Mission to stop donald trump is to run a third party republican. You mentioned you half joked rick perry for president. Do you think there will be a third party absolutely. A Constitution Party candidate say. Absolutely. There are too many conservatives who would sit it out if it was donald trump. I think ultimately donald Trump Supporters need to understand Hillary Clinton will be elected if they choose to go down this path. And republicans have an obligation to make it clear in the primary that it will be Hillary Clinton if they dont change. And not just among the hard core conservatives, but for the establishment theyre deathly afraid that establishment Republican Voters would just stay home if donald trump goodbye senate, maybe even goodbye house. So you gave someone just for normal republicans, conventional republicans to just show up and vote for even if they have no chance of winning a general election theyll be showing up to vote for the senate for governor for house for all these down ballot offices. Wow. I think donald trump has a general election with a lot of democrats, rust belt state. Its going to be interesting. Trump could overperform in the rust belt, overperform in the sun vote. That would be an electoral vote nightmare. Were out of time. We need to go 90 minutes. Alert the affiliates, isnt that what ted koppel used to say. Join us for complete primetime coverage of the super tuesday results on your nbc news affiliate. As for us, well be back next week becau that he had no idea this was happening to him. He had no idea that he was in any danger. I hate that feeling. I hate knowing that. A golden couple, a stash of a streak of jealousy. This is pride. This was murder. I got a phone call, they said your father was found killed in his home. Why . Why is this man dead . These lovers had a stalker. Watching her. Creeped me out. Did one mans obsession lead to another mans dead. Jealousy, raid. Thats what we have here. Someone pulled the trigger, but was someone else pulling the strings . I believe they think theyre playing a game. But this, was no game. This cant be. Life. Im lester holt, and this is heres andrea canning. Memories of a family man. Shes a dancing girl. A doctor. A lover. A good man. He was the ultimate support system for everybody in his life. Finally, saver oring lifes rewards, until he found himself in the cross hairs of someones obsession. There is innuendo, in a small town in west texas. The story on its own is so sensational. It happened in lubbock, a town where texas sized dreams can actually come true. Lubbock texas produces livestock, good schools, great health care. With the right set of skills, people can live large in this little city. As long as they watch out for dangers that strike out of nowhere. On july 11, 2012, a brutal hot spell had loosened its grip on lubbock. A warm afternoon was still cooking away. Dr. Joe, becky sherbet and nathan gilmore, when someone pulled up to the house. It was a girl from dr. s lab and they were concerned that he went through med school, dirt pool, lived in a tiny roach filled pardon me, had no money, until he was a successful doctor. He was totally selfmade and had a drive. A successful career and a marriage that brought him a beautiful family. Everything was on track. Then, in 2001, he suffered a huge set back. His wife left him for another man. He even started dressing more fashionly. He was very han some and tall. And he dressed, i mean, he looked great in everything. A bachelor in his late 40s, who had, you know, lets face it arcs i decent amount amount of money. He sounded like a catch. As he reach his 50s, joe seemed to be making up for lost time. How did he do with all the attention he was getting from the ladies . Lubbock. Everyone wanted to dance with him. He became a regular. And then one day, in 2011, rochelle walked into the door. She is outgoing, loving, friendly. Extremely bubbly. And everybody that i know that came into contact with her really liked her. Rochelle was 49 years old and a divorced mother of four. They had only been going out for a few months, when joe put her to the ultimate test. Meet my kids date. My dad told us that he had been dating a new woman and wanted to bring her to a barbecue we were and thats where we met her. I thought she was sophisticated. I thought she was kind. I thought she was lovely. And our First Impression of her was very good. They dated for close to a year. Until that day, when he didnt the landscapers and coworker gave up knocking on the door and decided to look for the doctor out back. And opened the gait, and one whole section of windows had been just laid over in the house. They peered inside. There was a gatorade bottle, which was a strange thing. You could tell something terrible had happened. So the young lady behind us, immediately went in and i went after her. Thats when nathan found ashell a shell casing on the floor and they called 911. Somebody has broken a window in the back and the doctor has did not show up for work today. There is a bullet in it was laying on the ground. Okay, was it an actual bullet or had it already been fired . I dont know. Somebody else walked in. Im not here. Im not going in. Nathan and the woman from the lab continued