keith morrison (voiceover): sandy signed the register as sm tabish-- as in rick tabish, who was there not enough for an arrest. bailiff: do you solemnly swear-- keith morrison (voiceover): so ted's family tried to juice the investigation and hauled sandy and rick into probate court to get answers under oath about what happened to ted. easier said than done. upon advice of counsel, i respectfully decline to answer based on my rights under the fifth amendment. keith morrison (voiceover): more than 200 times, sandy pleaded the fifth. plus every night-- keith morrison (voiceover): the lawyers heard the same response from rick 98 times. on my rights supported by the fifth and 14th amendments-- keith morrison (voiceover): oscar goodman was sandy's lawyer at the time and said she had a perfect right to take the fifth. they wanted to make it into a big investigation here, and i wasn't about to play that game. soon, the actual investigators found an old friend of rick's who told them that before ted died, rick asked him to help kill a wealthy casino owner. and they found a manicurist who told