that there was a conspiracy. michael minor never gave me that information. reporter: what is your gut telling you, that danielle was indirectly involved, directly involved or she wasn t involved. reporter: what had no no part in this whatsoever. she wasn t involved in that homicide. reporter: news of the decision not to prosecute danielle for sam s murder made sam s sister cindy furious. do i think it s a tough case? yes, absolutely. but you know what? their job is not to prosecute cases that are easy. their job is to prosecute criminals. reporter: but just when everyone thought danielle was free and clear, prosecutor fraivillig said not so fast. remember michael minor s videotaped break-in of dianne mcknight s apartment? the prosecutor believed danielle not only helped plan the break-in, but she also instructed michael to steal some of dianne s possessions. danielle was charged with burglary and theft. at trial, the defense argued
michael minor never gave me that information. reporter: what is your gut telling you, that danielle was indirectly involved, directly involved or she wasn t involved. reporter: had no part in this whatsoever? she wasn t involved in that homicide. reporter: news of the decision not to prosecute danielle for sam s murder made sam s sister, cindy, furious. do i think it s a tough case? yes, absolutely. but you know what? their job is not to prosecute cases that are easy. their job is to prosecute criminals. reporter: but just when everyone thought danielle was free and clear, prosecutor fraivillig said not so fast. remember michael minor s videotaped break-in of dianne mcknight s apartment? the prosecutor believed danielle not only helped plan the break-in, but she also instructed michael to steal some of dianne s possessions. danielle was charged with burglary and theft. at trial, the defense argued
these stairs. he said at some point while the two were in the stairwell, sam turned. michael claims that he was in fear and closed his eyes and just fired his gun. then he, you know, comes toward me and i just you know, i just i closed my eyes and i just pulled the freaking trigger and i m so sorry. with all the things he s telling you he s in a relationship with danielle, do you start to think we need to talk to danielle dreher. yes, so the next step was let s hear danielle s story. so detective szalbirak left michael and headed to the hospital where danielle had been waiting for updates on sam s condition. all she had been told was that sam had been shot. no one told her by whom. when i got over there, she was crying. she was very upset. detectives recorded the interview. we re trying to piece what all happened. okay, let me get calm here. at first detective szalbirak didn t reveal he knew about danielle s lover michael minor
he found her tone to be strangely flat and unemotional. that was troubling to me. that was disturbing to me. i cannot believe he did this. danielle went on to say she had no idea michael planned to talk to sam that day. so michael never said anything about going over there? no, he didn t. but detectives were skeptical. they wondered if danielle knew more about michael s intentions than she was letting on. at this point, i don t know whether to believe her or not. you re not done with danielle dreher? oh, no, we re not done with her. for the moment, szalbirak left her at the hospital to be with sam s family. it was up to danielle to reveal the identity of the shooter and explain the sordid details of how she was connected to him. she said, i need you to sit down. i have something to tell you. and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. first, cindy learned sam and danielle were getting a divorce. then that both danielle and sam were having affairs. most shocki
danielle never asked michael to steal anything. the jury didn t agree. she was found guilty as charged and sentenced to four years in prison. this was a very satisfying verdict, to see the woman be punished for her actions. reporter: is the murder of sam dreher an open case or a closed case? no. it s a closed case. reporter: but not for cindy, who continues to mourn the loss of her brother. she keeps his uniform close by for comfort and, with it, a lifetime of memories. he was loving. he was caring. he was the peacemaker. he was always doing for others. he was just sweet. reporter: cindy once felt the same way about her sister-in-law danielle. now there s bad blood between the two. cindy fought danielle in court over benefits from sam s life insurance. they ultimately reached a confidential settlement. cindy also keeps a watchful eye on danielle. according to cindy, danielle was dating another man before she