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0:00I'm Sergeant Ramsey. I'm I'm the one
0:01that called you. Thank you for coming.
0:03I'm sorry to call you. Listen, we had a
0:04report of a disturbance at your house
0:06and there were shots fired. Is your
0:08husband, Michael?
0:10>> Okay. I'm sorry to tell you, ma'am. He's
0:11been killed.
0:13>> He's been killed, man. I'm sorry.
0:15>> No, he's not.
0:16>> Listen.
0:16>> No. No.
0:18>> Try to calm down.
0:19>> This is Dalia Depalo. She is getting the
0:21news of her husband being killed. Or at
0:23least that's what she hoped to hear. On
0:26a humid August morning in 2009 in Boon
0:29Beach, Florida, she left her condo for
0:31the gym, believing a murder for hire
0:34plot was finally about to play out. Her
0:37husband, Michael Depalo, a convicted
0:39fraudster trying to rebuild his life,
0:41was supposed to be shot inside their
0:43home in what looked like a robbery gone
0:45[music] wrong. What Dalia didn't know
0:47was that the hitman she'd hired was
0:50actually an undercover detective. And
0:52every meeting, [music] every payment,
0:54and every word about wanting her husband
0:56dead had been recorded on hidden
0:58cameras.
0:59>> Like at the house, like how do we how do
1:01we how soon could you do it?
1:04>> Wednesday morning, you know, he gets two
1:06in the head. That's it. You know, I take
1:08a couple things with me, break a couple
1:09windows, make it look like a robbery
1:11that went bad. It's all over. I'm gone
1:13out of there.
1:14>> I'm a lot tougher than what I look. I
1:16know you like, "Oh, what a cute little
1:18girl." Whatever. But I'm not.
1:20>> Yeah, you are. Oh, you're actually
1:21beautiful.
1:22>> Thank you. But I know it's I just need
1:24to make sure everything's been taken
1:26care of.
1:27>> And so you just had surgery where
1:28>> his back. All right. Okay. So you're not
1:31going to be able to move.
1:33>> He won't be able to like I mean he walks
1:34[music] fine and everything like that,
1:36but I mean, you know, it's going to be
1:37like a little bit of a struggle
1:40>> between now and when it's done. You
1:42know, you have to have an option to
1:44change your mind. Even if you change
1:45your mind, you're not talking.
1:46>> There's no changing. No, there's no like
1:49I'm determined already. I'm positive
1:51like 5,000% Charlotte.
1:53>> By the time you get back from the gym,
1:55you going to find two things. Dead body
1:57in the house. All right.
1:58>> She even planned an alibi.
1:59>> I'll go to boa or I'll go somewhere.
2:01I'll
2:02>> like an alibi to be somewhere when it
2:05happens.
2:05>> Yeah. I'll go get my hair done or
2:06something or I'll I'll be somewhere but
2:08I need to go out of town. I never go
2:10anywhere right away. Everyone's going to
2:11be like, "Oh, what a coincidence. You
2:13never go anywhere and the day you leave
2:14it happen."
2:16>> So, okay. after he kills or whatever.
2:18Your mom and all of them are not going
2:20to like [music] his mom is not going to
2:21suspicious of you or anything like that.
2:23>> Why me? Like, do you know what somebody
2:25is? Yeah, but killing somebody, come on.
2:27I mean, that's, you know, nobody's going
2:30to be able to point a finger at me.
2:32>> Going to tell him like these guys went
2:33in like you've been bumping into guys.
2:35I'm going to tell him about the guy at
2:36Target that we ran into the weird guy
2:38that lives in our neighborhood too
2:39that's on probation for something else.
2:41I'm going to throw all their
2:42>> police secretly moved Michael to safety,
2:44then staged a fake crime scene with
2:46cruisers, tape, and TV cameras rolling.
2:49When Dalia arrived, she appeared to
2:51break down after being told her husband
2:53had been killed, only to be taken to the
2:55station for questioning. In the
2:57interrogation room, she tried to shift
2:59suspicion toward Michael's criminal past
3:02and supposed enemies, unaware that
3:04officers were about to reveal the truth.
3:06Her husband was alive, the hitman was a
3:09cop, and her own recorded conversations
3:11were about to close in on her. Let's
3:14take a look.
3:15>> Protocol that we have to do with this,
3:16which you're going to advise your
3:19rights, so you know, okay? If you don't
3:22understand any of them, you just tell me
3:24and I'll stop and repeat. First of all,
3:26let me just tell you, I'm sorry for your
3:28loss.
3:29>> I just want to see my husband, please.
3:31>> All right, honey.
3:33>> I love you. No, no, you don't want to
3:36see him.
3:39>> Believe me, [gasps and laughter]
3:41you don't. Could you listen, please? I'm
3:44required to warn you before you make any
3:46statement that you have the following
3:47constitutional rights. And as I say,
3:49this is protocol.
3:51If you don't understand them, tell me
3:52you don't understand. I'll explain them
3:54to you. Okay?
3:56You have the right to remain silent and
3:58not answer any questions. You understand
4:00that? Just you have to answer me. I
4:03understand.
4:03>> So say yes.
4:04>> Yeah.
4:05>> Any statement you make must be freely
4:06and voluntarily given. Do you understand
4:08that?
4:10>> If you have a you have the right to the
4:12presence and representation of lawyer
4:13your choice where you make any statement
4:15during any question. You understand
4:16that?
4:16>> Yes sir.
4:18>> If you cannot afford a lawyer, you are
4:20entitled to the presence and
4:21representation of court lawyer for you
4:23to make any statement during any
4:24questions. Do you understand that?
4:26>> Yes.
