you are about to become a witness. >> i'm to the point the only way to solve is an accident. >> you want her just hurt? >> dead. >> captured on camera, some of the dumbest most fumbling attempts to high hit men. >> she has blond short curly hair, glasses. she has a very small mouth. until she talks. so how much you got here? >> only $30. >> $30? >> and i had to borrow that. >> this guy is just way out there. i'm going to kill a whole family for 30 bucks, 50 bucks. that's when i just wanted to slap him.

you're an idiot. >> you're about to learn the easiest ways to get busted when trying to hire an assassin. one, do it from jail. number two, solicit a cop to do your dirty work. >> she said go for it. >> number three, ask for proof. some of the most unbelievable murder for hire solicitations captured on camera. >> you are about to witness what could easily be auditions for the amateur hour in the murder for hire business. people who defy all common sense to find someone to do a job they can't bring themselves to do. what has been captured on camera may seem foolish, but there is no doubt these attempts to hire hit men are real and the officers investigating each case take them very seriously.

. >> what would you like me on do for you? >> get rid of her. >> okay. let's get rid of her. >> how do you want it done? >> an accident. >> convenience store clerk gary douglas lee's attentions are crystal clear. he wants his ex-wife killed. and at a meeting at a local diner in north richland hills, texas, which is being secretly videotaped by the police from an joining parking lot, he unknowingly hires an undercover are sergeant. >> he lost a judgment in family court, that he would have to pay money to his ex-wife. he was going through a custody battle with his kids and he didn't want to pay the money, didn't want to go through this. >> it's my ex-wife. he beats her with a paddle.

my kids, he brought in a 14 and 11 yl. the 14-year-old boy keeps pulling a knife on my kids that are 8 and 9. >> so the first meeting was basically very simple. you have the informant hook up a meeting with lee and me. >> i don't know how much money you got. but like i said, i owe don the favor. but i can't do it for free. there is no way. >> wait. did lee just offer a grand total of $50 for the contract murder of his ex-wife? >> don said 50 bucks. >> i'm kind of, you know, 50 bucks is kind of cheap. you know, i mean, i'll break her leg for $50, but i ain't going to do that for $50. can you come up with $500? >> i just got back to work two weeks ago. >> is there any way you can get $500? $200? come on, help me out here. what can you give me right now?

>> right this minute? will. >> right this minute. >> i only have a dollar and change on me. >> now this is where the case goes downhill, the amount of money, how am i going to deal with this. i don't know what he was thinking $50, but i was just shaking my head. >> but lee is obviously unfazed and unashamed about his low bid offer. and he even comes up with what he thinks will be a solid alibi. being recorded by a security camera at the local convenience store where he will be working the night of the hit. >> if it happens friday night or sunday night, thin i'll be on camera at the store. >> oh, cool. >> after 10:00, 7-eleven has two cameras. >> nothing come back, nothing trauma sized tizetized the kids. i'm thinking you're an idiot. >> lee's careful attention to

his ally by convinces the team that he is serious. but they still need him to make a payment. and hopefully provide a picture of his target in ordered to show intent. >> i need some down money, okay? i need some doan money. and if you can work on the photograph, great. you know? i mean, i'd be a lot better for me. >> i need on get out of there, want to take a shower. that's all i wanted to do. that guy was incredibly lame. >> lame may be an understatement when it comes to order folks trying to hire hit men. we asked rick griffith a former undercover agent for the colorado bureau of investigation if he ever wanted to shake some sense into these people before they go and you ruin their lives. >> you like to reach out and touch them, but unfortunately, you can't do that. you think, my god, you know, where did these people come from. i wonder that every day. where do these people come from? they just come ultimate off the woodwork, they crawl out. it's unbelievable. >> these are the same people that you see in the grocery

store tonight that you perhaps go to church with, sit by in the movie. the only difference is life has dealt them a hand that they can't handle. >> gary johnson is the senior investigator with the harris county district attorney's office in houston, texas. because he specializes in undercover work, he requested that we shoot his interview this partial shadow. >> they have gone through all their reserves, and nothing has worked. and then this seems like a way to handle it. and as they become frustrated, it gets to be a better and better idea. >> although their motives may be different, the amateurs who try to hire hit men usually make the same mistake. >> most people do not know people that can go out and find people to hire someone to kill somebody. so they will start asking around, asking friends, these people feel that this isn't worth my life. because this person is having a bad time. so normally those persons will come to the police. >> as someone did in the case of

