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and uh, he kept me company. i fell deeply in love with leon. reporter: but valerie said she never intended to have her husband killed. i hate the idea that everybody thinks i m a monster. reporter: the audio diary turned out to be her final recorded words. i don t want to hurt anyone. just me. okay. thank you for listening. bye. reporter: a little over two weeks after her arrest, valerie mcdaniel jumped to her death from the seventh floor balcony of her apartment building. it was the worst worst day of my life. reporter: valerie s friend, maggie, blamed leon. i see it as murder. i really do. i think he s murdered her reputation. and he ultimately murdered her. reporter: even though she made that choice on her own? yes, yes. it never, ever, ever none of this would ve ever happened without him. reporter: leon jacob didn t see it that way at all. we met him at the harris county jail where he was awaiting trial, far removed from the
husband killed. i hate the idea that everybody thinks i m a monster. reporter: the audio diary turned out to be her final recorded words. i don t want to hurt anyone. just me. okay, thank you for listening. bye. reporter: a little over two weeks after her arrest, valerie mcdaniel jumped to her death from the seventh floor balcony of her apartment building. it was the worst worst day of my life. reporter: valerie s friend, maggie, blamed leon. i see it as murder. i really do. i think he s murdered her reputation. and he ultimately murdered her. reporter: even though she made that choice on her own? yes, yes. it never, ever, ever none of this would ve ever happened without him. reporter: leon jacob didn t see it that way at all. we met him at the harris county jail where he was awaiting trial, far removed from the promise of his early years. this was a privileged life. top boarding school, fancy vacations, nice house.
i felt like i was talking to the devil himself. reporter: the state then called the supposed hitman turned informant, taz, who testified that he too, knew exactly what leon wanted done. i asked him to bring $2,500 to see how serious he is. and he brought that money? yes. reporter: prosecutors played the tape where leon discussed in detail how he, as a doctor might get rid of meghan give her an injection of potassium chloride to stop her heart, untraceable. i d prefer not to do that. but my survival is more important. he might not have said murder, he might not have said kill, but he knew what he was asking for reporter: one of the star witnesses was the man who played dead. mack mcdaniel alive and well told the jury that he didn t want leon, a man accused of stalking and assault, anywhere near his daughter. did you convey to valerie your wishes that natalie not be around the defendant? yes. reporter: motive, said the prosecutors, for leon to have mack ki
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