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. >> reporter: shepard's daughters, haley, abigail, and rachel speaking exclusively to "20/20" about the strange bond between their father and dr. mike dixon. >> really? mike. >> reporter: it was an unlikely bromance. dixon, a successful plastic surgeon, and shepard, a divorced unemployed con man. >> his money. and his success. >> dadanted to be mike. >> reporter: shepard may have been o obsessedith dixon, but dixon was obsessed with someone else. richelle shetina. >> he left his wifeor her. you know, she broke up his marriage. and he just wanted i guess paybyback. >> david shepard does come in and tells us exactly what happened. >> so he tells you everything. >> this whole thing was like this stair step, and it started at the very bottom of these stairs as being a prank. >> reporter: shepard tells police that it all began harmlessly enough, trying to tarnh dr. sonnier's reputation in the hope that richelle would to the arms of dixon. what were some of the things they came up with? >> they were going to get this porn subscription, like child gay important, and they were going to send

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murderer dave shepard took the stand at his best friend mike dixon's trial, he was facing the victim's family, the jury, but perhaps most poignantly his three daughters, rachel, abigail, and haley. and they are not here to defend their father. get closure. >> we were there more i i support of the sonnier family. >> right. >> yes. >> our heart was broken for them. >> reporter: shepard's daughters murderer. >> and d/ you think that mike dixon paid your father to kill dr. sonnier? >> yes. >> yes. >> reporter: but on the stand a shocking twist nobody saw coming. >> shepard himself has basically denied all of his previous testimony. >> reporter: shepard's confession was expected to put mike dixon away. this is wh he said. >> i said, well, just go behind him when he's not paying attention, hit him with a board. i said, you could probably kill him. >> reporter: but in the courtroom he suddenly changes his story and says mike dixon never asked him to kill sonnier, letting his friend completely off the hook. >> you begin to question him. what happens? >> well, he completely digressed from what his stateme was to law enforcement in the fact that mimi dixon didn't have any involvement in

expressing to miss sanders and miss shepard the warmth the gratitude and above all the love that the entire state of south carolina feels for them ." governor haley also honored forest acres police officer greg alia, and columbia police officer stacy case for their service in our state. she also spoke about justice for walter scott and his family. and of course she honored much fo the state for it's resiliency from the devastation october flooding. live in the newsroom -- i'm michal higdon, back to you. after her speech, lawmakers on both sides reacted to the governor- including her references to three of the big tragedies that impacted south carolinians in 2015. many acknowledged there are issues they will differ on this legislative session, but it's important to remember what brings us together. "i think she did that to remind us that there is more to unite us than divide us. in facing those things, we are south carolinians. we are not republicans or democrats, or black or white, we're south carolinians responding to a crisis and i think she made a point of saying that we showed the world who we were, we responded in a way that makes us proud."

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