gary douglas lee. so instead of talking to a hit man about killing his ex-wife, lee winds up talking to undercover sergeant tony veltre here in a diner parking lot three days after their first get together, they go through the details of the hit. veltre's surveillance team videotapes from inside a van. >> about 200 pounds, blond short curly hair, glasses. a very small mouth. until she talks. it soupnds like a joke, but i'm sure. >> although lee first suggests making the hit look like an accident, veltre in character tries to convince him that scenario is a bit of a gamble. >> the accident, a lot of things you have to to to make it an accident. and i don't think that i'd really want to risk hurting anybody else, you know. have you got any other way you want it done? >> lee's next suggestion shocks

everyone the sergeant. who has heard almost everything. >> robbery? >> i can do that. >> i don't know if you'd want to rape her or anything like that. >> that took me off guard. that was like you you know, you're joking around with him about assaulting her first and then killing her, killing her and then assaulting her, do you mind if i do that. that never crossed my mind. what crossed my mind was just knocking the crap out of him in the street. you've got to be kidding me. >> but lee is serious. dead serious. he especially suggested veltre might want to knock off his ex-wife's husband and children as part of the package. >> he should be at home with her. and then his two kids. >> okay. okay. i'll have to consider them, too. >> i don't give a [ bleep ]. >> you don't.

>> no. >> then lee seals his fate. he gives veltre a down payment for the hit. but it is not $200. or even $50. >> there's only 30 here. >> and i had to borrow that. >> this guy is just way out there. oh, yeah, i'm going to kill the whole family for 30 bucks, 50 bucks. that's when i wanted to slap him. you're just an idiot. >> with the payment, a map to his ex-wife's house and picture of her, veltre has everything he needs. >> and i don't see any problem. okay? consider it a done deal. i think it will go easy. i don't think we'll have any problems with it. and you'll be on tape. 9:00, 10:00. we'll make sure it's after 10:00. >> great help excellent. thanks. >> last two minutes of the conversation, please let me just arrest --ky just turn around, can i arrest him now, you know. that's what i wanted to say. let me do it. >> veltre practically gets his

wish as he leaves the scene, officers arrest lee on the spot. >> it's a capital offense hiring someone to have someone killed. i still have athinking if you t you're having a bad day, look at his picture. one of those things. >> when we come back, two of the most unique and bizarre real life murder for hire stories. >> we made the final arrangements in jail. >> whatever it takes. >> i don't want him to live anymore. >> she had a plan, her plan was to run him off the road on his way to or from work. have a good night. here you go. you, too. i'm going to dream about that steak.

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a bartender looking to cash in on her older husband's life insurance. an accused drug dealer looking to settle a score with an inform apt. no, they're not the female villains in your favorite soap opera, but they are the star of two of the most unique and bizarre real life murder for hire stories. >> women are more cold blooded than men. women have a very deep down inside, a very calculating and very violent streak. >> former com coal bureau of investigation undercover agent rick griffith may have been influenced in this opinion by one of his strangest cases, that of donna stills. >> i was dumb founded. i thought this was a joke. i thought someone was playing a joke on me. i've never seen anything like

this. >> but this case is no joke. considering that stiills tried hire a hit man from -- >> she was in jail for dealing narcotics. an informant told me donna had -- was looking for someone to kill an informant that turned her in, hence the reason she was in jail awaiting trial. >> it all started when she began asking fellow inmates if they knew anyone who could help her out of her situation. >> another person that was in jail and we got the information to the informant and arranged to make contact with don indonna or the telephone. >> not only does she try to hire the hit man there jail, she has the nerve to bring him there to personally interview him for the job. griffith played the role of a biker living in denver and in mexico. he and sills corresponded over the telephone and through the mail before they met in person. >> supposed her brother and we

matt final arrangements in jail. >> just so he won't testify. because i'm looking at 18 years in prison. that's bull [ bleep ]. >> tell me what you mean. and i'll do it. we can take a gamble and he said up doing 18 years or you can do a sure thing and end up nothing. >> see, you could rough him up, try to scare him off, right? and then if he don't show for the first one, then they'll throw it out. >> what if he does? >> then the other. i'm serious. i'm serious. >> sills signs over a promissory note. incredibly witnessed by a guard who was in on the sting. the note guarantees payment for the job. >> i will sign it, the promissory, and then i don't want to know anything else. do you understand? >> here we are in the facility that's monitored, recorded, was aware she knew that, and can

