Went off. Community college. Or inappropriatelytimed political discussions. Cause its as if it didnt even matter. Over and over and. Reporter this was a long days journey into night and back into day. Detectives had been awake for more than 50 hours and they were exhausted. But they couldnt give up on dan wozniak. It sounds like you thought dan was telling you the truth about everything except where sam was. We were taking him at his word because he was involving himself and incriminating himself as an accessory in this homicide. Reporter and they now also dan was also perhaps involved somehow in julies murder. So they tried again. Why dont you have a seat . Reporter they brought dan back to the Interview Room for one more crack at him. We want to talk about what happened to sam. Reporter but dan didnt waver. I dont know what happened to sam. I dropped him off. Im waiting for his phone call. That is it. Reporter and then a reality check. Youre arrested. For murder, okay . Accessory to murder. Thats what youre being arrested for. Thats it. Then were done. Hold on. Were done. Were done. Unless you want to talk to us, were done. Ill talk. Ill talk. Whatever you no, not whatever. We want to hear yes. I will talk. Yes. I will talk. Im awake, im listening, im active, im yes. Reporter dan tried negotiating. I will talk to you about anything, if it gets me to my wedding on friday. Thats what i will promise. Anything you want. What do you want to tell us . Were not throwing what do what do you the truth. Start talking. Oh, my god. Go ahead. Were listening. I dont know what else to say. I dont. Yes, i yes, i helped sam get away. Yes, i did not know what he was planning till then. Yes, i lied to you guys earlier. Yes, i did stuff that im not thats it. Im a better guy than this. Im sorry that i took money, and im sorry that i cheated the system. Im sorry. Im sorry. Reporter but ed everett and the other detectives still thought dan knew more than he was saying. Dan, you got the answers. You can help us. I dont know what else you want me to say. I dont know. I dont know. Tell us the truth. Youre not that good of an your stuff. This is your chance to clear the air. Reporter they kept pressing. Where is sam . Not without a bargain that i am out friday. Were not in a position to bargain. Then okay then. Reporter deadlock. Until okay, fine. You know what . He didnt come down. He came down and said help me. And i went upstairs, and, yes, i saw the [ bleep ] body. Is that what you wanna hear . No. We want to hear the truth. That is the truth. Okay. Then tell us what happened. How did that up there . Reporter detectives reached into their tool kit. Theyd just taken a dna swab from dan. They didnt have results, but decided to bluff. Howd your dna get on her . Because i was right over the body. Whats that . Because i was right over the body. Okay. So howd your dna get on her . That i dont know. Dna doesnt just fall off. I dont know. Okay. I didnt touch her. I didnt do anything. Whatd you see . Saw two gun shots in her head. And i saw her pants like ripped and cut. And i saw like [ bleep ] written on the back of the shirt. Reporter was the seasoned actor suddenly forgetting his lines . Where were the two Bullet Wounds . I dont know. Sam said he shot her twice. Okay. And i saw but you just i saw you just i didnt see you just told us you saw two Bullet Wounds. No. Standing over her. No, no, no, no. Okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, stop. Okay, okay. How did your dna get on her . I was standing over the body. I saw two Bullet Wounds to her head. Its exactly what you said, dan. You cant even keep your lies straight. Listen, he said he shot her twice. When i walked in i saw two bullet holes to the head. That was that was your thats not what i meant. Thats not what i meant. I apologize. Reporter dan was getting sam after the fact. Then he admitted hed seen julies body. He also contradicted himself, first saying sam told him about the Bullet Wounds, then saying he, dan, had seen them. With every slip, dan seemed to put himself closer to the actual murder. Dan says he could see two gunshot wounds . Yeah. Meaning he was there when she got killed. Yeah. Thats when the lightbulb went off. Insisted he had nothing to do with julies murder. But now he admitted he did help sam clean up the scene. Went to his apartment and thats when hes thats when i saw julie and i freaked out and looked over and then i said, okay, well, what do i need to do. So we found the two shell casings. Sam picked them up. Im like, take the shell casings so they dont find those. Reporter detectives wanted details. So why was why does he i dont know. I dont know. He said he was just seriously messed up and had about three or four pills. How about her pants . Her pants were it looked to be like cut. And so he said he used the scissors to cut them as best he remembered. He was blacking out a lot. He didnt remember everything that he had been doing. Reporter this statement seemed to match the facts. Julies autopsy showed she had not been sexually assaulted. The scene had been staged to make it look that way. Detectives felt dan was finally starting to cooperate. Youre a good guy. Youre a good guy. You just got yourself in a bad spot, man. You want to do the right thing. I do. All you got to do is point us over to sam and lets close this chapter. Its done. Okay . Where is my phone . Whats that going to do . Wait for it to ring. Reporter if he was waiting for a call from sam herr, it never came. But dan from the Police Station did call his bride to be, rachel. And a strange story now took yet another turn. No dont, dont, dont, that cant be found. Reporter as news of dans arrest starts to spread, some seem more rattled than others. He freaks out and has this its cool get the iphone 7 on us and unlimited data two billionaires, spending millions to buy a senate seat for joe heck. Smearing Catherine Cortez