shepherd to kill sonnier. it's a claim dixon's lawyers investigatevigorously deny. >> reporter: days afterwards shepherd confesses. >> i check his pulse in his neck. he's dead. >> reporter: implicating his buddy. >> he wanted him hurt and then it gradually developed into having him killed. >> reporter: shepard saying dixon paid him three bars of silver and a box of cubans for the hit. the monk of his funeral dixon arrested charged with capital murder. shetina says she'll never forget that phone call. >> my knees literally collapsed and i just kind of sank to the floor. and i cried and i screamed. >> reporter: last november dixon is found guilty on two counts of capital murder. his attorneys still maintain his innocence. but shetina says this case provides an important lesson. >> there are real sociopaths and us. >> reporter: now dixon's lawyers and his son tell us that shepard acted alone. their client never ordered the hit. his lawyers are appealing this verdict and as for his buddy shepard he is in prison fo