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STRUCK A FORMER TEACHER ACCUSED >>> 4@A FORMER TEACHER ACCUSED
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A LITTLE
BOY IN SCHOOL WAS BACK IN COURT@
PROSECUTORS CLAIM THAT HE NOT
ONLY MOLESTED 4@THE CHILD BUT
ALSO HIRED SOMEONE TO KILL HIS
YOUNG VICTIM AND THE BOY'S
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. >> YOU HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE4@
INTERVIEW WITH THE MAN
ALLEGEDLY HIRED TO DO THAT HIT.
>> Reporter: MIKE AND ANNE, OUR
INVESTIGATION SOUNDS MORE LIKE
A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE THAN REAL
LIFE.4@
LIFE.4@
LIFE.4@ JAIL IS NOT A PLACE ANYONE
WANTS TO BE.
JOHN Y INCLUDED.
>>4@ THEY PUT MURDERERS 4@IN TH
>> Reporter: HE IS NOT A CAREER
CRIMINAL, BUT NO BOY SCOUT
EITHER.
EITHER.
EITHER. EIGHT 2014 BURGLARY TOPS THE
LIST.
LIST.
LIST. >>
LIST. >> NO BIG CRIMES 4@OR ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: WHEN WHITE FOUND
HIMSELF BEHIND BARS ON A
PROBATION VIOLATION IN FAIRWAY,
THE BIG CRIME FOUND HIM.
>>4@ HE COMES TO THE DOOR AND
SAYS I GOT SOMETHING YOU WILL
DO FOR 4@I NEED TO DO FOR ME.
WHAT YOU KNOW 4@IF YOU WILL TAK
A HIT.
A HIT.
A HIT. >>
A HIT. >> Reporter:4@ TAYLOR WAS IN JA
CHARGED WITH MOLESTING A
STUDENT AT A MIDDLE4@ ELEMENTAR
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. IT TURNS OUT THAT LITTLE BOY
WAS STILL ON TAYLOR'S MIME.
AND4@ ON HIS HIT LIST.
>> HE TOLD ME IT WAS A 10-YEAR-
OLD BOY AND HIS MOTHER AND
GRANDMOTHER.
GRANDMOTHER. I KIND OF GOT INTERESTED LIKE
-- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
YOU WANT TO HURT A BABY?
>> Reporter: WHITE 4@DID NOT WA
TO BELIEVE TAYLOR WAS SERIOUS. @
THEN HE GOT THE NOTE.
BACKUP BEEN SATURDAY HE PUSHED @
THE NOTE OPENED MY DOOR.
IT HAD THE VICTIM'S4@ PHONE
NUMBER, ADDRESS, SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER, DRIVER'S 4@
LICENSE NUMBER.
LICENSE NUMBER. >> Reporter: DID HE DESCRIBE
WHAT HE WANTED YOU TO DO
SPECIFICALLY?
SPECIFICALLY? HOW HE WA4@NTED THEM 4@KILLED?
>> THE 4@ONLY SPECIFICS HE ASKE
FOR WAS TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE AN
ACCIDENT.
ACCIDENT.
ACCIDENT. >> Reporter:4@ THOSE ARE HORRIF
WAYS TO DIE.
>> I GUESS THEY ARE.
>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH HE HAD
10 KIDS OF HIS OWN, WHITE SAYS
HE AGREED TO KILL THE LITTLE
BOY AND HIS FAMILY.
>> I FELT LIKE IF I DIDN'T DO IT
, HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN SOMEBODY
ELSE TO DO IT.
>> Reporter: HOW MUCH WAS HE
GOING TO PAY YOU?
>> $20,000.4@
>> $20,000.4@ >> Reporter: DID HE TALK 4@ABOU
WHERE HE WOULD GET THE MONEY?4@
>> THE SCHOOL WAS PAYING HIM.
HE WASN'T FIRED.
HE WAS ON PAID LEAVE.
>> Reporter: WE WENT TO THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ANSWERS. 4@
>> HE WAS BEHIND BARS, ACCUSED
OF BEING MOLESTED OF4@ -- OF
MOLESTING A STUDENT AND HE WAS
STILL GETTING PAID? 4@
IT WAS MONEY HE PROMISED 4@WHIT
TO DO THE JOB.
BEFORE HE WAS 4@RELEASED WHITE
SAYS HE GAVE THEM A NAME AND
PHONE NUMBER.4@ 4@
ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS,
TAILORS RIDE OR DIE WITH THIS
MAN, 66-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL
JOHNSON.
JOHNSON.
JOHNSON. TAYLOR'S LONGTIME BOYFRIEND.
>> FROM WHAT 4@I GATHERED,
MICHAEL 4@WAS GOING TO COURT,4@
HE WAS DESCRIBING HOW THE
MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER LOOK.
THIS IS WHERE I MET MICHAEL THE
FIRST TIME.
FIRST TIME. HE SAID -- I APPRECIATE YOU
DOING THIS.
DOING THIS. HE NEEDS TO BE HOME.
HE HANDED ME $500.4@
HE SAID -- I HAVE TO GET BACK
TO THE CHURCH BECAUSE I AM THE
CHOIR COORDINATOR. 4@
>> Reporter: WHITE HAD TWO
CHOICES.
CHOICES.
CHOICES. TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN OR SOUND
THE ALARM.
THE ALARM. DID YOU EVER CONSIDER IT? 4@
>> NO PERIOD NO.4@4@
>> Reporter: HE TURNED
EVERYTHING OVER TO
INVESTIGATORS.
INVESTIGATORS. WHAT WAS YOUR4@4@ THEIR REACTIO
WHEN HE TOLD THEM THAT?
>> THEY SAID THEY WEREN'T
SURPRISED.
SURPRISED. >> Reporter: PROSECUTORS FOUND
ENOUGH AS IT EVIDENT EVIDENCE
TO PROSECUTE THEM.
>> I THINK HE'S SEEN 4@MY FACE @
AND HE SAID -- HE TOLD ON ME.
WOW, REALLY.4@4@
WOW, REALLY.4@4@ >> Reporter: WHITE ADMITS HE
COULD HAVE USED THE MONEY.4@
HE HAS NO REGRETS GOING FR4@OM
POTENTIAL HITMEN4@ 4@TO, SOMEON
SAY, A HERO.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU SAVE THEIR
LIVES?
LIVES?
LIVES? >>
LIVES? >> I DO.4@
IT WAS DEFINITELY DIVINE
INTERVENTION.
INTERVENTION. I HAVE NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT
AT ALL.
AT ALL.
AT ALL. >> Reporter: JOHN WHITE SAYS HE
WOULD LIKE TO MEET THE FAMILY
HE HAS A.4@ VICTIMS APPLICANT
SAYS THEY ARE HOPEFUL THAT
COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
THAT ADVOCATE HAS ALSO SET UP A
COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. THAT ADVOCATE HAS ALSO SET UP A@
GOFUNDME ACCOUNT TO PAY FOR
MOVING EXPENSES AND -- FOR THE
VICTIM.4@
VICTIM.4@
VICTIM.4@ >> IF YOU 4@HAVE SOMETHING YOU
WANT THE I-TEAM