dan wozniak had the cold heart of a debt collector. >> so in daniel wozniak's world, there was no problem in his mind murdering two people so he can go on a honeymoon. >> reporter: the scene of the crime? a place dan knows well, the liberty theater. backstage, beyond the lights, up in the dark, dank rafters, he violent death. >> i went upstairs and then said we'll need to move something from the attic. >> and? >> and when he bent down, i grabbed the gun and i shot him. >> how many times? >> once and he was still alive. >> where did you shoot him at? >> the back of the head as he was kneeling down. >> uh-huh. and then the second time? >> the second time he was down. he was still talking, saying i need help. >> what did he say to you? >> i need help. something hit me. it felt like an electric shock. >> uh-huh. and then what did you do? >> i reloaded and fired again. >> reporter: and it's not over, by far. wozniak tells the interrogators -- >> if you go up the ladder from the theater, his head and hands have been decapitated. >> reporter: lieutenant everett, watching his monitors in the dete

and over the next few days, similar amounts that he turned over to dan wozniak, who has rapidly become a suspect in the disappearance of sam herr, and a person of interest who may know how julie kibuishi died. at that point it's time to bring dan in? >> yes, it is. >> i had detective morales call daniel using a ruse of, hey, we need you to come down. and dan said he wasn't available. he was at his bachelor party. >> reporter: the herrs and kibuishis are waiting for answers. but dan is busy and blows off the cops. >> these families, they're experiencing the worst grief that a family could experience. at that moment daniel wozniak's on his way to his bachelor party. >> reporter: he won't come to them. so they go to him. >> dan wozniak was there with a couple of his friends and immediately when he saw me, you could see the blood drain from his face. he turned pale and immediately >> he says, i'm going to tell you everything. i'm sick of covering for sam. i'm sick of covering for him. everything. cahoots? where is sam? one thing we know, there will be no celebration on this night for dan w

dan wozniak has a lot of explaining to do now. bullet wounds. >> no. >> standing over her. >> no, no, no, no. okay. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, stop. >> it's exactly what you said, dan. >> you can't even keep your lies straight. >> his story kept changing. acting ability was going to carry him through this -- this performance, so to speak. and it wasn't doing it. >> reporter: detectives send wozniak back to his cell. with the gravity of the situation sinking in, he asks to call his fiance rachel. >> hello? >> hi, baby. >> reporter: it's a call that will finally bring down the curtain on dan's one-man show. >> i need to make a phone call to the detective now. >> why? >> reporter: why? because rachel has found out that dan's brother tim has incriminating evidence. >> he had the murder weapon. and at some point, tim says, rid of this. >> reporter: rachel tells dan she is going to the cops. >> i need to call him and let him know before they catch me on looks like i'm not trying to tell them right away. >> then i'm doomed. >> did you know that tim had >> yeah. oh, god. oh, god. okay. >> wel

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my name is dan, what can i -- you know. >> wozniak was questioned and taken into custody. a short time later, he attempted suicide. >> i was alone in a room and there was a wall. and they're all stoned, so i saw the corner and i said, if i jump and hit my head, maybe all of this will go away? and it's still here. >> wozniak went into a coma after the attempted suicide. he says he tried to take his life because of the shame he felt over being arrested only hours before his wedding. >> if i was given the opportunity to talk to my fiancee right now, i'd either say, can i be with you out there or can you be with me in here? the bond -- i just love her. that's the hardest part of getting through my day, knowing i can't be with her, period. it's, you know, it says absence makes the heart grow fonder. it does. it really does. >> jail has also kept michelle culberson isolated from her boyfriend for the past 15 months. >> it's very hard, it's very hard, and we miss each other a lot. it's sad when you miss somebody that much and you can't just reach out and touch them and he's right

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