zip tied my legs, duct taped my hair. there s no words. i m sitting there just, hysterical. it s terrifying. reporter: she thought he was mr. right. a confidence harmful surgeon until the good doctor seemed to turn sinister. he had put his hands over my head and said, go ahead and try and leave. i didn t know where else to go. she just wroebg down. , she just sits down. unravel not just one murder scheme but two. so tphoul you have a man and a woman who both want their x euz. it was just unreal. i didn t think this was happening. these detectives had a plan and you were a big part of it. oh my god. it s just it s the worse it he ll hroel wepb tom nothing was at it seemed. to understand how a nice looking couple ended up at the table talking to two people they thought were hit men, we need to go back to the beginning when megan varacas had just met a charming dr. named leon jacob. here s wrists in tábgs tápbgs. in the binning. she was giddy, charmed. i do
done. taz also said, he was willing to work with them to help catch leon. so, police told taz to call leon. they recorded the call. hey what s up man? how are you doing buddy? pretty good. listen. i m going to set up a meeting with you tomorrow so we can finish this, okay? okay. taz told leon he is bringing a partner. i m gonna bring with me another guy, because he wants so we can get this done. taz didn t tell leon that his new partner was an undercover police officer. then, leon said something taz was not expecting. and did you take care of the problems? what problems? what taz looked at me and and trucked s shoulders. a second potential one target. taz met with leon and another undercover cop named adam. we ve agreed not to show his face. what is the goal of this meeting? make sure that this really is a murder for hire and to
so, police told taz to call leon. they recorded the call. hey what s up man? how are you doing buddy? pretty good. listen. i m going to set up a meeting with you tomorrow so we can finish this, okay? okay. taz told leon he is bringing a partner. i m gonna bring with me another guy, because he wants so we can get this done. taz didn t tell leon that his new partner was an undercover police officer. then, leon said something taz was not expecting. and did you take care of the problems? what problems? what taz looked at me and and trucked s shoulders. a second potential one target. taz met with leon and another undercover cop named adam. what is the goal of this meeting? to make sure that this is a murder for hire and to gather
he wanted to get rid of meaghan. his main goal was that she not appear in court. whatever means that required that to happen, that was fine with leon, up to killing her. reporter: taz said leon gave him $9,980 in cash and a couple of fancy watches to do the job. but taz said he had no intention of doing it. his story was, he was playing leon. he wasn t ever going to do the hit. reporter: but taz told police he had no doubt. leon still wanted it done. taz also said he was willing to work with the them to help catch leon. so, police told taz to call leon. they recorded the call. hello? hey. what s up, man? how you doing, buddy? pretty good. hey, listen, i m going to set up a meeting with you tomorrow, so we can finish this. okay? okay. reporter: taz told leon he was bringing a partner. i m going bring with me the navy s.e.a.l. guy because he wants, you know so we can
it was surprising to us. normally we don t deal with, professional people lookin to have somebody killed. reporter: their first priority, locate the elusive zach, the guy leon asked the bail bondsman about. the guy who may have been a hitman. they searched databases knocked on doors and they found him. his real name was moataz azzeh, or taz for short. and he said, we need to talk. reporter: taz said they had him all wrong. he was no hitman. but they were right about leon. he wanted to get rid of meaghan. his main goal was that she not appear in court. whatever means that required that to happen, that was fine with leon, up to killing her. reporter: taz said leon gave him $9,980 in cash and a couple of fancy watches to do the job. but taz said he had no intention of doing it. his story was, he was playing leon. he wasn t ever gonna do the hit. reporter: but taz told police he had no doubt. leon still wanted it done. taz also said he was willing to work with the them t