scott mayfield. >> she was a loving wife, a loving mother. >> reporter: the man heaping praise on hisnd grieving children by his side, was according to dawn, the architect who designed her death. a revelation that finally made sense, a trail of disturbing stories investigators had been running down for months. >> one guy, scott had offered him $500 to kill his wife. and a little while later we got a call from another guy's son saying his dad wanted to talk to me. scott approached him about killing his wife. >> his response to scott was get a divorce. that's what divorces are for. >> reporter: then a third man told them the story. >> he told us that scott mayfield had hired him. given him $15,000 to kill his wife. he did not have any intentions on killing her. he just wanted the man's money. >> reporter: what's the old saying, two is a coincidence, three is a pattern? which is why even before dawn told her grisly tale on tape. in fact on the same day dawn was arrested a warrant was issued for scott. kelsey was outside mowing the lawn when she saw a cop car whiz by. then another. and an