. >> reporter: both times, the money went into the account of somebody named lynitra ross. who turned out to be stacey's friend and work colleague, and, tenant. she was renting a house from stacey. so they went to have a talk with lynitra. >> how did she react ? >> very calm, very cool. >> didn't seem to be hiding >> not based on what i was lookin 'at. she just seemed very, very collected. and so, i asked her about the money transfer. >> reporter: he made an audio recording of the interview. >> so how much money did you get, overall? >> um, it's been about, it was 89 at first, and then -- >> 89? >> 8,900. >> why did stacey give her 89 hundred dollars >>she transferred some money to me for the repairs and stuff. >> she said that they had redone the roof. the, the interior of the house carpet flooring and that kind of thing. >> reporter: and the $1,100, still more repairs. >> but the story made sense. >> it made sensz and she was cooperative reporter: a simple business transaction. detective franklin was right back to where he started. >> yeah, it, it gets to a point where you

to lynitra ross was reggie calling her saying, "it's done."." >> reporter: and then, get this, at 9:00 p.m., lynitra sent stacey a text. "happy valentine's day" it said. >> is that a code? >> it was. >> reporter: code for it's done. he's dead. almost there. all, he needed to find a money trail to prove murder for hire. so bank records this t >> it was the same tedious work as the cell phone records. >> reporter: and guess what? that $10,000 that stacey transferred to lynitra, supposedly a real estate account for home repairs? only $1,800 went into that. the rest went to lynitra for cash. lynitra and wrote reggie a check for $700. >> all within three weeks of the murder. >> tt's the whole thing. it had c ce together at that point. rereie's my triggerman. my middle person is lynitra ross. >> reporter: and the mastermind? three months after the valentine's day murder of richard schoeck. >> you're charged with malice murder. >> i reaeayou that -- make you aware the charges and it's malice murder. >> reporter: reggie coleman and stacey schoeck were arrested and charged with murder. but then

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