masto with ads called bogus, highly misleading, and false. As attorney general, its cortez masto who held banks accountable and helped nevada homeowners. And governor sandoval praised Cortez Mastos dedication to fighting sex trafficking. Dont let joe hecks billionaires fool you. Catherine cortez masto has always stood up for us. Reporter Rachel Buffett and dan wozniak. Two talented actors who had costarred in plays. Then fallen in love. And in less than 24 hours, were supposed to walk down the aisle. Instead, dan was sitting in jail, charged as an accessory in the murder of Julie Kibuishi. And rachel was left to break the news to family, friends, and i go to my friends and knock on the door and then at that point just start bawling. Thats when i finally broke. Reporter with a friend at her side, rachel went to her parents home to tell them what was going on. And my moms just shes lost it. She cant speak. Shes bawling. Reporter it was a mess, and not only because of the cancelled wedding. Rachels older brother noah was also under suspicion. You think noah knows where sam is . Reporter noah was driving dan around in noahs smart car hours before dans arrest, and so detectives brought in noah for questioning. Thats gotta be a brutal conversation to have with your parents. And my moms already breaking down and hyperventilating just by me saying, we need to cancel the wedding, and dan and noah are in jail. Reporter what finally happened with your brother . Noah says that they said, all right, get this guy out of here. He doesnt know anything. Reporter turns out, he really didnt. Noah was released, and never charged. Meanwhile, rachel notified dans parents and describes a reaction she did not expect. It was just his dad that was home. His mom was at work. So i explained whats going on to him, and he just has the opposite reaction. Hes just completely mellow and i remember one of the phrases he used was like, well, he was a really good son. He was a good kid. I was like, did you just hear what i said . Reporter as she and a friend were leaving, rachel says she had another strange encounter. Dans brother and his girlfriend pull up and kind of and so i get out, and i walk up to the car window and tell them, you know, dans been arrested. Yada yada yada. And he freaks out and has this look of fear in his eye. Reporter a short time later her phone rang. It was dan calling from his jail cell. The call recorded by police. What did you do . I helped sam cover some stuff up and helped him get some thats it. I didnt murder anybody. Babe, why on earth would you try and cover for him . Because we needed the money. No. We never need money. We need to be good people and just have each other. Im sorry. Reporter rachel revealed she had new information for detectives. My moms working on cancelling all the wedding plans now. And i just talked to tim and i need to make a phone call to the why . Because tims involved. Because of what . Or i need to call the detective first because i need to call him and let him know before they catch me on this recording device because it looks like im not trying to tell them right away. Tim says he has evidence with him or he knew where it was or something. Reporter with that fo suddenly changed. Then im doomed. What . Tim said that . Yeah. Do you know that tim has some evidence . Yeah. Oh god, oh god, oh god. Reporter its the voice of a man in a trap. Well, this is ridiculous and i have to go tell the detectives tim did speak up . Only to me so far and it was in passing. I said im going to the Police Station right now. Dannys been arrested and he starts freaking out and hes really frantic and he said something and something slipped that he had evidence. No dont, dont, dont, dont, dont. That cant be found. Reporter dan sounded desperate. No babe, im gonna do it. Listen to me, no, no. What . Trust me, please. Reporter dan begged rachel to come back to the police he said he was about to do something that was going to change everything. And he wanted rachel to be there for it. I have to tell the truth on what i did and i think you know what it is and its bad. Imagine the worst and thats what i did. Reporter dan, alone in the spotlight. I had a couple of different reactions. The Immediate Reaction was, did heard . [ . Diggy . By spencer lud] choose to smooth. Choose effortless glide from side to side. Choose kneeloving, underarmcaring, bikini linebearing. Choose venus swirl. With five contour blades and a flexiball, it pivots with every dip and divot. Choose to smooth. Red 97did you say 97 . Yes. 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Her apparent killer vanished in and at the center of it all, the actor, the director, dan wozniak in custody in orange county, california. The process of going back and forth with dan is pretty long and laborious. Yeah. It was frustrating. Reporter particularly frustrating, because everett and the other detectives were beginning to believe that everything dan wozniak had been telling them was all just a grand, elaborate performance. But they still didnt know what the real story was. Then the actor himself sudnl seemed to drop character. Dan wanted to speak with the detectives again. What do you thinks coming this time . I think hes going to give us more bs and hes going to add or change his story and reporter but hes not going to give you the truth . No. No. Reporter whats wozniaks demeanor at this point . Hes just, kind of, beyond himself as as we bring him into the Interview Room and at some point, he sits down and starts pulling at his hair. You said you wanted to talk whats going on . Im crazy and i did it. You did what . I killed julie and i killed sam. Okay. All right. I killed them both. Reporter you didnt see that coming. No. Reporter dan wozniak dropped a bombshell on detectives. Sam herr was not a murderer on the run. He was already dead. And he, Daniel Wozniak, was the reporter okay. So when he