through his lawyer mike dippolito says he's disappointed. >> people believe in their naive state thathey can step to somebody else, have them commit the murder. they think if that guy pulls the trigger i'm clear. >> reporter: back in montana, that's what it seems matthew campbell was counting on when someone talked to friend bss taking out a hit on his mother. but again, a problem. >> somebody felt that my brother was seriously contemplating doing this. that person went to the department of corrections and basically told on my brother. hey, matthew campbell wants to hire somebody to kill his mother. >> reporter: that's all it took. an undercover fbi agent posing as a hit man approached matthew. matthew is busted and sentenced to five years in federal prison. on the outside, dana and her daughters struggle to understand how this could have happened. matthew tries to explain in letters home. >> this all blew up in my face. i can't handle it. i finally see where my lifestyle has gotten me. and i have been saved. in the name of jesus christ. all of this is cold, hard truth. and you don't