Jim Axelrod

When they brought him in for questioning, he told them he was no murderer, but he admitted Nick had tried to hire him.

Police were convinced that Leone had taken the bait.

Police were convinced that Leone had taken the bait.

Police were convinced that Leone had taken the bait.

Leone was arrested for a capital murder, and on his phone, police found evidence he may not have acted alone. There was a flurry of contacts around the time of the killing with a Fort Worth man named Arian Smith. They also discovered both men had arrest records. In fact, the two had been arrested together for drugs a year earlier.

Leone was arrested for a capital murder, and on his phone, police found evidence he may not have acted alone. There was a flurry of contacts around the time of the killing with a Fort Worth man named Arian Smith. They also discovered both men had arrest records. In fact, the two had been arrested together for drugs a year earlier.

Leone was arrested for a capital murder, and on his phone, police found evidence he may not have acted alone. There was a flurry of contacts around the time of the killing with a Fort Worth man named Arian Smith. They also discovered both men had arrest records. In fact, the two had been arrested together for drugs a year earlier.

Smith opened up about the details of that night and broke down in the process.

Smith opened up about the details of that night and broke down in the process.

Smith opened up about the details of that night and broke down in the process.

prosecutors were closer than ever to having everything they needed to make their case. We've got enough. Now let's go to trial. Something Nick Shaughnessy told us he'd wanted to avoid. Did you pay these two men to go kill your parents? After police arrested the last of their four suspects, Arian Smith, Detective Salo says Smith told them he wasn't just there for Ted's murder. Yes, I was there.

prosecutors were closer than ever to having everything they needed to make their case. We've got enough. Now let's go to trial. Something Nick Shaughnessy told us he'd wanted to avoid. Did you pay these two men to go kill your parents? After police arrested the last of their four suspects, Arian Smith, Detective Salo says Smith told them he wasn't just there for Ted's murder. Yes, I was there.

prosecutors were closer than ever to having everything they needed to make their case. We've got enough. Now let's go to trial. Something Nick Shaughnessy told us he'd wanted to avoid. Did you pay these two men to go kill your parents? After police arrested the last of their four suspects, Arian Smith, Detective Salo says Smith told them he wasn't just there for Ted's murder. Yes, I was there.

He acknowledged firing the fatal shot and then made a stunning request.

He acknowledged firing the fatal shot and then made a stunning request.

He acknowledged firing the fatal shot and then made a stunning request.

The death penalty.

The death penalty.

The death penalty.

He also told police where to find the murder weapon. It was the .40 caliber pistol missing from that box they'd found in Nick's old bedroom. The .40 caliber gun that killed Ted was Ted's. Yes. For a mother who'd struggled for months to keep faith in her son, it felt like the last straw.