blurts that out, whats your reaction . The Immediate Reaction was, did i just hear what i think i heard . Reporter even for seasoned detectives, the story dan wozniak told was almost beyond imagining. Dan said he went after sam first. They drove together to a theater, a place where dan had once taken the stage. Dan had told sam he needed help from the attic. I said, you need to bend down and help me lift this thing up, and when he bent down, i grabbed the gun. I shot him once and then he was still alive. He was still talking, saying i need help. Reporter what did he say to you . I need help, something hit me. It felt like an electric shock. Reporter and then, wozniak said, he fired again. He started bleeding. He wasnt moving. He wasnt talking. Reporter dan said he took sams cell phone, th audience. In this video, shot by a cast members husband that very night, you can see dan and his fianc . E rachel performing in the musical nine. This was a different theater from where sam herrs body now lay. And dan, who had just committed murder hours earlier, showed no signs of stress as he played the starring role apparently effortlessly. Cant you see this role was anymore. Reporter dan told police that during the show, backstage, he texted julie from sams phone, pretending to be sam. Those were the odd texts that interrupted julies dinner at her brothers house. I was saying, you need to come over tonight. You need to come over tonight. Uhhuh. No sex. Just i need you to come over tonight. Reporter after his twin the other as sam herr, dan drove back to the apartment complex and waited. Julie arrived, wearing the tiara her brother had given her that evening. And i said like, sam just called me and he was going through some stuff. She said, yeah, me too. I said, well, i have a key. Lets go in. I opened the door, i let us in, and then i just went to the bathroom real quick because i was really nervous and i loaded hallway and then said, oh, by the way, did you see this in sams bed . Shes like, what . I was like he was really freaking out over it. I said, lean over look at it right there. When she was leaned over, i put two bullets in the back of her head. Reporter dan admitted scrawling those nasty words on her back and to splitting her pants with a pair of scissors. The next morning, he said, he returned to the theatre with an axe and a saw. Dan used those, he said, for the gruesome task of dismembering sams body to make it harder to identify him. Dan said he scattered some of sams remains at a local park. But sams torso, he told them, was still in the attic of the theatre. Okay. Um, what was going on in your mind when you were dismembering the body, dismembering sams body . Laughing. Okay. Why do you think you were doing that . I dont know. I reached a point to where i couldnt even believe that i was doing this. I dont know. I dont know. Tell me, what is it about me that the church does not like . Reporter and that next evening, dan took the stage once again in the musicalne yet another Pitch Perfect performance captured on videotape. Youve sat across from a lot more murderers than i have, but that seems astonishingly, sort of coldblooded and remorseless. It was shocking and these were two of his socalled friends. Its horrific. Its sad. Its horrific. Of course, wanted to know, what was all this about . What drove dan to do it . Your motive behind killing sam was money and insanity. Money and insanity. Okay. [ laughing ] i dont know. I dont know why i did it. Reporter the centurys old motive money. More than 60,000, in fact. Sam herrs combat pay. When he was deployed, basically all the money that he was earning in the military just deployed. Reporter and dan wozniak wanted that money . Yes. Reporter and Julie Kibuishi . Dan said he killed her to cover his tracks and to frame sam. To make it look like he was on the run and he did it. He was the one that did it. Right, and that if he was disappeared completely, youd never find him. And it would all go away. Reporter but none of this steve herr, sams dad, remembers when Police Showed up at his door. They came in and they said sams been found. He was murdered. And for whatever reason, i said, i dont know what made me say this, i said, at least he wasnt dismembered. Okay . The next morning, i get a call from the costa mesa police. He says, steve, before you find out, we just want to let you know sam was dismembered, and that thats when i just lost it. Reporter the very next day, sam herr would have turned 27 years old. Sams friend, ruben. You know, the the night that it was his birthday, his fathers praying to find his head. Sorry. So its very upsetting, you know. Reporter when police told you that they thought that julie cover up a different murder, sams murder, whatd you think . Its probably the pain is more painful than youre ripping your own body parts, you know, apart. To hear that your daughters been killed like that. I dont know how to describe it. Reporter dan wozniak was charged with two counts of firstdegree murder. Dans older brother tim, along with tims girlfriend, was also arrested and charged with accessory to murder. Detectives believed they had helped hide some evidence, including the murder weapon. Wesley, the teenager who had used sam herrs bank card, was not charged with any crime. And despite his confession to police, dan pleaded not guilty. Death penalty. A year after his arrest, dan sat down for an interview with msnbcs lockup. By then, it seemed, his story had changed again. He now claimed he did not kill sam and julie. They were saying that i shot both of them and decapitated one of them. Its not true. Reporter and then dan spoke about his exfiancee, Rachel Buffett. He said the hardest part of being in jail was missing her. If i was given the opportunity to talk to my fiancee right now, id either say can i be with you out there or can you be with me in here. Reporter here, in jail, with him . An unusu