4:27>> If at any time during the interview do
4:29not wish to answer any questions, I'm
4:30going to remain silent. Do you
4:31understand that? I can make no threats
4:34or promises to induce you to make a
4:35statement. This must be of your own free
4:37will. Do you understand that? Any
4:39statement can be will be used against
4:41you in court of law. Do you understand
4:42that? I'm going to ask you to sign it
4:46and date it. And I'll have Detective
4:48Anderson as a witness. Okay. Sign where
4:50the X is, please.
4:55>> I'll go ahead and date it, D.
5:00>> Okay. It's uh
5:03the time the timeline.
5:05Okay. This is a
5:08this is something because we're going to
5:10videotape that I need you to sign also.
5:12It gives us the right video. You want to
5:14read that?
5:15>> I don't want to be videotaped.
5:17>> Well, you're being videotaped. That's
5:19all part of it.
5:28>> Whose number is that?
5:30That's your home number.
5:32>> Oh,
5:35>> we got that from our reports that have
5:37been filed here.
5:42>> And then I'll I'll tell you what's going
5:44on here.
5:47Okay.
5:49Listen. Is there anybody that you know
5:52that you think would want to kill your
5:54husband?
5:55>> This is on probation.
5:57>> For what?
6:00He's stock fraud.
6:02>> Stock fraud. How long have you been on
6:04probation? Probation. Is he spending
6:06time in prison? How much?
6:11>> First thing the detective did is he
6:12miranderized her to make this official.
6:15While Dalia thinks this is just because
6:16her husband has been killed, they are
6:18questioning her and interrogating
6:20knowing that she ordered a hit.
6:22you know,
6:23>> um,
6:25two years in prison and five years on
6:28probation going on to six years.
6:30>> Oh my god. And what was that for?
6:33>> It was for [clears throat] taking money.
6:35It was
6:36>> like, he explained it like boiler room
6:38kind of where they would take money from
6:40people towards things,
6:43>> you know. How How long have you guys
6:44been married?
6:46>> Not even a year.
6:49>> This is tragic.
6:51Is there anybody you could think of that
6:54would want to do this to him?
6:55>> I was telling the officers we've had
6:57problems already and
6:59>> what sort of
7:00>> he's been trying to get off probation
7:02>> and it's just been nothing but problems
7:05the whole time that he's been trying to
7:07get off um
7:11people weren't happy that he was getting
7:12off probation because it's a lot of
7:14money he's got to pay back.
7:15>> Well, when you say people, who are you
7:17talking about?
7:18people that were involved with him
7:20before or
7:21>> a little bit of everything. This was
7:22supposed to be something. When he got
7:24off probation, it was supposed to be
7:25between us and he went and he told, you
7:27know, friends of his, he told, you know,
7:29certain people and everyone kind of
7:31talks and he's constantly running into a
7:33lot of the guys that he was on probation
7:35with like a couple days ago. We ran into
7:37someone and that was a target. I mean,
7:41you know, and the guy comes up to us and
7:42he's like with organized crime. It seems
7:44like a lot of the guys from Bokeh are
7:46starting to move up here and we're
7:47constantly running into, you know what I
7:50mean? A lot of the guys that he he knows
7:52and things like that. [snorts] So, it
7:54was a lot of money. It was $191,000
7:58that he [clears throat] had to pay back.
8:00>> So, we were going to go ahead and he had
8:03the money to pay off the probation,
8:05everything like that. And then, I guess
8:07somehow when he went away, some guys
8:10didn't go away. They left.
8:12>> You mean went away? went to prison,
8:14>> right?
8:14>> Okay.
8:15>> They left the country and so somehow he
8:18was dealing with some of those guys
8:20because they thought that he owed them
8:22and
8:23>> I don't know something with that that he
8:25was taking care of. So the money that he
8:28used to get off of probation, he never
8:31>> he never he never did it. He did
8:34something else with that with that
8:35money.
8:35>> Now, do you know any of these people
8:37their names or anything like that or
8:38where they may live so that we may be
8:40able to follow it up? We're not going to
8:42>> We're not going to implicate you.
8:44>> The guys that left, I don't know.
8:47>> You don't know?
8:48>> I don't know them. You never know?
8:50>> No. I mean, I know the guy that we ran
8:51into a couple days ago. I I know like I
8:54know certain names, you know what I
8:55mean? And I know certain families. They
8:57were on the news. Like the guys that all
8:58just went away.
8:59>> Mhm.
9:01>> I forget what family.
9:02>> See, I Brian and I in the squad that I
9:05only work major crimes. We only work
9:07murders or homicides and and very
9:11serious assaults and kidnappings and
9:13police shootings and things like we only
9:15specialize in that. We don't we don't
9:17work anything else. So, I wouldn't know
9:18about
9:20the money that he may have been involved
9:22in or anything else. Why I'm asking if
9:24you know any names and we can run these
9:26guys down and see what they know.
9:27>> Well, another those group of guys, they
9:30all went away, but he's saying one of
9:31them I guess somehow he had a problem. I
9:33don't know what problem he had. It was
9:35before we met. He ran into one of these
9:37guys and the guy he thought he owed him
9:39something or something happened, but
9:42they went away. I don't know if the one
9:44guy that I'm telling you about, Pasqual,
9:47if he also went away or if he did it.
9:50But this just happened like a month and
9:51a half ago. They all got arrested
9:53against the same stock fraud stuff
9:55again.
9:55>> His first name Pasqual or last
9:57>> I don't know.
9:58>> Is it Pasquali or Pasqual?
9:59>> Pasqual.
10:01>> Okay. What nationality are you? Spanish.
10:04My mom's from Peru and my dad's from
10:05Egypt.
10:06>> Wow.
10:07>> Yeah.
10:10>> All right. There's uh I understand you
10:12got a couple animals at your house, too,
10:14right?
10:15>> So, um I guess I want to tell you
10:17everything the whole kind of knowing.
10:21>> I do. I want to know.
