served a year in federal prison for mail fraud. he was the type of guy that could take that look and turn it into a fortune. so, most everyone in the building seem to be living large and those good old pre-meltdown days went into the mix was introduced a new ingredient. a businessman with real money. it was novak, said bianca, who did the introductions. christopher had an office but to three blocks from here and there is a starbucks he always want to. and he went over there and novak was there both can dolezsar and he introduced them. dolezsar lived in all the enclave south of salt lake city, a very nice guy, by all accounts. with a big extended family and money to invest. truckloads of money. it already loud novak 1.85 million to make a movie about his present consulting business. and soon can and chris began working on a real estate deal. they spoke sometimes and
a clue emerged from ken s assistant. the night before the murder she said ken got a call on his cell. she knew that he had set up a meeting to meet with whoever he was talking to at 7:00 a.m. on the 15th. reporter: the day and time at which ken dolezsar was shot to death. was the caller also the killer? if so, they now had his voice because earlier that caller left this phone message. hey, ken, this is robert. i talked to dave. he said when you get to reporter: detectives traced the cell and went to the store where someone bought it. this phone was purchased with cash with no identifying information provided to the carrier. reporter: but the family did have a suggestion for the detectives, something they actually agreed on. he should look carefully at a man named david novak. yes, that david novak. remember novak s consulting business for prison-pound executives? guess what? dee mower was incarcerated in federal prison. reporter: tax fraud. ken s wealthy wife dee was
into mix was a businessman with real money. christopher-an office about 50 blocks from here and no vac was there and he introduced him. he lived south of salt lake city. a nice guy with a big extended family and money to invest. he already loaned novak 1.8 million to make a movie about his consulting business. and soon they began working on a real estate deal. i m a girl. it was so dull. paul came to salt lake city. the economic crisis skuted
difficulties between those two. reporter: but trouble in the family didn t stop with derrick. there seemed to be a riff. reporter: but not between dee and ken. theirs seemed to be a genuine love story. but now a grieving dee told detectives she was as baffled about the murder as they were. she was not able to provide us any information as to who he was meeting that day or anything about his day. reporter: and despite all that friction, the infighting over money and control, dee s family produced not a single viable suspect, not even ken s step-son. derrick had an alliby at the time of the murder. reporter: but those initial interviews weren t entirely in vain.
and fugy conditions in texas. foggy conditions over the holiday. winter storms bring snow that rockies and freezing rains in the upper midwest. now back to dateline. welcome back to dateline. chris wright was under arrest, charged with the murder. this would create a damming new discovery but for friends and family, just didn t fit. was it possible chris-been set up to take the fall for a crime he didn t commit? once again here s keith morrison