still go through the conversations that we had. >> i don't want to testify, whatever it takes. >> donna is convicted and sentenced to 16 years in prison for the solicitation as well as the drug charges. >> she thought she was actually going to be out and on the streets and going to parties and i was going to take her to mexico. little lies i told to her. and that she was on easy street now. >> another woman who may have thought she was headed for easy street is darcy lindenmire, a bartender from rockford, illinois. >> she worked at a local drinking establishment, that's where she met gilbert. it they knew each other for a brief time. they got married. >> a marriage darcy soon thinks is a mistake and three months after tying the knot, she starts looking for a hired gun. >> she went to rick wheaton and that was a former boyfriend of

her daughter. at which time she asked if he would kill gilbert for $1,000. >> frightened, wheaton goes to the police and that's where an undercover agent steps in. the sting is set up inside a car at a local shopping center. >> and you don't just want him beat up? >> no, i just want him -- he ain't living anymore. i don't want him to live anymore. >> he ain't living anymore once we're done with this. but i want you to be sure, you know, that you understand what you're doing because he could be dead in a couple hours. >> great. i'm fine. >> you're fine? >> yeah. >> now, little man said $1,000. >> you got it. i got $500 now and it won't take me long to get the other 500 up. >> her plan was to run him off the road on his way to or from work. i explained to her when i met with her that we wouldn't guarantee his death doing that

and i would have to shoot him and she said go for it. >> and it soon becomes clear that when it comes to the financial impact of the hired hit, darcy lindenmire has done her home work. >> my husband works for chrysler. he brings home 1,000 bucks a week. >> not anymore. >> but i'll get all that. i get social security which is $2999 a month. i get his retirement, 350 houd li $350,000 life insurance policy. i got everything i want. >> we were en route to the atm to get more money. she provided a picture. she provided the car. there was no misunderstanding as to their purpose in meeting me and what the aftermath would be. >> then we got a deal, right? but there's no going back. >> no, no, no, no. i have had it. it's been going on three months.

i can't take it no more. i can't take it no more. >> that's enough for the arresting officers. >> get out. put your hands where i can see them. >> but the strange story of darcy and gilbert lindenmire doesn't end here. >> shortly after that, we had a couple agents go and pick up gilbert and this is always one of the hard things in these cases to tell the people this is what happened. >> gilbert's reaction is anything but the expected one. maybe love does conquer all. >> he was trying to raise enough money to get her out. i met with him several times, explained to him that that could be very serious mistake. >> and then three months after darcy pleads guilty -- >> he died of heart attack. and she just waited, she would have gotten everything that she hoped for. >> darcy was sentenced to 22 years in prison.

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ask undercover overs what makes a sting successful and they will probably agree on one thing. >> when you can videotape, it's wonderful. because a videotape when you play it in a court, it turns 12 jurors into 12 witnesses. the impact on a jury of hearing and seeing the person and demeanor, it's just unbelievable. >> so how do undercover officers prepare a location with hidden video cameras and microphones? we asked larry brown, a surveillance specialist with the colorado bureau of investigation. >> this room is very easy. number one, there are several items, a large bed, places to sit. have drawers if necessary to hide power supplies and things

like that. >> hotel and motel rooms are often used for these type of sting operations as they provide another useful feature. >> another good point is the fact that there is an adjoining room. we always have to keep in mind the safety of the undercover agent. so therefore if we have an adjoining room, cover agents can easily come through. that's always important to make sure we have quick access. >> once agent brown is comfortable with the location, he gets to work. >> i packed a few items. this is a microwave transmitter, video connects here. there is also a microphone that is with this. this is a two watt transmitter. and very small and very concealable, which is extremely important. this part here is the camera. it's good for low light

operations. and a pin hole lens on the end of it. not need much of an open to go get a good shot. so i'll just put it inside the bag. even though the people will be several feet away, the microphone is very sensitive. just the fact that it will be here by the chair will be plenty. >> it takes brown approximately 45 minutes to set up a hotel room for a sting. but before he is done, he does a bit of set decorating. >> the towels are just primarily how just to make the room like a little messier. throw this over here, i'll throw more towels on the bed. another thing that we'll do is want the place to look like it's been used, mess up the bed, some pillows around. you don't want the room to look pristine. so just messing up the place a