10:22>> So, that's what happened with that. So,
10:24he didn't know how to tell everybody
10:26what was going on with everything. And
10:28so he pretty much he told them that
10:31like, you know, I had the money and I
10:34took it and I got involved in like a
10:36Bernie made off kind of scheme because
10:38he didn't know how to tell, you know,
10:41his mom and everybody what was going on.
10:43>> You're lucky.
10:45>> What?
10:46>> You're lucky you went to the gym.
10:48>> We were supposed to go to the gym.
10:49>> Oh, both you were supposed to go. He
10:51didn't know if he was going to he just
10:53had lipos suction and he had like two
10:57lug handles removed from here. I think
10:58he had something little
11:00>> and um two weeks ago he had surgery and
11:04he
11:04>> What kind of surgery?
11:05>> The bctomy like the lipo that he had.
11:08>> Oh, did he used to be real heavy or
11:10something?
11:10>> No. Um he used to be and then he got
11:12lipo done and I guess the plastic
11:14surgeon left like two bulges here. So
11:18>> yesterday we went because he had like
11:19blood buildup in his back. So they
11:22drained it. So he was like, "Well,
11:23depending on how I feel today, but we go
11:25every morning. We haven't gone since
11:27surgery, but every morning 5:00 a.m.
11:29we're both at the top."
11:30>> Yeah.
11:31>> You got a lot of That's better than me.
11:32I
11:33>> The detective lets Dalia talk and she
11:35immediately builds an alternate suspect
11:37universe. Instead of focusing on her
11:39supposedly murdered husband, she dives
11:42into his stock fraud history, probation,
11:44and the $191,000
11:46of debt, framing him as a man surrounded
11:48by dangerous associates and organized
11:51crime. She peppers in partial names like
11:54Pasqual, vague families, and men who
11:56fled the country, just enough detail to
11:58sound informed while keeping everything
12:00unverifiable.
12:02The investigator presents herself as
12:04major crimes to signal seriousness and
12:06asks for concrete names and locations,
12:08but Dalia keeps things foggy. At the
12:11same time, she humanizes herself with
12:13talk about heritage, pets, his lipos
12:15suction, and their 5 a.m. gym routine,
12:18crafting the image of a normal, devoted
12:20wife caught in someone else's mess.
12:22>> Wish I could go, obviously.
12:23>> Well, you know, he's very um
12:27he used to be a drug addict. And
12:29>> what was his drug of choice?
12:31>> Crack.
12:32>> Crack. I'll give it to you.
12:34>> And um he's recovering alcoholic. And so
12:38with him, it's very important to be like
12:40on a schedule and you know what I mean?
12:42Like have a system and very organized
12:44with everything. And
12:46>> let let's let's get back to u
12:51his his death.
12:54Um I don't know if you know he was shot.
12:58You shot twice and I want you to know
13:00all this.
13:02>> Do you know this?
13:03>> Did they tell you out there?
13:05>> Not exactly. I mean, they told me he was
13:07shot when I was at the gym. I got a
13:08phone call. I didn't hear my phone rang
13:10and I called back and they told me just
13:12the police come that something happened
13:13at my house.
13:14>> Yeah, he was evidently your husband
13:16answered the door and they took him back
13:19upstairs and in your bedroom.
13:21>> He has cameras though. Why would he
13:23answer the door?
13:24>> Like he doesn't answer for anybody he
13:26doesn't know. And I mean the only person
13:29like his probation officer is like the
13:31you know he would not answer the door.
13:33We have cameras like at our house.
13:35>> Maybe he knows this person. I didn't
13:36know you had cameras because when we got
13:39there some of your neighbors heard the
13:41the commotion.
13:42>> We have cameras. The front door has
13:43cameras. Back door has cameras. But they
13:46don't record.
13:46>> And you they don't record.
13:48>> Nobody knows. But they don't. We told
13:50everybody they record but they don't
13:51record.
13:52>> Oh god. because he didn't want them to
13:53make a hole in the garage for the
13:56recorder to be there because of his car.
13:59>> Well, when we got there, your door was
14:00wide open. When the officers got there,
14:02your door was wide open. They went in
14:03and looked You have a They said there
14:05was two dogs in the house in a in a
14:07crate or a cage or something like that.
14:09And um um he was found in the bedroom.
14:14He was shot twice in the head.
14:16>> He wouldn't open the door unless it's
14:18somebody that he knows because we we
14:19don't open for anybody. Now, you have to
14:21understand I wasn't there and neither
14:22was he. We have other people there. So,
14:24maybe it was maybe somebody broke into
14:26the house or something. I don't know. I
14:28haven't se I haven't been to the scene
14:30yet.
14:30>> All of our rooms have TVs and we look
14:33specifically like to make sure nothing
14:35is happening because we've had drug
14:37incidences and things like that.
14:39>> Was he asleep when you left?
14:41>> No, cuz we said Florida sort of but not
14:44really because of his back. He was just
14:45kind of like
14:46>> laying there. He was just laying there
14:47and he said the alarm, you know,
14:49>> but I mean I said, you know, I'll bring
14:53you coffee on the way home and you know,
14:55normal like normal.
14:56>> There was no alarm. There was no alarm
14:57sound going off.
14:58>> I put the our little dog downstairs and
15:01he stayed upstairs with the big dog.
15:03>> I don't know how big is the dog.
15:05>> It's an English bulldog,
15:07>> but he doesn't do it.
15:08>> Will he bite somebody?
15:09>> No, he loves everybody. I mean, he will
15:12run off with whoever he sees. The one
15:14that's very aggressive and mean is the
15:16white one.
15:17>> It's probably the smallest little four
15:19pound dog.
15:19>> I think she's weighs 200 lb, right?
15:22>> Um
15:23>> um I'm just trying to
15:24>> Yeah, I I'm going to I'm going to what
15:26I'm going to do right now.
15:27>> There's a lot that like I want to tell
15:29you.