searching through the home. She starts looking in the rooms, and it seemed like it took forever to go through the home. They searched further, and eventually made their way to the garage, and thats where they found joe spaawled. She automatically started crying and she said his name, dr. Sonay. He returned to his coworker, and his face told her everything. His face told her everything. Its not good. Oh, no. God. Maam, maam, whats going on. I dont know. But this much was clear. A man they admired, a doctor, a pool of blood. Coming up, what happened to the doctor. Rochelle rochelle, the doctors girlfriend think she may know. She said i hope this hurts him as much as he hurt us. knocking on door honey . Im dying my hair mom. Hair dye . No, not in my bathroom. Relax mom. Honey, just let me in. No tiffany no tiffany its 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 dont have to. Sc johnson shoulders dont just carry pads. They carry your fans passions, hopes, and dreams and maybe, a chance at greatness. Because shoulders were made for greatness. Not dandruff runs wild. But at my table, i keep the like country crocks made with real simple ingredients. And no artificial flavors or preservatives. Real Country Fresh taste from real ingredients. Welcome to crock country. Check this out, bro. Whats that, broheim . I switched to geico more savings on Car Insurance . Yeah brofessor, and more. Like renters insurance. Degreeit wont let you down. Dr. Joe sonay was handsome, well liked and successful. But his showcase home in scene. His body riddled with bullets and stab wounds, found on his garage floor. Weve got the chief pathologist murdered in his own home. Why . Thats my first question. Why is this man dead . How did you all get the terrible news of what had happened . They said your father was found killed in his home. Deaths was so similar, that i felt like it could have been the same phone call repeated twice. When detective johnson showed up, the garage door was closed. But graphic evidence of joes killing was apparent to anyone who got close enough. The blood had actually traveled from underneath this body all the way underneath the garage door. What happened . The first guest guess was an easy one. It could have been a botched burglary. Your first instinct is somebody broke into the house, take things of great value and surprised by the homeowner. But nothing was missing. The crime seemed to center on joe so in nay. How many times was he shot . Five. Stabbed . 11. The detective moved through the house, trying to imagine what happened. I just walked up and relationship with him . Hes the love of my life. I cant imagine who would want do this to him. Hes the kindest man. Rochelle wasnt the only person who thought he was a keeper. She told police that the doctor left a number of broken hearts in his past, including a relationship he ended just before he met rochelle. They had an on again off again relationship. She wasnt happy about it. So the women in rochelles eyes were maybe looking for revenge. She felt she had been shorted out by dr. Sonay. Another woman couldnt get over her break up with the doctor, so upset, she sometimes full of vulgarities on joes phone. Called. To the point where he had to hang it up, or had to turn off the ringer. Joseph would get these horrible Text Messages, you know, calling him [ bleeping ]. [ bleeping ], whatever. The next day, it was like hi, do you miss me . Do you know when the last time he received any communication from her . It wasnt that long ago. So another, if i cant have him, no one can. Correct. She also told police about a strange letter she received in the mail. In it, a woman named tina claimed she had a sexual relationship with the doctor, and he had broken his promises to her. Rochelle described the letter. She met joseph on the internet, and that they had sex for money basically. And she and her daughter lived in this place, and joseph hasnt been paying, and shes going to she said i hope this hurts him as much as he has hurt us. Rochelle said that she and joe thought the letter was a prank. Still, it was another possible lead for police. Youve got all these lights going off in your head. And so youre just trying to balance out how these people are involved. Rochelle was also concerned about a strange incident a few months before the doctors murder. She thought a burly stranger was watching her. A creepy looking guy. He was looking for someone or watching someone. Not long after that, Something Else happened one night at joes house. And so while theyre standing in the kitchen talking, they see a flash. Which they believed to be a flash on a camera. Investigators checked out those weird incidents, and the exgirlfriends, but they also at this point, rochelle is not a suspect. Shes more of an involved person. However, i dont have that luxury of not looking at her as a possible suspect. Detective johnson learned the family felt rochelle was pushing joe hard for a marriage proposal. 