beard making a full confession to murdering kelley clayton as another job for his boss. >> he didn't any money upfront. i mean, he was going to go do this on the promise from tom clayton that he'd be paid $10,000. >> reporter: in a transcript of his confession, beard reveals details of the plan, saying, "he wanted me to go to the house, kill kelley, then light the house on fire. he said the kids would be at her sister's house. there was also gas in the garage. he wanted the cars to burn also so that he could collect insurance money." when asked why, beard said, i needed the money. he was supposed to set the house on fire. why didn't he do that? >> i think the homicide itself was more brutal than he anticipated. he said in his words that he got scared. >> reporter: stunningly, it appears to police that clayton had a secret plan he didn't reveal to beard. he was going to set the house on fire with kelley and the children in the house? >> that's correct. this is a cold-blooded attempt to remove your own wife and children from this earth. >> reporter: beard agrees to show police where he