now they were learning danielle had also been cheating on sam. everybody here was involved with somebody else. it was interesting to say the least. and challenging for detectives that now had to contend with a second affair. michael myer, the plumber, 13 years younger than danielle told them the two had met on ashley madison, a website for husbands and wives looking to cheat. the website s slogan, life is short, have an affair. this is someone looking to have an affair. they both were. yeah. wbut michael insisted this ws no casual fling. the affair lasted four years. what s more he told people he fell in love with danielle. i really had every intention of marrying this girl. he was submitmitten and obse
you couldn t write this as a movie. you couldn t write this as a book. this affair became a game. a wife and her lover spying on her husband and his lover. you just think well, what else have they done. and then this spy game turned deadly. one of the four lovers was gunned down. this was obviously not something that was random. waiting at the scene, a man with a strange story and waiting for detectives, a strange video. how creep pi was the video? it was very creepy. an affair to remember. an affair to forget. i shouldn t have done it. and one more secret still to be revealed. she said i need you to sit down. i have something to tell you and the hair on the back of my neck stood up. hello and welcome. by all appearances, they had a
the hospital in time, but she made sure to be at sam s funeral. the bagpipes, i still remember to this day. reporter: did it make you really proud in that moment? yeah. i m still proud of him. reporter: full fire department honors were bestowed upon the admired young lieutenant. it was like the whole community came out to pay their respects. it was very humbling, very, very humbling. reporter: but along with the tears, there was tension. by now, sam s family and friends had learned danielle s lover had shot sam. no one could believe it, that she even had a boyfriend, or that it was her boyfriend that killed him. people didn t even want her at the funeral. reporter: but the drama didn t end there. sitting not far from danielle was the other woman. was that awkward with danielle being at the funeral, the wife and the mistress? yes, it was. but i felt it was more important
motive, certainly. probably, the most overarching motive was just jealousy. despite the fact that she was conducting an affair of her own, i think that she was just completely enraged that sam started stepping out on her as well. reporter: but in order to prove that in court, fraivillig felt she would need something she didn t yet have a statement from michael saying danielle acted as his accomplice. so she waited, thinking time would compel him to come forward and admit danielle was involved. he never did. michael maintained danielle played no role in sam s murder. was this possibly a twisted act of chivalry? i think that certainly one of his motivations, if not his sole motivation, was trying to protect the woman that he loved. reporter: did you say to him, why are you protecting her? yes. and he said, i m not. he said, i m not protecting her. we were hoping he would contact us through his lawyers
sam intimately. she admitted that they were boyfriend and girlfriend. she had stated that they had had only been dating for a few months, and stated that they were in love. so sam was having an affair. yes. which is why sam was at the apartment complex that day. there s some infidelity going on and there s a reason a cause for concern. did you ever think that you d be the kind of person to have an affair? no. dianne told the detectives her affair with sam started as fairs so often do, with an innocent encounter at a bar. he asked me, you know, like if i was married and had kids. and i told him that i was and that no kids. i m like what can about you? he said yes, married. in fact, sam had been married for 13 years. but according to dianne, it took just a month for sam to fall in love with her. and she said, the feelings were mutual. what was it about him that made you fall so hard?