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to hire hurt me. and that i need to b surrounded by somebody 24 hour a day not to be left alone normally i would say that b shocking we all that? surprised i wasn t. the police suggested th meghan go back to pittsburgh for a while, so she bought a ticket in flew home. meanwhile at the harris county da special crimes bureau investigators jimmy turpin and mike malden started lookin into leon. were you surprised to see a doctor involved in this? it was surprising to us normally, we don t deal with professional people looking to have somebody killed their first priority. locate the elusive zach, the guy lyon asked the bai bondsmen about the guy who may be in a hi man. they searched places, knocke on doors and they found him. his real name was motel as o does or tazz for short and he said we need to talk tara has said they had it all wrong. he was no hitmen, but they wer
it was surprising to us. normally we don t deal with, professional people lookin to have somebody killed. reporter: their first priority, locate the elusive zach, the guy leon asked the bail bondsman about. the guy who may have been a hitman. they searched databases knocked on doors and they found him. his real name was moataz azzeh, or taz for short. and he said, we need to talk. reporter: taz said they had him all wrong. he was no hitman. but they were right about leon. he wanted to get rid of meaghan. his main goal was that she not appear in court. whatever means that required that to happen, that was fine with leon, up to killing her. reporter: taz said leon gave him $9,980 in cash and a couple of fancy watches to do the job. but taz said he had no intention of doing it. his story was, he was playing leon. he wasn t ever gonna do the hit. reporter: but taz told police he had no doubt. leon still wanted it done. taz also said he was willing to work with the them t
disguise. you know she s putting this wig on, putting a hat on, jeans, tennis shoes, t-shirt, so that, you know, she could try to be as inconspicuous as possible. reporter: meghan and aerial checked the officer s i.d.s once by one. then investigators shared the tip they got from the bail bondsman, michael kubosh. they think that my ex-boyfriend may have hired somebody to have me hurt. and that i, need to be surrounded by people 24 hours a day and not be left alone. reporter: normally i would say that must have been shocking. were you all that surprised that i wasn t. reporter: the police suggested meghan go back to pittsburgh for a while. so she bought a ticket and flew home. meanwhile at the harris county d.a. special crimes bureau. investigators jimmy turpin and mike mauldin started looking into leon. were you surprised to see a doctor involved in this? it was surprising to us. normally we don t deal with, professional people lookin to have somebody killed. reporte
normally we don t deal with, professional people lookin to have somebody killed. reporter: their first priority, locate the elusive zach, the guy leon asked the bail bondsman about. the guy who may have been a hitman. they searched databases knocked on doors and they found him. his real name was moataz azzeh, or taz for short. and he said, we need to talk. reporter: taz said they had him all wrong. he was no hitman. but they were right about leon. he wanted to get rid of meaghan. his main goal was that she not appear in court. whatever means that required that to happen, that was fine with leon, up to killing her. reporter: taz said leon gave him $9,980 in cash and a couple of fancy watches to do the job. but taz said he had no intention of doing it. his story was, he was playing leon. he wasn t ever gonna do the hit. reporter: but taz told police he had no doubt. leon still wanted it done.