>> reporter: rockland county executive assistant d.a. richard moran was on the case from the beginning. >> ira actually got in the car with the informant. >> how are you? >> and started talking about how he wanted his wife killed. >> the lesser you two know, the better. >> right, i agree. >> it was a game changer. >> reporter: wasn't that enough to arrest him right then and there? >> no money had been exchanged. in new york you do need an overt act. and we had some stuff, but we did not want to jump the gun on this. >> how are you? >> reporter: so they arranged another meeting, hoping ira would show again. he didn't. but something big happened. kelly finally handed over money for the hit. >> so how much are we talking right now? >> two. >> reporter: a $2,000 deposit. >> nice doing business with you. >> nothing until we give you the go-ahead. he said just be on stand-by. >> reporter: as detectives waited for ira and kelly to give the go-ahead, this melodrama took a new turn. kelly added two new targets. >> kelly shows up to one of the mee

♪ i'm jamie colby, and, today, i'm in rockland county, new york, an hour north of new york city.