and that s it. i d rather not. i understand you prefer not. but i can t give you a 100% guarantee. leon showed the undercover officer a pile of cash wrapped in a dish towel. a payment for homicidal services rendered. $1800 dollars in cash with the promise to pay me the remainder of the $10,000 at a later time. what does that say to you in that moment? like, this guy is obviously serious. that s what told me there was no going back. he was dead serious about it. the next day, adam texted leon that photo of meghan crying, zip tied and duct taped. when leon didn t respond, the undercover officer called to tell him he had had to kill meghan. there was no reasoning with her. she just put too much risk on us and she doesn t care about leaving. that s pretty much it, man. she s dead. she s gone. she just like
valerie s ex husband. this murder for hire was double plot. it seemed leon and valerie both wanted their exit. leon and taz left the table first smoke, he spoke specifics about how he could off his ex-husband. harder? the undercover officer offered some simple execution offers. take his car, leave him on the street, make sure he s dead, maybe another bullet to his head. they ll think it was a robbery. the first adam wanted to know, was she sure? we you just need to give me the go ahead, there is no going back, okay? what other options do you have? i have a daughter? of course, a second target would cost extra money. the own return to the table to negotiate a payment plan. $5,000? yeah after will take care of it. listening in from a nearby
meanwhile, adam, the undercover police officer posing as a hit man, exchanged texts and calls with leon. i want that to occur of asap, too. this has got to be (bleep) fixed. most of the conversations have to do with leon asking me to hurry up and commence with the murder. we just want these two situations taken care of immediately. later that day, armed with the staged photos, the undercover officer adam went over to leon and valerie s home to tell them he had killed mack, and get them to pay. the male subject is, i m sure you know i m talking about, he s gone. he s done. but leon wanted to talk about meghan and how they were a bad match from the start. she grew up sort of middle lower middle class. this girl she doesn t understand my world. adam returned to the business at hand. said he planned to deal with the meghan next day. she refused to leave town, he would kill her. tomorrow? more than likely, by tomorrow she ll more than likely be dead.
done. taz also said, he was willing to work with them to help catch leon. so, police told taz to call leon. they recorded the call. hey what s up man? how are you doing buddy? pretty good. listen. i m going to set up a meeting with you tomorrow so we can finish this, okay? okay. taz told leon he is bringing a partner. i m gonna bring with me another guy, because he wants so we can get this done. taz didn t tell leon that his new partner was an undercover police officer. then, leon said something taz was not expecting. and did you take care of the problems? what problems? what taz looked at me and and trucked s shoulders. a second potential one target. taz met with leon and another undercover cop named adam. we ve agreed not to show his face. what is the goal of this meeting? make sure that this really is a murder for hire and to
samantha knecht and her co-council cameron calligan knew they had a strong case against leon jacob for solicitation of capital murder, and additionally, for solicitation of kidnapping. they also knew they had a potential problem. as you headed to trial, what was going to be the cornerstone of your case? the recordings. the recordings. there was no way that he was going to be able to get himself out of all of the things that he said. what would you say was the weakest part of your case? well, in the aspect of the recordings as well. the defendant is educated. he s intelligent. he was cautious in his approach to talking to the undercover officer. that was the problem. in all those recorded conversations, leon never said, kill meghan. yet, the prosecutors had to prove that s exactly what he