rita trapaga: call it bad energy.t man's hand and i was wiping my hand right after i let it go. dennis murphy: the revelation that he'd bought a million-dollar life insurance policy on wendy only confirmed their belief that he'd killed her. two months after wendy's death, michel filed for his beneficiary payout. the insurer, met life, balked saying the case was an unsolved homicide. and her murder would remain unsolved for a long time. rita trapaga: we'd be frustrated, you know, the family of the victim. and we're sitting there waiting and waiting. dennis murphy: and then michel did something bold - he actually sued the insurance company to pay him his million-dollars. would a guilty man be so brazen as to try that? absolutely ---the family said. and by then they had had enough. the family got a lawyer, jorge borron -- and together they went after michel escoto. jorge borron: we believed he was the killer. dennis murphy: two years after the murder, the family filed a wrongful death suit against michel. met life put th