and something about that want to be movie producer 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 said 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 residents of this downtown loft might not be quite what they seem.
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 prepared for the trial, why the police had so readily dismissed novak as a suspect. dismissed him and a few other puzzling discoveries, like the one about ken s widow dee. remember, she was in prison at
welcome back. ken dolezal was dead. chris wright was on trial for his murder already david novak was on the move. despite evidence pointing to chris, his wife and friends from the building believe novak was the real killer. had chris been framed for the crime as he claimed? we reached out to both the defendant and novak for answers and one of them wanted to share his story with us. here with the conclusion of our story is keith morris. chris wright s murder trial began april 2010. it had been more than two years sense kept dolezar was shot det. chris defense did more than challenge the evidence, it made a provocative claim that chris wright was the victim of a conspiracy. a conspiracy hatched right here in the loft by former neighbor
i m really i m a girl. reporter: and you weren t interested. no. so dull. reporter: fall came to salt lake city. leaves yellowed and fell. the economic crisis started toward them like a low black cloud. as a businessman ken dolezsar, chris wright and novak began and continued their hustle and flow. but the storm bearing down on them was loaded not with economic ruin but something else entirely. i couldn t believe it. no one everyone, all of our friends. we sat there. we couldn t move. it was like it was just unbelievable. coming up what was so unbelievable? a crime that would loft the rock to its foundation. right hand came up, reached inside of his pocket, out came a gun and pointed at the other man
he attempted to escape by faking his own death. ditched his airplane in puget sound. he faked his death in order to avoid insurance audit. that was not a crime of passion. that was a crime of calculation. reporter: or so the loft friends believed. and if that was true, what might he have done here in salt lake? their suspicion only grew when the friends found out novak left town without mentioning it was he who fingered chris in that surveillance photo. did he ever tell you that i identified christopher? no, no. reporter: that prepaid cell phone was the very clue that led police to chris. a phone which chris bought, said bianca, after novak assured him 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