Then, something deadly. They had said that he had hired somebody to get rid of me. A doctor plotting a murder. Hes giving you a way to kill someone. Very detailed, precise instructions. Investigators would launch a plot of their own and unravel not one murder scheme, but two. So now you have a man and a woman who both want their exes dead. Th is that beyond bizarre . Shocking. It just was unreal. I couldnt believe that this was happening. An unthinkable crime and an unbelievable twist. These detectives had a plan. D mmhmm. And you were a big part of it. Oh, my god. Its just mindboggling to most people. It was the worst, worst day of d my life. Twisted in texas. Hello, and welcome to dateline extra. Im craigda melvin. Ita. Looked like an ordinary luh meeting at a a restaurant. Four peopleat having a carefree conversation out in public, except this was a very private discussion, and the exchange would eventually be at the center of a courtroom battle. To understand how this meeting came
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suggested killing meghan have you injected someone with potassium chloride it would hurt their heart and stop them? yes. you knew that as a doctor? yes. when we would ask him a question, if he did it feel like we freeze it right, he would re-freeze it for us. you need to restate your question and put it into context. i believe that he felt like he was smarter than cameron and i. did you just want to smack him? yes. [laughs] leon, they argued, didn t care who lived or die in his week. he did nothing to stop this. in his mind, his ex girlfriend is sitting by herself in a warehouse somewhere in the city, zip tied with deep around her mouth. he thinks he can just walk away from this. it took the jury all of an hour and 15 minutes to decide leon s fate. we the jury find the defendant leon phillip jacob guilty of solicitation of capital murder. guilty of all charges. and in texas, the jury can also
samantha knecht and her co-council cameron calligan knew they had a strong case against leon jacob for solicitation of capital murder, and additionally, for solicitation of kidnapping. they also knew they had a potential problem. as you headed to trial, what was going to be the cornerstone of your case? the recordings. the recordings. there was no way that he was going to be able to get himself out of all of the things that he said. what would you say was the weakest part of your case? well, in the aspect of the recordings as well. the defendant is educated. he s intelligent. he was cautious in his approach to talking to the undercover officer. that was the problem. in all those recorded conversations, leon never said, kill meghan. yet, the prosecutors had to prove that s exactly what he