Dead Ringer - Encore
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(upbeat music) - Ever think in your wildest dreams that someone might wanna kill you? (dramatic music) - I would have never thought at anyone would wanna kill me ever in my life, ever. - My dad's a sweet guy, I mean, he's very calm, he's full of laughter, he's full of energy, he's like a life of the party. - My life was once beautiful, wonderful. I have three wonderful kids, he was married to a beautiful lady. - Hi guys, my name is Louisa. - My business was booming. - And I'm Ramu Sosa, Head Coach, Foxy. - Welcome to Win This Box in your fitness. - Outside the ring, Boxers, they're very loving. They want love from their fans, and they wanna give it back. They're the nicest people. - It was a very, very low-key kind of guy. That's the furthest thing from my mind that somebody wanted me dead. - I remember walking in one night as a gym was in its final hours before it closed. I remember a conversation was taking place about hit men. - What was it about this conversation that caught your attention? - What caught my attention was whose name came up. - Did they mention Ramu? - Yes. (upbeat music) - Now my focus is just on talking to Ramu. - I said, "Mundo, you're joking around, you know what? "What's going on?" - Ramu don't play with me like that. This is some serious stuff. - And then he said, "I've seen that look on people's eyes "before they wanna kill somebody." - It's like a screenplay, something straight out of Hollywood. And it would fit right in with every other horror flick that we've seen in the past. - Except this is real. - It is real. - We're taking you inside the twists and turns of a complex sting operation. And here's what makes it unique. - The target of the murder for hire plot becomes an undercover operative to catch the person who wants him dead.
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A family man targeted for death lives to climb out of his own "grave." Who wanted him dead? "48 Hours" goes inside the sting that took down a hit man-for-hire scheme. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.