novak said that this guy routinely used these throw-away phones. reporter: what s more, chris could not have left that voice mail because, by the time of the murder, she says, he d given the phone away. he gave it to novak. reporter: and novak gave it to dolezsar. yes, yes. as far as we know. but novak, so we don t know anything. reporter: but now a theory about motive drifted from loft to loft. hadn t novak borrowed almost 2 million from ken? the friends said they watched him spend lavishly on high living and never saw evidence of that movie the loan was supposed to pay for. but really, was their old friend capable of orchestrating murder and pinning it on chris? there s one person that bragged about knowing russian mafia. how hard would it be to find somebody that looked like chris? and he introduced chris from the very beginning with that in mind of setting chris up. i know it sounds like a really dumb movie, but if you
novak. and something made ken s relatives suspicious. so detectives drove over to the loft where they spoke with mr. novak. he was soft spoken. reporter: and a bright man. he came across as very intelligent, yes. reporter: answered all the questions but didn t seem to be of much help. then as detective carriger was preparing to leave, he tried one more question. that prepaid cell phone, the one someone used to invite ken to the fatal meeting, the store had surveillance video of a man buying that very phone. ken s family set they didn t recognize him, but would novak? carriger showed him the photo. we asked who is that? he says he s my neighbor. he lives two floors below. reporter: and just like that, a big piece of the puzzle plopped into place. but fair warning as you ll see, puzzle pieces and some
had ever met novak, the man has a byzantine mind. reporter: she recalls all those supportive chats she had with novak after chris arrest. turned out he was probably fishing for information. reporter: it reminded friend john fife of a conversation with novak one night after they dined together. john posed a question. he said, mostly in jest, of course, just hypothetical i said, david, have you ever contemplated committing the perfect murder? and he said yes. the key element to that is making sure that someone is caught and charged for the crime. once they have somebody, they ll stop looking, and that s how you can really get away. reporter: and now novak had taken off. and even though their questions didn t amount to hard evidence, of course, chris defense attorneys wondered as they
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 prepaid cell from which the call came 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.
the building seemed to be living large in those good old premeltdown days when into the mix was introduced a new ingredient. a businessman with real money. it was noefb ak, said bianca, who did the introductions. christopher had an office about two or three blocks from here. and there was a starbucks i had always went to. and he went over there and novak was there with ken dolezsar and he introduced them. reporter: ken dolezsar lived in a wealthy enclave just south of salt lake city. a very nice guy by all accounts with a big extended family and money to invest. truckloads of money. he d already loaned novak 1.85 million to make a movie about his prison consulting business. and soon ken and chris began working on a real estate deal. they spoke sometimes and they had contacts back and forth. i m really i m a girl. reporter: and you weren t interested. no. so dull.