15:29>> I'm going to be back. What I'm going to
15:31do is call right now. I'm going to go
15:32out and get in touch with the officers
15:34at the scene. I want to see if the house
15:36was burglarized. Okay. All right. Just
15:37hang on one second. Thank you.
15:41You want to wait here?
15:49>> Can you close the door, please?
15:52>> The detective is testing her spontaneous
15:54reactions and whether her story adjusts
15:56to new information. Dalia responds by
15:59overexlaining structure and control in
16:01the home. She highlights his addiction
16:03recovery, strict schedule, alarms, and
16:06camera system to paint a picture of a
16:08cautious, organized household. The
16:10detective then went on small break to
16:12strategize how they will continue this
16:14case from this point on.
16:28Hey, uh
16:33somebody call out there and see if the
16:37place was burglarized. I'll take care of
16:40you. All right.
16:54Hey, will you let me know?
17:00You know, you know that what I want to
17:02tell you has an alarm system. I don't
17:05know. She came with her bedroom and she
17:09find out the house from the front of
17:13house. And she says that her husband
17:16would not let anybody in that house
17:19[laughter]
17:20and neither was she. Okay. Thanks, man.
17:28Go ahead. Drink some water.
17:33>> Now, you know that I advised you of your
17:35rights, right?
17:35>> Yes, I have.
17:37>> Okay. The game's over with. Okay.
17:40There's no more games with you and I.
17:42Now, we're gonna get down to serious
17:43business. I want to know if you know
17:45this guy.
17:47Come here. Bring this guy in here.
17:51Get over here. Get over here.
17:55You know who this guy is?
17:56>> No.
17:57>> You've never seen him before?
17:58>> I've never seen him before. Ever.
18:00>> Do you know her?
18:02>> Put your head up and look at him.
18:03>> Put your head up.
18:04>> I've never seen him.
18:05>> What were you doing coming out of her
18:07house?
18:10Get him out of here.
18:18This kind of move from police is rare.
18:20They actually brought in the undercover
18:22officer who posed as the hitman and told
18:24him not to reveal everything. [snorts]
18:26Dalia, of course, went along with it
18:28all, smiling her way through the act.
18:36You're going to jail today for
18:37solicitation of murder. You're under
18:39arrest.
18:40That's an undercover police officer. We
18:43filmed everything that you did, recorded
18:45everything that you did.
18:48You're going to jail for solicitation of
18:50first-degree murder of your husband.
18:52>> I didn't do anything.
18:53>> Did you hear what I just told you?
18:54>> I heard what you said, but I didn't
18:56>> Everything Listen to me.
18:59Everything has been recorded. You were
19:02photographed in the convertible when you
19:04sat his car in the front of CVS. What do
19:08you want to do?
19:10What do you want to do here?
19:11>> I didn't do anything.
19:13>> Listen to me.
19:13>> I didn't do anything.
19:15>> You're going to jail.
19:16>> I didn't do anything. Please. I didn't
19:18do anything.
19:19>> Tell me you didn't do anything.
19:20>> I didn't do anything.
19:22>> You're going to jail today.
19:24As soon as I'm done.
19:26>> Oh my god.
19:26>> They're going to come in here and
19:28handcuff you and take you to the Palm
19:30Beach County Jail, book you for
19:32solicitation of firstdegree murder on
19:35your husband. Your husband is well and
19:36alive.
19:37>> Thank God.
19:38>> Oh yeah. Can I see? Can I see?
19:40>> No, he doesn't want to see you.
19:43>> He doesn't want to see you.
19:44>> Please,
19:45>> you better quit your plan. Listen to me.
19:48>> I want you to quit your acting and get
19:52this over with.
19:53>> I'm not.
19:54>> Yes, you are.
19:55>> Okay, you know what? You need a real
19:57good attorney. You need a real good
20:00attorney because we're going to show him
20:01the film where you say you're 5,000%
20:04sure you want him dead. You think I made
20:07that up?
20:09You think I made that up? It's exactly
20:13what's going to happen. I'm putting talk
20:15with you when I leave this room. No
20:18other officer will ever talk to you
20:19again. The next time we see you is when
20:21you're in trial. Now, you can make it
20:24right here or you're going to trial and
20:26you're going to do life in prison. You
20:28want to cooperate with us. Whatever you
20:30want to do, it's over and done once I
20:33walk out. I'm not coming back in to talk
20:35to you. And no one else is here. What do
20:39you want to do before I leave here?
20:41Because the next officer comes here,
20:42gonna handcuff you and take you to the
20:44jail.
20:44>> See my husband, please.
20:46>> No, he doesn't want to see you.
20:49He doesn't want to see it. I'm leaving
20:51now.
20:54>> Can we have an officer come in here and
20:56cop this
20:58the person?
21:00>> I don't know what's going on. Please
21:06>> can we go ahead and arrest report first
21:08degree murder position?
21:25>> Sit back down
21:28>> here. Stay right here.
21:30You can see her right there.
21:36>> Oh my god,
21:37>> she's alive.
21:39>> Come here. Please come here.
21:41>> Now her husband walks in very much
21:43alive. In that instant, Dalia realizes
21:46she's been played. The detective lays
21:48everything out, revealing the sting in
21:50full. Only then does it hit her. She's
21:52not in control of anything. She's in
21:54serious trouble.
21:56>> Mike, come here.
21:58Come here. Please come here.
22:00>> YES.
22:01>> WHY NOT? I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU.
22:03>> I HEARD YOU.
22:04>> MIKE, come here. Please come here.
22:07>> Okay.
22:09Want to take it back to both of you,
22:10please?
22:13>> Oh my god.
22:22>> After that, they gave her a short break.
22:24Time to calm down, regroup, and figure
22:26out how she wanted to play things. Then
22:29she was brought back into the
22:30interrogation room. This time to face
22:32two new detectives whose only goal was
22:35simple. Break down her story and push
22:37her toward a confession.
22:40>> First name is Dalia.
