. >> i'm at this little park, my name is stacey schoeck. >> he's been what? >> he has been shot he is dead. >> the hall county sheriff's there it was, valentine's night, as he drove a dark and winding road by the river. >> it's in the middle of nowhere, so that creates a special dark that you can't appreciate until you're there. >> detective is an experienced man, and this, this is one. >> one of the very few cases the more i dug, the less sense it made. >> no, nothing made sense about this. >> a murder so sudden and so brutal, was it a robbery gone bad? the investigation was just beginning. when we come back -- tire tracks in the mud that belonged to neither richard nor stacey. >> you could see richard's impressions pass over those and they pass back over richard's. that lets us know they were there before richard. >> it had to be the killer. the decision to ride he decided to save money by switching his motorcycle insurance to geico. there's no shame in saving money. ride on, ride proud. geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. oh my gosh stephanie, w

she doesn't have excuses. >> reporter: stacey schoeck pleaded guilty to murder. reggie coleman did the same. lynitra ross stood trial and was found guilty. all were sentenced to life in the case solved. three convictions for the detective who pored through reams of phone numbers and sniffed out a murder for hire case. >> you know, when your gut tells you something, you should go with it. and if it makes sense, then -- then that's -- that's probably -- what it is. >> pretty obvious if i ask you where this fits in your -- in your catalogue of cases. >> the -- the -- there'll be -- never be another one like it, i'm pretty sure. i hope not. >> reporter: and now finally, the last admission. a few days after stacey was sent away, richard's sister, carol, went to see her. glared at stacey through the glass partition. she didn't buy stacey's story about her reason for killing richard. >> i said, "okay, stacey, this is it." "i wanna know." and i said, "no bull, no lies. i wanna know why you had richard killed." >> reporter: there was a long and then, out it came. >> she s

schoeck was shot? richard's gonna be. he's in an affair with stacey, he's not at home at 3:00 -- 4:00 in the morning the night of the murder. he shows up the next morning altered his appearance. so when you put all of that together -- yeah, there's a lot of ringing bells there. >> reporter: coming up bells will juan's wife back up his alby. >> if she wanted to throw him opportunity. >> she had the opportunity. i'm dying my hair mom. hair dye? no, not in my bathroom. relax mom. honey, just let me in. no! no! tiffany!!! it's just purple. teenage daughter? get scrubbing bubbles. kill 99.9% of germs and destroy dirt and grime. you only need scrubbing bubbles disinfectant cleaners for 100% problem solved. we work hard so you don't have to. your heart loves omega-3s. but the omega-3s in fish oil differ from megared krill oil. unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. megared. don't use windex to make windows spotless and clear! go see my big fat greek wedding 2 and learn how to use windex the right way on weird stuff! not on windows! who's g

stacey. three months after the valentine's day murder of richard schoeck. >> you're charged with malice murder. >> i read you that -- make you aware the charges and it's malice murder. >> reporter: reggie coleman and but then? >> i told stacey, "we can fight this." >> reporter: a surprise was coming. check that. surprises. more than one. stacey had a story to tell. >>> coming up, ever an excuse for murder. >> having lived through that, i to >> reporter: three months after stacey schoeck found her husband's bullet-perforated body at belton bridge park, she and her alleged confederates were under arrest, for murder. it was just crazy. didn't make sense. a mother of three, cub scout leader. surely she'd come up with a defense when she met with her attorney, max hirsh. but no, that's not what far from it. >> she laid it all out. she didn't hesitate. she didn't minimize. she told me exactly what the plan was. >> reporter: the plan, for murder. her lawyer, no surprise, had his own plan. >> i told stacey, "i already know how we would defend this case." she looked me straight in the eye, without hesit

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