litt little, then sit, make sure that i can see myself on camera. i know that we'll have the target completely in view. and the room is now set. when we come back -- >> i understand this is your wife? >> what's the chances of removing her? making her disappear? >> that can be done. >> is that's tough for you? >> no, that can be done. >> and not show up again? [ indistinct conversations ] [ pizza dodging man's mouth ] ♪ ♪ [ camera shutter clicks ] [ male announcer ] fight pepperoni heartburn and pepperoni breath fast with tums freshers. concentrated relief that goes to work in seconds and freshens breath. ♪ tum...tum...tum... tum...tums! ♪ tums freshers. fast heartburn relief and minty fresh breath.

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the death toll from friday's tornado outbreak in oklahoma has risen to at least 13. the number might rise. the same storm system has moved east, it's expected to bring hail and high winds to the northeast. the system has already brought damaging winds and rain to south carolina and there were reports of a tornado south of greenville, but that has not been confirmed. outside los angeles, a wildfire has burned more than 40 square miles.

the powerhouse fire is only 20% contained after burning at least five homes. meanwhile in florida, a strange scene to say the least today. police north of tampa were called in to capture a kangaroo. yes, a kangaroo. even after wildlife officials tried to tranquilize it, it kept on running but eventually tackled. it's just fine and officials are trying to find its owner. now back to murder for hire. when comes to amateur would-be killer, desperate people do desperate things. take for example the case of the pharmacist who pays a person he believes to be a hit man with a bottle of pills stolen from his job. or the doctor who asks for a photograph of his dead lover to

prove a hired gun at done the job thoroughly. you're about to become an eyewitness to those attempts as well as the case of a husband who just can't wait for his divorce to be finalized, the traditional way. it is february 1997. james, a local businessman, is in a motel room meeting with a man he hopes will kill his wife. but what he doesn't know is the hit man auditioning for the job is really wisconsin department of justice undercover agent, eric, and their meeting is being videotaped. >> want me to start it here? >> well, what's this going to cost me? >> what have you got? >> not much right now. >> why don't we talk about it first and then you see if you like what i can do for you. >> let's do that. >> and then we can talk about price. >> let's do that. >> all right. i understand this is your wife.

okay. >> the owner of a local seed company and father of two is in the midst of a bitter divorce and custody battle with his wife of 18 years, susan. >> it was such a devastatingly emotionally draining divorce. it was fraught with so much -- one crisis after another. he wasn't willing to share anything. not the children, not any of the marital property. he told a friend of ours that he'd spend $1 million to see that i did not even get one. >> well, maybe not a million. but he was certainly willing to pay something to get his wife out of the picture permanently. set his plan in motion when he approached a former employee and asked him if he noour someone who would be able to kill his wife. the employee reports him to the local police department. and an agent is brought in.

he asked that his interview be shot like this. >> so having that background or that knowledge, then i called him up on the phone. >> hello? >> is jim there? >> speaking. >> my name is eric. glenn said that you you were looking for somebody to do a job for you? >> his initial reaction when i talked to him was not one of surprise. he sounded as though he was expecting the call. >> as always, like an actor, the agent prepares physically and mentally for the role he is about to play. >> basically i stopped shaving. i wear clothes that are grungy, dirty, i have a leather coat that i wear and along with the appearance is the attitude that you bring to that meeting. and i think it's very important that you sell yourself as the

best hit man that money can buy. and when you combine that attitude with your appearance, if the person intends to hire you, they're going to hire you. >> in the end, his clumsy attempt to have his wife killed as in the case of many amateur would-be killers lands him in a motel room wired with hidden cameras and microphones. just days before police set it up in a motel room, they place a very difficult call. >> even though jim had threatened me, it was such a shock to actually hear someone say, you know, your husband is trying to hire someone to get rid of you. and all i could say was, oh, my gosh, ron, oh, my god over and over, that's all i remember saying to him about that. >> after being told that her husband wants her dead, susan goes into hiding until the sting

operation is over. >> i didn't know any particulars. i mean, i didn't know any details. i didn't know when, where, how. but, yeah, i knew that they had this plan and that her going to try to get him on tape, videotape, and get the evidence that they needed to take to court and win. >> but obtaining sufficient and legal evidence can be tricky in these types of cases. >> entrapment very simply is when a law enforcement officer induces or gets a person to commit a crime they are not already predisposed to commit. i could not tell him that if you don't hire me, i'm going to the police. if you don't hire me, i'm coming after you. so it's really clear that we're just providing an opportunity. >> what's the chances of removing her, making her disappear? >> that can be done.