22:42>> Is that how you pronounce it?
22:49Have
22:50>> you been advised of your rights before?
22:53Yes. your Miranda rights?
22:55>> No, but I wanted to make a phone call.
22:57>> Okay. Earlier this morning, Sergeant
22:59Sheridan Reggie your rights from that
23:01card, right? And you understood your
23:03Miranda rights, your fifth amendment
23:04rights.
23:06>> Yes, but I wanted to make a phone call.
23:08>> Okay. So, well, phone call. We will let
23:10you do that later. Not right now,
23:12though.
23:12>> But while I'm still here.
23:14>> Um, yeah, later on we will.
23:18Okay.
23:20You want to uh did you understand your
23:22rights or you didn't understand them?
23:24>> I wasn't really paying attention on you.
23:29>> Okay. What I'll do is I'll go ahead and
23:30read them again. Okay. And if you have
23:32any questions, just go ahead and ask me
23:34and I'll explain them to you. Okay.
23:38You have the right to remain silent and
23:40I answer any questions. You understand
23:41that?
23:43>> Yes. No.
23:44>> Yeah.
23:45>> Any any statement you make must be
23:47freely and voluntary given. Do you
23:49understand that?
23:50>> Yeah.
23:51>> You have the right to the presence and
23:53representation of a lawyer of a choice
23:55before you make any statements and doing
23:57any question. You understand that?
24:03>> So when you start asking in the middle
24:05if it starts getting uncomfortable then
24:08I can have my attorney.
24:10>> It's your right to remain silent and
24:12request a lawyer. Yes. Okay. You
24:15understand that?
24:16>> Yes. Right.
24:17>> Yeah.
24:17>> Yes. Okay.
24:19If you cannot afford [clears throat] a
24:20lawyer, you are entitled to the presence
24:21and representation of a courtappointed
24:23lawyer before you make any statements
24:24and during any question. You understand
24:26that?
24:26>> Yeah.
24:29[clears throat]
24:29>> If at any time during the interview you
24:31do not wish to answer any questions,
24:33your privilege to remain silent. You
24:35understand that?
24:35>> Yeah.
24:36>> Okay. I can't make any threats or
24:38promises to induce you to make any
24:40statements. This must be of your own
24:41free will.
24:42>> Yeah, I do.
24:42>> Okay. Any statement can be and will be
24:45used against you in a court of law. Do
24:47you understand that?
24:48You never sign here again or
24:50>> No.
24:50>> Okay.
24:51>> Is it your signature?
24:52>> Yeah.
24:53>> Okay.
24:53>> Okay. Do you understand your you have
24:55fifth amendment rights now? All of them?
24:57>> Yeah.
24:58>> Okay.
25:00Um
25:02>> can I go to the regular restroom,
25:04please, before we start? Is it okay?
25:06>> Can Is it an emergency?
25:10>> I didn't feel comfortable going in the
25:11other one. I'm sorry. I No problem.
25:16She has to go to the bathroom. Okay.
25:18Then we'll come back in
25:22the lawyer. We'll take
25:29>> No,
25:29>> no, that's fine.
25:32>> Oh, no, no, no.
25:34>> Hey,
25:36chosen bathroom would have.
25:38>> Yes.
25:40>> Close the door.
25:44Hey Lord, make sure you go in there with
25:46her, please.
25:47>> Yeah, call. Okay, listen guys. One guy
25:51asked a question.
25:56>> Dalia had her rights read again and
25:58requested a bathroom break. This is her
26:01fightor-flight response. She doesn't
26:03know what to do. She also requested a
26:05phone call. She feels trapped and that
26:07very room where she is interrogated in
26:09is her worst nightmare.
26:18All right. You mind if I call you Dalia?
26:20>> Yeah, please.
26:22>> All right. Um,
26:25do you understand what happened today?
26:27What's going on here?
26:29>> A little.
26:30>> Okay.
26:31>> Now, slowly I'm understanding a little
26:33bit better.
26:34>> What's your understanding?
26:37I was told one thing and now it's like
26:39slowly like all these things start.
26:42[clears throat] I like I don't I mean I
26:45don't really know what happened.
26:48>> Do you know that you are arrested today?
26:52You're being arrested?
26:55>> That part I understood.
26:57>> Okay. Do you know what for?
27:01>> Not really. No.
27:02>> You don't know the charge?
27:03>> No. Nobody.
27:05>> Okay. Go ahead and tell the story.
27:06>> Okay. You're being arrested for
27:08soliciting to commit murder. Okay. Which
27:11that means is you attempted to hire
27:14someone to kill somebody else, meaning
27:17your husband. Okay.
27:20And that's why you're here and that's
27:22what you're getting charged with.
27:24>> Okay. No.
27:25>> You No, you don't understand or
27:27>> No, I never done that.
27:29>> Okay. But that that's what you're being
27:30charged with.
27:31>> Okay. and um we have plenty of evidence
27:35to back it up. Okay.
27:38So, with your rights in mind, we want to
27:41give you an opportunity to
27:45do some soul searching maybe and maybe
27:49get a lot off your chest and tell us the
27:52truth. That's what we want to hear. I
27:54mean, this has been worked for a couple
27:58days now. It's not just the first day
28:01we're doing this reference to this case
28:05and we have a lot of information
28:08to support our charge. It's just not
28:11real uh a quick little thing. So,
28:16you know, we don't know when you're
28:18lying to us and all that. We just want
28:19to hear the truth. I mean, it's done.
28:22It's over with now, you know, and um
28:26this is your opportunity to tell us the
28:28truth. That's all we want to hear. And
28:30we know the truth.
28:33So,
28:35I know it's hard
28:37to commit to that, but
28:40now's your time. You know,
28:44>> you have anything to say about this?
28:47>> I'm going to talk to my husband.
28:49>> Okay. Well, you can't talk to your
28:51husband. He's not here right now.
