a clue emerged from ken s 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 cell 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. reporter: tax fraud. ken s wealthy wife dee was
and there s clearly a person who is pointing the finger at me who got $2 million. reporter: this is too cloak and dagger for a jury. i understand how difficult it t is to believe, but the alternative is that i just simply got up one day and decided to go shoot some poor person in a disguise. reporter: chris wanted to talk about that voice mail, the one that helped lure ken to his death, the voice mail detective carriger was sure was left by chris, though no voice analyst ever studied it. people who are going to watch your show are going to listen to my voice and they re going to listen to that recording, and i urge them to make their own decision. reporter: yeah, let s listen to it right now, all right? absolutely. go right ahead. reporter: ken, this is robert. talking to dave and he said we ll get to it pretty soon here. reporter: that is you, huh?
story of the murder of ken dolezsar. it was planted just weeks after chris was arrested. loft residents dave and lisa mccammon were having dinner with their best friends the novaks. he announced we re moving. and we were astounded. i remember saying to him, what? you ve put all this money into your loft, you ve got all this investment here. why are you leaving? he said it s just time to go. reporter: he planned to be their great friend, socialable, gregarious, larger than life. then said neighbors once chris was arrest head seemed nervous. and now he was gone. and so they wondered, was david novak running from something? the loft friends began
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.
is pointing the finger at me who got $2 million. reporter: this is too cloak and dagger for a jury. i understand how difficult it is to believe, but the alternative is that i just simply got up one day and decided to go shoot some poor person in a disguise. reporter: chris wanted to talk about that voice mail, the one that helped lure ken to his death, the voice mail detective carriger was sure was left by chris, though no voice analyst ever studied it. people who are going to watch your show are going to listen to my voice and they re going to listen to that recording, and i urge them to make their own decision. reporter: yeah, let s listen to it right now, all right? absolutely. go right ahead. reporter: ken, this is robert. talking to dave and he said we ll get to it pretty soon here. reporter: so, that isn t you, huh? that is absolutely not me. reporter: the jury got the case april 29th, 2010, a jury that certainly heard about but