>> that too tough? >> that can be done. >> not show up again? >> yeah, i mean, you know, i drove a couple hundred miles here. there's a lot of places. >> the best is if she disappears. so there is no corpse. >> okay. do you care how it's done? i mean, do you want her to go quick in her sleep or want her on suffer? >> i don't give a [ bleep ]. just gone. make it easy on yourself. >> one thing you'll find when you work this an undercover capacity and people are a little nervous, they try to dance around the words. they will use words that appear to mean the same thing. i just want her gone. i want her to disappear. and if you look at that in the context of the meeting and what we're talking about, everybody knows what he wanted done. >> when we come back -- >> one important factor in showing intent is a down

payment. >> i can't get the money right now. i'll tell you what, i've got it buried. and there's frost on the ground. you hurt my feelings, todd.

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when's the chances of removing her and making her disappear? >> that can be done. >> that can be done. >> and not show up again? >> it is february 20, 1997, and james, father of two and in the midst of a bitter divorce and custody battle, is in lacrosse, wisconsin motel room hiring someone he thinks is a hit man to kill his wife of 18 years pp, susan. but his amateur bumblings have

led him instead to an undercover agent. >> sometimes i have done things or made it look like an accident. does she have stairs in that house, is it a two story? >> basement stairs. >> i could like maybe snap a neck and then throw her down and make it liook like she fell dow the stairs. that's a possibility rather than just taking -- i'm assuming there would be no secret, you'd be the first guy they look at. >> because the agent still works undercover cases, he asks that his interview be shot like this. >> as the hit man, i told him about the different ways that i could do it. i'm just being the best hit man that he could possibly hire. i want to do the job right for him. and we also talked about alibi, which is very important. >> are you -- could you plan on maybe like taking a little trip out of town or something? >> i'll go on rochester. >> he was taking his kids to

rochester to visit his girlfriend, they would be there for the weekend. i'm sure he thought he was, you know, pretty clever. >> the agent knows that he has enough videotape evidence to show the interest, but there is still one crucial element missing. >> one important factor in showing intent is a down payment. obviously a real hit man is not going to do it out of the goodness of his heart or just because he likes his client. so it's important to get a down payment to really prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this is what the person wanted to do. >> i can tell you what i've done in the past. i usually go 10 grand a hit. >> okay. i can do ten. >> is that all right with you? you're not bull [ bleep ] me? >> no. in fact, i tell you what, i can't get the money right now. i'll tell you what, i've got it buried. and there's frost on the ground.

>> i can get it done, but i got to tell you something. i'll deal with -- you look like a man of means. >> i am. >> looks like you can take care of me. but this is something you got to want to do, okay? because when i get this thingle rolling, there ain't no turning back. you want this done, because i'm going to do it for you. >> only way i can do it, i think, at this point. she's ruining everything. >> but he asked for the opportunity to think about it. and of course we gave it to him. >> if i decide to pull out, i can beep you and say pull out, send you or money or something to cover your experiences? >> well -- >> i don't think i'm going to, but, i mean, i've been living in a [ bleep ] for three years, eric. >> yeah.

>> and i'm pretty [ bleep ] sick of it. i'm losing everything with these [ bleep ] attorneys. >> he had ample opportunity to back out, to change his mind. but he's the one that called me a week later on the phone and said he wanted to go through with it. >> speaking of money and stuff, can i get like a down payment? >> well, here's my situation. i cannot get to the stuff that's buried. i got to wait until the frost leaves. but i could come up with a couple thousand for a down payment. >> he offered as much as 20% early on, which would have been $2,000, for killing his wife. and he told me at the end that he wasn't able to gather up quite that much, but that he did get $1500 and he would leave it out in the country for me and he gave me directions to find that. and it was left there.

