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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Newlywed hires hitman to murder groom, CAUGHT ON VIDEO!

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Video shows Dalia Dippolito telling an undercover cop she wants her husband dead, but screaming in heartache later when police tell her he had been killed. Still, two Florida juries refused to convict Dippolito of hiring a hitman. Dippolito lawyer Brian Claypool argues Boynton Beach police pressured an informant to set her up so the “Cops” reality show could record it. Joining Nancy Grace to discuss:Brian Claypool-Attorney for Dalia DippolitoDr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Beverly Hills, follow on Instagram at DrBethanyMarshallJames Shelnutt - 27 years as Atlanta Metro Major Case detective, SWAT Officer, AttorneyDr. Tim Gallagher - Medical Examiner State of FloridaRay Caputo- Lead News Anchor for Orlando's Morning News, 96.5 WDBO

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0:00.0

I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new co-case podcast, Zone 7.

0:04.1

We're going to be talking to family members, detectives, prosecutors, and nationally recognized

0:09.1

experts that are in my Zone 7. The group of professionals that I've called on

0:13.6

to help me work hundreds of cases you've heard of and thousands you haven't.

0:18.0

We are going to solve these cases own air together.

0:22.4

Listen to Zone 7 on the I Heart Radio app, the Apple Podcast app, or wherever you listen to

0:28.3

your favorite podcast.

0:36.6

A Florida Beach Beauty. Mary's her dream man, and the two set to live happily ever after

0:44.5

until death do they part. But what the 26 year old bride doesn't figure on is that the hitman,

0:53.4

she hires to murder her groom is actually a cop. Oops, he stings the bride on video.

1:11.6

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.

1:13.3

Let's kick it off with our friends at Crime Watch Daily.

1:23.4

De Polito is a guy working hard to get his life in order. He's an ex-con fresh out of prison

1:28.4

for running a phony investment scam. But after meeting Dahlia on an online dating site,

1:33.8

he falls into a whirlwind romance. He called her up, made an arrangement, she showed up at his

1:40.8

office. He liked what he saw. Within a short period of time, he divorced his wife and he found

1:47.7

himself married to Dahlia. Reporter and crime writer Mark Eppner says Dahlia is a woman who

1:54.2

knows where she wants to go in life and waste very little time getting there. He claims,

1:59.2

after the honeymoon, her next destination is Michael's bank account to the tune of $240,000.

2:06.9

She put her claws in him so fast in a six month time span managed to take all of

2:16.1

Michael Dipolito's money. She managed to get his home deeded over to her. But all that is not

2:25.7

enough. She has everything she wants, but she reportedly wants it all to herself.

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