. >> narrator: the georgia agents discovered that a right-to-die group called final exit network had assisted in the suicide of john celmer. they also uncovered something called a "final exit log." it read: "left him in sleeping position; eyes were already closed. wife will discover next day." the log also indicated that a man named ted goodwin was somehow involved. >> my name is ted goodwin. i'm with final exit network. >> narrator: so the agents asked celmer's family to make an undercover call to ted goodwin to find out more about what had happened. >> because of our conversations about suicide, he knew how i felt. it is not god's will that we take other people's lives or our own lives. that's very serious, even if you don't believe in god. there are laws in this country. who are you that you think that you have the ability or the right or the power to do that? >> narrator: goodwin also revealed that john had died by inhaling helium gas. >> i was not aware of this helium methodology that was used, and my first reaction is that if you want to talk about death with dignity, i don't th

have to work within the confines of what the law is. >> narrator: and to persuade a jury that final exit network had broken the law, the investigation needed to show that the exit guides were doing more than just providing information. on february 25, 2009, network president ted goodwin arrived at this house for what he thought would be his 41st exit, but instead it was a classic undercover sting operation. >> narrator: an agent posing as a man dying of pancreatic cancer had applied to final exit network for help. >> the undercover sting showed what the rest of the facts intimated. >> want something to drink, ted? >> no, i just had some water. >> it was consistent with the training materials. but we actually had the players, the defendants themselves, going through this. >> you know, i think then that a jury could believe that this is actually how it would happen with other people. >> the holding of the hands, though, became something much more sinister, and also legally significant, than just the idea that there is this other person, you know, who's putting their hand on top of that person just