in the beginning, dalia and mike dippolito seemed madly in love. then dalia was told mike had been shot dead. there was more than one twist in this case, and it would take investigators nearly a decade to unravel the tale of sex, lies, and videotape. here's dennis murphy. >> the mesmerizing story of dalia dippolito with a fittingly preposterous ending begins in a place where conspicuous consumption and the envy index are as high as the humidity -- palm beach, florida. >> it is the winter wonderland of the wealthy. you can drive over the bridge and immediately feel the rarefied air, the mansions, the hedges that hide the mansions. >> reporter: senior editor jan tuck wood said some mainlanders can't resist the wannabe allure of palm beach. >> most people on the mainland are influenced. that richness is right there, and how can they get a piece of it? >> over the bridge, past the interstate, newlyweds dalia and mike dippolito lived in a quarter million dollar condo in high and dry boynton beach, not exactly the same zip code as palm beach but perfectly

once again, here is dennis murphy. >> reporter: imagine for a minute you're dalia dippolito. in a police interrogation room are accusing you of plotting your husband's murder. dalia didn't know it then, but her husband michael dippolito was still very much alive, and was about to come face to face with his wife of six months, who seemed to want him dead. >> i'm thinkin' in my head, "i'm lucky. i'm lucky." but i'm like, "i'm so screwed right now." the worst day in the world. >> reporter: before waking up that day, michael dippolito was clueless police thought his wife of six months had hired a hit man to kill him. instead, he believed he and dalia had begun a loving new chapter together. they were about to start a family. she told him she was pregnant. dalia was at the gym when those tv cameras from the reality show "cops" captured the moment police knocked on mike's front door. >> police department open your door! sorry, i'm srgt. sheridan from the boynton police department. >> yes, hi. >> can i talk to you? >> yes, for sure. >> we say, "hey, listen, this is what we're doing.

dalia dippolito: is everything ok? frank ranzie: no, ma'am. i need to talk to you.dent. dennis murphy: she was instructed to get home right away. when she arrived, she saw police cars out front. everything that spells disaster just ahead. it just so happened that a camera crew from the tv show cops was there, filming an episode with boynton beach police when dalia got the awful news. frank ranzie: ms. dippolito? - yeah. i'm sergeant ranzie. i'm the one that called you. thank you for coming. i'm sorry to call you. listen, we had a report of a disturbance at your house. dennis murphy: the officer was direct with dalia. he said there'd been an intruder in the house, and several shots were fired. is your husband michael? ok, i'm sorry to tell you, ma'am. he's been killed. (crying) he's been killed, ma'am. no, dear god. listen. no. i want to see him. frank ranzie: i can't let you see him, ma'am. we have to do our job. dennis murphy: michael dippolito, her husband of six months, gunned down in their townhouse,