hard and just tired looking, and you can imagine the stress that must be going through him. then the old man who didn t look like he was doing well either. does he look frightened? yeah, they both look scared. they both look like chapter out on a burning ship. and as they feared, fred was suspicious. he sat down, said not a word, but he wrote something on his notepad. at which point fred lift him, and says are you wearing a wire? very possible. i thought he was going to walk, i thought he was going to come to a census and didn t. he stayed, and, they talked. frank tried to get fed to admit his role, fred deflecting his attempts. you know, you and i wouldn t be sitting here if you didn t
right, now because it s only gonna you know benefit you to tell the truth. this is getting uglier and uglier. we went out it won last. time he reiterated it almost exactly what he said before. which was that he killed lynn schockner because the burglar he tried to carry out went bad. the cops still didn t buy it. you need to take nick into responsibility now. take care of nick, now please. and tell be truthful with us. because we are not gonna stop nick. and that s when the story started to change. i might as well break i was hired to hit the house. i don t know why. i don t i deny. that, is set, nick he was hired to commit a burglary. one that depending on what he could steal, might prove very profitable. what s the amount you were promised? what was in the house, plus
with my partner and i right now because it s only going to, you know, benefit you to tell the truth. this is getting uglier and uglier. we went at him one last time. tell us your story. he reiterates almost exactly what he said before. which was that he killed lynn schockner because the burglary he tried to carry out went bad. the cops still didn t buy it. him and i been doing this a long time, nick. you need to take nick and your responsibility now. take care of nick now please. be truthful with us because we re not going to stop, nick. him and i, that s our job. and that s when nick s story started to change. i might as well break it down for you guys. i was hired to hit the house. i don t know why. i didn t ask. that is, said nick, he was hired to commit a burglary. one that, depending on what he could steal, might prove very profitable. what s the amount you were promised? what was in the house plus uh, $2,500.
truth. this is getting uglier and uglier. we went at him one last time. tell us your story. he reiterates almost exactly what he said before. reporter: which was that he killed lynn schockner because the burglary he tried to carry out went bad. the cops still didn t buy it. i ve been doing this a long time, nick. you need to take into responsibility now. take care of nick now, please. and tell be truthful with us. because we re not gonna stop, nick. him and i, that s our job. reporter: and that s when nick s story started to change. i was hired to hit the house. i don t know why. i didn t ask. reporter: it is, said nick, he was hired to commit a burglary. one that depending on what he could steal might prove very profitable. b.s. said the cops. he was hired to kill and they
what detectives had already learned about frank. he had a fetish for watches and living the lifestyle of the rich and famous and he really didn t have any full time job. but if frank thought he was taking any advantage of fred, the detectives believed it was just the opposite. y i think fred wanted to own fred in some way. so frank already had the $100,000, so now he s on the hook big time to fred. and fred says to get off the hook you ve got to make this happen. correct. then slate s wiped clean. yes. absolution of all debt. fred was the mastermind using his financial leverage to manipulate frank who in turn hired nick for a bargain basement price. but fred didn t know the cops even suspected him, didn t have any idea, for example, that they were tapping his phone. so when fred actually began calling the cops to play mr.