novak s client. that s why ken dolezsar knew david novak. 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 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.
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 the time of his murder. when she first talked to police, she told them she had no idea her husband had a meeting the morning of his murder. no clue who he was meeting with. turns out, she was not telling the truth. hello? you have a call from an inmate. hello? hi, honey. reporter: it s standard procedure for prisons to record inmate s phone calls. this is ken talking to his wife dee, night before his murder. i m actually meeting with my friend tomorrow at 7:00 a.m., go figure that out. oh, i love it. yeah, exactly. so tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m. so tomorrow night i should know more.
welcome back. just outside salt lake city, not far from the loft building that was home to an impressive lineup of artists and entrepreneurs, ken was gunned down in front of a building. but who would want to do that? they started following clues, one that would lead right back to the chocolate factory. once again, keith morrison. it was almost a month after the murder of ken dolezsar. his friends still coming to terms with it. and i just think, what if, all the fun we could have had if he hadn t been taken. reporter: until now, the investigation seemed to be going nowhere. then as detective carriger was about to leave novak s apartment
it was almost a month after the murder of ken dolezsar. his friends still coming to terms with it. and i just think, what if, all the fun we could have had if he hadn t been taken. reporter: until now, the investigation seemed to be going nowhere. then as detective carriger was about to leave novak s apartment he showed novak the surveillance photo from that cell phone store. he looked at it and said,
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