i hold danielle dreher as much if not more responsible than the man that actually shot him. >> reportermotive, that she was also driven by that age-old incentive. >> i believe it was the money. to divorce him and split half of it is one thing. but to get all of it? i think it was money. i think it was always money. >> reporter: just over a million dollars, in fact. >> there was a substantial amount of money that she was going to gain if sam turned up dead. and that's exactly what happened. >> reporter: we asked danielle dreher to sit down with us for an interview. both she and her attorney declined. but during danielle's interview with the detectives, she emphatically denied having anything to do with sam's murder. >> i would never kill my husband. i would never kill another human being. >> reporter: and the man who pulled the trigger supported danielle's claim of innocence, in no uncertain terms. >> i've acted on my own. i did. i did this all on my own. you know, i just -- >> so you're indicating that danielle's only involvement was in order to help you basically get dirt on her husban