forest and meadows and beaches plunked a few feet offshore, a 90-minute commute north of seattle. the dogs could go swimming in the water there. there s plenty of trail walks. and it was just really, really outdoorsy and beautiful. reporter: outdoorsy and beautiful are words which also happen to describe the human love of mark s life, linda opdycke. the willowy blonde daughter of wally opdycke, the wealthy investor who d once helped found chateau ste. michelle winery. linda seemed a perfect match for mark, according to the clients and friends who knew him best. she was mark two. you know, i mean, they were peas in a pod. they had similar hobbies. they d hunt and fish, you know, go camp somewhere. that kind of stuff. he just thought she was the most wonderful thing since sliced bread basically. reporter: very protective of his linda was mark, as clients could clearly tell. he just thought she was
deck above the driveway and observed michiel oakes walking outside to the driveway. reporter: oakes, apparently not aware he was being watched, took a white bag out of his car, said the officer and tossed it over a 20-foot embankment outside linda s house. he immediately questioned michiel about what he threw over the embankment. michiel said it was garbage. reporter: garbage? garbage. reporter: but they went to retrieve that bag of garbage. what was actually in it? it was a gun. reporter: inside michiel oakes garbage was a .22 caliber browning pistol. also in the bag, a bloody swatch of carpet and an overwhelming odor of bleach. and then here s what they found inside linda s house. bizarre. oh, there was all sorts of ammunition and guns, firearms on magnets behind tapestries, firearms in drawers. loaded guns all over this house. reporter: including semiautomatic weapons and big-time stuff? yes. big-time stuff, yeah.
but their s just became very visible and fighting involved the business and reporter: he is afraid of losing it? very much so. reporter: after the garbage incident, linda came up with a whole slew of accusations, that mark had been harassing her ever since she left him. a domestic violence protection order was issued against mark in april 2008. mark was later charged with criminal stalking. he swore up and down that many of the allegations were not true, but he was caught going through her garbage. he eventually took what s known as an alford plea, which means he agreed to plead guilty conceding a judge or jury would probably convict him. even though, he claimed he didn t do it. much of it, anyway. but here was the deal, and this was important, as part of that arrangement, mark was ordered to give up his guns. for most people that might be easy. but for mark? he had dozens of guns. he loved his guns. it was a passion for him.
reporter: wow. he knew his life was over. he just knew it. and that there was nothing he could do about it. reporter: as detective luvera talked to friends and dog owning clients, he heard all about mark s fears those last few months. he kept on pointing the finger at linda. but again, there was no evidence to prove that or suggest that, i guess. but he was concerned, and he had this feeling that something terrible was going to happen. reporter: what did he tell you about linda? he told me that she will not rest until i m dead. reporter: and it wasn t just linda mark fretted about. he told friends he was afraid of her father, too. why was he afraid of them? what i can say is often he would comment that they always win and they always get the last word. reporter: and so according to his friends, mark stover spent the late summer and early fall
he did not take it well. keith morrison: what followed, claimed the defense, were many examples of bad behavior, mark following her into a beauty salon. corbin volluz: mark stover walks in unannounced. he gives a card to linda saying he will never let her go. keith morrison: mark showing up at her place uninvited. corbin volluz: he grabs her by her shoulders and says he can t let her go. keith morrison: apparently spying on her when linda slept with mark s ex-best-friend. the next morning, linda gets a phone call from mark stover. and then, to linda s horror, mark stover begins to describe in graphic detail the intimacy that linda had been sharing the night before. keith morrison: and sitting in his car outside her home. she s calling him on the cell phone. he s following her. she s pleading with him to stop it and quit following her. keith morrison: that time, said the defense, linda called the cops.