police needed chrissy to admit that she was the one who would pay the rest of the hitman sphere. so right off the bat, bauer asked her about the life insurance policy that she had on david. what was the policy for? i m just kind of curious. especially for you. this is your father. this is the father of your kids. i went over this with your dad. he beat me. he beat me kids. okay. he stole everything from us. just let me see it. i ll wanted to see the photo and the proof that david was dead. do you worry that he s going to look at this and say no? well. yeah. he s seen crime scenes before. so i did it as quick as i possibly could. okay. the photo worked. they zombary believed his father-in-law was dead. he didn t want his daughter and to look at the picture. she was interested in the
is that? it that s it. you ve got the money. god bless. have fun. the father of his grandchildren and he saying have fun? basically yeah. he just wanted to have me do it. why not arrest him right then and there? the case was not as solid as i wanted it. i wanted chrissy. because chrissy is the one that set this up. you believe that chrissy was the mastermind? there is no doubt in my mind. but the time to prove it was running out. kristie and her dad wanted david killed in the next few days. both had agreed to meet with vince once it was done. they had to establish proof that he had been killed. and that the contract had been completed. detectives knew that there was only one person who could make it happen. david himself. east lake police sent major shock when they took him home to break the news that there was price on david s head. but there was a problem. i said, i m sorry. he s out of town. he s gone to florida. for business. at that point we were forced
was calling. he wanted to report that somebody was planning a murder. and who approach to? you do you know? it s the father of one of my high school friends. how bizarre is that? for your police department? to get a call like that? it is extremely bizarre. were pretty surprised by it. this is the land of soccer moms and children, and families? not something that you would expect. correct. we don t deal with stuff like that on a normal basis. did you believe it? did you think that this was possible? well we definitely knew that it was worth looking into. police knew him well enough to know that he was not lying. so the dispatcher wanted to know more about this man offering pat money to kill someone. what s his name patrick? i m not sure of his first name. but his last name is . sunbury? whoever he was just this desire to have somebody killed was a moment of anger. or jog taken wrong. but investigators needed to be sure.
welcome back to dateline. i m andrea canning. david, a devoted father of sex. was the target of a murder for hire plot. or at least that was the tip handed to investigators who believe that there was more to this unusual story. now, to unmask the people at 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