show up and kill anybody. reporter: even so, the sisters were still afraid to face him at the preliminary hearing. tough to be in the courtroom and see him? oh, yeah. we were crying, as soon as we walked through the door in court, but we thought like, oh, i don t know what i m gonna do when i see him, you know, the shooter. i m looking for this guy day and night. reporter: and then you see him i m obsessed reporter: finally. with him. reporter: and he s in court right in front of you. and then he s in court right in front of me, and i m expecting to have this visceral reaction to him, and i felt like like he had some remorse. cause i remember we told the the detective, i was like, he he look like he has some he has some remorse. reporter: the detective didn t buy it for a minute. she was like, no, he s he s a straight-up killer. he don t have no remorse. reporter: whatever the taylors saw, that hint of humanity in a cold-blooded killer,
pleaded guilty to grand larceny and conspiracy involving the plot to kill his wife. we resolved everything with the plea. all financial investigations, all crimes alleged to have been committed. as for his estranged wife, susan, the intended target, she didn t find out about the plot until after ira was arrested. she actually wasn t surprised. reporter: susan had the opportunity to say her piece at ira s sentencing. she requested not to be on camera. ira is evil and cold-hearted and a narcissist. the only remorse ira has is that the murder did not occur. he is the scariest type of criminal, smart with no remorse. reporter: but ira says he is remorseful for all the pain he s caused his family, especially his children. i love my children very much. what i did was wrong. i will spend every day for the rest of my life making it up to
ira s other charges, insurance fraud and ordering the assault on those investigators. so he accepted the deal and pleaded guilty to grand larceny and conspiracy involving the plot to kill his wife. we resolved everything with the plea. all financial investigations, all crimes alleged to have been committed. reporter: he later changed his mind and requested that his plea and sentence be vacated. he s now waiting for the judge s ruling. as for his estranged wife, susan, the intended target, she didn t find out about the plot until after ira was arrested. she actually wasn t surprised. reporter: susan had the opportunity to say her piece at ira s sentencing. she requested not to be on camera. ira is evil and cold-hearted and a narcissist. the only remorse ira has is that the murder did not occur. he is the scariest type of criminal, smart with no remorse. reporter: but ira says he is remorseful for all the pain he s caused his family, especially his children. i love my child
reporter: and there were ira s other charges, insurance fraud and ordering the assault on those investigators so he accepted the deal and pleaded guilty to grand larceny and conspiracy involving the plot to kill his wife. we resolved everything with the plea all financial investigations, all crimes alleged to have been committed. reporter: he later changed his mind and requested that his plea and sentence be vacated he s now waiting for the judge s ruling as for his estranged wife, susan, the intended target, she didn t find out about the plot until after ira was arrested she actually wasn t surprised. reporter: susan had the opportunity to say her piece at ira s sentencing she requested not to be on camera ira is evil and cold-hearted and a narcissist the only remorse ira has is that the murder did not occur he is the scariest type of criminal, smart with no remorse. reporter: but ira says he is remorseful for all the pain he s caused his family, especially
here you have two people who have been talking about planning a murder, and then you re supposed to take their word for it that they were trying to call it off. that s one of the obstacles of trial, absolutely. reporter: and there were ira s other charges, insurance fraud and ordering the assault on those investigators. so he accepted the deal and pleaded guilty to grand larceny and conspiracy involving the plot to kill his wife. we resolved everything with the plea. all financial investigations, all crimes alleged to have been committed. reporter: he later changed his mind and requested that his plea and sentence be vacated. he s now waiting for the judge s ruling. as for his estranged wife, susan, the intended target, she didn t find out about the plot until after ira was arrested. she actually wasn t surprised. reporter: susan had the opportunity to say her piece at ira s sentencing. she requested not to be on camera. ira is evil and cold-hearted and a narcissist. the