28:54Let him go home. He's taking care of the
28:56house and the dogs. So, Obviously,
29:00your husband's alive.
29:02You saw him, right?
29:04>> I saw him. I'd like to talk to him.
29:06>> Okay. And did you see that black officer
29:08that was here
29:11>> in handcuffs? Well, he's an officer.
29:14Okay. So,
29:17does it get any clearer than that? I
29:19mean,
29:24you know,
29:25I know it's hard, but Here,
29:29the illusion collapses in real time.
29:32Detectives shift from sympathetic
29:33homicide investigators to sting
29:35operators, formally arresting Dalia for
29:38soliciting murder and calmly stating
29:40they have extensive evidence. The tone
29:42is measured, almost gentle, inviting
29:45confession rather than demanding it.
29:47They frame this as her last chance to
29:49unburden herself, stressing that the
29:51operation has been running for days and
29:53that they already know the truth.
29:55Dalia's response is not outrage at the
29:57accusation, but a request to speak to
29:59her husband, clinging to control and
30:01damage repair. When they reveal that her
30:04hitman is actually a police officer and
30:07her husband is alive, the room changes.
30:10The detectives are no longer factf
30:11finding. They are forcing her to
30:13confront a failed murder for hire plot.
30:15You
30:16>> know, people make mistakes sometimes.
30:18You know,
30:20the good the good thing about this whole
30:21thing is that nobody got killed. All
30:24right.
30:26The gentleman that walk in the room, he
30:28said, "It's an officer." All right. This
30:30is not the first day we've been working
30:32this. All right. It's an ongoing
30:35investigation
30:36where you we have you talking to this
30:39guy. We've listened to every
30:40conversation you had. All right. So now
30:44it's either, you know, tell the truth
30:47and do the right thing. That's, you
30:49know, that's if you want to reach inside
30:51you and, you know, but we make mistakes,
30:54you know, everybody makes mistakes.
30:57Um,
30:59but tragedy was prevented today.
31:01>> You could look at it that way. You know,
31:05that simple.
31:09A big tragedy. I mean, someone's life.
31:12So,
31:16everything's on tape, Dalia. There's no
31:18denying it.
31:21You know, everything's on tape and it's
31:24not a bluff. So, all the conversations
31:28and there's some video, too.
31:37>> What are you thinking?
31:39>> That I'd like to make a phone call. I
31:40just feel lost. I mean,
31:43>> what do you want to call?
31:45>> Like to call my mom. We'll let you call
31:47your mom after this is done.
31:49>> I mean, I'm not, you know, I just
31:51everyone keeps coming and I'm signing
31:53all these things and going over all
31:54these things and I don't really know
31:56what they're for. I'm just signing it
31:58because everyone's saying, "Well, you
32:00know, if you sign this, I'll help you or
32:03will this or will that." And
32:04>> I don't know about that, but the only
32:05thing we're [clears throat] concerned
32:07about is a race card. And we went over
32:08it twice.
32:09>> The news guy came and I guess that may
32:11have been for the release of the tape
32:12earlier. I don't know because he never
32:14came back.
32:16and I signed something and I don't
32:19really know what it was.
32:20>> Okay. Well,
32:21>> I mean, I was hysterical like when he
32:23came and
32:24>> and that's
32:25>> I'm sorry. Go ahead, Alex.
32:27>> And that's understandable. Okay. Our
32:29main concern right now is the fact that
32:32the crime we you know you actually you
32:36got to understand this. Okay, Donna.
32:38Listen to me for a second. Okay.
32:39>> Do anything.
32:40>> Listen to me for a second. Okay. This
32:42isn't our first day, okay? It's not
32:44definitely not our second day. All
32:46right. This is an ongoing investigation.
32:49All right. Not only do we have you
32:51videotape, we have every conversation
32:52that you've had leading to this point.
32:55All right? So, for you to sit here and
32:57deny that you haven't done anything,
32:59it's not going to help. All right? Cuz
33:01we know this. We know the whole story
33:03from the beginning to the end to this
33:05point that we're right here right now.
33:07All right? Every little thing that
33:09you've done since this started, we've
33:12been involved in it.
33:14Do you understand that?
33:16>> I understand what you just said. I'm not
33:18trying to
33:19>> Well, I'm just remind you.
33:21>> No, no. And I'm not and I'm not making I
33:23mean, I'm just telling you the truth.
33:24That's the truth.
33:26>> Well, unfortunately, you're not going
33:28home. Okay. You're looking at some
33:31serious charges here.
33:34Do you understand that you
33:36made the attempt
33:39to hire somebody to kill your husband?
33:41That's how serious this is. Okay, you
33:44can sit here and shake your head and
33:45deny it, but I'm g tell you right now,
33:48all right, when they the jury and the
33:51judge sees that videotape of you having
33:53this conversation, making a deal. All
33:56right, that's how far you went. All
33:58right, it wasn't it's not about denying
34:01it wasn't me. I didn't do anything cuz
34:02the video, the audio is not going to
34:05lie. All right? and all the evidence
34:07that we have collected throughout this
34:08investigation.
34:13>> You sound like a fool right now denying
34:15this cuz like my partner just said,
34:17everything's on tape, video and audio.
34:20It's just want to go home.
34:21>> I know, but you're not going home. You
34:23see, you're being arrested, so you're
34:25not going home.
34:26>> But what do I have to pay to go home?
34:29It's like to go home.
34:30>> I know, but you you can't. It's
34:32impossible. You're going to the Palm
34:33Beach County jail after this. You kid,
34:35you're being arrested. This is a game.
34:39In your mind, it might be a little game,
34:40but this is very, very serious. Murder.
34:43Are you kidding me?