>> james schumam is arrested the following morning. >> pretty much just hard to believe. he was so cold.>> pretty much j believe. he was so cold.following mornin. >> pretty much just hard to believe. he was so cold. in his presentation. no emotion. just so cold. i just want her gone. make her disappear. just so hard for me to understand how somebody can have such total disregard for someone else, to have such hatred for someone else, you know. i did love him so much. i really it. >> schuman is sentenced to 35 years in prison twice. he's found guilty at his first trial, but 22 months later, a new trial wassed ordered because the initial judge had not given the jury instructions about an entrainment defense. entrapment defense. >> and so we went again and entrapment was used totally against me. the real interesting thing is that the first jury you was out

for almost nine years. the second jury when they got the entrapment instruction was out for less than half that time. >> but even though schuman is now behind bar, susan will always be looking over her shoulder. >> the thing that concerns me the most of course is that he'll still try to get the job done. he probably hates me now more than ever. he has not taken responsibility for his actions. he has not taken any ownership for what he did. >> when we come back -- >> i'm to the point that i think the only way to solve it is an accident. >> do you want her just hurt? >> dead. >> okay. [ male announcer ] running out of steam? ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8. in the juice aisle. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up.

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i knew he was a doctor.

i knew that he was local. he had a general practice in a small town nearby. >> undercover detective scott parn has an appointment with gary parkinson. but it isn't for a checkup. detective parn is posing as a hit man after they learn he is looking for a hired gun. >> basically. what do you want to know? you want to know why? >> yeah. i'd like to. zble this guy's been screwing me really bad trying to get me arrested for a bunch of [ bleep ] i didn't do. getting money out of it. >> what's this guy's relationship to you? >> he's an ex-lover. >> his voice was trembling a bit when he was trying to light a cigarette. it put me at ease to see how

nervous he was. >> the detective is in control of the situation as parkinson makes all the right or wrong moves parkinson has a plan. >> this happens in the gay world. this is hate crime. >> explain it to me. >> basically, you know if it was real what would happen is i'd go out and i'd pick some guy up and we'd go off to some cheap hotel and he'd murder me and take my wallet and whatever. then go. or take my money and go. and make it look like a sex scene. >> when he gave me the potential victim's name, address, phone number, his habits, a photo of him, and half the money up front. it was very obvious he was willing to cross the line between fantasy and real. >> i'd rather we didn't meet again. could we do a drop for the rest

of the money? i've got half with me. >> we could do that. >> before he makes a final payment, parkinson will want proof as the death. >> what do you want as proof? you want me to take a polaroid foe tea after wards. >> yeah. take a polaroid. >> the potential victim is taken to a safe location. >> it made it fairly easy for us to go there with a polaroid camera, have him lay on a bed with a belt around his neck appearing to have been strangled. >> in fact, those who try to hire a hit man often ask for a picture of the corpse as a form of proof that their target is dead. and the police departments have learned how to accommodate them. these are sergeants in the united states air force. they specialize in creating fake wounds for the air force's disaster training unit and are often called in when the colorado bureau of investigation needs to fake a death. >> the first thing we would do

is to, you know, find out what the end result is. find out what kind of scenario they're trying to create. >> using special makeup, the officers get to work on our volunteer. >> we want to make, create a hole. this stuff you can peel like putty. we start by blending the wax wherever we wanted. there's two different kinds of blood we have. this is a gel form. this is stuff if you're going to film for a long time and want a specific part of the wound that needs to stay in place, you can use this and stretch it and shape it and make it look like a drip. >> after creating a simple gun shot wound, the officers make it look like our victim has been roughed up a bit. after about 30 minutes, our victim is ready for his closeup.

a similar fake death photograph was created for california doctor gary parkinson who asked for proof of the demise. one day after hiring detective scott parn. they went for a final payment. >> the plastic bag with the photo inside. and the gentleman opened the bag, took a glance at the photo, didn't really make any comment. and closed up the bag. >> he is arrested on the spot and arrested and convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life. you'd be surprised to know in some murder for hire cases, they can be more lenient. case in point, jay allen roche. in 1999 embroiled in a custody

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that's our report. murder for hire plots caught on camera. >> she's a disgrace. disgraced everything. disgraced herself, her family, me, you. >> in virginia, a quiet real estate agent is captured on video after asking a friend to kill his wife. >> i don't know why he didn't consider divorce instead of murder. he looks completely satisfied and completely focused that his wife needed to be eliminated. >> and in new york, a mother of four tries to