the core of the diabolical plot. police were about to launch a daring, undercover operation. continuing now with the eastlake conspiracy. it s like detectives needed to catch chrissy and her dad on tape. planning the murder of her ex. and they knew that the only person who could record that conversation was pat. how important was path to your plan? patrick was instrumental. was there a risk putting him in the middle of this? absolutely. there is always a risk. but pat made it clear to investigators, it was a risk that he was willing to take. i ve jumped out of planes, what is the difference? you hop in your car. you ve got a danger of dying. at least this way if i go, doing this. and went doing something pretty interesting. no longer just a concerned citizen calling 9-1-1. he was now a police informant. and his mission was clear. with the recording device in hand, keep chrissy and her dad talking about the murder plot. you need to record everywhere that is spoken? y
how much her ex abused her, mentally, physically. pat told detectives that he did not know much about the acts. but he did know her married name. christine zombary meadow. turns out david was her ex husband. my advice to her was to move on. but she never wanted to listen. she says that the continued bitterness started to great on his nerves. my ex-husband. this my ex-husband. that he s this. he s that. blah blah. even in a joking matter. i said seek a your money, hire a hitman! when you have a six sense of humor? a little bit. it had assumed she got the joke. but this time she asked him to meet her father for lunch. and when he picked up pat for the meeting. before we could get out of the parking lot. he looked me dead in the eye. and he said, if i could shoot straight i would ve killed the guy already. if there was any serious thought given to it because of what i said? i have to know? pat told police that his worst fears were confirmed at the restaurant when he of
unthinkable and was still trying to wrap his head around. it i was like i cannot believe that this is going down. a man named zombary had offered him $50,000 to fly to georgia and kill david. but he was no hit man. i could not let anything happen to this man. they were serious. and no, it wasn t going down like that. he said that is why he called the police. if i said nothing, and did nothing, and saw tomorrow that david was on the tv dead because i did not do anything. it would be just as bad as me pulling the trigger. pat wanted to save david. not hurt him. and as he continued his interview with detectives. it was clear that there was much more to the story. especially when it came to zombary. i had never met this man. there was no reason for me to meet this man. nevertheless, pat told detectives that he agreed to the meetings as a favor to an old classroom mate named chrissy. al zombary was her dad. a 67 year old widower. in fact, he lived with his daughter and her c
i was holding my breath in the car, when they were showing up, and making sure that i could see three heads in the car. father and daughter had already been told david was dead. and they arrived at the parking lot with pat to see the proof, that doctored photo of david. as soon as we pull in. i say, well, look over there. you guys do what you re gonna do. chrissy and her dad got into the car. it was the first time that the detective was meeting her. how are you guys doing? good morning. police needed chrissy to admit that she was the one who would pay the rest of the hitman s fee. so right off the bat, bauer asked her about the life insurance policy that she had on david. how much is the policy for? 1.5 million? i m just kind of curious. especially for you. this is your father.
because he could see through what other people could not see-through. so, we had to really be careful and how we handled the investigation. one mistake, and the entire case could be ruined. or worse. someone could get hurt. would detectives be able to pull this off? it s time for police to flip the script. a new hitman enters the scene and take center stage. coming up!