reporter: as michael documented every aspect of dianne s personal life, poking around her drawers, her refrigerator, even inside her bathroom, police said danielle played lookout. in this text message to michael, danielle wrote, get out of there if you aren t already. getting bad feeling. and he s doing it at the request basically of danielle. reporter: but what detectives found most alarming were the text messages michael and danielle sent each other. reporter: michael minor writes, i want to blow his head off and then put two on her just for good measure. he goes on to say, bang bang, done. i won t, though, because it s wrong. danielle later responded, you would not and could not because that would be illegal. that was definitely disturbing. reporter: in another text danielle referred to her handgun, which she called daisy. she wrote, i am so close to introducing them both to daisy. michael responded, ha, ha, we can do it together. as a date.
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 went to prison.
Your murder? a man s been shot. it s really a twisted love story. it s so twisted. it s tangled. it s a knot. i m not sure that it will ever come undone, but i do know that there is more to the story than has been told. it all began back in 1998 when a 26-year-old local firefighter by the name of sam dreher met the love of his life danielle laborvo. they were the ideal young couple, they held hands, looked at each other dreamily over dinner. he seemed crazy about her. sam s older sister cindy lutz was thrilled when she found out sam had a serious new girlfriend. what was your first impression? she was really sweet. she seemed crazy about him. she liked the outdoors and liked to travel. they had a lot in common. so it came as no surprise when sam announced he was ready to pop the question.
and i told the attorney about it. and the attorney said, whoa, you re good because, he said, that s good evidence. she wanted to be able to just have leverage and be able to embarrass him. reporter: danielle told the detectives another reason was plain old curiosity. i had to see for myself that it was a girl. it broke my heart. how did you i don t know why because i was cheating on my husband. and that s the big question, right? you were doing it for four years and why why did it break your heart? i think i still loved my husband, still had feelings for him. reporter: what s more, danielle said she and michael had stopped their spying weeks before the shooting. detectives also asked about those text messages which they found so troubling. danielle said they were all in fun. they first questioned danielle about the texts michael sent her. i want to blow his head off and then put two in her just for good measure. do you remember him saying that? i don t. but he
Cheating on his wife, danielle. now they were learning danielle had also been cheating on sam. everybody here is involved with somebody else. it was interesting to say the least. and challenging for detectives who now had to contend with a second affair. michael minor, the plumber, 13 years younger than danielle, told them the two had met on ashley madison, a website for husbands and wives looking to cheat. the website s slogan? life is short, have an affair. this was someone looking to have an affair. they both were. yeah. but michael insisted this was no casual fling. after all, the affair had lasted four years. what s more, he told detectives he had fallen in love with