34:45>> In this final phase, the detectives drop
34:47any remaining softness and move into
34:49full confrontation. They clearly state
34:51that Dalia is under arrest for
34:53soliciting the murder of her husband and
34:55explain that the entire plot has been
34:57captured on audio and video from first
34:59contact to final agreement. Dalia
35:02responds like someone trying to rewind
35:04reality. She asks to call her mother,
35:07asks what she must do to go home, and
35:09continues to deny or minimize rather
35:11than engage with the evidence. The
35:14detectives hammer the futility theme.
35:16The jury will see the recordings. The
35:18case is already built, and denial only
35:20makes her look foolish. This is no
35:22longer an interview. It is a legal
35:24record of guilt. After this, she finally
35:27had her phone call. And this phone call
35:29better be worth it for Dalia. and she
35:31decided to call Michael.
35:32>> Hey, it's me.
35:34>> Yeah. What's up?
35:36>> Nothing. Can you please come here?
35:39>> Hey, listen. I'm I don't want to fight
35:41with you. Honestly, I can't help you.
35:47>> Don't you understand what just happened?
35:49>> What they're saying is not true.
35:53>> How is that possible?
35:54>> Like, I'm sitting here. It's not true.
35:56It's not possible. You wouldn't even
35:58give me 2 minutes to talk to you. But
35:59it's not possible. What you're saying is
36:02not true.
36:04>> How in the hell did I hear it? You see
36:06it?
36:07>> I heard what you heard. It's not true. I
36:10heard what you heard and I saw what you
36:11saw. Everything they showed you, they
36:13showed me.
36:15>> And how did I How are you telling me
36:16that?
36:17>> I am giving you my word that it's not
36:20true.
36:21>> What do you I couldn't help you if I
36:23wanted to.
36:25>> Mike, please. I need an attorney. Can
36:27you please tell me
36:30that's not true?
36:32>> Your brother was here and I spoke to him
36:35and he's going to go talk to your mom. I
36:36called them for you already, right?
36:40>> This is not true.
36:43>> I drew like how do you explain what I
36:46saw and heard?
36:47>> Like I am limited on my phone call. You
36:49know more than anybody. It's not true.
36:51Just give me time so I can talk to you.
36:54What? What did you say? I saw it. I
36:57heard it.
36:58>> I saw what you saw and I heard what you
36:59heard.
37:00>> Okay. And what the You said you wanted
37:02to have me killed. I heard that.
37:03>> Not true. That is not true.
37:05>> Not true.
37:06>> How can you believe that?
37:08>> I heard your voice.
37:11>> How can you believe it?
37:12>> But it is a prank. I heard you say it.
37:15>> It's not. I heard what you heard and
37:16it's not.
37:18>> What did you What did I hear then?
37:21I heard you say I
37:22>> I heard the tape. Okay. I heard the
37:24tweet and I saw pictures and I saw the
37:26whole 9 yards. I saw all of it.
37:28>> So why would you need a guy in a parking
37:30lot?
37:32Explain that.
37:33>> I'm sitting here on the phone. I will
37:35tell you when I see you in person.
37:37Please.
37:37>> You're not I can't come there anyway.
37:39I'm not allowed there.
37:40>> That's not true. Who said that? They
37:43tell you that on purpose. That's not
37:46true.
37:48>> I don't know what you could tell me.
37:50Even if let's pretend I said, "Oh, it's
37:53all better." I can't. They're charging
37:55your ass. Don't you get it?
37:57>> Like, I didn't do anything. Please.
38:01>> I don't know what to say to you. I can't
38:02help you.
38:03>> What do you mean?
38:04>> It's out of my hand.
38:05>> You're not even trying.
38:07>> What am I supposed to do?
38:09>> You're supposed to be an attorney,
38:11please so I can talk to you.
38:15Now, I saw you with this guy in the
38:19truck or whatever the it was. I saw it.
38:22I heard your voice clearly.
38:26What? I don't understand.
38:27>> Did not say those things. Period.
38:31>> So, how did they get your voice on that
38:32tape recorder?
38:33>> Like, I'm limited with my time speed.
38:36>> You got to be kidding me, man. Tell you,
38:38I heard you say that [ __ ]
38:40>> Like, I'm telling you right now, okay?
38:43>> You You can't fix it. How are you going
38:45to tell me that you didn't say it? You
38:48didn't do it when I saw you say it and I
38:50I saw you do it.
38:51>> Do you have any idea how I was when they
38:54told me what supposedly happened to you?
38:55How I got and how I was and how
38:57everything?
38:59Can you meet me in person so I can talk
39:01to you?
39:02>> No.
39:04>> Why?
39:05>> Why should I?
39:07>> Because you know me. I never ever ever
39:10ever ever in my wildest dreams ever want
39:12that for you. Ever.
39:14Well, you you say it, D. You hire the
39:16guy. I
39:16>> did not. No, I did not say anything.
39:19Period. I didn't say anything.
39:21>> I don't know how you you're going to
39:22actually have the nerve to sit here and
39:23lie to me now.
39:24>> I can't help you even if I wanted to. Do
39:27you get it?
39:27>> Why don't you want to?
39:29>> It's out of my head.
39:31>> You're not even trying. It's different
39:32if you're trying. You're not even
39:33trying.
39:34>> What can I possibly do for you? I don't
39:36get it. What can I do?
39:38>> You're not even trying.
39:40>> Trying what? I'm sitting there like a
39:42dumbass.
39:44Okay, they're getting ready to like take
39:46me again.
39:48>> Daddy, I'm Listen, I'm going to give you
39:50some advice and you need to listen.
39:52You're going to be running around in
39:53there for a little while, couple days.
39:56You need to just try and relax and just
40:00go with it and keep to yourself and
40:02don't say a lot.
40:03>> I love you. Don't do this to me. I'm
40:05sitting here. Everybody treated me
40:06awful. I didn't do anything to you. You
40:10know me.
40:12Hi everyone
40:13to me.
40:16>> I can't help you.
40:18>> I There's nothing I can do to help you.