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Well to do and wellknown plastic surgeon, with a beautiful home, thriving practice, at at one time, his own local talk show. I get the patients who come in and say i want to look like j low or beyonce. He had three kids when he when his wife found out, she divorced him. Mike and rochelle dated for about a year and a half, but she says it wasnt always easy. It was volatile. It was up and down, and he would, i believe, that he was seeing other women and he denied it. But the final straw, was a Birthday Gift that fell flat. He signed me up for tea of the month, and he had it mailed to me. They recorded the meeting. Im shocked. Believe me, youre on a list of like eight, nine people. This is a huge, a huge who done it for sure. Well, i didnt. He was calm, even chatty. Never met joe, their only connection, rochelle. If he carried a torch for her, it was over. Ill be honest, i really loved, loved, loved her. In fact, i had fallen head over heels. Made a lot of life changes for her, but just wouldnt have it just wasnt going to work. In fact, he already moved on to a younger girlfriend, who was with him the night he was questioned. Most of all, he had a solid alibi. Yeah, we didnt think he was involved. We had checked him out as far as the information, we had solid. Surgery, this is where i was, so on and so forth. They continued their search it was just a few days later that police got the break they needed. They got a call from a man with a crazy story that would launch a murder mystery into the headlines. Hes been relating stories about this things that he did. His name was Paul Reynolds, a veteran studying to be a nurse and still in his scrubs. He lived in amarillo, about two hours away. An old friend from high school, a guy with problems. He can be very bombastic, pompous, ar grant, obnoxious. According to reynolds, this guy was a blow heart, could barely hold a job and a talked a big game. But reynolds was concerned his latest story might be more than talk. His friend was telling him that he killed a doctor in lubbock. Just got up, he had this gun and shot the guy. Pushing in a window. Did he say that the window was broke . It is that the shattered. It didnt break. That got his attention. This detail matched what happened at joe sonniers. Nobody knew that. We didnt release that information. Thats huge. He also used a gatorade bottle as a silencing device on the gun. Once again, we hadnt released Paul Reynolds said dave might have something about a triangle. Possibly a love triangle. But something happened between these two that made dave think that he needed to avenge. Apparently dixon was not only going along with it, but he was going to pay him. Police put aside any suspicions, and focused on this unlikely pair, this doctor and super sized wing man, big Dave Shepherd. Coming up, a doctor in denial. I had no idea what is going on here. Thanks to dave, police do. 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We were at a smoke shop maybe four years ago and we connected and hooked up. It was an unlikely friendship. Dave shepherd, the likeable loser, always chasing the next thing. And dr. Dixon, prominent plastic surgeon, wealthy, they were the odd couple. These quick women, smartass and we hit it off. Both men were getting divorced in 2010, and mike was had been dating a woman, and that she was now dating a doctor in lubbock and he wanted me to call the exgirlfriend and lie to her, say that i was having sex with her boyfriend as well for money. Shina said no, but mike wasnt giving up. He sent dave to lubbock repeatedly to spy on them. Full on stalking. Invasion or robbery. There had been some in lubbock. This is go time. Were not turning back. Daves like, oh, my god. He wants this man dead. Dave told the detectives it became clear that he would be the killer. Acting for mike. Mike would supply the weapon, dave said. It was a little beat up 25 automatic, i could barely put my finger in it. It was tiny. House, looking right at him. I wave at dr. Sonnier and get up. I walked to the window and he lowered the window about this far from the top down. What happens when you walk up to the window . I pulled the gun out of the bag, i point the weapon, discharge it several times. After three or four discharges, hes backing away, trips on his feet. Falls to the ground. Yes, sir. And you go in there, what happens . I pretty much run around the corner as fast as i can so i can intercept him if he has a weapon and hes going oh come after me. As i turn around, down the hallway, right into the garage, hes laying on the floor. Not moving . Not breathing, nothing. I check his pulse in his neck. In three silver bars, and detectives learned, dave did cash in those bars. As for the murder weapon, he led them to a lake in amarillo, where he tossed. He remembered everything. He did. He said i remember coming over here, and i had that gun, and i just under hand tossed. These two trees. Correct. Right into this area here. A year later, in august 2013, Dave Shepherd pleaded no contest to two counts of capital murder in exchange for a life sentence without parole. But mikes dixon was going to trial. Their attorneys said their client had nothing to do with their plot. From day one, he made it very clear that he did not pay, he did not plan, and he did not participate in the killing of Joseph Sonnier. But what happened in court during the trial would be unbelievable. Coming up, a star witness with a startling new story to tell. 20 cent meet ters meters, i had never been involved in Something Like that. When dateline continues. Do you know where the in our house, imagination runs wild. But at my table, i keep the food real. Like country crocks recipe made with real simple ingredients. And no artificial flavors or preservatives. Real Country Fresh taste from real ingredients. Welcome to crock country. Theres moving. And theres moving with move free ultra. 