to come translate the letter for us. you don t know whether that s going to be a great clue or just a shopping list. right. the note was a mixture of russian and english. in any language, it was a bombshell. it was in her own handwriting. written apparently, during divorce proceedings two years earlier. anna was telling a lawyer about a threat from her husband, bob. a convoluted one, but a threat nonetheless. the letter translates that bob was going to kill himself and blame anna, and write a letter to igor blaming anna to get igor to hate anna. all of this presumably as a way of convincing anna to stay with bob? yes, sir. if true, it was a bizarre blackmail attempt that put a more sinister spin on bob s claim of an amicable divorce. so, that letter really gave you a window into what was really happening in that marriage. right. if you re suicidal, your homicidal. that s a real quick switch.
going to be a great clue or just a shopping list. right. the note was a mixture of russian and english. in any language, it was a bombshell. it was in her own handwriting, written apparently during the divorce proceedings two years earlier. an wra anna is telling a lawyer a threat about her husband bob, a convoluted one but a threat nonetheless. the letter translates that bob was going to kill himself and blame anna and write a letter to igor laming anna to get igor to hate anna. all of this is a way of convincing anna to stay with bob. yes, sir. if true, it was a bizarre blackmail attempt. that put a more sinister spin on bob s claim of an ammicable divorce. so that letter really gave you a window into what is really happening in that marriage zblment if you re suicidal,
reporter: straight from a cold war spy novel. but where would it lead? we had to get an fbi agent to come translate the letter for us. you don t know whether that s gonna be a great clue or just a shopping list. right, right. reporter: the note was a mixture of russian and english. in any language, it was a bombshell. it was in her own handwriting, written apparently during divorce proceedings two years earlier. anna was telling a lawyer about a threat from her husband, bob. a convoluted one, but a threat nonetheless. basically, the letter translates that, bob was going to kill himself and blame anna. and write a letter to igor, blaming anna to get igor to hate anna. all of this presumably, is some way of convincing anna to stay with bob? yes, sir. reporter: if true, it was a bizarre blackmail attempt that put a more sinister spin on bob s claim of an amicable divorce. that letter really kinda gave you a window into what was