from prison in february of 1992. nine months later, katrina montgomery was dead. did something in their emerging relationship provide a motive for murder? still, investigators needed more to prove a case against merriman. it was time, they decided, to try another ruse. they arrange for a lie, a false rumor to get to merriman. what lie? that the young skinhead, larry nicassio, is talking and might be implicating justin merriman. >> you put a lot of pressure on people, they make mistakes, they make statements. and they're always going to create the impression that it's just a matter of time that we're coming. it's inevitable, you really can't stop it. pretty much defenseless here. it's just going to happen. >> we can drop off the car. >> how did they get the message out? >> once again, they dream up a sting. in the local jail, they find a gang member who offers to help in exchange for shortening his sentence. this man agrees to meet merriman here in this car to tell him that nicassio is talking to the prosecutors. first, of course, they have to