mark told police he believed he was being set up. those were not his drugs. mark wasn't charged with any crime. but he was terrified? >> he was terrified that someone was trying to set him up to be charged with transportation of these drugs and facing jail time or prison time or both. >> reporter: not long after that drug incident, mark opened up to a longtime client. told her, she said, that he was convinced his days were numbered. >> he totally shocked me by saying how every time he leaves his house in the morning he checks under his car to make sure there's nothing like a bomb. he was a shaken man. >> reporter: and then about a month later, she said, he called her on the phone, frantic. >> it was just breaking him. just totally breaking him. because he knew that he wasn't going to survive. he knew it.