was a financial motive, ceainly. prably, the mostverarching ti was just alousy. despite the facthat she was coucti an affair of her own, i think i think that sheas just completely enraged that sam stard stpi out on r as we. >> reporter: but in der to prove that in court, fraivg felt sheould need something she didn't yet have -- a stement from michael saying daelle acted as his accomplice. so she waited, thiing time would compel him to co forward d admit danielle was involved. he nev did. michae michael maintained danielle played no role in sam's murder. was th possibly twisted act chivalry?

his motivations, if not his le motivation, watrying to prect e woman that he loved. reporter: d you shim, hyre you ptectg r?" >> yes. and he sd "i'm not." sai "i'm t protecng her." >> we were hoping he would contact through his lawyers and said, "hey, i want to tell you the truth. i wa to tell you whapart she had in it." that never hpened. >> repter: 2 1/2 years after oo sam michael minor agreed to plead guilty to second gree murr. >> a it ll live with me rever and will haunt me forever. >>eporter: in exch forisplea, michael received a sentence of 30 years. >> i wouot givm anythi less thathat. i an, he pd thtrigr. anhe dn'pu ice. he pulled it foutimes. >> i wasd at hwas goin to jl. michael minor dn't just kill our brother. he has morlly wounded our entire famy. >>eporter: michael minor never wavereinis statement that acted ale.

fraivillig fele dn have enough evincto charge danielle as michael's accomplice. >> iannot just chargsomeone based on my speculions, the family's beliefs, and even the ugline of thestext mesges is noth unless i show that there was a conspiracy. miael mir never me that informatn. >> repter: what is your gut telling you, thadanielle was indirectly involved, direc involved or >> she wasn't inlved. >> reporr: what -- had no no part thiwhatsoever. he wasn'involved in th homicide. >> rs the decisionot tprosute niel for sam mdemade s sister cindy furious do t do ihink it'a toh ca? yes,bsoluty. t you knowt? their jois n to prosecute cases that are easy.their b o prosecute crims. repr: but jusen evyone tughtanielle was fr and clear, prosecutor frllig sainot so f

dianne mcknight's aptment? the prosecutor beliedaelle not only helped plan the break-in, but she also instructed michael to steal some of dnne's possessions. danielle was charged with burgry and theft. at trial, the defense gued dale never ask micel t steaanything. the jury didagree. she wafound guilty acharged and seenced to fouyears in prison. >> ts was a ve satfying rdt. to see the wom be punished for her acons. >> repte >> reporter: is the murder of sam drer an en case or a osed case? >> no. it's a closed case. >> reporte but not for cindy, who continues to mourn the loss of herro. she keeps his uniform close r comft, andith it a me of memories. he was heasaras pcemaker. he waslways doing for others. he was just sweet.

now there's bad blood between tho. cindy foug danielle in court over benefits from s's life insurance. they uimately reached a confidential setement. ciy also keeps a watchful eye anieonanlle. accordin according to cindy, danielle was tingnotheran bore e we to prison >> she was living with a firefighter as a matter of fact. ofy brother's pposed fire brothers. >> reporter: what's your advice to this this firefighter? >> watch your back, you kn the two guys involved with danielle- e's dead, one's in prison. >>epr: as for di she's no shs now le to reflecon a life with sam that cld he been. diyou two talk abo marriage? >>es. >> reporter: and was that in the cards? >> oh, absolutely. >> reporter: did you ever el like, being punished for ving an affair? >> oh, yes. i might ha said those exact words myself >> reporter: it all startein a

nversation. >> mm-hmm. >>epter: was it all worth it? falling love th sam? i wld neverhae having met sam. >> reporter: was he thone? >> he was the one. witht without doubt. he still is the e. >> that's all for is edition of "dateline." we'll see u again sundayt 00, entral. and ofou see you eh wenighr bcight news." i'm leerolt. foall of us atbc good the countdown habegun the broncos preparto te the panthers in sur bowl 50. news five is live right nowi your complete cora from san frcio.

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