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If youre a mom, you call at the worst time. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance, you switch to geico. R its what you do. Where are you . R its very loud there. Are you taking at lubbock, texas was transfixed on this love triangle gone bad. For rochelle, it was an unimagine able situation to be in. D. A. Matt powell. Our theory was, an obsession with rochelle. This is vengeance, pride, jealousy. That mike dixon was the master mind. This crazy plan. Yeah, you know, it just amazing. Still amazing to me today that two guys that at least on the appearance had a lot to lose, would just throw it away in something so callus as this. Been convicted. When you met with him before the trial, everything was on track. Yeah, i mean all on the same page. You had a deal. The deal was already done. He pled guilty. Dave shepherd had one job to do for the prosecution. Get up on the stand and repeat what he told detectives. That he murdered joe sonnier in exchange for three silver bars from dr. Mike dixon. Youre in the courtroom, he is on the stand, all is well. It wasnt all well very quickly. Thats because Dave Shepherd pulled a fast one. When he got on the stand, he told the court he had lied about attorneys told me i needed to sell it. Dave shepherds about face was pure gold for Defense Attorneys. Were you surprised when he did that . Thats what he consistently told me. No, mike did not pay. He did not want anybody harmed. That was all me. Mike didnt have anything to do with that. So i was prepared for what he had to say. We didnt disclose it to the prosecution, and i think they is going on in the minds of the jors after seeing Dave Shepherd come in and spin that awful tail. Joes son was right to worry. As it turned out, the jury was hung. A mistrial was declared. The family was distraught. He walked in, and without missing a beat, looked us straight in the face and said to us, guy, im so sorry this happened but were going to turn around and do it again and were going to get him the second time. Mike dixons son wasnt it was andrew dixon who didnt. One of the hashedist things just to watch his name just get, you know, drug through the mud, and you know, youre just think, were going to get to say something, and let everybody know who my dad is and that he cant be capable of what he is accused for. But would mike dixon prevail maybe. Maybe not. Coming up, the tail of the text. There is no way that you would think that these are texts about a murder. The evidence was very strong that he was a active, willing participant in this. A new trial. And on october 26, 2015, it was dajuvu. Charged with the murder of dr. Joe sonnier, for the sonnier family, it was time to put on a game face. I decided before the second trial that we should be confident as a family and this thing forward. Pushing it forward was exactly what prosecutor matt powell had in mind. That meant the prosecution would not put Dave Shepherd on the stand this time. Although the jury would hear about his confession. Its a largely sir circumstantial case. Would he want to kill a total strainer . I didnt think it would be a tough sell at all. The evidence was strong that he was an active, willing participant in this. Prosecutors had discovered hundreds of Text Messages between dave and mike. Both men deleted their texts after the murder, but Forensic Experts were able to retrieve about half of them. A series of urgent texts between shep per herd in the middle of june. Got to happen tomorrow. I know. I need him to show. Were get down to the wire. Why is there a time limit . Why is it important for him to show . Why is it important if he shows up, its over. What they were doing, prosecutor powell argued, was planning a murder. But no evidence of murder, either, in the Text Messages. Are you going to put evidence in a text message that says go kill the guy. Obviously youre not going to do that. Instead of saying killing somebody, put it on him. Cant wait for him to get home. Police there and all of a sudden, youre texting the murderer to lay low. The Defense Attorneys said none of the evidence pointed to murder for hire. A lot was made between the Text Messages. They dont look great. They look horrible. Something clearly was being planned. But you dont believe that it shows that murder was being plan . There is no way that you would think that this these shepherd to do that. But he absolutely does not, and did not, ever want David Shepherd to harm Joseph Sonnier physically. But if mike wasnt guilty of murder, why did he delete all his Text Messages, even going so far as to submerge his phone in a pool. I think this is a problem people watching will have. I wouldnt do that. If i had nothing to hide, i wouldnt start destroying all this evidence, and jumping into