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valerie wasn t a monster. she clearly had reached a breaking point and i can t say that i condone what she wanted to have done. as a doctor, just as a human being, you know, taking someone s life is not okay with me. reporter: so you re saying you two were not in on this together. not in on having anybody killed. absolutely not. reporter: did you mastermind the plan to have meghan and mack killed? there was never a plan to have anybody killed. so, no, i did not mastermind a plan to have meghan and/or mack killed. reporter: do you believe valerie was the mastermind behind this plan? she asked for something to happen that she clearly wanted to have happen. i don t think she masterminded. i think that she progressively got there. reporter: convenient for leon. valerie wasn t around to defend herself. then again, he was the one about to go on trial. the doctor takes the stand. will he be able to save himself? ....
Conversations leon never said, kill meghan. yet the prosecutors had to prove that s exactly what he meant. reporter: leon jacob does not stop until he gets what he wants. reporter: the trial began on march 20, 2018. the prosecution called the bail bondsman, michael kubosh, who told the jury he had no doubt leon wanted to hire a hitman to kill meghan. i felt like i was talking to the devil himself. reporter: the state then called the supposed hitman turned informant, taz, who testified that he too, knew exactly what leon wanted done. i asked him to bring $2,500 to see how serious he is. and he brought that money? yes. reporter: prosecutors played the tape where leon discussed in detail how he, as a doctor might get rid of meghan give her an injection of potassium chloride to stop her heart, untraceable. i d prefer not to do that. but my survival is more important. he might not have said murder, he might not have said kill, but he knew what he was asking for ....
Harris county prosecutor sarah connect alk her co-counsel cameron callahan knew they had a strong case for solicitation of murder and kidnapping. they also knew they had a potential problem. as you headed to trial, what was going to be the potential in the case? the recordings. the recordings. there was no way he could get himself out of all the things he said. what would be the weakness? everything. he was educated, intelligent. he was cautious in his approach to talking to the undercover officer. that was the problem. in all of the recorded conversations, leon never said kill meghan, yet the prosecutors had to prove that s ....
Exactly what he meant. the trial began on march 20th, 2018. the prosecution called the bail bondsman michael kubash who told the jury he had no doubt leon wanted the hitman to kill meghan. the hit man testified he, too, knew exactly what leon wanted done. i asked him to bring $2,500 to see how serious he is. and he brought the money. yes. prosecutors played the tape on how the doctor might get rid of meghan. he might not have said murder, he might not have said kill, but he knew what he was asking for. one of the star witnesses was the man who played dead, matt mcdaniel, alive and well told the jury he didn t want leon, a ....