40:22>> You know what I'll do? You know what
40:24I'll do for you? Seriously?
40:26>> You sign my house back over to me. I'll
40:28help your mom eventually.
40:31Give me my house back.
40:34>> That's it.
40:35>> That's it. What?
40:38>> I'll have the papers sent over to you
40:39somehow. You'll sign them over to me and
40:42then I will help your mother.
40:45>> Okay.
40:46>> I'm not signing anything.
40:47>> I know you wouldn't sign anything. I
40:49knew that wasn't going to happen. So, I
40:50can't help you.
40:52>> Good. That's what you're talking about.
40:54I'm sitting here watching. You're
40:55thinking about having me kill him. I
40:57just offered to help you. And again, you
41:00had the balls to say no to me. You just
41:02basically said you to me, which is
41:04hilarious considering your situation and
41:07considering what the just happened
41:08today.
41:11Sorry. I hope the guy getting fingered
41:13now.
41:14>> She also called her mom after this.
41:16>> Mom, I'm in jail.
41:18>> I know, Dalia. I know. I find out.
41:20>> I need you to call in New York.
41:23>> Okay. Who do you want me to call? What
41:25is it?
41:25>> I need you to call Mike in New York,
41:27please.
41:27>> I I called already and I called.
41:29Everybody knows. What is that you want
41:31me to do? Where are you exactly?
41:32>> I'm in the county, too. I need you to
41:35What did Mike say? Is he coming?
41:38>> Everybody's coming. We're going to go
41:39ahead and get your lawyers. Okay. Don't
41:41worry. Where are you? Are you in golf
41:42club?
41:43>> Yes, I'm here. Mom, they did this to me.
41:47>> Okay.
41:47>> I didn't do anything. I didn't do
41:49anything.
41:50>> You didn't. I know you didn't. And I
41:52know you didn't. Where are you? You're
41:54in gun club.
41:55>> Yes. I'm hearing gun club and I heard
41:57Mike is at the house. I want him out of
41:59my house.
42:01>> Okay. Well, right now we're going to
42:03need to have a lawyer first.
42:04>> That's my house. The title's in my name.
42:06>> All right. Okay. Don't worry. 20 months
42:08after the staged crime scene and the
42:10quiet collapse in the interrogation
42:12room, everything Dalia tried to talk
42:14around was replayed in slow motion for a
42:17jury. The state did not need to
42:19speculate. Jurors watched her walk
42:21through the fake hit, negotiate payments
42:23with the undercover officer, and then
42:25sit in the interview room, insisting she
42:27knew nothing. While detectives already
42:28had every meeting on tape, the
42:30prosecution's best moments were simply
42:32pressing play. The calm way she
42:35discussed timing, alibis, and money
42:37undercut the distressed wife image she
42:39tried to perform later. Her husband took
42:41the stand alive, a living reminder that
42:44this had been a murder case without a
42:45body, only because police stepped in
42:47first. The defense floated ideas about
42:50reality television and performance. But
42:53no witness could turn the recorded
42:54planning sessions into anything other
42:56than a genuine murder for higher plot.
43:00The jury saw a clear pattern. a husband
43:03with money problems, a new wife, and a
43:05detailed plan to remove him permanently.
43:11>> I'll find that the verdict is in proper
43:13form and ask that our clerk publish the
43:14verdict.
43:16>> In the circuit court of the 15th
43:18Judicial Circuit, Criminal Division in
43:204, Palm Beach County, Florida in case
43:22number 20971,
43:26State of Florida versus Dolly Dealo.
43:28Verdict, we the jury find as follows. As
43:31count one, we find the defendant guilty
43:33of solicitation to commit forced murder.
43:36If you find the defendant guilty, do you
43:38find that there is a firearm included in
43:40the solicitation? Yes. So, say this
43:43133rd May 2011 in West Palm Beach, Palm
43:46Beach County, Florida. Sign jury for
43:49person Joseph.
43:50>> After deliberations, the jury found her
43:52guilty of solicitation to commit
43:54firstdegree murder. At sentencing, the
43:57judge emphasized how controlled and
43:59deliberate the plan had been and imposed
44:01a 20-year prison term, just short of the
44:04maximum. For viewers used to seeing her
44:06in viral clips, this was the most
44:08important frame. Not the stage tears at
44:11the doorstep, but the moment the court
44:13labeled the plot as calculated rather
44:15than impulsive. The story did not stop
44:18there. Years later, an appeals court
44:20threw out that first conviction over
44:22jury selection issues, leading to a
44:24mistrial in a second attempt and a third
44:26full trial. The recordings never
44:29changed, and neither did the core
44:30timeline. In 2017, another jury
44:33convicted her again, and this time, she
44:35received a 16-year sentence that has
44:37since been upheld on appeal. The
44:40undercover sting, the interrogation, and
44:42the courtroom all ended up telling the
44:44same story. When you lay out what he
44:47went through, it's hard to overstate how
44:49much damage she caused. She started as
44:51an escort. Then she used a fake lawyer
44:53to trick him into signing his house over
44:55to her. She stole money from him and
44:57even tried to frame him by planting
44:58drugs so it would look like he was the
45:00criminal. She tried to get his parole
45:02violated just to send him back to jail.
45:05It didn't stop there. She allegedly
45:07tried to poison him. When that failed,
45:09she went a step further and hired
45:11someone she believed was a hitman to
45:13have him killed. She refused to divorce
45:15him, forcing him into a legal battle
45:17that cost around $50,000 in court fees.
45:21The attempted murder case dragged on for
45:23eight long years, draining him of
45:25hundreds of thousands of dollars more.
45:28During that time, she arguably had a
45:30child in the hope that it would soften
45:31the court's view of her when it came to
45:33sentencing. And even at the end,
45:36standing in front of the judge, her side
45:38still tried to shift the blame onto him,
45:40as if all of this had somehow been his
45:42fault.

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