to leon and valerie. he wanted to see their reaction and also have them make a payment for the fake hit. mack went first, playing a murder victim. was mack up for this? yes. definitely. reporter: quinn s unit used pig s blood to simulate a head wound. they knew they had to make it look convincing to leon. when you re dealing with a doctor who s probably seen wounds, then, you need to be as realistic as you can. reporter: he s been shot? yes. shot in the head. reporter: in the photos? shot in the head. yes. reporter: meghan s role was different. she played the victim of a kidnapping. we zip tied her hands, zip tied her feet and, then, duct taped around her mouth. for us, this is very clinical. but in meghan s case, it hit her. and the tears were flowing. and she just broke down. there s no words. i m sitting there just hysterical. but i guess it made the photos look better because it was real tears. it was real emotion. reporter: meanwhile adam, the
my face and said, go ahead and try and leave, you dumb reporter: meghan made a run for it. she took their dog and got in the car. she said leon chased her down the driveway. he s pullin on the car door. and pullin on the car door. and he was like, if you don t give me the dog, i m gonna punch in your window. reporter: leon grabbed the dog, but meghan got away. she was free, or so she thought. coming up i had pulled out and he was right behind me. she looked afraid. was meghan in danger? he said, she s gotta be out of the picture. if he hired somebody to do something, who knows what they re going do. when dateline continues. e o when dateline continues hin. your happy place. find your breaking point. then break it. every emergen-c gives you a potent blend of nutrients
did you convey to valerie your wishes that natalie not be around the defendant? yes. reporter: motive, said the prosecutors, for leon to have mack killed. mack and maybe even the courts may get involved, are gonna make valerie choose between her daughter and the defendant, she s gonna choose her daughter. reporter: mack recounted the emotional moment when he learned about the murder plot. that if they would have been successful, natalie would ve not had any parents. reporter: then it was meghan s turn. no gag or zip ties this time. she told the jury she had no doubt leon wanted her dead. were you scared? very scared. how did that affect how you felt about your safety around the defendant? i was terrified. reporter: defense attorney george parnham said the prosecution had it all wrong. leon didn t want anyone killed. he wasn t suggesting that this be done. reporter: he argued leon was just a love lorn ex-boyfriend, who d gone overboard with big talk.
you meet a lotta different people. reporter: one of those people was a local doctor, who checked in during the winter of 2014. his name was leon jacob. what s your first impression? he was arrogant. oh, i m a doctor. give me whatever suite you have. reporter: what did you make of that? did you think to yourself, i don t want anything to do with this guy? exactly. exactly. but he wears on you. reporter: leon came from a well-to-do family and attended an elite boarding school. now, he told her, he was a transplant surgeon. i think that anybody is enamored by somebody who can save lives. reporter: like meghan, leon was unlucky in love. he told her he was going through a divorce. the more meghan got to know him, the more approachable he seemed. he is very charming. reporter: soon enough, a romance blossomed. and when leon moved back to his hometown of houston, he asked meghan to join him. he had made me feel like i deserved something else. reporter: something better
called again with a surprise. they said, we re outside. we need you to get in the car with us. reporter: this is, like, out of a movie? it is. they take me to some lot that looks like a junk yard, kinda. there s cars with bullet holes in them. reporter: just then, another car pulled up, and a man got out. meghan recognized valerie s ex-husband mack, and learned that he, too, was the target of a hit. he just hugged me. and he was like, i heard about this, like, a day ago. and i was like, yeah, i ve been dealin with this for some time. reporter: but neither meghan or mack could have anticipated the incredible scheme police had in mind for them. sergeant frank quinn and his officers wanted meghan and mack to participate get this in a fake kidnapping and murder. what a bizarre request of someone who s a victim in a potential murder-for-hire plot to it is. reporter: hey, we want you to pose. and you re going to look dead. yes. reporter: quinn s plan was to s